Show I iI i I I What arc the height ana weight of the King of England D A Height rather less < < than live feet five Inches weight about ISO pounds S S Whatnrc the derivation and mean ins or Scmlosr C AY We give It I up I i a a a Who said The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world 7Poslnl Wo cannot trace the origin of the saying or sentiment As usually repeated re-peated the words Js the hand that follow cradle A a Salt Lake Feb 21 1001 Editor Tribune Will you please slate If J the Stnte of Utah will give a man any title to land for digging a well on a dry desert 2 How much land can one man leaso under the desert des-ert land Suit in Utah What will It 1 cost him per acre and how long can he hold It Does he have to fence all that he leases or Just stake It oITA I Subscriber J It will not 2 Land cannot be leased under any conditions under the desert land act I Pocatello Ida Feb 22 1001 Editor Tribune To settle ft bet la there national holiday In the United Stales Please answer through the columns of your pupclDr Rook Yes Labor day But it is not therefore i there-fore a holIday a State only In the Federal domain 1 w Who Is GovernorGcncral of Canada cr Vriie Earl of Mlnto YIO what day or the week was the Declaration of Independence signed A M Thursday r o Spring City Feb 19 1901 Editor Tribune Docs a man who ian filed a homestead entry lose his right to file another In another locality provided he falls to prove upon the first for the reason that he wishes to change his residence another county coun-ty 2 What Is tho Goebel lawD S L 11 Under the act of June C i 1900 any person who prior to tnat date made a I homestead entry and from any cause I lost or forfeited the same may make anew I a-new entry under the homestead lnwsJ 2 The Goebel law was passed to put I Into the hands of the Democratic party of Kentucky all the election machinery of the State The Republicans were not rccognlxed as judges at elections or in any other way In other words the intention was to make Democracy supreme no matter even 1 if the Republicans Re-publicans had a majority S 00 Are cottonwood and tulip trees true poplars 2 What Is the meaning of a before a proper name1 The cottonwoods are poplars tulip trees are of magnolia family 2 Of Is the phrase To the manner born correct or is l the word manor right From what docs the saying come CIpYour 1 Your quotation is correct and Is from Shakespeares Hamlet act I scene IV o 00 Salt Lake City Feb 21 1901 Editor Tribune Please give us the names of nil the seaport towns In Eng land and the largest 1T IL C Wed rather have you come to The Tribune office and look up for yourself on a very good map wo have such r towns as you wish to see r 000 To Daphne Wo do not print poems In this department H a Editor Tribune = Will you kindly inform in-form me of the present address of Mr Eiulyard KipllngS S fl Address him at London England and mark on envelope To be forwarded for-warded 0 Oak Bar SIskiyou Co Cal Feb 12 Editor Tribune How would I apply to get the agency to look after the Government timber In this countr1K To the Secretary of the Interior Washlngton D CHas a o Has the Thirtyninth regiment left the Philippines for home About when will it arrive in the States Mrs ai M The command Is still in the Philippines Philip-pines underlined with other regiments to start soon for home Salt Lake City Feb 20 1901 r Editor frl une11ll you please give in next Sundays paper a synopsis of the causes that led l up to the present war of thp English and Boers and Greatly obllgeAn Old Subscriber 1 The synopsis to be worth anything would take more space than is availa ble here The querist is Invited to call at The TrIbun oflicc and read up on the question as fully as he desires 0 o a Salt Lake City Feb 20 1901 v Editor TrJbuno Is Lydia E Pink ham founder of the great Plnkham remedies alive and where is her ad ressAh Old Subscriber Write to S C Bcckwlth Tribune bullcllng New York hecavtcll you all about it a a a Editor Trlbuno Is Washingtons Birthday a national holiday 2 What I constitutes a national holiday 3 I Name those of the United States I I What act would Tie necessary to sus j lend the legal observance of such a dayNo No 2 One so declared by Congress I I 5 Labor day 4 To abolish the holiday II I CoIn Sin S-In what year was John Y McKano convicted of election frauds in New York ami over what election Presi dential or StateJ C W In 1SIM lie wns convicted of