Show Hiiiiiiiiiirat t When was Treasure Island by L Robert Louis Stevenson published t A I KIn K-In 1SS3 S t4 la Lydia Hoyt Farmer the authoress 1 still living If so wherc7A T I She lives at Cleveland O Is there any tariff on green coffee imported from Mexico W T S l No coffee Is on the free Hat S Who Minister to the United States for Peru and where Is he located I EManuel I E-Manuel Alvarez Calderon at Washington d4 Wash-ington D C S S 1 1 Is Maurice Thompson living If nol I what was the date of hla death Author i Au-thor 1 Grantsvllle April 12th Editor Tribune Can B having no ore to start on sink a shaft on claim 13 shows on the diagram and claim what ore he strikes on his own ground If It Is traced to surface on Aground A-ground 1 E A 5 CLAIM o OlPl HfftEFlllt tlE11f Off LtDOC 4 N I I toorw1 J S B s CLAIM SHAFT o W IfA has the apex there would certainly cer-tainly be nothing to prevent his following fol-lowing the vein Into Jps 1 location Not No-t you could hardly apex A by upraising to As apex Vernal Utah April Sth Editor Tribune Why are eggs and rabbit used on Easter What do they represent Please give a detailed statement of Easter and settle a dispute dis-pute and you will greatly oblige T vS 1 The egg Is the symbol of life the rabbit of fecundity There is not room t In a newspaper for detailed statements w c He died the 15th of last February 4 How farout into the ocean docs a country bordering thereon control F W Three geographical miles Is the limit of territorial Jurisdiction according to international l practice a 110 In cribbage A plays a trey B a four and A a five can B play a trey and also make a runG 1 Yes the cards need not be played In their orderto make the run Was Shakespeare neglected In c his lifetime and did he i die in poverty No he was recognized as the foremost fore-most of his day and while the dramatic productions of such contemporaries con-temporaries as Ben Johnson did not pay expenses his plays attracted large audiences and made much money for him Do applicants for passports have to give a description of their personal appearance I ap-pearance If BO Jn what particulars 2 How long does a passport last 1A TF Yes age height color of VPS complexion com-plexion and hair and characteristics of forehead nose mouth chin and face are the specifications required 2 It expires ex-pires In two years a c Arc any safes absolutely proof against the heat that results from a lire say that destroys a large building build-ing 3 If notIs there any way of affording af-fording protection for ones safe No though the bestsafes will withstand with-stand tremendous heat 2 The best available protection comes from Imbedding Im-bedding the safe In brickwork Why aro eggs used at Easter time and what people first used themW S D Eggs and l rabbits became associated with Easter because of u German nursery nur-sery custom According to this children chil-dren were made to believe that If they uere good they would he rewarded at Easter by a visit from a white rabbit which would leave Baylycolored eggs hidden about the house for them S Gale Utah April 10th Editor Trlhune1 What country has the largest fresh water lake In the world Name the lake 2 What Is the cause of Africa being a Dark Continent Conti-nent Bessie Lake Superior partly In the United States and partly In the Dominion of Canada Is the largest fresh water lake 2 Because It remained so long imPenetrable Im-penetrable and unexplored 4 S Morcur Utah April 12lh Editor Tribune Would you please answer the following In your Questions and Answers A owns a claim and has said claim patented During an absence ab-sence of A and unknown to him B builds a house on As patented claim A returns wishes to use the ground B i has built on and demands that B get out A neither forbade B to build or I gave his consent as B built In absence B refuses to get ouL Cannot A have I him removed Mcrcur Yes if B has not resided on tho I grouifU for seven years with As knowledge knowl-edge 000 Was there not prior to the Invention of systems of shorthand writing similar to those that prevail today systems that had the same usefulness S Hardly though there were earlier methods of shorthand Their use made very difficult many mediaeval manuscripts wherein abbreviations multiplied so rapidly as to result almost al-most in a shorthand system These methods of writing did not long survive