The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-17
NOTES AND QUERIES.


Is it true that the Earth was created only 400
years b. CT EB.
No. The Esrths age is reckoned in
millions of years
When was Hell Gate. in New York. blown spi
blast that destroyed nine acres Of Flood
Rock.
Why does not the Administration raise negro
regiments for the Philippines. they can live
there better than white menl Al
We don't know.
viii YOU please give what information you can
about the United states sloOp Dart. which was
lost with all on board before the civil war;
J. G. J.
We have no information on this sub
iect.
How old is Lord Roberts? c. W b.
He is in his sixty-ninth year.
Who was the Governor OF Louisiana who offered
800 for Jean Laftte's capture2 4. o. r.
Governor w. c. c. Claiborne,
Did the national debt increase in President
McKinieys first term2 A. T. q.
Yes; on March l. 1897 1t was 81. 225. 49,
| 7o9; on the list of this month it was 81
3S5. 934, sos.
| Where is the Twentieth Infantry stationed. and
what is the name and address Of the command
\ ing officer? T.
I In the Philippines: Col William g Nc
| Caskey. Manila. Philippine Islands
! How many bales OF cotton were exported to
/ Germany in the years 1893 and 1892 2 What IS
the population of the German Empire? G. II.
| In 1898. 1.S5s.524 bales; in 1899. LIS
bales. ?. 50, 1890
| How many bills did President Benjamin Har-
| rison veto? 3 What the public debt at the
/ establishment of Government? O. r.
Nineteen 2 $40. so. 600, this including the
war debts of the several States assumed
| by the National Government
What is the origin of the word ''hike?'
| BERT
It's etymology is not clear. There Is
| provincial English hike" meaning to
jerk or 10 toss, or to clear out or to hur-
ry; from this comes the meaning we give
the word, to drag about carelessly or to
go about in a slouching way.
Just what Is book beer7 . How long does it
take to make lager beer? 3. How much aic0hoi
does it containf
An extra strong beer made in late win
ter or early spring. 2. Lager. or summer
| beer, from four to six months; winter
| beer, four to six weeks; beck, about two
months. 5. Layers average about per
| cent
! How shall proceed to get my name changed;
| in what court and what will be the expense?
| /. r.
by fling petition in the equity branch
| of the Supreme Court Of the District.
Court. Costs, ST. advertisement. so. and
| counsel fee. Time required, about six or
/ seven weeks.
| In Mr. He-lett's novel. Richard Yea and
| Nay King Henry II of England il described a.
particularly barbaric and disgusting individual
Is that the verdict Of history? R. p B.
| No Henry II ranks with Edward T.,
Edward III. Henry V. Henry VIII. Eliz-
| abeth, and William III as one of the
| great English sovereigns.
Who are supposed to be the leading men in
/ the Senate? c. c.
| On the Republican side Mr. Hanna Mr.
| Hale, Mr.. Hoar. Mr.. Allison. Mr.. SpOoner.
| Mr. AIdrich. Mr. PIatt of Connecticut.
| and Mr.. Jones of Nevada: on the Demo-
| cratic side Mr.. Morgan, Mr.. Vest. Mr..
! CockrelI, Mr.. Jones of Arkansas, and Mr..
| Teller of Colorado.
How many absolute and constitutional mon
! arches are there and they outHumbered by
4 the Republics? 2. Is the petunia native Of
] American ORI-
| The worlds absolute monarchies are
| seven, the constitutional or limited ones
| are fourteen, and the republics number
| twenty-one. . OF its tropical regions.
yes.
| Are there fishes who give an electric shock to
| overcome fish they mean to eat? , When does
| the 81 Louis Worlds Fair begin, and how long
| is il 10 last? W L NJ
| Not so far as is known; many fishes
! can give shocks, but il is believed that
| they do so merely as a matter Of pro-
! lection 2 The plan is to have it last for
six months beginning in the spring Of
1893.
Are the Bay Islands. of the east coast Of
| Spanish Honduras, American or SPANISH
G.RK.
| Honduras is a Republic. and has not
been a Spanish possession since 1921 It
| includes the Bay Islands. for though
| Great Britain seized them in 1854. they
were restored two years later because of
! the protest of the United States. The
recent war with Spain did not affect the
| title.
| Is IL true that outside Of the New Testament
| Jesus and his miracles were not mentioned BY
! his contemporaries? ,. How do theoiogians ac-
| count for their remarkable silencer W. II. "
The alleged reference to ''the Christ in
| Josephus is well known. but JOsephus was
| not a contemporary of Jesus in the sense
| you mean He was born A. d. S. %
/ They have accounted for it in various
ways but many do not think the fact inn
/ portant. Jesus as the Son of God is con-
| sidered above mere human criticism
What is calamine? , What are to be the
/ speed cost and guns Of the batteship Illinois!
| 3. What is the nickname Of the state Of Illinois.
| J. Ncy.
\ native carbonate of zinc containing
as high as 80 per cent Of the metal and oc-
| curing abundantly; or a silicate Of zinc.
! some mineralogists applying the name to
| the latter. and calling the former smith
sonite > Sixteen knots, 81 $4,000, l3-inch
and II 6-fflch guns for the main battery.
| and for the secondary battery. Is six
! FOUNDERS. 8 one-pounders. { Colts. and .
| three-inch field pieces. 8. The Sucker
State.
When did Alexander II. H. Stuart die3 .. Is
! George Tirtnor Curtis livingl also Robert C.
I de- Wac