Evening journal., 1905-10-19

by the study of the processes Of thought.
Orignally transcendenxalism was the
critical philosophy of Kant. Usually it 10
applied to the teaching Of Hedge, Elmer
son and other American followers OF f.
W. j. vonschelling. In Kantian philoso-
ply the transcendent is that which is un-
realizable in experience; not an object
of possible experience.
H. MIS- it possible to remove super
nuous hairs from the face without going
70 a professional dermatologist? A. Satu-
rate the part well with hne oil; in about
an hour wipe it off; take finely powdered
quicklime. one ounce, and powdered orpi-
ment one dram, mixed with the white Of
an egg. and apply with small brush.
=. N.-What is three-cent piece of 1851
worthf Cg What was the poultry yield Of
1904! A. Three cents. CD. have no author
itative statistics.
Harry.-Do the people have any part
in the government of Japan? A. The em-'
peror Is constitutional ruler, but thel
government is democratic. The imperial
diet consists of two houses; the house Of
peers is composed of members Of the
/ imperial family and the orders Of no.
bility and of persons nominated thereto
by the emperor. The house of representa-
| tives is composed of members elected By
the people, the election laws being very
similar to those of Great Britain
S. A.-Have the recent attempts TO corr
ner wheat been successful. A. They have
generally resulted in losses to the pro-
motors. "Old Hutch" cleaned up a couple
Of million dollars in 1883; Edwin L. Har-
per lost several millions in 1857. Joseph
Letter lost S9.OOOOOO in lS9S-9 and John W.
Gates and his associates lost about IS. /
100000 in 1903.
II. S.-Which is the largest library in
the worldg A. The Rationale OF Paris
France. with over two and a half million
volumes.
J. J.--What was the punishment give1
to those implicated in the murder Of
Abraham Lincoln? A. Mrs. Surratt, Powl
ell. Harold and Atzeroth were hungI
O'Laughln. Mud and Arnold were senl
fenced to imprisonment for life and
Spangler was imprisoned six years
J. d. B.-What were the discoveries OF
Ericsson? A. Left Ericsson, a Morse advent
/
sailed from Greenland about 1000 A. D.. id
quest of strange land to the west which
had been sighted a few years previousll
by Bjarni Herjulfson. He discovered
country which he named Vineland, fron
the grape vines he found growing therd
} The coast on which he landed has beel
variously identifed-by some as that d
Newfoundland or Labrador, and by other
as that of New England.
D G. W. P.-Please give me the addresse
r OF George J. Gould and Miss Helen GoulI
that I may reach them personally? WhaI
are the names of Mr.. Gould's eldest sons
= A. Without letters Of introduction yoI
D could not get in personal communicated
with either of the persons named, as botI
are far too busy to give their time 4
D strangers. George Jay Gould's Office is /
- 1876 Broadway, New York, and his NAL
e would go there. however addressed. Mi7
Gould resides at $40 Fifth avenue Lette1
n from strangers would never get beyod
- their confidential clerks. Mr.. Gould's son
a are named kingdom and Jay
k Luna.-In what month do the harveI
$ and hunters moons appear? A. HarveI
r moon is that which comes nearest to "
o autumnal equinox, that is, nearest
h September o. The hunters moon is thi
e next following.
il c. T.-when was the cotton plant intr|
{. duced into America? A. Earliest record
q indicate that it was cultivated in TalbI
% county. Nd, about 1921. chiefly at thI
Il time for its flowers. Small patches wei
grown in Virginia and adjacent states h
a fore the revolutionary war, but the 4
le dustry did not gain any commercial IN
portance until the invention of the cott1
~ gin by Eli Whitney in 1898. The soutl
le ern states now produce about four-hftt
d of the total Of the world.