The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-12
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
Whore is Mount Mckinley 2. What is the
altitude OF Pies Peak? ii. W.
In Alaska. 2. fi.f,i fvvt.
What is the record for horses in running, pae-
Ing. and trottingG T. NJ. s
ad sanhins' h'''s' pacing i'''A' ''0''ns'
Who 10 president of the Philippine Commits
siosi 2. Where was General Corb.n bornY s. A.
William H. Taft. 2. In Clermont coun-
ty, Ohio.
In what year did the Johnstown Hood occur2
On what day in the week did June !, 1851,
come? oBLIGE.
In 1889. on May 81. 2. Wednesday.
IsE. P. Roe livingi q What is Bill APPS
true namc and what is his address, J. S. VI.
He died July 20. 1883 g. Charles Henry
Smith. Gainesville. Ga.
VIVA. vessels compose the North Atlantic
squsdrons G. L
Kearsarge fagship). Alabama, Bar
croft Massachusetts, and Scorpion
Which has the largest membership in the
United States, the Odd Fellows or the knights
OF fythias? IT, S A.
The odd Fellows, by over 100000.
What Is the population of Greater New York
and Of London2 F. c.
Last years census gave New York g.
So, 202; by the census Of 1891 London had
All, 056.
What is the source OF these lines:
BLOW. bugle bloxl ct the wild echoes fyingi
And answer, echoes, answer. diving, dying, dy-
mgr c. Z. d.
Tennyson's poem .The Princess"
Where can find this quotation:
''Who gives himself with his aims feeds three,
| Himself, his hungering neighbor, and meT'
| B. G.
In James Russell Loweii's poem THE
Vision of Sir Launfal.'
| What is the price Of a g gold piece of 1889?
.. Gan you tell me how many were coined in that
| year? Z. V.
Coin dealers offer from Is to 80 cents.
according to the condition Of the coin,
beyond the face value. 2 Ffty-iive were
| coined.
Who were the authors Of the following: l.
"And thereby hangs taie7'' .. ''Sin has many
tools, but a lie is handle that fits them air.
8. Beauty is truth, truth beautys L. b
Francois Rabelais; after him Shakes
peare used the expression several times.
2. Oliver Wendell Holmes. 3. John Keats.
Will you give the name and place and date OF
birth Of each Of ex-President Clevelands chill
dren? QCIX.
| Ruth, born at SIC Madison Avenue, New
York city October 8. 1891: Esther, Execu-
| tive Mansion, September 9. 1893; Marion,
| Gray Gables, BuZZard's Bay, Mass, July
z, 1895: Richard Folsom, Princeton, N. j.,
October rs. 1897.
When fish come up to the top Of the water and
| make continued bubbling sound. what are they
| doing? 2. Where is the home Of the gold Ash?
Trying to get more oxygen than the
water furnishes In aduariums this be-
havior is usually a sign of too many fish
for the amount of water. q China; it is
the Chinese carp.
Is there snake that rolls like hoop?
No: the hoop snake who takes his tail
in his mouth and rolls Is a mythical
creature. The hoop snake Of our South
ern States is the Abastor erythrogram-
mus, is blue-black. with three red lines
on his sides. is harmless, and not eccen-
trio in getting about
Was there a regular engagement fought in
Texas after Lees surrender? Ii so. please give
brief account Of it? X H.
Yes. On May IL, 1865. Colonel Barrett
set out from Brazos Santiago, to surprise
a Confederate camp at Palmetto Beach.
He took and burned the camp, but two
days later was overtaken on his return
by force under Gen ]. f. Slaughter
and was hunted back to Brazos with a
loss of eighty. The Confederate loss was
very slight.
What is the fastest schedule time made by any
railroad train in the United States? W. c.
These regular runs bid for the distinc-
fipn. The Erpnirp E,xpreSS of the
New York Central Railroad. between
New York and Albany, 143 miles in 1eO
minu' es; between Washington and Balti-
NOR Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 10
miles in IS minutes; and the Congress
sional Limited of the Pennsylvania
Road, Jersey City to Washington, 227
miles. in 2S6 minutes.
What was the western Reserved" . Why do
we have silent lettersT l. NJ
That part of the public lands in Ohio
which was claimed by Connecticut under
her charter of 1867, and which was re-
served to her by compromise under the
Articles of Confederation. IL extended 10
miles west of the Pennsylvania boundary,
and included 1867 900 acres. Jurisdiction
was surrendered to Ohio in 1900 2 Most
of them are relics of sounds once heard
in words of other languages from Whlch
our English. lords were derived.
Are the whip-poor-will and bull-bat the same
birdl Ii not will you describe eaehs NJ NJ "
No though the two often are confound-
ed The CHIEF difference lies in bristles
extending out beyond the bill, which the
whip-poor-win has and the other hasa {,
and in the tail, which Is broad and round
et! in the whip-pOor-will and forked IN the
5ull-bat The whip-poor.will is named IN
imitation of its cry, while the hull-bat is
so called because of the loud booming
sound made by its rapid rush through tine
air which is heard usually ABOUT twliignt.
What docs the Treaty Of Paris that closed the
Spanish-American war say in regard to the re-
lations Of the United States to Cuba! b. B.
Article l. after stating that Spain relin-
quisheS sovereignty concludes: And as
the island is TO be occupied by the United
States the United States will, so long as
such OCCUPATION shall last assume and
discharge the obligations that may under
international Law result from the fact of
its occupation for the protection of life
and property" BY Articles Y and NJ il is
agreed that the Inhabitants of Cuba shall
religion. and that Spaniards residing in
Cuba shall be subject to its criminal and
civil courts. Article XVI reads: 1T is
understood that any obligations assumed
in this treaty by the United States with
respect to Cuba are limited to the time of
its occupancy thereof, but il will upon
the termination of such occupancy advise
any government established in the Islands
TO assume the same obligations
Were the Five Nations of Indians a combina-
ton OF all the small tribes that east OF the
Mississippi River2 2. If so, of what family are
the Choctawz? 3. What became of the Tuscaroras
of North Carolinaf j. W C.