| Show I P I I I ji1 i I ill P I I ji1JI r I JI QU STIONS AND A r E r I 1 li r If rll 1 I I 1 rl 1 1 I Are Government bonded sIlt i I s-Ilt it I confined 1 exclusively to seaports 2 I t I What ports of entry has South Carolina I a Caroli-na C H S I 1 No 2 Charleston Beaufort and I Il r 1 I I i Georgetown j I I c 1 1 1 J J i a How much tea Is consumed per head I I I II 1 l i In the United States and how much I coffeeB T h 1 Ikr A little over one pound and ten i pounds respectively per head a o 1 tI I J I When and by whom was the Sunday r school originated 2 J How many countries I i I k coun-tries have Sundayschools 3 How f r j many pupils do statistics show Inquirer J I Ii In-quirer t Robert Raikcs at Gloucester England fj I Eng-land in 17SO 2 All those of the civilized i i i I I ilized world 3 Over 23000000 Ii I AI t How nmnv silver dollars were coined J In 1S95 2 How many dimes in 1SS1 I I I i W J Br t 1r i In the fiscal year ending June 30 1S93 1 I 1 there were 3956011 for the calendar c I I Id I ° year iSflE EC2SSO 2 For the fiscal year 3GiLlS3 for the calendar year I J 2050990 I I 11I rc I li I Are found I I e the precious metals ever I i combined with quicksilver that is In i the form of amalgams 2 What Is d i j J I l I the composition of the amalgam used r t II I on m1norsS L F I I r I Yes there are native amalgams of t i gold and sliver 2 Three parts tin to I one part quicksilver usually I I + I a t I I l i iI I I Price Utah May 7th I r I j Editor Tribune Please advise in il I your next Sundays Questions and Answers I 4 11 i I An-swers If Butch Cassidy is in the penitentiary i I peni-tentiary Jf not who was the man that I Ii robbed the Sprlngvllle bank a few I years ago This I Is to settle a dispute I HS C M H t I r s 1 No2 We do not recall the name a v o o sHow I I i j I s-How far do domestic bees roam In I I search of honey 2 Will you give a I j I t j remedy for their stings something of I I 1 i I ordinary household uscP A N I I Some put the distance at a mile but I I authorities dont agree and much depends r I I de-pends on circumstances 1 Yes application I I I i i ap-plication of ammonia or a slice of raw Ii I onlou commonly affords some relief Ii I I 1 a a li 1 I i jl I What was the beginning of the charitable i I r Ml I char-itable freshair excursion scheme 2 I l I i I v Of what period was the philosopher r k I I Bruno and what were his chief characteristics I i I I u il acteristics B It J I i l I I Short vacations provided by a New 1 I II I j York City pastor in 1S49 for the poor j I 11 I I and sickly of his parish 2 Of the latter t lat-ter part of the sixteenth century courage i Ii r II cour-age mental unrest and skepticism I I I I r i strong enthusiasm sublime speculation specula-tion r I 1 < 1 l it Salt Lake City April 2Sth j I I Editor Tribune Please answer I through Questions and Answers What Is the limit of time in which a deserter j from the United States army can be II I prosecuted and does the fact that a t i t deserter went under an assumed name It I it t 1 j II have any bearing on the case Header r i j I No deserter Is amenable to arrest I t f I after the expiration of two years following f + lowing the date on which his term of Il t I service expired unless he absents him h I I 11 P self from the United Slates during that i i II I period In which case the time of his 1 r I absence will be excluded In computing II I IJ1 I i the period of limitation The fact that II I I he bore an assumed name makes no difference I I a a I lj How much of truth Is In wireless telephoning l i II I I I tel-ephoning 2 Is a single Inventor goIng I go-Ing to monopolize the ways and means I 1 of wireless telegraphy and telephoning fi I S E A PIt I i 1 j P-It Is a proven possibility 1 but undeveloped I I unde-veloped even more so than Is wireless j I telegraphy 2 It is too early to tell a i i I gigantic legal battle over questions of 1 9 i l priority Is likely to occur before this I I query can be answered I o il g I I j The many uses of chicory what I I does a writer mean by this statement I J L L U I Id Its young leaves are eaten In salads II also as cooked greens Its more tender roots are eaten and some merit is Ii I I claimed for It as a forage crop It Is I 1 I II II i cultivated on a considerable scale for I Its roots which roasted and ground I t are used as an adulterant for coffee I f I enure and other articles ll III 1 1 J Ogden Utah May Cth I J Editor Tribune Will you kindly answer I I ° an-swer the following questions In your i I next Sundays issue of the daily 1 I r1 The population and area of the Roman I empire when at Us zenith 1 2 The population i f pop-ulation and area of the United States I i including all Its possessions at the I present l1meChas TV Cook II 1 N I Myers In his General History says I n I that under Augustus the Roman empire I I I t em-pire stretched from the Atlantic to the iii I Euphrates and upon the north was I I H III II L I I hemmed In by the forests of Germany I H and the bleak steppes of Scythia and I i I was bounded on the south by the sands 1 j I I of the African desert and the dreary K l I I tl I wastes of Arabia which seemed the a c j t boundaries set by nature to dominion tl I 1 d i A in those directions Within these limits lim-its were crowded more than 100000000 people embracing every conceivable condition and variety in race and culture cul-ture from the rough barbarian of Gaul to thq refined voluptuary of tho East Fisher In his Brief History of the Nations says The Roman empire now in the time of Augustus stretched from the Atlantic to the Euphrates a distance of more than three thousand miles and from the Danube and the shores of Britain to the cataracts of the Nile and the African desert Its population was between eighty millions and one hundred and twenty millions The area was about 1500000 square miles 2 The population of the United Stales Including Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico the Philippines islands Guam and Samoa is SI233009 The total area Is 0690522 square miles Jh A How is the extinction