Show I What arc the sources of parafflne called Petroleum and a mineral wax ozokerite How many living children has Queen Victoria 2 Whom did Princess Beatrice Beat-rice maITYS SI 2 Prince Henry of Battonbere who died January 20 1S06 r 9 Who was the discoverer of gold In Callforina In ISIS and of what nationality nation-ality was heM T R Jrfmes Wilson Marshall a native of New Jersey > a What arc the comparative weights of milk and waterM Me The specific gravity of cows milk Is 1C3 water being taken as 100 and a goats milk Is lOt 101i I How Is meerschaum polished W D C The rough mejrachaum Is scraped dried scraped again and polished with wax Pipehowls after turning and carving are boiled In wax and polished wlh boneash or chalk Salt Lake City Sept 21 1900 Editor Tribune Where was coal dls covrcd and first used In the world George Oswald There Is a contention that coal was used In England before historic times but the first certain mention of Its use was about the year 1200 King Henry I III Is said to have granted a license I to dig coal at NewcastleuponTync In 1221 England preceded all other Euro rean countries In this The use of coal In America was first by two Connecticut Connecti-cut blacksmiths named Gore In 1765 franco preceded thin by thht four years But as usual China comes in wth a claim centuries ahead of all others + r Are all pcnclus of the clingstone or freestone varieties Are there not sorts hat I comp halfway betweenC R The two classes grade Into each other Some sorts most of them early ones are outright clingstones In ordinary or dry seasons but in wet seasons become nearly free What are the weights In grains or all United States coins of current coinage coin-age B Double eagles 516 eagles 258 half eagles 120 quarter eagles 645 these are gold The silver coins and weights are Dollar 1125 haltdollar 1929 quarters 9645 limes 3S5S The nickel I weighs 7710 the cent IS i How are piles sunk hydraulically P B A pipe Is so fastened to the pile that It will discharge water at the lower end of the stick Water forced through the pipe loosens the sand so much that the timber sinks of Its own weight When tho pipe Is I withdrawn the sand I soon becomes compact about the pile e a r Escalante Garfield County Utah Aug 29 1900 Editor Tribune Will you please answer an-swer the questions In your next Sundays Sun-days issue I The Rand McNally C Cos map of the United States of 1801 gives the north boundary of Navajo reservation which extends along the UtahArizona line to the 110th meridian west thence south thlrtythrfo miles to the northeast corner to the 3JocjuI Indian rescrvallon which leaves a strip of country about 100 miles In length and thirtythree miles in width extending ex-tending from 110th meridian to tho Colorado river Has said strip been annexed an-nexed to tho Navajo reserve If so when was It done Subscriber The Southwestern Utes of Colorado were settled on that strip about two years ago Docs a deer shed his horns every year Deer Yes the deers antlers arc soft at the start and until they attain full growth which Is In about three months are permeated with blood vessels Then the circulation of blood stops the velvet vel-vet is rubbed off against trees and In four months or so the antlers are broken out or fall off of Why do workmen who dig In caissons of bridgepiers have to be subjected to great air pressures T C K There must bu pressure of air In the caisson to keep water ont and the pressure must be lrcrccsed with the Increase of the depth of the water One hundred feet below the water level the pressure needed Is fortyJive pounds to the square Inch In addition to the normal nor-mal atmospheric pressure of fifteen pounds to the Inch Will you tell something of the life of black crlcketsJ R AI 1 Crickets live singly In hermit fashion In littleburrows that they dig fort for-t toni elvey jOl1 r brit which thpy never tray far I They are timid generally peaceful among themselves and toward other Insects and very retiring especially I espe-cially during the day They are herbivorous herbi-vorous but are known to eat dead animal ani-mal matter and to prey on other son I Insects How many divisions docs the caste system of India create among the inhabitants In-habitants and what arc thcyY S The four great or regular castes are the Brahmin or priest the Kshatrlya or warrior the Valsya or farmer and the Sudra or slave Then some two score of low castes of ecent origin are recognized Each of these has come tom Ute growth of a new Industry whose followers gradually nrp taken to I constitute a new social order It Salt Lake City Sept 19 1900 Editor Tribune Will you please give me the history of the statue Venus de MlIoH P Lytle You can doubtless get a more complete com-plete and satisfactory account of this statue in the public library at the Joint building than we have room for here s What countries are Included In the Latin Union and what Is Its purpose C I France Switzerland Belgium Greece and Italy It Is an alliance formed In 1S65 for the purpose of establishing and maintaining uniformity In gold and silver sil-ver coinage Roumanla Bulgaria Ser vla and Russia have also adopted the system in part but have not come Into the union It provides for coins of like weight and fineness though they may differ In names What Is the