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

/ NOTES AND QUERIES.
What is the population Of rexasf AID.
By last years census. soss.7 10
Where was Nikoia Tesla bornf C.
At smiljan, Croatia. Austria Hungary.
On what day did December 9 fall in 1882
On Friday.
Who was the mother Of the Duke of Monmouth.
son Of Charles II of England J. L. L.
Lucy Walters.
When was our frs, treaty made with Japan'
On Mach 81, 1854.
Where did the bubonic plague originate?
In Egypt. 1t first appeared in Europe
nearly Lice years ago.
Why did not the Duke of YORK become Prince
Of Wales at the time his father became Kingl
Because the title of Prince of Wales
does not pass by hereditary right. but is
conferred by patent
Is there country where eclored snow ials, and
| what Is the causef g. v.
No: but immense masses OF red snow
have been found in Arctic regions the
color being due to microscopic plants that
! spring up in the snow after its fall.
What day in February is it that the ground
hog comes OUT OF his hole, and what is the ay-
i ing about him and his shadow? s.
February 2 is the day, and the saying IS
I H.. -
into his hole for a six weeks nap. fore
seeing late spring.
What is the height Of the statue. including its
bases on the dome of the National Capitoll
| NJ. VI.
Thirty-seven feet ten inches, as follows:
First base. five feet six inches; second
base thirteen feet the statue proper, nine
! teen feet four inches.
What the boiling and freezing points OF
| alcohol in Fahrenheit degreesf .. What is the
effect OF the Scotch verdict Of mot provenf'
CIV.
| About 1G7 and 900. respectively. 2. 1t
neither acquits the prisoner nor protects
him from second trial on the same
charge.
l. there such a sentence in the Bible Every
tub stands on its own bottomf f. T. H.
No. Charles Macklin. who lived from
1880 TO 1897. wrote Every tub must stand
upon its own bottom" this in a play cali
ed 1.-THE Man of the World" Before him
John Bunyan used the expression, with
vat in place of tub
What is Buhl-work? .. How far from London
is Windsor Castle? g. What were the dates Of
the birth and death OF Isaac Watts, the hymn
writer? ". Mem.
A form of inlaying with veneer, by
which highly elaborate designs, and even
pictures. are worked out. .. About TWEEN
ty-two miles. g. July II. 1874, and Novem-
Der % 17iS.
When did the Danes land in Ireland and how
long did they remain? VI. VI
Their incursions began in the eighth CEN
fury. but toward the end of the ninth CEN
fury were checked for a period of forty
years. Then they returned successfully,
being finally overthrown by the Irish un-
der Brian Boru at the battle of Clontarf
on Good Friday of 1914.
What are the eight largest cities Of the United
States. and will you give their population?
.. What was the cause of the Franco-Prussian
war? H.
New York. s,is7.202; Chicago. 1,ssS575;
Philadelphia. 1,e9s 6s7 st. Louis 515,23s:
Boston. $50 Ss2; Baltimore. 5Oss57; Cleve-
land, 3S1 7es; Buffalo, ,ss7. .. Bismarck's
determination that there should be such
war while France was unprepared.
What is University Extension7 C NJ
An educational movement by which in
struction by university teachers is fur
nshed to scholars who cannot reside at
the universities Its methods include lee
lures at intervals of a week or more, with
especial guidance for work between lee
lures; instruction by correspondence, and
in classes organized not far from the uni
versity and conducted much are classes
within the institution.
When. where. and by whom was the FIRST labor
union organized: F. p
The modern trades union is an evolution
of the ancient guild and appeared in Eng
land about the middle of the eighteenth
century, but its beginnings were small
and obscure that your question is unan-
swerable. The first organization of which
find record in this country was the
New York Society of Journeymen Ship
wrights. formed in April, 1893.
Do looms and kingfshers burrow into the earth
TO make their nests! o. ID.
Kingfishers do, making a gallery several
feet long before small chamber for the
nest is followed. Looms deposit their eggs
on the top of the ground or rocks so near
the edge of the water that the bird can
jump from nest to a diving depth of wa
ter when alarmed. Its egg seems espe-
cially adapted to this habit, being so pear
shaped that it will roll in a circle, and
thus is not likely to roll off into the water
At what temperature will frebrick melt or
crJimble? ,. Can frebrick suitable for the lining
of furnaces, be made as strong ordinary build
ing brick? F. p
We do not know; the best of it is not
fusible by any ordinary means. and crum-
bling results from chemical action. not as
a direct result of great heat. Thus in iron
furnaces the iron and the silica of the
brick form Stag. the brick being thereby
gradually eaten away. . No; and OF the
various qualities of firebrick those that are
less affected by heat are the weaker.
Have the Japanese Chinese. ribetanS, Siamese,
and iiindus the same religion? II.
No; Buddhists are more numerous than
any other sect in Japan, and the ancient
cult of Shintoism has many followers; the
dominant religion of China is an easy
going blend of Buddhism. Taoism Confu-