The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
!, there ANY, any premium on the columbian bali
4 We think not.
| Aexicoy WIS
No; coffee is on the free list.
Did women vote in the last Presidential cleo
tion in any states 2. Who was the 1rst Minister
from the Omitted States to England y. C.
Yes; in Colorado. Idaho. Utah. and
Wyoming. 2 John Adams
that results rom Gre. say that destroys a large
| building. 2 II not. is there any way OF afording
protection for ones safe? w.
No. though The best safes win Withstand
tremendous heat 2. The best available
protection comes from embedding the safe
| in brickwork.
Do applicants for passports have to give a de-
in what particularsz ,. How long does pass
port lasts Aft.
Yes: age. height. color OF eyes. COM
plexion. and hair, and characteristics OF
| forehead. nose. mouth. chin. and face are
the specifications required. 2. 1t expires
In two years.
What is the composition Of hard rubber, and
what is the process of its manufacture? D.
II is made of rubber and sulphur In
about two parts of the former to one of
the latter, a little litharge being added
for the black product vermiiion for the
red When made into the desired shapes.
II Is heated to about 800 degrees Fahren-
heit for an hour or two. II polished
| surface is desired, the articles are COW
cred before heating with tin foil which
afterward is stripped off.
Why are eggs used at Easter time, and what
10 first rraafN
Eggs and rabbits became associated with
| tom. According to this. children were
| made to believe that II they were good.
| visit from a white, rabbit. which would
leave gaily colored eggs hidden about the
house for them.
] Was there not prior to the invention Of systems
| OF shorthand writing similar to those that pre-
vail today, systems that bad the same usefulnessf
Hardly though there were earlier meth
| DDS of shorthand. Their use made very
| difficult many medieval manuscripts.
| wherein authorizations multiplied rapid
| ly as to result almost in a shorthand sys-
! TEN. These methods of writing did not
/ long survive the invention of printing
| How are ready-mixed paints prepared so that
| they will keep? 3 Are there such things as lu-
| mnous paints? Z. VI. p.
/
| is the formation of emulsion that holds
| the body of the paint in suspension 50
| that 1t will not settle. 2. Yes: for them
| there is added to ordinary paint a little
PHOSPHORUS powder, which usually Is
| made by calcining oyster shells and sui
| phur, or shells and sulphide of autimony.
| What are the OF earthquakesi ia.
| The causes of many are not known, but
/ some are due to explosions of steam ere
| ated by the internal fires of volcanoes.
| Others are traced to the bursting of vol
canic rock by the melted lava Within and
| are preludes to eruptions. A third sort is
| credited to changes in the earths crust
| where II hardened in sections of unequal
strength. or in such way that portions
| We're subjected to. breaking strain.
What is the source Of saffron dye2 . What is the
so-ealled lance wood Of fish rodsf ". Ii. H.
| The saffron-crocus native plant of
Asia Minor that was widely cultivated in
| Europe, especially in SPAIN Only a part
of the blossom is used, and many thou
sands of them are needed for a pound of
| the dye. which nowadays is not much
used. ? 1t should be wood from a tree
| of the Anonaceoe family, from either the
| West Indies or Brazil. The lance wood
of cheap rods, however, is almost any
hard wood.
! In what year barbed wire for fencing pur-
| poses invented? c. E. S.
Its earliest form appeared in 1873, was
| the invention of an Illinois mechanic. and
consisted. OF strips of wood CARRYING
| points of wire at short intervals. This
was to be attached to plain wire fencing
A little later came a strand of two twist
ed wires into which were twisted short
pieces of wire with pointed ends. The year
1874 saw 10000 pounds of this made and
sold. and thereafter the output increased
with remarkable rapidity.
Under existing land laws. soldiers of the Uni
| ted States in the civil may file declsratory
statements for land entry by an agent. Does the
| law require the agent to be a lawyer? N-N-
No: but the agent must have power
of attorney or other instrument creating
| the agency" This paper the agent must
| file. and besides rust take oath that he
| has no interest. either present or prospec-
| tive, direct or indirect. in the claim
| and that no arrangement has been made
whereby said agent has been empowered
| at any future time to sell or relinquish
such claim
Was the County Connaught in Ireland once
| kingdom? !. Is pure nickle attracted by mag
| net? 3. Who first discovered the metal, and
when? PAIR.
Yes. . Yes, and it can be rendered mag
netic as iron can, but not in so high de-
gree. 3. In 1884. Hiarni described one of
the chief ores of the metal. giving it the
name kupfer nickle. or false copper, Then
| in 1854. Cronstadt announced that he had
discovered a semi metal to which he
proposed to give the name nickle. Ii was
new metal, this by Torbern Olof Berg
mann, a Swedish chemist.
How is ai- made liquidf o. NJ.
1t is compressed to a pressure of from
1900 to 5000 pouTiIs per square inch, al
lowed to cool to ordinary atmospheric
temperature, and then is led through a
long coil of pipe. from which it escapes
through a small orifice. The rapid expan-
sion of the escaping portion chills 1t, and
as it il then conducted back outside the
compressed air still in the pipe. the latter
is chilled. and this process of increasing
the cold goes until liquefaction IS
reached. In case there is good protection
against outside heat, lquefaction is eff
fected with considerable rapidity, some
machines having a capacity of several
gallons an hour of the liquid product.
What countries parties to the recent treaty
concerning the Samoan Islands? 3 Ii | aix
cancelled German stamps to letter addressed to
Germany what will be the effect? 8. II a letter
from Germany to my former address here
rives after my departure for Germany, must the
forwarder affix fresh postage? +. c.
The United States Germany and Great
Britain. represented, respectively. by John
Hay Herr Won Holleben, and Lord
Pauncefote 9 The letter will be treated
as if it did not bear stamps; that is. it will
be forwarded. and the recipient will have
to pay double rates. 3. Not IL you have .
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