Show qt fin r What was the weight the olephaVit t t Jumbo Dusly Six tons Salt LtJke Cily October 3 1MO Editor Tribune Will you please g 174 the proper pronunciation of the words 2 Can a for khaki and plncc nez married to an eg rl horn yoman If I vote right to American have the 1 Mrs J A S loiters We have no way of accenting 2 Yes if she to convey the sounds in naturalized either In her oWn person I or by the naturalization of hr J father 1 before she came of age 1 co Its Helper Utah September 11th Editor Tribune Can a note be collected t clue when revenue lectea one month past stamp was not placed thereon and hue A canceled at time note was given Reader Such note would not be admissible Jn evidence if sued on The omission Jf with Intent to evade the law is a misdemeanor punishable by fine or Imprisonment If within twelve months from the making and delivery of the F11 lOre It be made to appear to the satisfaction satis-faction of the internal revenue collector I collec-tor that the omission was caused by mistake accident inadvertenceor urgent ur-gent necessity he may permit same to j uo stamped What is the value of a Columbian quarter 2 How many were coined 1 E N H Twentyfive cents 2 10023 IH Will Carleton the poet dead or alive 1 2 Is Mark Twain still living DC Both men arc living o II t What arrount oC coal Is used dally by an ocean liner Marlin The dally consumption of coal of the Oceanic the largest steamship ulloat 16 about 500 tony r j r I Who Is Daniel March and whcro can lie bo foundH IT T E A clergyman and writer of religious books He Is now pastor emeritus of i tI the First Church of Woburn Mass ti i What Is meant by pebble eyeglasses N D H t Glasses made from Bnllian pebble which Is a l very transparent rock crystal Most socalled nebble eyeglasses eye-glasses arc made of glass however III u 1 Salt Lake October 2nd What was the Immigration Into the United States In 1899 Inquirer 311715 V Ik Bingham October 3rd Editor Tribune Is there a premium dn cent pieces of 18C7 with a bur between I be-tween each star and on COcent and 25cent pieces of 1851 and 1857 with arrow ar-row at the date0 A Reader I 1 Suppose you try the For Salo columns col-umns of The Tribune and see L fI o Ogden September 20th 1 Editor Tribune Kindly state the distance of the two longest races won 7 by Mi Corrlgana horse Geyser with time SJlvorado One and onesixteenth miles time 147J February 17 1900 one mile time 1SOVi t February 12 1DOO both on the Tanforan track San Francisco t r Bingham September 30th Editor Tribune Docs the law of Ulan hold that a person whose birthday birth-day Is on the 7th of November Is 21 I I e year old on the Clh of No ember and I give such person a right to vole = S B He can vole + 6 I What are the ages of John L Sullivan Sulli-van Robert FiUsimmons J JjCorbctt Kid McCoy Tom Sharkey and James JeTrlesL B II Sullivan Is 13 FlUsimmons 3S Cor belt 31 McCoy 27 Sharkey 27 and Jeffries 25 q 0 F What occupation has T V Powderly former master workman of the Knights of Labor and where Is his headquarters headquar-ters 7Friend r Since August 3 1897 he has been I Inlted States Commissioner of Immigration Immi-gration with headquarters WashIng Wash-Ing D C r Was Grace Darling a real person T S Y J1 Yes she was a daughter of the keeper keep-er of the Longslone lighthouse which was on an Island off the east coast of England and rescued nine persons from the wreck of the Forfalrshlre on September 7 1838o > o r Can the Emperor of Germany be deposed de-posed and another ruler be enthroned by the vote of the pcople1 A C I This would be possible only through a successful revolution According to the Constitution of the empire the imperial im-perial dignity ii hereditary in the house of Hohcnzollern r 0 7 ShoupIda September 22nd ISdilor Tribune L What has become be-come of Bab and whats become of her L Can an old soldier holding an honorable discharge from a G A R post wear the G A P buttonU S Hangar She Is dead 2 Yes Copper Mountain Mine Box Elder county October 3rd I Editor Tribune Would you please Inform me In next Sundays Tribune If a man claiming Salt Lake City as his homo can register by proxy and go home the 1st of November and have a legal vole T A Reader No NoWhat Y iAn i 0 What Is magnetic Iron oreJ HAn H-An ore composed of Iron and oxygen I and containing rather more than 72 percent I per-cent of metal Present In the Ere at times as impurities are more or less of 7hn phate of lime titanic acid and Iron and copper pyrites it e I Tn what book In found