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2. Multiply the number OF Centigrade de-
erees by nine-ffths. and add thirty-two.

cent and ordinary conditions is not known
2. Multiply the number OF Centigrade de-.
erees by nine-ifths. and add thirty-two.
Does a bullet fired straight up fall TO the
II starts? 2 Did Ericsson invent a device
for increasing many times the energy Of
a steam engine Curt
No; I'm a vacuum 1t would do so. 2. No;
increase Of energy can not be effected by
a machine. but rather. more or less or
actual loss results. A machine may make
energy more effective. BY your description
we do not identify an achievement of Erics-
sons in this direction.
What Is used to mount photographs on
glass so as not 10 leave air underneath?
w. b.
This in one recipe: Soak four ounces OF
gelatine for half an hour in cold water,
add sixteen ounces of water, and keep the
vessel containing both in a dish OF hot
water until the gelatine dissolves. Next
put this solution in a shallow tray. Have
the prints on a roller, take each by the cor
ners and pass quickly through the gela-
tine, using much care to avoid air bubbles.
Hang up the clips to dry, and when dry
squeeze carefully on the glass.
From which of the early invaders of
England do her people spring. and where
did these INVADERS come from? ?. Who is
to-day the champion skater of the world,
and what is his record for distance on
time?-T. G.. II.
From the Engles, Saxons and Jutes, low
Germans tribes that came from Western
Europe. 2. The amateur championship of
1899 was awarded by the I~nternational
Skating Union to p. Oestlund. His time
fer 500 metres then was OA seconds; for
1900 metres, 2 minutes and As seconds, and
for 5000 metres, 9 minutes, 81 3-5 seconds.
We do not think, however, that these are
worlds records.
Are there 2 per cent. United States bonds ?
IL so, when and how were they first is
SUed?-D.
Yes: they were first issued in 1891. In April
of that year there were outstanding about
So. 900. 900 of Az per cent. bonds that were
redeemable at the pleasure of the govern
| ment any time after the first of the fol-
lowing September. Nearly half of them
were held by national banks as security. for
circulation and deposits, and to have called
them in might have caused disturbance.
Sc choice was given to holders of redemp-
ton, or of continuance at the pleasure of
the government ut 2 per cent Holders of
SIS. 1854. 500 accepted the latter clause.
Is Russia to send an expedition to the
north pole next summer whose ship is
designed to crush through the ice? If so,
will you describe the ship?-Reg.
1t has been so reported, but not officially
| confirmed, we think. Russia already has
the ship, the Ermak, which was built to
make the harbors of northern Russia more
serviceable in winter. The boat is very
strongly built, and has a stout ram and
very powerful engines. Her remarkable ef-
fectiveness against very thick ice is due
in sorle degree to the shape of the bow.
This is so formed hat is slides up over the
ice until the weight of the ship effects a
| downward crushing.
Does a vaudeville performer, on MAX
ing an engagement of a week or less, slgr
a contract making him liable to forfeit in
case of failure to appear? 3 Is a public
imitator of noted actors. liable to prose
cution by the persons imitated?-R.
Contracts are signed, but their terms and
the enforcement of them vary greatly
with different managers and different per-
formers. Managers are pretty much at
the mercy Of the more popular specialists
and sketch players, who may ignore signed
contracts and yet escape fair punishment
because the manager does not dare antag-
onize them. The recently organized "vaud-
eville syndicate" has corrected this in some
degree. Specialists of lesser rank, "chas-
ers'' and other unbearables, can be dis
ciplined, but failure to appear is punished
usually by refusal to engage the offender
again, rather than by the imposition OF
a cash forfeit. 2. We never heard of such
a prosecution. though often the mimicry
would seem to warrant one.
What is the meaning or purpose of the
word sic when inclosed in brackets? Is
the j. G.. Pangborn who contributes to the
Journal the articles about the Russian
car a travelling newspaper correspondent
and what about his career?-O. b.
1t is a Latin word meaning thus" and
is inserted in a quotation to call attention
to an incorrect or doubtful word or phrase
to show that it originally appeared thus
and that the error is not made by the one
using the quotation. 2. Major Pangborr
was in his earlier life, a newspaper man
but later went into the railroad business
In the capacity of railroad expert he was
sent abroad by managers of the olumbia
exposition as the head of a commit &c tc
study the transportation systems of the
world. While in that service, and subse.
quently as a private enterprise, he Travelled
over Europe and Asia, including 5000 miles
by sledge and wagon between St. Peters.
burg and V~ladivostock. During that tim
he was a contributors to Harper's Weekly
and other papers.
Can you give me a receipt for granting
and tell the kim of paint used and how il
is applied
We can describe the process in a gen.
eral way. but it is a branch of painting
that demands much experience and con
siderable natural taste to produce attract
i've results. First, knots and sappy spot:
in the wood are covered with one or two
coats of glue or parchment size. Their
comes a ground color to represent thu
lightest color in the grain of the woot
to be counterfeited. After this has hard.
ened the stippling color is applied. Thi:
represents the intermediate shades, anC
for it the dry pigments are mixed, with,
out oil. in thin gun water, vinegar OF
stale beer. Before this dries ii is beater
softly with the side of the stippler to ex
pose the lower coat. Then comes tn,
granting color, the darkest. In this tn,
large veins of the wood are rubbed, ant