con cealing the registry lists of the election of 1S93 > a State election Has the population of England In creased or decreased In the past ten years E W W The last general census was taken In 1S91 so answer must depend on esti mate of the present population but careful estimators Indicate an Increase of between U audI 1 per cent < Park City Feb 11 Editor Tribune Was there ever a time In the United Stales when a for eigner not an American citizen who entered the army of the United Slates and was honorably discharged could vote or take up land or exercise any of thu rights of a citizen Citizen He can be admitted to full citizen ship upon application without any pre vious declaration of Intention olded 1 he proves a resilience of at least ono year In tho United Spates and complies I with rcquirenjenlBaUjo age etc ManU Feb IS Editor Tribune Kindly give an Idea I of how the cable cars of Kansas City are pearLed and If l they arc thought to be better than electric cars surh as arc operated in Salt Lake CiLyN Y Tho cablecar system of Kansas City does not differ essentially from that oC other cities whore the cable system is used All tho curs arc operated from acentral powerstation the cable run ning beneath the truck and pulling the cars by moans of a gripping device at tached to the car and operated by means of levers Cable cars are gen erally considered vastly Inferior to electric cars except In certain cases Where the grade exceeds 11 per cent the cable cans are considered better and they arc aloo considered slightly better than e < Plceanj In winter DL I iNhere much snow Is 1 encountered The J electric car depends on the friction of lui wheels to run it and this Is frequently fre-quently affected by snow on the track The first cost of a cable yyslom is more than double that of an electrlc system The speed of an electric car can be better regulated than that of a cable car < S S S Salt Lake Feb 21 Editor Tribune What school hold the most tickets and cleared the most money in the recent art exhibit 2 How many miles are there in one degree de-gree of latitude also In one degree of longitude a i What substance can be added to lemon Julto to make an Ink that will appear when heated and disappear dis-appear when cold I What trouble occurred about 1S9G In Venezuela to necessitate ne-cessitate the applying of thc > Monroe doctrine Subscriber 1 It has not been computed yet but will be during the present week doubtless doubt-less 2 The figure of the cnrtlj has never been precisely ascertained and consequently the actual length of degrees de-grees of latitude and longitude can only bo closely approximated A degree of latitude at the equator Is about G87 statute miles of 5250 feet degrees Of latitude GS7S at 10 degrees of latitude C9 at GO degrees of latitude G923 at SO degrees latitude 6939 at degrees of latitude G9U A degrcc of longitude longi-tude Is about 6916 statute miles at the equator 6502 at 20 degrees latitude fj305 miles at 40 degrees 3167 miles at GO degrees 1205 miles at SO degrees nothing at 90 degree i A weak solution so-lution of cither sulnhato of iron or chloride of Iron placed over writing with lemon Juice will disclose color when heated but the color will not disappear when cold 1 The United States was brought Into tho discussion which Involved a boundary dispute between be-tween the Republic of Venezuela and Great Britain touched on in a message sent to Congress by President Cleveland Cleve-land December 17 1895 The President took bin stand on the Monroe doctrine as a > recognized element of International Interna-tional law and asked the British Government Gov-ernment to submit the matter to arbItration arbi-tration This was refused and Congress Con-gress authorized the President to appoint ap-point a commission to Investigate and report on the true division line between be-tween the Republic of y ne7u cia and I British Guiana The commission consisted con-sisted of David J BrewcYRIchard H Alvey Andrew D White Frederic Cou dert and Daniel C Gilmore The commission com-mission sat for a long time in Paris and finally rendered Its judgment giving giv-ing Great Britain a large portion of the territory It claimed but preserving I to Venezuela the River Oconoco The Judgment of the commission was accepted I ac-cepted by the parties on both sides o cHow 0 c-How many coats of branlike fibre arc recognized In a grain of wheat Four two of woody fibre then the cigar coat woody