the courtship of Standish and John somebody Vn which la the speech Speak for yourself > your-self 1uhnD R J I v This is Longfellows Courtship of Miles Stan lHh John Alden was tno hap who did the courting for Standish I and won Priscilla for himself r r Are the English rooks the same as our crowsA T I They arc near relatives black and a little smaller but do not trouble the farmer and the young ones at least lire used as food Like the raven the rook will mimic the sounds made by other creatures r Where did our alphabet originate K C Student It is the Roman form of the Greek alphabet J standing as a late differentiation differ-entiation of T W coming from the attempt at-tempt of Germanic peoples to indicate their u and the symbol arising in the vvrltttii form of the Latin word f rand r-and Back of the Greek alphabet was the Phoenician How much of butter fat is contained In cream 2 What else than fat Is in good new butter Roy The atiKnint varies from S to 70 per In cent but cream containing 30 per cent would be considered rich 2 Of water about 11 per cent ash and salt about IHT iint i and of casein 2 per cent ft A friend tells of c presenting > a check on a Galveston bank in the fifties and being offered In payment Texas paper money did l Texas over authorize the Insue I of paper as a circulating medium If ao when EB Scrip promissory notes with and without Interest and exchequer bills r I wore issued at various times from 1S3C to 1812 and In such quantity that they depreciated rapidly t r Shoshone Ida October 3sL Edfior Tr > lbuno Will you please tate In Sundays Questions nruJ An MVers department what the census r f the United Stales was in 1SSO and JVi IaIJo In tyoui 1f estimation what percent per-cent IncKaso will the census of 1100 bo ocrU890y O Jnl iSSO the population of the United States wan 5015 783 in 1890 It was G2G222oO An 3900 wo reckon It will be 75110700 to 76GCV70 R e Has the priHii of diamonds advanced on account oi the Boer and English warY N Prices dlamoidr have been stiffening stiffen-ing for two years The South African war might of Itself have had this effect ef-fect in some degree Hut the raise has been made by the owners of the Kimberley Kim-berley mines who control the worlds market for diamonds and who have in ha ml great stores of uncut stones 0 r Is Ita tact that potatoes cant be cooked on top of Pikes peak If not why soW G No though they cant 1De l boiled readily read-ily In fla open vessel The reason Is that the boiling point < yf water which is 212 degrees at ordinary atmospheric pressure decreases as that pressure Is reduced wlixch it is atop mountains Waters boiling point on the summit of I Pikes peak la I about 1ST decrees V e Is Macbeth an historical character P G W He was Macbeattiad MacFJntegh King of Scollund In the eleventh centCrlv but little Is known of him poaiyvelyW Hector Bocce the Scottish hlstqrl n gathered many fabulous IncJdlentldon corning him from the early chronicles l and some of thesjj were taken by Hbl inshcd The latter Jived just prior to Shakespeares time and it probably I was through him that they were made known to the poet v Salt L1ke City Sept 26th Editor Tribunes A compnny that employs a huge number of men issues Checltp I payable at it certain store The face of check reads thus Name of store Pay John Doe say forty dollars Jess the amount due payee 11 > store account Not transferable trans-ferable The 5lt represents payment for services performed What we wish to know is can an account ac-count due the store be deducted from check without the permission of John Doe If It can may not an employee refuse re-fuse to accept a che cJ < In payment when It bears the wo tels Less the amount etc A collecting agency sometimes causes vis con 1derable trouble trou-ble by attaching wages suid the company com-pany holds it back nol vlthstandlng the law of garnishments How can we enforce payment of waGes under these conditions without expense Enquirers It John Doe accepts as pay sent for his labor p check with the pro vino Indicated In-dicated he Is bound by it but he Is not legally obliged to accept a heck wIth that provision or to accept anything any-thing but money for his LaboX If wages are Illegally attached or Iveld back they may be recovered by lejTal process but we know of no way of carrping on legal proceedings withoj it expense o 1 ft What Is a creocJ B I Originally u creole way a native oC Spanish America of Spanish parentage and later the name was applied to any native of European parentage