The Washington times., 1901-11-03
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
OF what secret societies was the late President
Mckinley a member?
He was Mason and knight OF
Pythias.
When did John Ruskin die, lIasaTFy
January 20. 1900
what is the distance between New York and
Hamburg2 a
Four thousand eight hundred and twen-
market reportsg p"
Cotton actually on hand for delivery.
c,Iesgory E5o% what event do the Jews reckon in ts,
From the creation. which they place at
516t b. c. 81
win you give the history Of the old oetaron
York Avenue? JIR
Our correspondent will find the informa-
ton he seeks in an article printed in Tho
Times Sunday, April IS 1901
Law IL
Atlantic csblel HAB
In 1866 1866, 1869, 1873 and 1871.
Who was the author of ..venetia''i .. Who Of
Curfew must not ring tonight? sc
Benjamin Disraeii p Mrs. Rosa Hart
wick Thorpe.
What the dimensions Of approxi.natelv tbe
biggest up-to-date cannong B.
Take our guns of 1s.inch bore: the
weight IS l25 tons; length. 80 feet 3 inches:
length of bore, IS feet inches. The weight
or Tro1ectile is 100 pounds.
Under what flag. name. and date did the fist
steamship the Atlantic? MAJ
Under the American flag. in May and
June, 1919. the Savannah went frori
Savannah, Ga. to IiverpooL taking twen-
ty-two days For eighteen days she used
her paddles. sailing the rest of the time.
When was volapuk, the universal language, first
advanced ? Did it have, with its rules for
word-inaking, an especial system Of pronunoia-
tion? D. /. VI.
Its inventor first offered It to the pub
nc IN !sf9 2, Yes. though in general the
letters had their familiar values; accent
went with final syllables.
Which attains the greatest height. the giraffe
or the elephant? p What is meant by needle
gunf II. r.
The giraffe is the tallest of living ami
mails. 2. a breech-loading gun whose
cartridges Were exploded by needle
thrust into the decorating charge. 1t
was for years the arm of the German
Was one attempt to tunnel under the Detroit
River a failure? ?. When the present tun-
mel opened? g. How near the bottom Of the river
Is the roof of the tunnel2 Z. NJ.
Yes; it began in 1871. but was abandoned
chiefly EpfauCp n SrIrr
pressure of water inflow. = In 1892 3.
Fifteen feet, at the nearest point
How much did Paul Tulane give to Tulane Uni
yersity, and when was it giveni How long has
he been dead? F.P.
About s1.1OOOoO. beginning on May ?.
1SSZ He had expressed the intention OF
giving the remainder of his estate. about
March q, 1887. and it fell to his legal heirs.
Was Sir Francis Drake ever married? II 50, had
he any children? Did he have brothers and si>-
ters? And where can get book telling all
about him2 L. NJ.
He was twice married. but died without
issue. and made his younger brother.
Thomas. his heir. Two brothers accom-
panied him on his early trips to the West
indies. and died there. Several lives of
Sir Francis have been published.
Win YOU give some particulars of the great
Forth Bridge? B.
1t is on the cantiIever plan; has two
shore arms. each $50 feet long; two main
spans, of ] no feet each, and is over n
nile and half long. The towers are S4s
feet high. and there is clear headway OF
52 feet under the central span. There
we're used in it 5l,OO0 tons of steel, and
t cost $4,000 900.
Who were the leaders of the whig party in Eng
and in the reign of George ILL.,, and what was
heir attitude on the American question? G. H.
The Earl of Chatham (the elder PitO
was the leader of the great body of the
he treatment of the American colonies
~ Lord North. and especially TO the land
ng of troops in this country. The Mar
Iuis of Rockingham led a minor faction,
md his sentiments were more moderate.
Which Of our States prohibit capital punish,
nent2 , What States have abolished 1t, ami
after trial restored it? 8. VIII YOU give for AM
year the number Of homicides and legal exeeu,
ions in Americai p. W. b.
-Four; Rhode Island. Maine. Michigan
md Wisconsin. ,. Iowa and Colorado;
he former restoring in ISIS. the latter
of a Chicago newspaper, the
numbered 6,225; the legal exc
utions. 49,
Where can one get reliable information con-
ernng Stradivarius violins, and what is the value
# one made in l72I? I. ~ B.
An encyclopedia, especially one devot-
a exclusively TO musical topics, Will tell
'ou much about this make Of instru-
nents Antonio Stradivarius made his
pest instruments between 100 and 172J.
md these have been much counterfeited-
The worth of a genuine one cannot DO
old without examination by an expert
-aluer. Single instruments have sold FOR
several thousand dollars
wiz you sketch the life of Florence Nightin-
,ale? J. NJ. d.
She was born May Is. 1920. in England.
md had her education as nurse with
he Protestant Sisters of Mercy at Kaiser
verth on the Rhine. She went to the
'rimea in 1854 and organized the nursing
# soldiers in that war, displaying mar
-elous energy and skill Later she gave
81. .0OO the sum subscribed TO her by
,rateful public. to founding the Nightin-
.ale Home for Training Nurses. and wrote
everal books on nursing and kindred
matters.
From what do mosquitoes grow2 Do they have
stage corresponding to the butterhy's cater
illar2 q. e.
The mosquito lays her eggs on the sur
ace OF the water usually mOoring them
" a glutinous substance TO some floating
,bjeCt. The young that hatch from these
urn into the 'wigglers' of stasnant
vaten After these have shed their coats
everal times they rise to the surface OF
he water and their skin splits open The
,erfect mosquito emerges, is supported by
he floating skin until its wings are dry,
md then flies away.
What is tho height of our atmosphere? .
low high have balloonists ascendedI {. :
1t has not been determined definitely
Taking the phenomena OF twilight as u
N sis of study il is found that the atmOs-
here does not reflect sunlight above a
leight Of forty-tive miles. Yet study or
leteors indicates that it reaches to at