Show f I I f I I l QUESTiO S AND ANSVERS J I 1 I RL rrJ JI r r J OQ > AI t I I Mcrcur Utah Nov 20 Plctiec Inform I l In-form mo which railroad company in I I bo United Stales hns life most I mileage I 1L JJ For a sJrgle company the Pennsylvania I I t i Pennsyl-vania with iO73iTOG miles for a sys 1 4 torn the t J J Hill loaiiP with the I h I Northern Pacific Great Northern and I the Coo J H Q with 351011 miles next I I r t the JIavrlman system with 17081 miles Ii to Salt Luke Nov JS Klmlly Inform I mo how J cnn poison sparrovfi which i t I I MC Infesting porchcii and other open buildings X 1 4 Boil crumbs In arsenic water and put I thoni wiitro sparrows only can getnt I wi them K v 4 1 Milad City Ida Xov HI in a game oc draw poker A paceshis hand B then throw his hand on table C picked r up I5s hand A claimed the pot 11 I having 1 the best hand Who wins i Subscriber I It Is As pot 1 < a j t What Jr J the 1 bct disinfectant for 1 I disease ge ratsF 1C M 1 f J i Jloat e c s i What is the Indian population or the t United States at presentA < 1V F 1 About 2GO000 i It I What amount of money was spent on I j the buildings and grounds of tho + I Worlds fair at Chicago TIts It T-Its construction expenses footed upI up-I HS3GiG O 7 I c I I Xephl Utah Xov IS Please an i 1f aver the icIlouMng question to decide I Ijol t t it bet Was there a person among the c ompany which landed tom the ship I Mayflower December 11 Jfi20 f whose I surname tens Sperry = I The name docs not appear among the I 1 signatures of the compact agreed upon on hoard the Mayflower In the harbor of Provlncctown before landing I i t ICvanston Wyo Nov ISDlel the 1 P n Oregon so around the Horn or through K the strait Magellan in making I her I i trip from San Francisco to Santiago I y J ft Jr 1 ml She went through th > strait s u A I r I 11 What Is the t lowest temperaturo ever I I I recorded V 11 W A t 1 Four hundred and I i ninetythroe i Fahrenheit degrees below zero This 1 rt was obtained by Prof Tames JJovair by I h i vaporatlntr liquid Jiydrogan under ro a duced pressure O 9 g I What Is the population of Colombia t 2 What is the religion of the country t I II I vl About 1000000 including some HiOOOO r uncivilized Jndimi 1 The Itoman 1 I Catholic though others are tolerated I oil a li Baker City Or Nov 17 What is k 1i I tlU plural of the word bmnta spc oios of wild goose Header > Tf one wanted a plural form the addition ad-dition of an s would give it but the Qi word is used without the a in the 1 1 Tlurnl as a Hock of Grant by Longfellow ih 1 t Long-fellow In Jllawtithn y Two weeks ago It was staled in thij i dciiarlmeiU in answer lo a query front i Fremont Utah that no date had been llxod for the opening of the Uintah res ii iivation and that any one is i at Jib Iii rty t to enter the reservation J This was 1 1 I It I erroneous on both counts The date l i fixed by law for the openini r oC thai l I Kservatlon is I October 1 1101 and Hone t H-one is at liberty to inter I the I reservation I 1 reserva-tion prior to that date save only the r I i 1 I wIning claimant whoso prior b locations t 1 siva expressly recognized in the law U i 1t 4 o What Is the Idea involved in taking a I 3 load body out 01 a house through the roof as practiced by savngesY A1 h t f l To confuse and bewilder tIle ghost c o z t ti that it cantreturn 2 li t t I Did lie undents know = of the value asa j l as-a support of an alchli t L Yes though someof the mon ancient peoples the Egyptians for eXanlple rt 4 VII strlcted the use of arches to utilitarian j J and private structures not using them j at all in their temples and other buildings I build-ings of monumental character o 4 a If such statistics are obtainable will I t you state what proportion the Lale ii i Superior district copper production heat to the production of the whole I country and Y what proportion the 1 II latter Is I oC the worlds outputS F T I 1t t For I last year IiO per cent for Lake Superior to 43S for Montana and 1S2 1 for Arizona L About t nl per cent li a 9 II Did laaak Walton write other hooks 1 than the one on Hshlng to which reference I I refer-ence Is so often t made 2 Was he an 14 k I old man when the famous book was written t C IF 1 > ill lie wrote several biographies of much 