but In the form of a net work of tubes and fibres and last a very thin covering mostly woody fibre and coming next the nutritious kernel a a to Was not Mason and DIxons line re surveyed at one tlmen If so why and WhelF A R Part of the survey was revised In 1S19 because the stone marking the northeast corner had been removed accidentally The worlc of the previous surveyors was confirmed however Maryland gaining less than two acres S d a Spring City Feb 21 Editor Tribune Is there any State law prohibiting a person who has had the smallpox from visiting with his friends after 1c I has been released from quarantine and ifso what is the lawA Subscriber There is no such law x S S Salt Lake Feb 21 Editor Trlbunclls it good taste for a man who is engaged to one lady to corerspond with another the latter not knowing the engagement 2 A and B agree to take two shots each at bullseye marked on a board A shoots and misses the buljscyc one half Inch the first shot and hits it the I second 13 misses the bullseye one quarter Inch once and oneeighth inch once Who wins7 Constant Reader 1 It depends largely on circumstances circum-stances A friendly correspondence my be permissible at all times If the letters to the other girl are duplicates dupli-cates of the ones sent to the fiancee it is more a matter of dishonor than lack of good taste But generally sneaking It is thing to avoid 2 This would depend on the arrangement ar-rangement made B seems to have done the closer shooting If the target rings were one of the itandard marks A would have won If on the other handlt were agreed to count the misses B would win as tho aggregate distance of his shots from the bullsoye Is less than the distance the bad shot of A Is off What of the Order of the Gartcr7W It is the highest British orders of I knighthood The exact late of Its foundation a matter of dispute but it is commonly placed in 1344 Women were admitted as late as the time of Edward IV but since then no woman but the sovereign has received the order There are about fifty knights of the order altogether S 0 r i Did the ancients make glass If so who cxcellcd2Yhal Is the average weight of a man five feet qlght Inches tall DYes D-Yes throughout the days of the Ro man empire I the great gjoss producing country was EgYI1t2 At the age of 2L it is 116 pounds thereof It In creases gradually maintaining the maximum average of 163 between the ages of 50 and 64whenit falls slowly r I Salt Lake City Feb 20 Editor Tribune Are champagne bot tics hmdc to stand a pressure of 200 pounds Subscriber Tho bottles made In Franco will stand a pressure of about ISO pounds and the American bottles 125 pounds Soda water la never charged over a pressure of 120 pounds while cham pagne Is usually charged at about 70 pounds 1 Ova Salt Lake Feb 20 Editor Tribune Does the car run ning on First South Fifth West and Fourth North line run to the Univer sity building E P It does = net but you can get transfers to the First South street cars that do reach the Unlversly grounds a a aSail Salt Lake Feb 20 Editor Trlbunel Will you kindly Inform me when Utah became State 2 Was it decided in thQ < first Legisla ture that the question of a copltpl l building was not to be brought up for five years or was there any time men tioned Subscriber 1 January 1 1891 2 Thero was no legislation of the kind V Editor Trlbuno Kindly give the ad dress of Andrew w Carnegie In The Trib N une C next Kellogg Sunday and oblige Mrs II No 5 West FlftyfirBt York city street New J C LIddell of Erda calls attention to an error which appeared last week In regard to the number tons of hay which would be In a stack The number should have been clever and a half tons very nearly S a Warren Ida Fob 10th Editor Tribune TrlbiineWllL you kindly print In your next Issue the answer to following Do improvements to an abandoned quartz ledge wucli us stamp mills holler etc go with the claim Suppose a claim runs out In 190D and an Itt IB relocated In 1901 can thercloca tor claim the Improvements Such as stamp mills und machinery etc James Mortal If affixed to the soil yes Ogden Feb 16th I Editor Tribune Will you please Inform I In-form me if there Is any premium on 1SU1 1 dollars Kindly answer In the Answer An-swer and Question department A Howard x I i If you moan the UnIted SlaU3 sliver dollar there can hardly DC a premium on them as 110D72 were coined that I venr Tncrc were nUt l 1SSO coined In 1S95 but we hear