The times., 1901-03-31

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When and where did Patrick Henry deliver
| his celebrated speech that has been in school
| readers ever since? 2.
In the Virginia House of Burgesses IN
1855, the occasion being the introduction
| of his resolutions against the Stamp Act.
Who carried Nebraska in the last Presiden-
| tial election. and what was the pluraityl
E.F.O-
The State went for Mckinley by
| plurality of SOP and the Republican
State ticket was elected by plaralities OF
from SOL for Governor Dietrich, to S,7u
for Auditor Griess.
Are both Of Abraham LincoIn's sons living? H
So are they in the United States Army? J. y.
His sons were four; Edward Baker died
in infancy, William Wallace died at the
age of twelve, Thomas died when eighteen
years old, and Robert Todd lives in Chi
cago.
What became Of Queen vietoria's half-brother
and half-sisterl Did the Princess Feodorovna
marry, and when did she die? ID. I.
The haIf-brother, Charles Frederick
| William Ernest, died in 1856. The half
sister. Anne Feodorowna Augusta Char
| Iotte wilhelmina. married in 1928 Ernest
Christian Charles Prince of Hohenlohe-
| Langenburg, and died in 1872.
grow? Az
1t is the fruit OF climbing shrub whose
| stem grows from twelve TO twenty feet
| long and has opposite each leaf a spike
Of flowers with fruit the size of a pea.
1t is a native of the East Indies, but now
| is cultivated IN most tropical countries
|
What is monazite and where can ii be OBJ
| tanned? J.KH.
A rare mineral described chemically as
| phosphate of the cerium metals. and
usually containing some thorium silicats.
1t is found in North Carolina, at Norwich.
| Conn, in the Ural Mountains. and else
where. IT is washed from gravels result
| ing from the disintegration of granitic
rocks Of which it is a constituent.
/
Which was the larger vesseI-the Kaiser Wiz
| helm der Crosse or the Great Easterni WAGER.
The Great Eastern. 1t was $50 feet long.
SO IL feet beam, and IS feet depth of hold.
| The corresponding dimensions OF the Kai-
ser Wilhelm are 626, 66. and 80. The Great
Eastern was larger than the Oceanic. the
| biggest vessel now afIoat, though the lat
ter is 70l feet long.
Can sound waves be concentrated BY a re-
| fector in similar manner to iight-say. in a
| searchlight refectori TW.
| In some degree. yes; but not SO marked
ly as is the case with light. the effect be-
/ ing dissipated gradually as the distance
| from the reflector increases. Expert
ments with fog signals have shown that
! the reflection is far more effective with
moderate sounds than with very loud
ones.
| How far Is Neptune from the SUM- g How
| long does it take the light of the sun to reach
US? 3. How much greater is the mass of the
than OF all the planets that revolve about it?
RMS
It's mean distance is about 2.770, 10000
miles. 2. Eight minutes and eighteen sec
onds when at mean distance from US. 3.
Between 7eO and 500 times as great.
What is the difference between sheathed and
unsheathed warships? ". P.
A covering of sheet copper for the out
side of so much of the hull as is under
water As used on wooden vessels the
copper was a protection against teredOs
and other borers. and to a large extent
prevented fouIing with sea weeds. bar
nacles, and the like. On steel vessels 1t
tends to decrease the fouling. but wheth-
or or not it is a preventive of corrosion
of the steel is still disputed point.
win YOU give the names of all the Chief JUS
tices of the United States with their tenure in
Office, since the organization Of the court? HD
John Jay. 17s9-f7S5 John Rutledge. ap-
pointed in July, 1895, presided at the Au-
gust term, but soon afterward lost his
reason and failed Of confirmation by the
Senate: Oliver Ellsworth. 17Ss-1S00; John
Marshall, ISo1-1ss5: Roger B. Taney, 1896
1864: Salmon p. Chase, 1S64-1S73: Morrison
r Waite 1S74-1SSS. Melville W. Fuller.
the present Chief Justice, was appointed
April 90, 1sSS.
How did 50 many different surnames Origi-
nate? z. a.
The cause of the great number was the
need of and desire for distinguishing the
individual from his fellows. Many OF
them were significant of occupation, as
Smith and Fowler; of locality. as Atte-
well (at the weID; OF personal peculiarity.
as Longfellow; or of descent. The last
was very plentiful Instances are names
beginning with Mae (sonl or ending
with ing (bOrn of. The topic is a
large one for treatment in this depart
ment; in an encyclopaedia under Name
or Surname" you'll find much about it.
and there are many books on it.
VIII YOU tell me something Of the first pro-
FOUNDER OF phrenoogy, if he is known2
F.R.D.
This was Franz Joseph Gall. who was
born in Baden. Germany. March 9, 175s.
From childhood he had taken much in
terest in the differences in the shapes OF
mems heads, and by 1885, when he had
received his medical degree at Vienna. he
had become convinced that they afforded
an index to mental and moral character
istics In 1895 he began lecturing In
Vienna on his theory. bus was met vita
ridicule and censure, and in 1S05 the
Austrian Government interdicted his
lectures as threatening religion This
prohibition helped his cause, and in Ber-
lin Immediately afterward his lectures
had many interested listeners. In 1907 he
went t0 Paris, where he praeticed medi-
cine and became a French citizen. Meas
there he died August y, 1898.
How can I prepare a lawn tennis court so il
will stay smooth and not grow soft and tusJys
| wish to make two-onc a lawn covered with
grass the other place without grass. The
soiI is black Ioam MIC
\ lawn may easily be pat into good
condition by spriulling and rolling, re-
peating this as often as necessary. Good
thick turf is. of course, highly desirable
to start with. The other sort will be a
big Job. The soil of the entire court Will
have To be replaced to a depth of not
much less than foot with gravel, coarse
sand or ashes-whiChaver is most easily
obtainable-and there should be a top
course Of clay. \ deal of rolling VIII be
,ac.sSarv and more n VIII nave to