1 merit 2 The first edition appeared i I r 4 when he was GO years old the fourth II containing nearly twice as many I chapters came out twentythree years later i1 N d m I i 1 Thistle Junction Utah Nov l1In 1 I I Q view of Thanksgiving day and ap j i caching holidays we have seen no i 1 svcipe for fruit cake and plum purl I I ding Please give one in your valuabli < i 1 paper Subscrlljir 1 J kl Here are two recipes 1 which we think Kill with a I little dexterity 1 in mixing liroyo satisfactory Fruit Cake One pound sugar one f pound bultor ten egg one pound flour t four pounds riiinp two pounds dried I currants nnplialf pound citron ant i nutmeg one tablespoonful cinnamon < Jill heaping luispoonfnl 1 cloves ono gill t handy J pat the sugar and butler to a s cream I beat th whitest and yolks of l1 I g s bepnratIy then mix in the Hour 3 and fruit 13nh four ljoiir KtigllBli plum Incldlnn Ono pound bfrf met halfpound broad crumb > k juf0uiid Jour oar pound sugar one 1t 1 mind sctded rtis ins one pound cur Ii Jaut halfpound dent citron ton oggn i two It rutmcgs t giatod rind of one lemon ono J II tumbler hrindy two t salt pnonfuls I sail r j one pound almonda Pound the almonds l I i MI i a mortar rcsprving a J few whole to f stir t about the pudding beat the eggs 1 separately flour the cloth well tie the pudding miiaurc up looacly in the cloth I and boll eight hours I i Will you give 1 me an Idea of the na t ture of a spiders web and of the I methods the insect i follows In fehaninir t lIlIcA W 31 The thread of the web i t Is I formed m a t fluid In various glands of the body t l and hardens as It reaches the air It II rally Is a cable formed of several i y Miniller hlrnmlK Observers of spiders I r credit them with as much variety In i webs 1 as there is in nests of birds Uul t b taking the common garden spiders i 1 insuh as Illustration the Insect begins by laying foundation lines These I I 1 t Lure the outermost ones ai which the I it 1 l I CI I racial of the completed web end Sometimes Some-times these are located by the direct working of the spider and again they are lei fly wherever the air currents take them Next he radnll are laid Then the weaver I makes from the center cen-ter 1 outward a wldemoshed spiral Finally by working from the circumference circum-ference toward the center this spiral In I destroyed and replaced wllli the liner one that Is to entangle prey O O M Kent Xev Oct 1410 Inpnn n pn fian or Christian nation Is there any I papor I or magazine publishing the doIngs do-Ings of St Louis regarding the Worlds fllllC D T 1 I Pagan 2 All the papers print a good deal about iL n a Stilt Lake City Nov ID Will you please publish In the Sunday Tribune the vote cast for Governors In the Slates of Massachusetts Ohio and Iowa at the late elccllolIJ L B The figures will appear In the dally papers as soon as the ofllclal count Is l made < l V show I How Is sugar made from corn 2 IIrjv i does it compare with ordinary table sugar In sweetness 8 5 Is the stuff lit for human food Klder I The grain Is treated for several dnys with rater I In which is a little sulphuric sul-phuric acid Then it Is1 I ground and put In a mixture of water and starch on which the lighter portions of the grain float the heavier sinking The latter ate then ground fine and the starch Is separated by washing Then the starch Is treated with acid In closed vessels at a pressure of several atmosphere The acid flrut produces maltose and dextrine then changes them into glucose glu-cose whose acid it I neutralized and finally fin-ally filtered and concentrated 2 It has half to ihreetifllis the others sweetening sweet-ening power 1 3 It should be If properly prop-erly made Its poor reputation lies I chiefly In the fact that It has been substituted sub-stituted much for sweeter sugars and been much employed as a diluter t i 4 Meadows Ida Nov II 1 1H a man files a homestead before marrlatre and makes final proof after marriage 1 the wife never residing i on said land Is It necessary for the wife to sign her name to the deed in case of deeding the land 1 to another party or would the deed signed by him alone he perfectly legal l A Subscriber I The wife must sign a a f I Salt Lake City Nov 20 The word alright t is commonly used