nothing of IL premium oven on them i How large an Institution Is the Mns > sacKusctttf Institute of Technology 2 What causes color blindness and Is It usually accompanied by other faults of the eyes NIt N-It has 1COO students and nearly 2000 000 of funds 2 The excessive use of tobacco Is saId to induce It and some drugs will bring It on temporarily but most persons affected by it Inherited the defect Usually It Is accompanied by faulty vision a o Pocatello Ida Feb ISth Editor Tribune Will you please any In next Sundays Questions and An j awers whether the POstal Telegraph I Cable company has secured right of way through Utah Idaho and Montana Mon-tana in their case against the Oregon Short Line company 1 The Postal TelegraphCable company com-pany of Utah secured before Judge Cherry a right of way from Salt Luke I to the Idaho line The case was appealed ap-pealed by the Short Line railroad and l WHS argued In the Supreme court oil Utah IVebrimry 14lh The decision of the Supreme court will determine the right of way In Utah 2 The Postal TelegraphCable company I com-pany of Idaho secured before Judge Beatly of the United States court of Idaho L right af way over the Short Line railroad from the Utah Stale line to the Montana Slate line The Short Line appealed the case to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco The case will be argued In that court In May next 3 The Postal TelegraphCable company com-pany of Montana last year began suits to Condemn a right of way from the Idaho lIne to Butte over the Short Line railroad Judge Knowles of the United Stales Court dismissed these cases February llth on the ground of defective defec-tive summons The Postal company Is preparing to file new suits at once Js petroleum used successfully for running machinery 2 Are the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum one above tho other In the lava of Vesuvius TX I Yes very extensively In some localities locali-ties where coal Is scarce and high I priced In parts of Russia the residuum of petroleum refineries Is used as well as the oil Itself 2No they are separate sepa-rate cUes destroyed by the same crup ton Two modern villages stand on the site of Herculaneum o SIs S-Is there 0 law giving to Unlbn veterans of the Civil war a preference under civil service rules73 W Yes those veterans who were discharged dis-charged for disabilities resulting from wounds or sickness Incurred In service are preference claimant under the United States rules Thej are released from maximum age limitations arc eligible 1C J they obtain the grade 65 where others must reach TO and are certified to appointing officials before all others These ni preferences are reflected re-flected more or less In the civil service regulations or many States i a Mercur Feb 20th I Editor Tribune Kindly decide the f lowing A agrees to knock B out In a threeround glove contest Marquis I Queensborry rules A knocks down at tho end of the third round The referee ref-eree has counted I and B is in the act of setting up when the timekeeper calls time Who wInsA Subscriber B wins S 1 a Salt Lake City Feb 1Jlh Editor Tribune Can n suit be tried again where the plaintiff was not given L 3 hearing the court sustaining a demurrer de-murrer the case then being appealed United States Supreme court After I which appellant llnds his attornpy did not represent the case there as agreed when it was called and believes his attorney at-torney was bribed by the defendant 2 In the second trial can a Judgc rule against his own decisions of a former for-mer trial 3 i Several parties sent their money and received a receipt for one ears subscription to a magazine to begin January 1001 But no books have arrived ar-rived yet although the parties have written for information the books or their money refunded 1H you please state what course they should take In the matter Constant Reader 1 I fraud and bribery can be shown the court would undoubtedly grant anew a-new rial 2 Yes 3 Sue for drainage for breach of contract con-tract or proceed against the company for obtaining money under false pretenses pre-tenses being guided as to which by the wording of the contract Who were the Black Caribs 2 Who sets aside Government land for forest reservations and by what sort of authority Nolan Descendants of the Carlbs who were inhabitants of the northern coast of South America at the discovery of the continent and of the negro slaves ot St Vincent The