as distinguished dis-tinguished from Aborigines negro or I person of mixed hood In Louisiana I a t breoic is a native descended from French or Spanish ancestors by either parent or a white iiatvve who speaks French Sometimes the word is applied ap-plied to the native born negro to distinguish dis-tinguish him from one brought from Africa U v I What Is the story of the S word of Damocles to which refei ences are so often mn cExnct I Damocles was a companion anti flatterer flat-terer of the elder DIonyslus who he claimed should be extremely hapvy because be-cause ol his wealth and power To show what his happiness really Was DIonyslus Invited his parasite to a sumptuous feast In the midst of winch Damocles suddenly discovered that I over his head was a naked sword suspended sus-pended by a single hair n n u Is tin among our native minerals If so why is It not minedA 1C Tin is found in Llano and Mason counties Texas near Riverside Cal at Kings mountain North Carolina in the Black hills and In Alai cina and Virginia but very little of the tin mining mi-ning in this country pays The Malay peninsula is the chief source of the worlds tin supply and labor there is very cheap Ores of other loca Ullcvs are richer or more accessible than are oars too < t S Sandy Oct C 1900 Editor Tribune A says the Unltcol t Slates paid 20000000 to Spain for the Philippines J3 says it was paid to re 1 3 J Imbursc Spain for the cost of improvements improve-ments on the Islands Which is correct I cor-rect A Reader It was paid on general account and to soothe Spains wounded feelings at the Philippines beingsought Into the peace negotiations whereas they wero not mentioned in the protocol 6 U O What Is the formation of flying fish Or if they are not unlike other fish I in construction how do they keep themselves up In the ulrC R They are much like ordinary fish except ex-cept that In most species the his starting start-ing from the sides Just back of the head are much enlarged They are swift swimmers and acquire while In the water all the force of their flight After leaving the water the fins are extended and serve as parachutes not as wings They rarely I fly higher than four feet above the surface but some of them when returning to the water let only the tall In and with Its lively motions secure Impetus for further flight 3n this way some sorts will traverse 500 feet before finally sinking e cHow c-How many stars according to as tronomeru can be seen with the naked eye and how many with the largest telescopes 2 Is there any theory to the effect that all the stars have a center such as the sun Is to the solar systemS rOn r-On clear nights a person with good sight can see over 2000 As but half r of the coliistlal sphere is viewed and as many stars near the horizon are obscured 3y the vapors of our atmos I pherethd total number of stars visible visi-ble wiUi The naked eye Is put at COOO certainly and very likely as high as SOOO Thd number the largest telescope I brings into view Is estimated at over 00000000 2 There are many such r theories but none of them has general j acceptance Most astronomers admit I that no bure evidence exists that the 1 stellar universe Is held together by any bond similar to that of our solar sya tem + Y a Aro these hospitals in this country kept up 1iy the Government where cit Izens notable to pay may gp for surgical sur-gical ope rations 2 Will you name the leading hospitals of Philadelphia and New York X Y Z Aside Erom marine and military In sUtutlors there are at Washington hospital for which Government ap ptoptl est The Garfield memorial anfl the Providence are two of these Tit Drat t takes patients who cannot pair I probably the other does so Most of the larger cities maintain Institutions that meet your requirement t2 New York Bellevue Presbyterian St Lukes Roosevelt Flower and St Vin cents Philadelphia Charity University Univer-sity of Pennsylvania Union Mission Philadelphia and Presbyterian i t i Seatle Wash Oct 1 1900 Editor Tribune Will you have the kindness to answer the following queries 1 What If any sentimental I meaning docs the word mlzpah possess pos-sess and wheroInMIes Its appropriateness appropriate-ness as an inscription for a wedding I ring 1 Where two persons one oft of-t whom died before the other was born would be related if both were living luring the life of the survivor what is I i he cornet way of referring to the re 1 XLtionshlp e g he is my cousin or he v ras was my cousin 3 Can it be said o C them they are related