Evening journal., 1905-10-19


answered in these columns. Address all
Journal
j. THE twenty-fourth congress.
which met Dec. z, 1896. passed an act
which provided that after January !, 1857.
all surplus revenues over $4,000 should
be divided among the states as a loan.
subject to recall by direction Of congress.
Was such Il division ever made, VIII u
and howg And was it ever recalledg A. j.
1887 the surplus was divided among tn
states. which have never been called up D.
for payment The next congress did no
make any similar appropriation.
n. B.--I read in your answers fe1
days ago that Ham was the progenitor q.
the negro. win you kindly state youi
references for this assertion? A. Event
of nearly four thousand years ago are not
susceptible Of proof. but the weight o.
evidence is wholly in favor Of the propo-
sition so far as / know. Noah put a
curse upon Canaan. the son of Ham, say
ing that he should be the servant of ser
wants" The Canaanites populated Africa
undoubtedly, and according to Park uSoO)
three quarters of the people of that state
were slaves. That the negro is descended
from Ham is the commonly accepted
opinion. and cannot be disproved.
L. B.-What day was. the 10th of June,
1886? a. Friday.
Stoclman.-Where and by whom are the
American Swineherd and the American
Sheep Breeder published? A. Both in
Chicago-the first by James Baynes & Son
and the last by W. w. Burch
Mrs. R.-what is the latest reports as
to immigrants into this country, and what
was the increase over the previous year.
A. The number during the year ending
June 80 last was 1.O26 400. an increase OF
2i3,629 over the previous year. I have not
Che reports for the last three months al
hand at this moment.
J. T. F--Is 1t against the law to sci
| transparent mirrors, and if so what is tbs
penalty? A. There can be no penalty foi
selling any useful domestic articles un
less it is immoral or obscene / never saw
a transparent mirror. and so do not know
what it is like.
c. B. S.-Please give me a short history
Of Helen Hunt Jackson7 Why did sh
wish to be buried on the mountain top
a. Helen Maria Fiske, later Mrs. Hunt
was born in Amherst, Mass. October Is
1881 and died at San Francisco, Angus
u, 1885. In 1888 she was appointed a speeia
commissioner to examine into the condi
tion of the Mission Indians of California
She wrote many verses and miscellaneou
matter. and was the author of Mere
Philbricks Choice OS76), Hetty's strang
History OS7O. A Century Of Dishonoi
dSsD and Ramona OSSD. She also pull
llished several volumes of poems and talel
Bits of Talk etc. 1 suppose that her wis
to be buried on a mountain indicated he
love for such a spot.
c. w. B.-Kindly tell me how to clear
Il prepare and pickle tripe? A. Turn it II
side out and sew up tight so that n
lime may get into II; have a tub of lin
water the consistency OF good thick whit
/, wash, and let It remain in it from ten I
twenty-mlnutes. or until the dark ou
side skin will come off when you tai
hold of it, Then put It into clean waite
changing three or four times TO weake
the time, so the hands may not be il
iured by It, Then with a duh knife scraI
/, off the dark surface and continue to soa
. and scrape several times, which remov'
: all offensive substances and odor. Aft
this let It soak twenty minutes in tv
or three hot waters, scraping over ea'
, time, then pickle in salt and water twel'
, hours. and 1t is ready for cooking BE
+, three to four hours, cut in strips to SUI
! and put it into nice vinegar, with Il
various spices as desired. Renewing q
vinegar at the end Of a week is all tn
r will be required further.
2 J. w. s.-What you describe is not
2 coin but token stamped during Z
q civil war. 1t is not valuable.
r. A. S. C-What is transcendentalisr
t A. Briefly, it is the doctrine that [
a nrinciples of reality are 10 be discover