Black Carlbs like the others were almost constant lighters and when conquered by the English about 1796 5000 oC them were transported trans-ported to an Island In the Gulf of Hon duras From there they escaped to the mainland where their descendants now live 2 The President by a good sort antctof Congress passed March 3 1SDL > a v Will you tell how Ice Is manufactured chemicals used and so on 1 Signed The Important chemical agent ordinarily ordi-narily is anhydrous ammonia which bolls at 27 degrees Fuhrcnlielt below zero To make Ice in cakes the water Lobe frozen Is put In cans that are Immersed in cold brine Coils within the buine contain the ammonia which it bolls the resultant evaporatIon absorbing ab-sorbing heat from the brine until tho latter is cold enough to cause the water in the cans to freeze Tho vapor of ammonia is afterward converted to a liquid state to be used again For nsaln making Ice surfaces for rinks the cans arc not used but otherwise the process is substantially the same a a Manila Utah Feb 1 Editor Tribune 1 Can residents of Wyoming or any other State who are arrested In a Utah precinct for disturbing dis-turbing the peace be tried before tho Justice of the Peace In the Utah Justce the pre 2 I not can they be tried before n United States Court Commissioner holding his commission in Utah 7 3 In the Weekly Tribune of tho nth Inst Is column devoted to decisions from different courts where can a person per-son obtain and at what cost decisions bound from the Utah courts or of prominent Judges of tho Western States L I What Jurisdiction has the Federal cOlt In the different Stales whQ is the Chief Justice in the United States Who Is the Judge of the Federal court in Utah by whom Is he appoInted What Jurisdiction has a United States court commissioner What Is the salary sal-ary of the different officers of the Federal Fed-eral court and is the same paid by the United States 5 What Jurisdiction has a Probate Judge sotandJs he elected or appointed ap-pointed 6 Please give the name and advertisement adver-tisement of him president and secretary secre-tary of tIns newlyorganized irrigating company mentioned In the Weekly Tribune of the 5th Inst Who intends to build the canal h6adlng In Idaho for the purpose of Irrigating the northern purt of Cache county or some prominent promi-nent authority of the enterprise 7 Who is the most prominent authority au-thority on questions of water right where water la takeji from oue State r for the purpose or Irrigating land In another StateS State-S How many Inhabitants or taxpayers tax-payers have I community got to have before they will be entitled to 0 county government of their on how can a county be split In two and a new one organised A Trlbimc Subscriber 3 Yes thatn the only place they I con be tried v I 2 They can not A United States commissioner has jurisdiction In Federal Fed-eral cares only and disturbing the peace Is not one of those 3 From a bookseller The Pacific Coast Reporter published by the West Publishing company of St Paul Minn Is probably the best symposium of Western decisions 1 1 The Federal court has Jurisdiction over matters controlled by the United States Government such as postolllcc affairs national banks Government licenses Indian affairs etc and In ac ttonsbetween residents of different States involving 5000 or more Melville W Fuller is the present Chief Justice of the United States Tho Federal Judge In Utah Is John A Marshall Mar-shall Federal Judges aro appointed by the President of the United States A United States commissioner has Jurisdiction Ju-risdiction to hold preliminary examinations examina-tions of alleged breakers of Federal laws and to bind them over for Investigation Inves-tigation by tho Federal grand Jury The salary of tho Federal Judge In Utah Is 56000 a year and the appointment Is for life The clerk of the court Is paid by fees and the bailiff gets 2 per day during dur-ing court The United States Government Govern-ment officers pays the salaries of all Federal o There arc no exclusively Probate Judges in Utah The office was abolished abol-ished when Statchoqd came and the duties du-ties arc now discharged by tho District I Judges who arc elected by the people 6 Address Samuel Preston Wcston I I Ida ui Address Hon Elwood Mead United States Irrigation expert Chey onneWyo S There Is no stated number counties coun-ties can be split In two and new ones organized l by legislative