sur-vive the invention of printingS printing-S S P I How aie rend mlxeci paints prepared so that they will keep 2 Aie there I such things as luminous paintsE M P I The chief principle In preparing them Is the formation of an emulsion that I holds tho body of the paint In suspension suspen-sion so that It will not settle 2 Yes for them there Is added to ordinary paint a little phosphorus powder or shells and sulphide of antimony p p S Salt Lake City April 9th Editor Tribune How many Americans Ameri-cans and Europeans Were massacred and to what property loss were the same subjected during the uprising of the Boxers In Peking last summer7 J F W I That Is exactly what the representatives representa-tives of the different Governmetns ara trying to find out S S SIn I In what year was barbed wire for fencing purposes Invented C E SIts I S-Its earliest form appeared In 1873 was the Invention of an Illinois mechanic and consisted of strips of wood carry I Ing points of wire at abort Intervals 1 I I I This was to be attached 16 plain wire t fencing A little later came a strand I of two twisted wires into which were I I 1 twlotcd short pieces of wire with pointed ends The year 1874 saw 10000 I pounds of this made and sold and I thereafter the output Increased with remarkable re-markable rapidity I I Salt Lake CIty April 1st I Editor Tribune What Is the price sot by Congress for the set oC books I Tho Letters and Messages of the PrsldentsX Y Z I Congress didnt set a price either on the duplicate electrotype plates of the work which were estimated to cost about 53000 and which were delivered to Congressman James D Richardson without cost to him or upon sets oC the books Six thousand oC those had been ordered printed for gratuitous distribution by Congressmen and Senators Sena-tors The wOrk Is not on the long Hat of documents now for sale by our Superintendent Su-perintendent of Public Documents and the socalled Committee of Distribution Distribu-tion Is utterly without official status S S S Kaysvllle Davis county April llth Editor Tribune Please slate In your next Sundays Questions and Answers where I could got some information Infor-mation In regard to the homestead and t preemption laws as I want to enter some land and obllrcA M N Write to the Register or Receiver of the United Slates Land office In this city S S S I Ogden Utah April lOtlv Editor Tribune 1 From what calling call-ing In life has the great railroad I community of Interests magnate E H Harriman risen 2 In quotlng sllvcr today April 10th silver certificates quoted 58 to 59 bar silver E9 What do these terms certificates cer-tificates and bar sllverslgnUy7R DT 1 Small boy In a Wall street bank He soon became head bookkeeper then owner then railroad securities expert 2 Certificates are merely papers drawn against the bar silver Bar silver means silver bars or bullionS bullion-S t a Salt Lake City April 4th Editor Tribune The law says only I property taxpayers can vote on questions < ques-tions such as comes before the people Tuesday Under this can on liwho I pays only a personal property tax voteS vote-S S Yes If his or her name Is on tho assessment roll y S S S Was Connaught county Ireland once a kingdom 2 Is pure nickel attracted by a magnet 1 3 Who first discovered this metal and when Pair Yes 2 Yes and It can be rendered magnetic as Iron can but not In FO i high a degree 3 In ISO I IllarnI de scribed one of the chief ores of the metal giving It the name kupfernlckel or false copper Then In 1754 Cronstadt announced that the had discovered a semimetal to which ho proposed to give the namo nickel It was not until 1779 that It was proved to bo a new metal this by Torbern Olof Bergmann a Swedish chemist 10 Salt Lake City April 9 I Editor Tribune Will you please state In your Question and Answer columns l col-umns how much wealth Rockefeller and I Carnngle are said to possessR R D They arc said to possess all the way from 5200000000 to 300000000 0 0 5 Kamas April 8 I Editor Tribune 1 What was the date loss of life and loss of property at the Galveston disaster the John stown flood and the Chicago fire 2 What Is the tariff on wool and on Mexican cattle and what was It under I 1 Cleveland W H ODrlscoll I The Galveston storm began September I I Septem-ber C 1000 and continued to tlc 9th It reached Its climax at Galveston 1M5 a m Sunday September 9th when 1 the