News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-03-25

| Panama canal zone owned or controlled
by the United Ststes2
Under the treaty with Panama it be-
gins at 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 exterminatne 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 III Il piece of rotted
wood buried beneath the ground near
| the building. If 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 a
free use of creOsote in all the affected
| parts replace with new wood.
What is the nature of the action of
oil in calming waves at sea? Is 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 keene continue to act aft
err the assassination of Lincoln during
one of her performances?
She remained on the stage until with
in two years of her death, Nov. 4, 1873.
Does the government have stations.
for furnishing oil as fuel for the ships
of the navy?
1t is now constructing or preparing
" NOliotl UT IuCl Oli ctdllOllo do 1Oi-
lows: At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
100000 gallon tank; at Guantanamo,
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 Jan. 10. 1878, and was educated
there and at Duncan Falls. o. lie
went east in 1898 and since has been
employed on the leading illustrated pc
riodicals He served in the Cuban war
as a 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
Their information desired.
Was General Winfield Scott ever a
candidate for president of the United
States?
He was the candidate of the old
Wing party in 1852 and was beaten by
Franklin Pierce. who had been his in
ferior in rank in the Mexican war.
Kindly give the exact date when the
civil war ended.
1t ended really with the surrender Of
General Lee at AppomattoX, April 8,
1865. There were some military move
ments after that and a fight between
some detached forces in Texas as late
as May 10. 1865. the last one of the
war. and the Confederate privateer
Shenandoah continued operations till
midsummer, destroying about thirty
merchant ships during August. 1865.
But these were mere echoes of the
great conflict, like pattering rain after
a storm. The last armed force of Con-
federates to surrender was the army
of General E. Kirby Smith in Texas,
May 26. 1865.
Which was the older, John Wesley,
the founder of Methodism, or his broth
err Charles7
John Wesley was the older. being the
fifteenth child of Samuel and Susanna
wesley, porn June IL, fOo. ana
Charles Wesley. their eighteenth child.
born Dec. %. 170S.
When was Labor day established or
first observed as a holiday
1t was first observed in Colorado in
1887.
Will you kindly publish list of the
Greek letter college fraternities now in
operation, showing the college where
organized and date Of organization?
The following list embraces the prin-
cipal ones: Kappa Alpha. founded at
Union college. 1925; Delta Phi. Union,
1927: Sigma Phi. Union, 1927; Alpha
Delta Phi. Hamilton. 1892: Psi Epsilon.
Union. 1898: Delta Epsilon. Williams.
1884: Beta Theta Pi. Miami. 1899:
chi Psi. Union. 1871: Delta. Kappa
Epsilon, Yale. 1914; Zeta Psi. New
York university. 1916: Delta Psi. Co
umbia. 1S47; Theta Delta Chi. Union,
lCa-. nj. nz1s.