The San Francisco call., 1910-10-16
Answers to Queries


CRAZY ouEES-E. H. c. sussn9ilie. who'
y whfs5sr cray q tss Of Lebanon referred to
Startled on her desert throne
The crazy queen of Lebanon.
She was Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope,
the eccentric daughter of Charles. the
third earl of Stanhope, and whose
mother was a daughter of Lord Chat
ham. She was born in London March
H. 1I76. When she was 90 years of
age she entered the office of William
Pitt, her uncle, as his private secre-
tary, acting in that capacity for 10
years. when he died. Through HIS in
huehce she was recommended to the
government for pension AMI was
granted $1,000 yearly, but as that did
not supply her wants she went to
syria. The Arabs, struck by her ap-
pearance and a display of wealth,
treated her as a queen and she skill
fully acted the part. She established
herself in a deserted convent among
.the wild scenery of Mount Lebanon and
there wearing the dress of an emir,
weapons, pipes and all, she ruled a
retinue of Albian guards and servan IS.
The convent, which was, after her oc-
cupancy, converted into a fortress, was
refuge for the prosecuted and dis
tressed. So powerful was the influence
she welded over the country that when
Syria in 1882 he was constrained to So
Ecit her neutrality. She kept two
mares in her stable on which she de-
clared she would ride to Jerusalem with
the Messiah on his second coming. She
died June %, 1852. and left voluminous
memoirs. which were published after
her death.
CAUL-C. V. A.. Richmond. What is the be-
inc oh l,a-, rr-t4L lii
on its face?
The caul has had extraordinary su-
perstitions connected with it from early
ages to the present time. 1t was the
popular belief that; children so born
would be very fortunate, and that the
caul brought fortune to those purchas-
Ing one. Midwives have sold cauls to
persons as means of making them
eloquent and to seamen as an infallible
preventive gainst drowning. 1t was
supposed also that the health of the
person born could be told by the caul.
which if firm and crisp betokened
health. but if relaxed and flacid meant
sickness and death.
AUToMoBILE-E. NJ, soledad. Who in
vented the automobile?f
An automobile is anything in the
mechanical line that has the power of
propulsion within itself. The principle
of the automobile was advanced by Sir
Isaac Newton when he explained how
a carriage could be propelled by steam
In 1890 Nathan Reed constructed a
model steam carriage. The same year
Joseph Cugnot built two steam car
riages. In 1894 Leon Serpollet applied
the water tube boiler to three
wheeled carriage. Since then more than
so persons have produced various
kinds OF automobiles.
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ARBITRATION-A.~ F.. City Is there a
permanent court of arbitration that meets at
The Hague? What nations compose the court ?
There is the one provided for by the
convention at The Hague. July 90. 1899
The nations represented in the conven-
tion are:
Argentine republic. Austria Hungary. Bel
gium. Bolivia. Brazil. Bulgaria, Chile. China.
Colombia. Cuba. Denmark. Dominican republic.
Greece; Guatemsla. Haiti Italy. Japan. Ltxem.
berg, Mexico. Montenegro. Netherlands Mica
mania Fssnsa as
Switzerland Turkey United States, Uruguay
venezuela. The court meets when called.
DRAWING wATER-w.. City. From what
depth can water be lifted by means of a suction
pump at sea level?
Kent, in his work on Mechanical En-
perfect pump will draw from height
of nearly "a feet. but since perfect
vacuum can not be obtained on account
of valve leakage, air contained in the
water and the vapor Of the water itself,
the actual height is generally less than
80 feet
THE PREUsSEN-w. F. R.. City. Give the
dimensions of the Hamburg ship Preussen. one
of the largest vessels adcat; also her speed.
This is a five masted vessel, steel,
4ss feet long. beam amidships 81 feet
and depth 3S feet 9 inches. She loads
to a 81 foot draught, which gives her
a displacement of 11,500 tons. Her
record speed of 49, knots an hour.
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FLYING BIRDS Subscriber. City. At what
rate Of speed do the following birds hy? The
hawk. sparrow, duck. falcon and crow
Hawk. 80 miles an hour; sparrow.
50; duck. 80; falcon. A; crow, 25 miles.
PINNOCCHO - Subscriber, City. How Is
s.pinoccho'' pronounced?
According to the Italian dictionaries:
Pi nocc-h-co.