wind velocity was eightyfour miles per hour The loss of life was 700 > and I I the property loss about 30000000 The I Johnstown flood occurred May 31 1S99 Property loss estimated qt 9C71103 loss of life 2112 The Chicago fire he I 1 gan October S 1S71 and continued to Oc I i lobor 11th Loss of life 250 property I loos estimated at from 1S7000000 to 200000000 there was Insurance on SS 031122 of which onehair was I j > ald 2 Wool under Clevelands second sec-ond administration was free under the present Dlnrrlty tariff law there Is a duty of 11 cents on unwashed wool 22 cents on washed and 33 cents on scoured There was a tariff of 20 cents ad valorom on cattle during Clevelands second administration Under the Ding ley law cattle lens than 11 pcr head per head pay 376 per head and cattle valued at more than SH per head pay I a duty of 27W per cent ad valorem S S S Salt Lake City April 11 Editor Tribune What la Miss Helen Goulds address M W S Irvington N Y S S S SOgden Ogden April 10 Editor TrlbuneIn the following sentence sen-tence Tim foot of slave thy heather never stained Nor rooks that battlement thy sons profaned pro-faned Parse rocks and by GO doing decide a wager Shawn It Is a noun and is to be read with hoalhcr as though the sentence were The foot of slave never stained thy heather npr profaned the rocks that battlement thy soils What Is tlie source of saffron dye I What Is the socalled lancowood offish of-fish rQ sW H H The saffronciocus a native plant of Asia Minor that was widely cultivated In Europe especially In Spain Only a part of the blossom Is used and many thousands of them arc needed for a pound of the dye which nowadays nowa-days Is not much used 2 It should be wood from a tree of the Anonacooe family from either the West Indies or Brazil The lancewood of cheap rods however Is almost any hard wood S SUnder S-Under existing land laws soldiers of the United States In the Civil war may file declaratory statement for land entry en-try by an agent Does the law require the agent to be a law erVernon No but the agent must have power of attorney or other Instrument creating creat-ing the agency This paper the agenji must file and besides must take oath that he has no interest either present or prospective direct or Indirect In the claim and that no arrangement has bone made whereby said agent has been empowered at any future time to aell or relinquish such claim a Salt Lake City April 8 Editor Tribune1 How old was Ann Eliza Dee when she married Brigham Young how long did she live with him and what alimony did she get Reader Her maiden name was Ann Elba Webb born In Nauvoo In IS 14 married James L Dee April 10 1SC3 sealed to Brigham Young April C 18CS lived with Young until 1S73 when she separated from him and entered suit for divorce was granted 9500 almony September 10 1874 which Brigham refused to pay the amount being put at 500 per mpnth Brigham went to Jail for contempt con-tempt of court asa consequence but was soon released July 311876 alimony ali-mony reduced from 500 to 100 perm per-m nth April 27 1877 alimony dlaal lowed How much money Ann Eliza Webb Dec Young actually received Is therefore problematical Lived as Brlghams twentysixth wife about eight years S S S What countries and by what representatives repre-sentatives were parties to the recent treaty concerning the Samoan Islands 2 If I affix uncanceled German stamps to a letter addressed to Germany what will be the effect 3 If a letter from Germany to my fprmer address hero arrives after my departure for German Ger-man must the fowarder affix fresh IpostngeF G The United States Germany and Great Britain represented respectively I by John Hny Herr von Hollcben and Lord Pauncefotc 2 The letter will bo I treated ns If It did not bear stamps 1 that Is I It will I be forwarded and the re i clplont win have to pay double ratoa 3 Not If you have left a request with I the posloMlcu to have your mall for I warded to an nddrsaa In Germany t Terrace Utah April 8 Editor Tribune Doea the eighthour mining law apply to men working In mills as well oa mines < < and smelters 2 What the penalty for the violation of this law = Yes 2 It Is discretionary with the court although coming under the statute stat-ute providing punishment for misdCi meanors S S S Vernon April 3 Editor Tribune Whoie Is Capt A I 11 Bognrdus a noted pigeonshooter of a few years ago 