The National tribune., 1909-02-25

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Is. NJ, Lucas. Iowa. L Ou can get tie
Farmers Bulletin by writing to the
Secretary of Agriculture, Washington,
d. c. The Department prints annually
large variety of valuable information
for farmers, and most of it is sent free
to applicants. Write to the Secretary
and ask for list of available pub
! lications. The Year Book of the De-
partment is an exceedingly useful work
| Write to your member of Congress for
| it. Your State Agricultural College and
Experiment Station at Ames, Iowa, can
also supply you with useful pubiica-
tions.
o. A. B., Lincoln, Nef.: The mem
bers of the Canadian Dominion Parlia-
ment receive $2.50O Indemnity" and
mileage each session. The presiding
officers get $4,000. There are 81 mem
bers of the Upper House and 221 Of
the Lower House. The British Parlia-
ment has 617 members in the House OF
Lords and go members in the House
of Commons. They get no stated sal
airy.
L. NJ A, Cumberland. Nd: The Con-
federate cause is kept in organized form
by several National organizations, viz,
the United Confederate Veterans, the
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
and the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy. In Maryland there is the So
ciety of the Army and Navy of the
Confederate States.
g. NJ s.. Bluffton. Ind: Eight States,
Alabama, Georgia. Kansas. Maine, Mis-
sissippi. North Carolina, North Dakota
and Oklahoma, prohibit the sale within
their limits of liquors as a beverage.
Counties in nearly every other State
also outlaw the sale of Intoxicating
drinks.
ID. NJ. jamestown. n. D.: The So
called Jefferson Bible contains in a
connected form the sayings or morals
of Jesus. 1t was Reproduced by Con-
gress, and is now somewhat of a rare
volume, held at 81 to Sc each. Owing
to public demand for it, it has been
reprinted by Philadelphia publishing
house, and The National Tribune can
supply it at SO cents each.
s. B. T., Charlton, Iowa: Arrange
ments are being made in several locali-
ties to celebrate the 50th anniversary
of John Browns raid on Harper's Fer
ry. Brown was born at TOrrington,
Conn. May 9, 1900, and spent a little
time in Iowa, but much more in Kan
sas, where he was active with the Free
State element before the war. His let
ters, written while he was in Jail at
Charleston, Va, awaiting execution, are
remarkable productions.
C. L. B.. Portland, Me-: The U. S.
Government is extensively and eXpen-
sively at work on irrigation projects in
all of the arid States and Territories.
The area OF land possible OF being
taken by an entryman ranges from 10
acres up, depending upon the cost of
building and maintaining the canal In
fine fruit sections the land allowed to
claimants is very much smaller in area
than where it is adapted to general
M
printed book devoted to various fea-
lures of this large subject, which ii
sends postpaid to any address for Is
cents.
S. o. A, Dover, Del: Machines to
navigate the air are among the accom-
plishments of modern skill. So far
they are the playthings of experts The
Wrights and others of like daring
manipulate their devices like trick BIZ
cycle riders. When a machine breaks
down On land or water it has something
to rest upon, but when an accident hap
pens in the air the ground is
reached with bump" usually serious
if not fatal to man and craft. All the
air-navigatiDg machines take up lots of
space. Notwithstanding their light con-
struction, and the shelters required
cover hundreds of square feet. A
building large enough to shelter an
average airship will accommodate doz-
ems of locomotives and automobiles. An
to be of commercial use, to
handle freight or passengers, would
have to be very large and accordingly
subject to the caprices of winds, fogs
and storms. 1t requires nerve and
courage to manage an airship or even
ride in one, just as it does to paint
church steeple or work on a skyscrap-
er. Man has accomplished wonders
but there are limitations to what he
can do. He is confined in his opera
tions to five miles of air above him and
five miles of water under him, and
most men cannot go very high nor very
low in either of these elements
c. E. c., Orting, Wash: Congress in
1872 decreed that in the distribution
OF prize money arising from the cap
lures by National vessels one-half
should go to the Government and the
other half. divided into 20 equal parts,
should be distributed by order of rank
The system Is restricted to the Navy,
and grew out of privateering in early
days. The Government found it nee
eSSary to allow nriza Dnonau to THAR