Show I Tb = r r r O c H I r 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS n Y n I n What Is I the address of the University Universi-ty of Michigan R L Ann Arbor Mlph 1 Where was the Rev Thomas Dbcon Jrv bornM IC H 1 In Shelby N C o ft Who wroto Never Too Lath to ports and 2 Across the Plains i L 13 1 Charles Rcadc 2 IT Slonklcwlcz o e o r 1l + Salt Lake City April 23 I Editor Tribune Kindly publish a recipe for rye bread made with yeast Jis the bakers make JtMrs J B M I The rye bread of the bakers Is made the same as white bread with the exception I ex-ception that onethird oC the quantity of flour used Is rye twothirds wheat The caraway seeds may or may not be usod according to preference I e Y What is the duty 1C any on honey I filtering the United States from Mcx kolJ O E Twenty cents a gallon 4 Will you give an Idea of the operations opera-tions of the United States secret seri ser-i especially as to the number of criminals they capture and the nature 1 I of crimes with which these arc i ch rbcdY B D + Chief John E Wilkles last annual < report showed 573 nrrcsla Of these over 4 L 1 HOO had to do with counterfeiting of the coin paper money or obligations of the United States The only other cause for which more than two or three arrests ar-rests were made wan for Impersonating Impersonat-ing a United Slates officer for which eleven persons were gathered In u < What are the areas of Forrest park I St Louis and Adubon park New Orleans Or-leans H B G I Respectively 1371 acres and 250 acres M M Who was the Confederate commander at the siege of Port Hudson in the Civil I warA V I MajGcn Frank Gardner Salt Lake City April 27 Editor Tribune Please answer In Sundays paper thu following 1 What were the subjects of each of the seven debates of Abraham Lincoln 2 What is the highest business building in tho world and how many stories are there In ItR W M 1 These were the questions proposed by Douglas The repeal of tho fugitive fugi-tive slave law the admission of more slave Slates the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia the prohibition prohibi-tion of the slave trade between the different dif-ferent States the prohibition of slavery slav-ery in the Terrltoiles the acquisition of new territory without the prohibition of slavery therein Lincoln proposed the question Can the people of a United States territory In any lawful I way against the wish of any citizen of the United States exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation I of a Stale Constitution 2 The highest business building In the world Is 1321 Park row New York twentynine stories high a Under whose administration was the national debt the lowest 2 What was Its amount John Andrew Jacksons 2 January 1 1833 It stood at only 3751305 e What tornado In tho United States caused the greatest damage to property proper-ty 2 For what causes and In what numbers are iminlgiantu refused admission ad-mission to this countryS A O That In Missouri doing especially great damage In St Louis In IbOC The loss Is put at nearly 13000000 2 For the year ending with last June 10111 persons were debarred Of these C781 i were or were likely to become paupers 1225 were aflllcted with dangerous or loathsome diseases 10G3 were contract laborers and among the others were assisted Immigrants convicts Insane and idiots I I have been told that Government agricultural experts have estimated the annual damage done farmers and stockraisers by prairie dogs if I this Is so can you give the fiSuresC II H In the year book of the Department I of Agriculture for 1901 is an estlmato for Texrunot for the entire country I It puts the population of the Texas dog 1 colony at 400000000 and by reckoning that 250 dogs consume as much grass an will a steer figures that enough grass is destroyed to support 1562500 cattle It docs not attempt to state the loss In dollars s Salt Lake City May 1 Editor Tribune If possible will you kindly slate in Sundays Tiibune what tho reports are concerning building of the Moffat road to a connection with the Rio Grande al Walcot station If such lu the intention would not the Moffat road use Rio Grande track to thin point instead of building a line of its own Also state as nearly an possible pos-sible the projected route from crossing of Green river to this point and reasons for sameA Subscriber The whole story IH officially denied by Messrs Moffat and Rldgway of the Denver Northwestern S Paclllc Co Who wrote Maid of Athens ere we part 2 Who Smiles from reason come to brute denlcdCass Lord Byron In Maid of Athens 2 With flow for your come this is from Miltons Paradise Lost 4 U 0 Is Arbor day uniform in the United I Stales Inquirer No most of the States observe It some as a legal some as a school holiday holi-day and most of them place It In the early spring a 4 Is there such a