2 Can you give me the ndclrosb of the commander of the Department of Kansas G A ThAn Old Veteran EI kh art Ind 2 W W Martin Topeka To-peka Salt Lake City April 8 Editor Tribune What was the annual an-nual salary of Queen VlclorILLllL P 385000 from the civil list and 50000 from the Duchy Lancaster a total of 135000 1 Eureka April 4 Editor Tribune What was the total cost of the Snit Lnke Temple Mormon Just the building alone Joseph Falk ncrA A careful estimate of the cost from 1853 to 1SSS places the average amount per year at 75000 a total for that period pe-riod of 2550000 for the years 1SSSS9 90 It cost 250146 tho last three years 18919293 GG2972 making the total cost of the building and grounds Including of course the annex 3169118 This Is the best information obtainable from church records and does not include what may have been spent since the dedication on April G 1893 CI S Pocatello Ida April 10 Editor Tilbune Was Gen Merriam of Denver ever married Was he divorced di-vorced Did he have any children Boy or girl It so where are they at this time Inquisitive Reader Gen Merriam has been married and has a son and a daughter As to hIs further matrimonial status you might write for Information lolhe Society editor oran of the Denver papers Boise Ida April 10 Editor Tribune For what purpose and when and how did Decoration day I originate 2 What should comprise the prdgramme for that day 3 Is It proper to fire a salute at the graveyard grave-yard over the graves 1 Is It a military mili-tary day or a civilians day of honor A Header It grew out of the custom of strewing strew-ing flowers on ldlers graves In 1868 Gen John A Logan then commander inchief of the G A R appointed May I 30th of each year as the proper time for the observance 2 Decorating graves approprIate religious ceremonies cere-monies speeches music parades etc 3 It Is 4 1 Military Elkton Colo April 9 I Editor Tribune Will you please tell j us In next Sundays Tribune the size I and length of the Ontario tunnel at Park City what It cost to drive It and how long It took and how deep It cut the shaft on the Ontario mine also tell us the same of the Sutro tunnel at Virginia City Nev7 W M Bainbridge Bain-bridge The length of the tunnel from the portal to the Ontario west line Is 21710 feet It Is C feet height with a watercourse water-course 5 feet wide at the bottom and 4 feet at the top Work upon It was I begun July 25 1SS8 It was completed In the carly part of 1897 at a cost of 700000 Sulro tunnel Main tunnel I 204C9 feot with latterals 5 miles and more constantly being addedj size Sxl2 feet cost 4500000 tapped Savage mine at depth of 1640 feet To h i I run main tunnel required S years 8 months and 19 days completed July J S 1878 I A S S I I I Editor Tribune What year and month was the Revolution In France I j and how many deaths occurred by tho I guillotine In one daJ H II I I It began with tho destruction of the Bastllo Juno 30 17S9 2 We dont know that any exact record of this can be given II 4 a Salt Lake April 12 Editor Tribune In rant Sundays Tribune you slated that Mt McKinley wan the highest mountain In North Atnerlca The question arose In our I geography clacs as to whore It Ss and I 1 was appointed to ask you to locale It for us will you kindly do so In next Sundays Tribune Cary Wallace It Is In Alaska If a person wishes to translate something some-thing to another language must he ask the consent of the author and publisher pub-lisher Yes If It Is copyrighted 4 Is it good or bad for the health to use water that Is I slightly colored by rust from the pipes It hq going through Asic a physician A i II Is Charlotte M Braeme the novelist English or American Tribune Reader English I I What gave rise to the ClaytonBulwer treaty 2 Why Is It so called and I what are Its provisions 3 What Northern and Western States did Buchanan carry In 1856 1 When Simon Cameron was Secretary of War did he resign or was he removedJB A proposed canal to connect the At lantic and Pacific ocenns2 It was named after Its negotiators John Mid dloton Clayton for the United States I and William Henry Lytton Earlo Bul wor for Great Britain Both parties agreed not to exercise exclusive control I of communication by the canal and not I to assume dominion over any portions of Central America 3 Pennsylvania New Jersey Indiana Illinois and California I I Cal-ifornia 4 1 He