Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-06


Upgrade and Fahrenheit temperature or
thsrmometers2
The terms simply indicate different
scales Of grading or measuring The
Fahrenheit thermometer. SO named
from Gabriel Fahrenheit (1GS6- 1856. a
German scientist. who invented It.
places zero 81 degrees below the freez-
ing point Of water and divides the in
teryal between the freezing and boil
ing points OF water into $50 parts. The
centigrade calls the freezing point OF
water zero and divides the interval
between freezing and boiling points
into 100 parts. The interval between
freezing and boiling points is. OF
course, the same, but the Fahrenheit
thermometer divides 1t into 1870 de-
grees and the centigrade into 100 de-
grees, while the centigrade calls the
freezing point zero and the Fahren-
heit places zero 30 degrees below
freezing To reduce degrees Fahren-
heit to degrees centigrade subtract 80
degrees and multiply by so: to reduce
degrees centigrade to degrees Fahren-
heit multiply by 0-5 and add 80 de-
grees. The thermometer most used In
this country is the Fahrenheit
Was the Commodore Perry who took
. feet Of United States vessels to ia
pan At one time related to tho commo-
dore Oliver Hazard Perry Of Lake Erie
Sams9
They were brothers.
How many industrial or information
al exhibitions have been hold in all2
The first was the worlds fair at
London. in 1858: then in New York.
1853: Munich. 1854; Paris. 1855: Lon
don. 1862: Paris. 1867: Vienna. 1873;
Philadelphia. 1876: Paris. 1878: Allan
tn. 1881: Louisville. 1883: New Orleans,
1884: Chicago. 1893: San Francisco,
1894: Atlanta. 1895; Nashville. 1897;
Omaha. 1893: Philadelphia. 1899: Paris,
1900: Buffalo. Charleston and Glasgow,
1901: st. Louis. 1904; Portland. Ore,
1905: Seattle. 1909.
~ 10 the Iepsr colony in the Ha.
Waiian islands kept up by the United
otatesf
a. Yes. at an expense Of $4,000 q
year. with a 100000 hospital and lab
0ratory.
Now do the turtles breathe whom BE-.
meath the ice in winter7
They belong to the class Of hibernat
ing reptiles. with snakes. lizards, frogs
aud tOads. and when they 80 into a
state Of Information. or winter sleep
breathing In entirely suspended. Some
species Of land turtles bury themselves
in the soil during the winter. and the
salt water terrapin. famous table
delicacy. retire into the muddy banks
Of swampS during the winter.
(2) 10 there . isper colony In thu
United States7
e, Yes. several. the principal one be
xnG In Louisiana.
What 70 che area Or extent Of The
Panama canal zone owned or controlled
BY the United States7
Under the treaty with Panama t'be-
gins ut q point on the Atlantic side
thrre miles Ut sea from the shore. ex-
tends across the isthmus at n width OF
ten miles. or tive miles In both direc-
TONS. measuring from the center Of the
canal. and extends tarre miles to sea
on the Pacific sllr. the same as on the
Atlantic side. Thus defined. the canal
zone contains AS square miles. The
cities Of Colon and Panama ARE gov
erncd by tie republic Of Panama,
Please tell me about tho appearance
and habits OF the spscics Of white ants
% destructive to buildings ard CT any
known method o: e.term' mating them.
The W. called white ants ARE realty
termitcS AMI live IN ruluni.> AMI nave
habits similar to the hurt'yir a
mctb,h al DETERMINATION would tie TO
locate the m'>t. probably IN the affect
ed building Or IN II piece Of rottrd
wsM huriei beneath the ground near
the building lf the latter. burn the
wtsM IL destroy the queen aud thus
disntcgrate the colony: IL In the
building. remove the nest with the sur.
rounding woodwork and then after IA
free use Of crroSote In nil the affected
parts replace with new wood.
What is the nature Of tho action Of
oil in calming waves at sea? 10 Il
chemical or mechanical?
1t Is mechanical. The philosophy OF
the operation IL 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 keene continue to act aft.
Or the assassination Of Lincoln during
enc OF her performaneesf
She remained on the stage until with.
In two years OF her death. Nov. 4. 1873.
Does the government have stations
Tor furnishing oil ~ fuel for the ships
81 the navyf
1t IS now constructing or preparing
to construct fuel oil stations as fol
lows: At Pearl Harbor. Hawaii. a
100000 gallon tank: at Guantanamo
Cuba. FIVE tanks. each 100000 gal
hons: one 100000 gallon tank each mt
Melville. r. l.: at Norfolk. Va: ut
Charleston. s. c.. and at Key West.
Fla.