Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-01

| Our ~ -
Query and ~
B sP:2
Was the Commodore Perry who took
feet of United States vessels to ia
pan at one time related TO the Connie
dere Oliver Hazard Perry of Lake Erie
| fame?
| They were brothers.
How many industrial or information
/ al exhibitions have been held in all?
The first was the worlds fair at
| London in 1858; then in New York.
| 1853; Munich. 1854: Paris. 1855: Lon
| don. 1862: Paris, 1857: Vienna. 1878:
| Philadelphia. 1876: Paris 1878: Allan
| ia, 1881; Louisville, 1888: New Orleans.
1884: Chicago. 1898: San Francisco,
| 1894; Atlanta 1895: Nashville. 1897:
| Omaha. 1898: Philadelphia. 1899: Paris,
! 1900: Buffalo. Charleston and Glasgow.
| 1901; St Louis. 1904; Portland, Ore.
/ 1905: Seattle. 1909
~ Is the iePsr colony in the Ha-
waiian Islands kept up by the United
I States2
| o. Yes, at an expense of $4,000 q
year, with a 100000 hospital and lab
| oratory.
How do the turtles breathe when be-
| meath the ice in winter?
They belong to the class Of hibernat-
| ing reptiles. with snakes. lizards. frogs
| and toads. and when they go into a
! state Of Information. or winter sleep,
] breathing Is entirely suspended. Some
/ species of land turtles bury themselves
/ In the soil during the winter. and the
salt water terrapin. a famous table
| delicacy, retire into the muddy banks
| of swampss during the winter.
~ Is there a ieper colony in the
! United states2
| o. Yes. several the principal one be-
/ ing In Louisiana.
What is the area or extent of the
| Panama canal zone owned or controlled
by the United States?
Under the treaty with Panama it be-
| gins at a point on the Atlantic side
| three miles at sea from the shore, ex-
| tends across the isthmus at width of
ten miles, or five miles in both direc-
TONS measuring from the center of the
canal. and extends three miles to sea
| on the Pacific side, the same as on the
| Atlantic side. Thus defined. the canal
zone contains 44s square miles. The
cities of Colon and Panama are gov
erned by the republic Of Panama.
Please tell me about the appearances
| and habits of the species of white ants
so destructive to buildings and of any
known method of DISCRIMINATING them.
The so called white ants are really
termites and live in colonies and have
habits similar to the honeybee. a
method of determination would be to
locate the nest. probably in the affect
ed building or In piece of rotted
wood buried beneath the ground near
! the building. Ii the latter burn the
| wood to destroy the queen and thus
disntegrate the colony; if in the
| building. remove the nest with the sur
rounding woodwork and then after Il
- t., all
| parts replace with new wood.
What is the nature of the action Of
oil in calming waves at sea? 10 it
| chemical or mechanical?
1t is mechanical. The philosophy of
the operation Is that the thin covering
of oil floating on the waves prevents
| the wind from entering under the sur
| face and thereby greatly reduces the
| roughness Of the sea. the height of the
. waves and the breaking of their crests.
Did Laura keens continue TO act aft
| er the assassination of Lincoln during
| one of her performances?
She remained on the stage until with
In two years of her death. Nov. f. 1873
Does the government have stations
for furnishing oil as fuel for the ships
of the navy?
1t is now constructing or preparing
/ TO construct fuel oil stations as fol
lows: At Pearl Harbor. Hawaii a
| 1900 gallon tank: at Guanta namo
| Cuba. FIVE tanks. each 100000 gal
Ions: one 100000 gallon tank each at
Melville, R. l.; at Norfolk, Va; at
Charleston. s. c., and at Key West,
/ Fla.
Please tell something about Howard
Chandler Christy.
He was born in Morgan county. o..
on Ian. 10. 1873. and was educated
| there and at Duncan Falls, o He
went east In 1893 and since has been
employed on the leading illustrated pc
riodicals. He served in the Cuban war
as correspondent and is at present
in charge of the art class of the Cooper
institute, New York. where inquiries
can be addressed to him for any fur
ther information desired.
Kindly give the melting points-that
is, the different degrees at which they
n,eit-ef copper, silver, gold. iron and
| Tin.
Copper meIts at 1896 degrees F., sill
yer at 1878 degrees, gold at 1,947, cast
iron at 2,7S6, tin at 442
In the event of war could the prssi-
dent of the United States assume COM
nand of the army and take the field in
person2
Undoubtedly he would have a right
| to do SO if. in his opinion. circun-
stances made it necessary or advisa BILE
| The constitution of the United States
makes the president commander in
chief of the army and does not place
| any limitation On his n0war fo act &c