of such animals as the mammoth and mastodon explained ex-plained humans being scarcer in their time than now and less well provided with weapons Q The cold of the glacial perlod is thought to have had I more to ito with It than did man Indeed students do not believe that the American mastodon and man were contemporaries though man probably hunted the mammoth In southern Europe Why are the occupants of a theater gallery known as gods 2 Who was SaddleBag JohnL C W This Is traced to the fact that tho Drury Lane theater in London had a ceiling painted In Imitation of the starry star-ry heavens with cupids disporting amid the constellations 2 Gen John Pope the nickname coming from one of his orders that described his headquarters head-quarters as being on horseback > Or What were the Dead Rabbit riots In New York city Were they an outcome out-come of the Civil warD D They occurred on July 4 1 and G 1S37 so had nothing to do with the Civil war were merely a wholesale settling of old grudges between tough citizens There were two factions the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys and the fighting was serious but the miscreants took to and remained in cover when the military was assembled a Did the ancients use both capital and small letters in their writings 2 Do writers of literary standing use capitals differently one writer from another Argument No they used capitals only and the employment of small letters was a matter mat-ter of slow growth Even now usage varies In different languages the rule In writing Danish and German being to capitalize all nouns though Germans are breaking away from this 2 Yes Individual usage varies but very slightly When was Fort Erie destroyed In the War of 1S12 2 Just where was It 3 Who had held It previously G W C November 5 1811 2 In Canada at the head of Niagara river opposite Buffalo 3 In May 1813 it was abandoned aban-doned and partly destroyed by the British and for the next two months was first held by one side and then by the other Gen Jacob Brown captured cap-tured its British garrison of 170 men on July 3rd and after the battle of Lundys Lane In July 1SH the American Ameri-can army retired to the fort holding it against a weeks bombardment W Will you describe the methods that should be pursued in producing artificial arti-ficial respiration W J W The patient should be on his back the operator back of the others head Seize the patients arms just above the elbow draw them steadily and gently upward until they meet above the head Then lower them slowly to the patients sides In case of need this should be kept up at the rate of about twenty times to the minute for several hours In the very beginning the patients tongue should be drawn forward in order or-der to open the windpipe and be held When breathing begins limbs and body should be rubbed and stimulants may be administered 9 Will you translate In miles per hour the terms ordinarily applied to breezes and winds 2 Are there reliable records of winds of over 100 miles an hour Parker According to the weather bureau alight a-light air is 4 to S miles an hour alight a-light breeze 9 to 13 a gentle breeze 14 to 18 moderate breeze 19 to 23 fresh breeze 24 to 2S strong breeze 29 to 31 moderate gale 35 to 40 fresh gale 11 to 48 strong gale 49 to DC whole gale 57 to 65 storm CC to 75 anything above this is a hurricane and below three miles Is a calm 2 Yes the bureau has such taken for fiveminute periods pe-riods Is the origin of the liberty cap and pole traceable If so will you outline if 2 What Is the queen of weapons wea-pons 3 Who was the poet of the commonplaceJ P EYes E-Yes or at least it Is traceable to the ancient Roman custom in freeing < slaves The slaves received the pilous a cap of halfegg shape which was the badge of freedmen and commanders who desired assistance of slaves stuck such a cap on a staff or pike to signify sig-nify a promise of freedom 2 Lord Napier thus dubbed the bayonet but as the weapon Is now valued the name Isnt deserved 3 Longfellow had this nickname because of the beauty he lent to the most common matters c Will you print some facts of Paul Boy tons IlfeJ C B He was born in Dublin Ireland June 2fl J 1S4S entered the navy in 1861 and for several years after the Civil war was a submarine diver Still later la-ter he saw service In a Mexican revolution revo-lution In the United States Lice Saving Sav-ing Service and In the FrancoPrusjbitin war with the francstlrcurs free shooters His first performance in his rubber suit occurred In 1871 and he afterward made a business of Giving Giv-ing others his longest Journey being from Cedar Creek Mont to St Louis 5SO miles which he covered In 01 days Such adventures he Interrupted in 1SSO to serve In the Peruvian torpedo tor-pedo service against Chile Here he was made a prisoner but escaped to sea to be picked up by a passing vessel ves-sel I Is there a musical instrument known as the serpent 2 Also what Is a rebec apparently a musical instrument instru-ment 1lI R There was such an instrument but It is practically obsolete It consisted of a wooden tube some eight feet long and Increasing In diameter from five eighths of an inch to four inches at the end most remote from the cupped mouthpiece The whole was curved In such a way as to suggest the name It has been replaced in modern orchestras orches-tras by brass Instruments J A primitive pri-mitive stringed instrument of the middle mid-dle ages the forerunner of the viol and violin It was not unlike todays mandolin In shape but was of solid wood for most of Its length had three strings and was played with a bow In tone It was loud and harsh t o I Why is the 1st of April set for April Fools day and how long has the custom I cus-tom prevailed 1 A M B The practice came to this country long ago from Europe Its exact source is unknown Some writers trace it to the old miracleplay of Easter time and others give as Its origin some old Pagan festival celebrated by prankish tilcks as the Hindu Hull festival of March 31st or tho Roman Feast or Fools which fell February 17th |