Idiol he meaning refers back to Genesis xx I 1152 where Luban and Jacob put up a stoneheap tlial should be a wlt I ne is between them of the covenant they lUll I Just entered Into Luban called it Jcs arsahadutha Jacob called it Ga I lecc 1 and the Hebrews later called It Mizi wilt as used in connection with a weds JiiiR ring the word is a witness or tokei i of the marriage For the other I two fouestlons consult a genealogical expert o How can the fact that an ordinary sewing needle will float in water be explal i I eclL I BIt B-It is > due to the presence on the surface sur-face of t the water of a layer that is In effect a film Its molecules arc In every way idi ntlcal with those of the lower liquid I Sut are so affected by molecular > = forms as to constitute a stretched film t or skin This Is characteristic of the surface layer of all liquids The needle lies in a hollow of this film and Is supported sup-ported In part by the elastic reaction of the film Will you give Inc a sketch of II M Muhlcnberg D DChoir Ho was the organizer of the Lutheran church In this country was born In Hanover September 0 1711 and studied at Goltln ell While there he established estab-lished an orphan house that still exists ex-ists Responding to a call for a pastor he reamed Philadelphia In 1742 and began be-gan a career of hard work that took him to the German coast settlements 1 from Nova Scotia to Georgia Six years later ho founded the first synod providing pro-viding Its constitution preparing its liturgy and Its first hymnbook in large part He urged the use of English In the German churches and in New York preached every Sunday In German I Dutch iinii English He died at Trappe PcnnsyhO October 7 1787 0 O 1 What was the Congress of Vienna and w hat did It accomplish C W A congress that met at Vienna in 1S1I and that was made up of representatives repre-sentatives of all l the European Slates bul Turkey Its object was to read Just the affairs of Europe which had been thoroughly unsettled by Napo leons wars It apportioned most of the duchy of Warsaw to Russia divided di-vided Saxony between its King and Prussia distributed Italy among Aus trian and French princes reinstated the Pope in all but a few of his possessions the exceptions going to Franco and Austria took Norway from Denmark and gave It to Sweden Denmark ro I I sewing a few German districts added add-ed Belgium to the Dutch Netherlands I to form the kingdom of Holland and provided a C Bund as the central government gov-ernment for Germany V 6 C Will you explain the meaning of the many different sorts of grades of tea Do hhick green and young hyson tea differ In culture or are they grown on different kinds of plantsB A S Most trade names of teas indicate the place of pioductiqn and some arc significant of quality 01 of method of manufacture Black and green teas are thc product of the same plant though some growths of tea plant I nre better adapted to one than to tlN I other > Most of our green teas are artificially arti-ficially colored but the genuine article is the result of drying the freshly picked leaves If the same fresh leaves are permitted to ferment a bit before being dried by artificial heat they become be-come black lea Young hyson Is a very fine grade of green tea made from half opened leaves picked In April Very little genuine hyson gets to this country coun-try p 0 When was natural gas first discovered discov-ered 2 How are gas wells sunk S D A It was known In very early times In Asia Minor where burning springs and I wells were talon as shrines by fire worshipers In our own country the existence of burning springs was known long before any use was made of the gas This was first done at Frcdonia N Y in 1S24 2 Methods vary with the nature of the strata to be pierced and with the magnitude of the work but most wells are drilled by steam power A socalled string of drilling tools Includes a sCccltlppcd bit four feet long a steel strim forty feet long I two pieces called Jars taking up six feet a sinker bar sixteen feet andat the top a rope socket Thso weigh about a ton and arc lifted and dropped rapidly while suspended from a cable attached to a walking beam Once In about every Jlvc feet of progress the string is i withdrawn anda bucket is I lowered to clean the powdered rock out of the hole Usually drilling and tak ing out the accumulations In the hole alternate without cessation until the well is completed or abandoned The I diameter of a well Is usually from six to eight Inches u 1 |