Is there any authority for the use 1 of such word spelled as above A Subscriber Not the slightest a O What is Fullers earth and for whom nl1lIldC A MAn M-An earth looking l much like clay composed com-posed largely of silica alumina and water with some lime It is used largely large-ly now in filtering oils the earth taking up the oils impurities Formerly it I was used much and considered very valuable for cleansing or fulling cloth and wool From this old use not for some man named Fuller came the name 11 e Circlevllle Utah Not ltPlease answer an-swer the following questions 1 In what way Is the rabbit connected with Easter I 2 What does 0 X T 1 stand for found on spool cotton made by ClarkA Subscriber As a symbol of fecundity 2 Authorities Author-ities hero say It means Out Sew Thread to distinguish it lYom the original Hems brand file End when there was a split in the business C M u Snit Lake City Nor liiIn your Questions and Answers column will you kindly tell how the name of Dow the prcaehor is pronounced C F W Ve cannot indicate It J I any nearer l titan the spelling docs 10 a Whore is the George Tunlor Republic I awl ulnaL Is it forI Jt is near Freeville N V and Is I meant to give neglected careless or unfortunate I un-fortunate children a 1 chance to equip I themselves for future well beinpr > TL grew out of an experiment W 11 George had carried on for several years in taking every year from 100 to 100 children < < of city slums to his home for their vacation The community Is a republic 1 in miniature with constitution constitu-tion shaped after 1 that of the United States At first adults held all the higher ofllcos but for several years the children have filled them Mr George retaining the veto power Each citizen must ttntk or starve lie may work for the founder or for some cltl Ken contractor He Is paid In the republics re-publics aluminum coinage which later Is I redeemed in cash or supplies to betaken be-taken home Opportunity for schooling school-Ing and for learning a trade is given V 4 Salt Lake City Nov 19 Please answer an-swer in Sundays paper the time required re-quired to become a voter in Colorado 3s It six months or one year and when was the law changed A G W Six months there has been no change w to tI Sun nyside Utah Nov 19 Would you kindly answer me In your Questions Ques-tions and Answers column 1 A citizen citi-zen took up a homestead six years ago and through J lack l of means to prove upon up-on the homestead as provided by law Oi He fails to got the homestead t Can that citizen take up another homestead home-stead under the United States Government Govern-ment A Subscriber Under I the art of June i 1000 he can make a net entry provided the entry and forfeiture wore both prior to that x date a t I Y Park Hty Utah Nov ID Would you kindly give 1 mo a firstclass receipt for making genuine Mexican hot tamales ta-males t Please answer in Sundays Tribune I Tri-bune V II D IJcrc i k a standard recipe I Poll a fowl until londir salt while I boiling chop very line and season with plenty l OL cayenne 1 upper and a lilt Ic garlic Have ready a thick paste made of one cupful of common mixed with u little boiling water Shape the meat Into In-to rolls the IKC I of the little finger and encase each In the rornmoal paste Take the Inner husks of Indian torn cut off the ends leaving the husks about 1 six inchfu long and wash them t in boiling water I Wrap each tamale In a corn husk and tie with a strip of husk throw two or three Mexican peppers Into f the 1 liuuor in which the t chicken was boiled and cook the tamales in It for an hour Was not the Iron Cat of the Danube blasted prior to the blowing up of our own Hell Gate BYes B-Yes but the removal of each oblruc lion was a mattior covering many years and Including several series f of operations opera-tions The Iron Gate was first attacked at-tacked in 1817 and HellGate blasting began In 1S5L but the big i doings at the luUtrs reefs ended practically with 1SW while the Austrian channel In the Danube wasnt opened until ISfC to Is the school for army engineers maintained by Government at West Point 2 Are not appointments made to It from Vest PointF C W Xo It was removed two years ago from Wlllctts Point X T to the national capital 