resigned and was Immediately Im-mediately appointed Minister to Russia I Rus-sia but his conduct of his department had not been In accord with the poll des of the President and his CabinetS S j 5 Cripple Creek Colo April 3rd Editor Tribune I nma son In a polygamist family If I die before my father what claim will my wife have I to my fathers estate through her marriage mar-riage to me If she survives him We have no children Subscriber Your wife would have no claim whatever what-ever Neither would sho have any If you were not a polygamous son 4 Parker Ida April 7th Editor Tribune Will you please answer an-swer In your Question arid Answer column col-umn what is the population 6f Canada A Subscriber Brinton Utah April 8th Editor Tribune Kindly Inform me In your Question and Answer column In tho semiweekly what In I the population popu-lation of the Dominion of Canada at the present time M E J K There seems to be an unaccountable I hurry to learn the population of Canada Cana-da The decennial enumeration began on April 1st and a query came the next day asking the result And here are two more queries on the same subject The querists will have to wait till the enumeration Is returned and given out Milford Utah April 7th Editor Tribune Will you please tell me where Andrew Carnegie now resides re-sides and what Is his address N FIlls F-Ills residence Is 05 West Fifty first street New York city l Salt Lake City April 10th Editor Tribune A and B have ten acres of land Joining each other B found his line ran I over on As about eight feet B did not have his surveyed sur-veyed when he bought It Can A hold that strip of land which B claims A 1 has been farming It for S9me years Both A and B hold deeds for ten acres I of land each and there are twenty L acres of land In the pleccA Reader If A has had undisputed possession of the strip for seven years or more ho can hold It but not otherwise Salt Lake City April 5th Editor Tribune I understand that there IE a national exempting book agents from all forms of a license tax Please Inform me If such Is the case and where to send for a copy of HA Reader There Is no such lawS S S a Ogden April 11th Editor TrlbuneI a person Is owing rent on a house which he Is unwilling to pay and tries to move from that house without paying his rent Into another an-other house In tho same town can the landlord stop him from moving and hold the household goods of tenant un til ho pays the rent helowes him That is can the landlord bylaw compel said tenant to payA Constant Reader Yes Do mollusks have h eyes and ears 2 How is lampblack obtained for commercial com-mercial use 3 How is all oil taken out of It1G C M Many of them do The eyes usually are in the head but where a head la lacking they may be located In the siphon or as In scallops may occur at Intervals along the edge of the mantle Ears are almost universal and are In the form of sacs connected with nerve fibers and provided with cavities hold lag from one to one hundred hard bod J sear stones These lost being set In vibration by sound waves otriko the sense cells and thus excite the nerves 2 By the Imperfect combus tion of such substances as gas tar pe troleum resinous woods or even soft coal Connected with the fireplace la a series of chambers through which the draught passes and In these the Root collects the further the chamber Is from tho lire the finer the quality of Its deposit The finest black of all Is caught In the mesh of coarse cloth through which the draught goes and which Is shaken from time to time to avoid complete clogging 3Bywork Ing It Into a paste with heated oil of vltroll which chars and destroys tho tarry substances or If the finest possible pos-sible quality Is not desired by careful calcination I S S SCan S-Can a man hols engaged In the postal service in England and who Is entitled to a pension If he resigns draw that pension from England in the United Stntcs1H D Diligent search discloses only the statement that such pensions are paid to the retiring officer during his life time which would Indicate that your query Is answerable In affirmative but we cannotanswer positively Such pensions are paid only for forty years service or at thcageof 60 bringing the pensioner to an age when comparatively compara-tively few pensioned persons would immigrate im-migrate so perhaps the subject of your query has not been tested |