action only o b How arc mirrors niatlcJ W LOn I L-On 3 level table Is J put a sheet of tIn oil covered with enough ot mercury to ensure a liquid upper surface raised edges about the foil keeping the mercury mer-cury from running off The lower surface face of the glass to be coated Is made scrupulously clean and is pushed horizontally along the mercury Its edge being kept below the level of the liquid l in order to keep out air and Im purdltles When in position the table Is i lilted and the superfluous mercury runs off Even pressure Is then applied t o the glass and after a while It Is lifted I carefully the coat of amalgam adhering With amalgamated surface uppermost it rests1 for several weeks while the coating hardens this process vcquhlng months at times a S a Will you explain the terms Initiative Initia-tive and referendum as applied to law l making Samplci The first means the right lo propose l legislation i Thus In our Congress the initiative I as to IgRlsIation for raising 1 revenue rests with the House of Representatives Repre-sentatives In Switzerland a private cltlxch may propose the passage repeal re-peal or amendment of any law but a few minor S and If onethird of the council anprovc the proposal the law must be sulnl ted to popular vote the latter being there the final course of legislation This is i the InitiatIve of thc iCOPle 2 By the referendum is meant the practIce of having any law passed by the legislative body sub m led to a popular vote endorsement In J the laltcr bclngiiiccessary before the law l may be put In force k o Is white lead powdered metallic lead or how Is it made 2 Is It the same as red lc dbut for1 coloring matter Chris t M It Is not powdered metallic lead buts i but-s chemical compound of the latter a basic carbonate Its exact composition varying with the method of manufac lUre In one method sheets of lead wound In spirals arq exposed to the all to fumes of weak acetic acid andto the carbon dioxide that comes from decay t rig organic matter Vessels containing the acId and enclosing tho lead are burled in beds of fermenting tan or manure the mid heat leading to the formation of a basic acetate which decomposes underthe Influence of tho dioxide 2 No red lead Is an oxide with the chemical formula Pb3 04 5 o 0 Malad Ida Feb IS 1901 Editor Tribune Please answer the following questions in your next Sunday Sun-day Tribune 1 What water docs tho Southern Pacific ferry across In goIng go-Ing from Bcnlcla to Port Costa 2 A is Juctice of the Peace and causes Bs arrest for some minor offense committed com-mitted against A cnn A sit as Justice 1 In the above caseJ S i t 1 The Straits of Carqulncs which connect Sulsun bay with the San Pablo 1 k bay The latter Is really the north arm i of the bay of San Francisco The ferryboat j fer-ryboat Solano however crosses the straits between Benlcla and Port Costa 2No v I 0 a 1 Vernal Feb 18 1001 Editor Tribune If A owes n bill for merchandise for over three ear can the people whom he owes attach his property 2 I A gives his note docs his note always hold good 3 What IB Subscriber the limo before a debt is outlawed J Yes by clue process of law 2 I Is a valid acknowledgment of Indebtedness indebt-edness until it is outlawed by tho statute of limitations 3 Judgments are outlawed after eight years promissory promis-sory notes or other written Instruments after six years and open accounts after af-ter four years from the date of the last Horn I 50 I Ogden Feb 20 1901 Editor Tribune Will wouhlndly explain ex-plain in your next Sunday edition how coal Is loaded on an ocean steamer and what it costs per ton to load in Also how 13it unloaded from cars onto the whnrf7J Pv B Coal is loaded onto steamers In different dif-ferent ways The cheaper methods ore chutes and by running the steamer under un-der the wharfs on which automatics dumping cars are run The newest process Is by conveyors consisting of a system of belts on the plan of an endless chain The belt runs through a tunnel under the bins and 7GO tons can be carried 1000 feet an hour at a ton cpst of less than a quarter of a cent a too Salt Lake City February 19th Editor Tribune Will you kindly Inform In-form me In your next Sundays edition what horses hold the worlds record for < pacing and trotting and the times Constant Reader Star Pointer holds tireworlds pacing record at lC9Vi against lime aid The Abbot holds the trotting 4 record at 203it also against time |