significance of the expression ex-pression university eetenslonyS C A v A system for extendln the advantages advan-tages of university education beyond the limits of the universities Instruction Instruc-tion IP I given by the regular teachers of the university and Is by lectures by classes held In places adjacent to the university and by correspondence The scholars may be those of usual college age who cannot attend the uni versitys regular courses or older persons per-sons who wish to continue studying as college graduates or teachers and those who wish to take Up especial branches BIngham Sept 14 1900 Editor Tribune Will you please answer an-swer the following to decide a bet What Is the rule In a game of whist concerning the following A plays a suit card B plays a trump C plays a suit card D has no suit docs D have to trump or notF A He docs not unless he is all trumps V September 15 1900 Editor TribunePlease let me know where I can obtain complete information Informa-tion about entrance In the United States navy A D B Write to Commander of Mare Island navy yard San Francisco Cal I Will you tell something of tho life of Maud Balllngton BoothT She was the daughter of Samuel S Waluorth a rector of the Church orEn or-En land who had charge of a parish In Londons East End Opposite his church was William Booths mission When 17 years old she went to Paris I and did mission work with Gen Booths daughtert Catherine After two years of this she returned to London Lon-don and visited cities throughout the United Kingdom She helped In Inaugurating Inau-gurating the Volunteers of America In March 1S9G Sho married September 16 1SSG and now lives in Montclair N J o What States did Cleveland carry at his first election and what were his electoral and popular majorities 2 What were these particulars at his second election Election Alabama Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Mis-sissippi Missouri New Jersey New York North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia and West Virginia His majority of electors was 37 and In the popular vote ho lucked a majority but had a plurality over Blaine of C2CS3 2 In 1S92 he carried all of the foregoing States Illinois and Wisconsin eight of nine electors In California five out of fourteen In Michigan Mich-igan J one of two in North Dakota and ono of twentythree In Ohio His majority ma-jority In the electoral college was 110 his plurality over Harrison 132 and In the popular vote he again failed of a majority but had 380810 plurality a Beaver City Sept 10 1900 Editor Tribune Please give me tho following information through your columns The address of a manufactur ing company of artificial Icemaking machines and a company that manufactures manu-factures sodawatermaking machinery machin-ery Subscriber We do not advertise icemachinery plants In this column but a letter to any large hardware house would get the information Was the French detective Vldoco tho great genius some make him out to be No rather he was more of a scamp than a capturer of scamps As a boy he robbed his father and ran away After n spell of vagabondage ho entered en-tered the French army then deserted to the Austrians later serving again In the French forces Next discreditable life brought him sentence to eight years In prison He escaped before the 1 expiration of his sentence and soon was employed by the Paris police In a grade of spies that included many I toughs and convicts After entering business and falling he established a bureau for the of stolen recovery property I prop-erty but was compelled by the police to give It up and until his death lived In obscurity and poverty His name has been connected with almost countless count-less fictitious adventures but his memoirs arc considered unreliable and even their authorship la f doubted A sWill s-Will you explain the watches of tho crow and the time as kept with bells on shipboard B C The day begins at noon the afternoon after-noon watch lasting till 4 1 p m The next two hours constitute the first dogwatch dog-watch and the second dog watch lasts till S p in From 8 to midnight Is first watch from midnight to I a m Is middle mid-dle watch morning watch covers the next four hours and forenoon watch completes tho day The dog watches enable the two divisions of the crew to keep all watches alternately those who have but four hours rest one I night to take eight the next The time Is Indicated by half hourly strokes on a bell One bell is struck at 1230 a m 2 bells at 1 and eight bells come at 1 a m One bell and eight bells respectively re-spectively recur In this way at 430 I S 830 noon 1230 4 1 830 and midnight Each dog watch begins with one bell and ends with four bells r r e Will you outline the history of the metric system telling especially how when and by whom the units of measurements meas-urements were decided onC O R The first suggestion of a universal standard based on scientific principles came from the Bishop Autun In 1790 He suggested taking as the linear unit the length of a pendulum beating seconds sec-onds in latitude 15 deg and urged that the learned academies of Paris and London collaborate In determln I j I lug Its exact length England and France could not get together then but other continental nations ap pointed delegates The