2 Yes and usually the assignment1 are from those cadets who In their final examinations take very high rank Jhls is because the In Kiiteering branch Is the most l scientific one of the army service a a Is there a runioms regulation lo the effect that sail Imported for use In curIng cur-Ing fish that is to be reported Is admitted ad-mitted free 2 What Is the duty per barrel on Imported saIVB M No though such duties may he remitted re-mitted In certain specified circumstances circum-stances The came is i true of Imported salt used In curing meat for export 2 Twelve cents per JOO pounds or H1G cents item I barrel J This applies as Swell to salt In bags boxes or other packages Suit Imported in bulk pays 8 cents the JOO pounds Evanston Wyo Nov 12 Kindly answer the following In Sundays Tribune Tri-bune 1 In what Stale Is the Su wan river How did it obtain its male Who is I the author or composer of the song Snwanec River and In what year was it written1 2 Can a Chinaman become a citizen of the United States m t Can a naturallred citizen become President of the United StatesF A CIt C-It rises In Georgia and flows into Florida Flor-ida and empties Into the Gulf of Mexico Mex-ico the Indian name Is Suwannee Hatchec the other part oC this query we cannot answer 2 Xo H I Xo O o r Salt Lake City Nov 17 l Which of all nations of the world shows by statistics the least percentage of Illlleracy according ac-cording to population Subscriber Prussia c s a Can you identify Dummers War for me in American history and give me some Information about ItA C TIt I T-It lasted from 17211 to 1723 and was between be-tween Indians of the Abnaki tribe and settlers of Maine and Vermont which then were 1 within the Jurisdiction oC Masarhustitts A French Jesuit named Scbastln tale stirred the savages up to the trouble Several bloody fights occurred in Maine tale meeting death In one of them The name you give comes from the I name of the Acting Governor of Massachusetts oC that time William Dummer j Hichlajid Or Xov 17 I IJOt Please give the rule governing the pronunciation nL words ending In ew and oblige a reader of your laI1CII G The general rule Into pronounce as If spelled yoo Ogdcn Utah Xov 20th An interested reader of your valuable paper would like you to please answer the following questions1 your Sunday Tribune Was It Mormons that applied to do the shooting at the execution OL Morlensen < 2 Did his wife see him before be-fore he was killed y Has Mr Sharp had any more revelations A Render So far as we know thc Sheriff has made no statement In regard to the applicants ap-plicants He of the number were se lected to do the shooting but heir t identity iden-tity has not been disclosed L His wife did not see him Wu have not heard ol any 1 0 0 Who was Martyr I hisUmbrolla and why = O II Ihls has the sound ota prize ques Lion Xo such nhiknumc Is traceable but Jonas Hanway likely Is the man meant Jfo vas nn Englishman of numerous mild cLcenttlcitlcs nn earnest Philanthropist and a prolific writer nf books and pamphlets lie Is said to hae been the lust of his countryman to carry an umbrella in London mud to have kept up the practice for many years despite jibes and Insults by wholesale whole-sale Jt was of him that Dr Johnson John-son stirrpd by 1 Fan ways angry criticism i criti-cism of The Essay on Tca wrote Jonas acquired some reputation > bj traveling abroad l but lost it all by traveling home i s Salt Lake City Nov 120 liO > Kindly answer in Question and Answer An-swer column 1 Which Is considered the iiieater actor Frederick Warde ot Louis James L1 Is Maud Adams considered con-sidered the greatest actress of the United States Does she rank next to Sarah Bernhnrdt A Header On all these matters it Is merely u question of opinion rt Murray Nov IS 100H Please inform me how many total paid attendance it was to the Chicago Worlds 1 fair How many to the Paris Worlds fair And how many fo the Si Louis up to date How long will It last Which of the three do you think will have the largest attendance A 81 re Chicago 27500000 Paris 50000000 the St Louis exposition js i not yet open It will probably last six months and is not likely to have as largo an attendance as that of Paris and probably not as mamas mam-as Chicagos I |