bird in this country as the auk7 2 If so where are they found 7 3 How large do they grow J A O Counting Alaska as part of this country coun-try yes many thousands of them Theyre remarkably plentiful in several sorts in Arctic regions their eggs being an important part of the Eskimos diet their skin owing to the dense plumage plu-mage a great help In clocking his wardrobe but the great auk Is extinct 2 The largest living sort is but little over a foot high tho smallest about the size of a robin The extinct giant auk was about aa big as a goose How long are elephants supposed to l1e1A C S I They art long lived an encyclopaedia now issuing slates that captive animals I have been known to live 100 years and that In the wild state the creatures might reach 1GO years O If a man stands still and Jumps 37 Inches straight up is it coneldered a good Jump 2 What Is the best record rec-ord for such a jumpJ H BIt B-It Is tar from extraordinary 2 Without With-out weights 5 feet 5J Inches with weights 5 j feet SY Inches a o What was the amount of the corn crop of tho United States for 1902 2 What State had the biggest ctop1B II K The Department of Agriculture put It at 2523618312 bushels with value of 1017017319 2 Illinois with 372436116 bushels Bingham Canyon Utah April 29 Editor Tribune Will you kindly answer an-swer in Sunday Tribune 1 What Is the healing capacity of tho Salt Lake Tabernacle L How many exits has It1 3 How long docs it take to empty the building A Subscriber 1 1 C500 2 22 3 Cannot say as It has never been tried but very quickly How many patents have Thomas A Edison and Alexander Graham Bell to their credltA E G To the end of 1900 there had been Is I sued 712 patents to Mr Edison Mr Bells name does not appenr In a list then prepared of Inventors to whom over a hundred patents had been given between 1S72 and 1900 Spanish Fork April 10 Editor ribune1 What are the results re-sults of vaccination for smallpox In some of the States where vaccination is I compulsory 2 Has England or any other foreign country that ever had compulsory vaccination abandoned It 3 Have there beon any cases reported to the Board of Health where persona have died or lost limbs through vaccination vac-cination 7 4 Have there been any severe I se-vere cases of smallpox where the parties par-ties aflllcled have been successfully vaccinated S T 1 It IB an effective preventive of smallpox 2 No England has changed her vaccination law however 3 No none reported of any serious Injury of any kind in this State I No I How many men did Gen Pakcnham have at the battle of Now Orleans and i how many did he lose In dead and wounded t 2 Was he burled In tho United Stales or In England D W I He had about 7000 of whom about 700 were killed and some 1100 were wounded wound-ed 2 In England his body and boso I of several of his chief officers were returned re-turned In casks of rum Will you state the size and battery of the battleship Maine also the cruiser Colorado S W T Maine length 388 feet breadth 72 feet 2 Inches draught 23 feet 1 C inches displacement 12500 tons her batteries Include 4 twelveInch 16 sixInch and some 21 I smaller guns Colorado length 502 feet breadth 69 feet G inches draught 24 feet C Inches displacement 13COO tons shn will have 4 t eightInch 11 sixInch and 13 small guns Did the Inventor of the guillotine dlo by the Instrument 2 What vas his name 3 Will you print something oi the beginning of the manufacture of cotton seed ollJ W K He diet not though It often Is stalcvl I that ho did 2 Joseph Ignac Gulllo tin 3 Tho earliest mill of which we find record was at Columbia S C in 1826 A few others were built before the Civil war but It is said that In 1SG7 only four mills were In operation throughout the country These curly mllla were run with much secrecy aa If new processes were being guarded but such really was not tho case Iho principles and machinery being largely those employed for many years In preparing pre-paring flaxseed oil The present largo Industry li practically a growth of tho last thirty rears I What change is effected in coffeo beans by the ordinary process of roasting roast-Ing 2 What treatment do the beaux have between gathering and roastIng IF K If roasted unlll they become reddish brown they lose 15 nor cent of their I weight and increase 30 per cent In bulk at the point of chestnut brownness they lose 20 per cent of weight and gain fiO per cent in bulk The average chemical composition before loaatln Is Waler 112 protein 121 fat 12 3 nitrogen free extract 123 crude fiber 1S2 ash 39 after roasting water 11 protein 11 fat Hfi nitrogen free extract I ex-tract 458 crude fiber 109 ash 17 2 They are dried In the sun belni turned often run between rollers to remove the dried pulp and tho membranes I mem-branes enclosing the berries and before being bagged are winnowed |