system was finally matured by a committee from the Academy of Sciences which Included In-cluded Jean Charles dc Borda Mar quis de Condorcet Joseph Lagrange Pierre Laplace and Gaspard JMonge five ° C Europcs eminent mathemati cians They toolc for the meter one tenmillionth of a quadrant of the ter restrial meridian an arc of which was measured trlgonorretrlcally at the cost of seven years labor The unit of vol mile was the cubs whose edge was one tenth of a meter and the unit of weight n was the weIght of that cube of distilled water at tho temperature maximum density Later onethou sandth of this Weight was chosen as the unit These standards were legally adopted in France August 1 1793 l and most civilized countries have followed suit They were legalized by Congress on July 27 1SG6 SPARKS FROM THE WIRES A Ire in tho Bass Keul district Con stantinople destroyed 150 residences forty shops and a synagogue At Frankfort Ky yesterday tho prose cution continued its rebuttal testimony In the trial 1 of James Heward Fire partially destroyed the large groin house find elevators on tho Atlantic lock Brooklyn causing Moss pf 5100000 to buildings and contents An American Innovation will shortly ap I pear In London In the shape of USO lau dries run by American employees and with American machinery The strike of Journeymen tailors which was Inaugurated In Cleveland O Thurr day last hns practically ended In favor of the I strikers A larpo number of tho employers have granted the demands mado upon them William Patrick 70 years of age was ncirasslnated on tho turnpike eight miles from Fayeltovllle Toiui Ho was tho father of Andrew Patrick who was mur dered last November and was a witness In his sons caseY case-Y IL Dunton whoso extravagances aro said to liavo caused the sulcldo of George S Forbes a teller of tho First National bank Chicago who out of frjcndalilp for Dunton Is said to have assisted as-sisted tho latter In misappropriating X > 000 has been captured In view of tho possibility that later when circumstances so warrant the land force In China will bo materially reduced tho naval force In Asiatic waters will bo from limo to tlmo Increased with reference refer-ence to American Interests in China and also In the Philippines A trainload of solider of tho Twelfth regiment passed through Shampkln yesterday yes-terday on their way to Shenandoah A largo crowd along tho tracksldo hissed them Tho arrival of tho troops on tho scone following tho trouble at Shonan donh has created much excitement and feeling How greatly tho British Government profits by death can bo judged by tho returns re-turns of tho estate duties for 1SOO1HX just Issued The show that nearly f14 OWOCO were added to the oxchcducr from this cause The total sum bequeathed by w431 persons amounted to over 1232 000 OVX or half the national debt Twelve million wooco accounts riald tolls lo tho amount oc t v Tl ALL OVER THE WORLD President McKlnley arrived In Canton shortly before 11 oclock yesterday Tho transport Aztec hay arrived at Manila with a pack train and U horses belonging to tho Third cavalry A total of S7031S has thus far been t3o nate i by Philadelphia Gnlvcalon and contributions are otlll coming in I am thoroughly satisfied with tHo sit mHloh In New YorV says Senator Jones Wo will havo a big majority there Capetown is already preparing a great f welcome for Lord Roberts and itis be t ihiSy that h ° WIU sail for England fof shortly Tho deluge In India continues and the country Inundated Already twenty nn twenty thCq have beendrowned and thousand are homeless Field Marshal Count von Waldemee commanderInchlcot the allied forms I viewed 6000 of the foreign troops In Shanghai yesterday The fund of 1160 contributed hy tho pupils of the Jersey City public schools for the hurricane sufferers has been sent In check form to tho Mayor tlf Grdvca tonTudge Judge GC W Dukes of Tnlllilna the Governorolcct tho Choetaw nation loft for Galvcstpn tho Thursday be fore tho storm and has never boon heard from since PootmostcrGcncral Smith who han been making a campaign tour of West Virginia has returned to AVasumcton Ito will Icavo today for Toledo 0vticro ho speaks Monday night Tho big German transport Bosnia which arrived In San Francisco a few v days ago has a cargo of coal l nn board which Is smoking and apparently ready to burst Into flames at any moment Senator James K Jones emphatically denies the story that Col W J Bryan had canceled his speaking ongagomenta In Illinois and other Western States in order to hurry to Now York at bio re quest The North Atlantic squadron under command of RearAdmiral Farquhar will remain at Newport R L until about October 1st During its visit tho com bined army and navy maneuvers off that port will take place San Francisco reports tho German i transport Frankfurt has arrived thero from Japan and will at onco bo prepared for tho carrying of horses to China Soon t after tho vessel entered tho harbor live of her men wcro placed in irons for mutinous conduct A negro supposed to William Jones 01 Portland was shot twice and Instant I ly killed hy Deputy Marshal Ferrlcr at Arlington Or Jones was suspected of I I having robbed a store at The Duller and when Ferrlor attempted to arrest him ho mado a movement to draw his re volver and was shot dead I |