Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-03-04

How does the British house Of lords
with the United States sen.
lto in sixs7 .. -. =.
The senate consists Of two from
,ach state. ninety-six at present. while
he house of lords consists of 3 princes
II the blood, archbishops, % dukes.
3 marquises, 1875 earls, IS viscounts.
"A bishops, 316 barons, 16 Scottish rep
peers elected for each par
lament and % Irish representative
peers elected for life-in all '693 men,
1ers.
. Who was the author Of "Ths Old
0aken 6ucket?"
Samuel Woodwork, born In Massa.
in 1885 and died in New York
city in 1912. He was quite popular
poet in his day and published vol
ume Of verse. but nothing has survived
but '"The Old Oaken Bucket" A COM
petent critic says: "Woodworth's fine
Yong, The Old Oaken Bucket which
has embalmed in undying verse so
many Of the touching recollections Of
rural childhood. will preserve the more
poetic form oaken, together with the
of the almost obsolete imple-
ment It celebrates, through all dialect
changes as long as English shall be a
spoken tongue"
How many times has Christmas como
on Thursday in the last twenty years,
and when will it next after 1918.
It did in 1890 and 1902 and will again
in 1919.
Will you kindly give some ;nforma-
ton on model state prisons in the
west?
The west is experimenting along
modern lines in it's prisons, and Colo
RADIO. Oregon and Arizona are appar-
emily producing very good results with
the honor system. The federal prison
at Leavenworth, Kan. was looked
upon as a model prison at the time of
its construction.
A prison is soon to be built in ILL.,
nois on novel circular plan. Another
we'll appointed western prison Is the
Indiana state reformatOry at Michigan
City, and the Indiana state reforma-
tory at Jeffersonville, Ind, is good
type Of penal reformatory. Minnesota
is also building an up to date state
prison.
You might get full information re.
garding prisons in the west by writing
to the secretaries of the various state
governors at the capital cities.
What do the following countries pos
sess in the way Of armament in the
air: Germany, Great Britain, France
Russia, Italy and Japan?
According to the latest figures OBJ
tainable, they have the following:
Germany, 48 flying machines, 10 dir
igibles; Great Britain, 20 flying ma
chimes. 6 dirigibles; France, 260 flying
machines, Is dirigibles; Russia, III
flying machines. 9 dirigibles; Italy, e
flying machines. dirigibles; Japan, ID
flying machines, dlrlg1bleS.
What 10 tho meaning Of the word d.
aphanous? 10 it a new color? How
do you pronounce IT.
1t is pronounced di-af-a-nus, accent
on second syllable, and means trans
lucent or transparent. 1t is derived
from the Greek dia. through, and pha
inein, to show, hence a material OF
texture through which some Ngk
passes and objects can be seen. al
diaphanous clouds or vapOr. 1t has
no relation to color.
Why was the government Of tho Dis.
trict Of Columbia made different from
that Of tho states?
In esta blishing the government Il
was important that the national CAPT
tai should be located in national terri
tory and not within any particular
state. So when it was decided t
establish what was called "a fedora
city, the states of Maryland and Vir
ginia each coded body of land on op
posite sides of the Potomac river fol
the site Of capital, over which con
gress should have exclusive jurisdic
ton, as it has over the territories. o.
the cessions thus made congress &C
copied sixty-four square miles from
Maryland and thfrty-six square miles
from Virginia, but in 1916 congress
coded back to Virginia the portion &C
copied from that state. AS now con
stituted the boundaries Of the District
are marked by stone mile posts In
scribed on the side facing the district
Jurisdiction Of the United States,'
and on the opposite side "Maryland.'
AS congress exercises exclusive jur1s'
diction over the District it prescribes
the form Of government for Washing
ton and at present it is governed by
commissioners appointed by the presi'
dent.
Do recent statistics show sny do.
crease in the number Of horses in the
United States?
On the contrary. they show steady
increase at least Of horses on farms,
except in one period. From 1890 to
1900 the number decreased from H..
214,O0O to 1858. 900. but since 1900 the
increase has been steady to 17,O58,OO0
in 1905, 20,277,000 in 1911 and 20,587,-
600 In 1913.
Whsre doss the expression occur
about . man being fearfutly and won
derfuIly constructed? - s S
The One Hundred and Thirty-ninth
Psalm, verse IA, Il will praise thee. for
I am fearfully and wonderfully made. .