Show QV r teaa I I f Ti AND r I Ii Ogden Utah Dec lOUi Editor Tribune Plcnso Inform me through I your Sunday paper what Is the 1 capital of Massachusetts 1C Springfield Muss ivna ever the capital oC Massachusetts please state Vhon It 1 way moved nnyF W It TTe have never heard of any other capital for Massachusetts than Boston o 1 On v hat day did January 15 1SC1 fall 2 How many and what Northern I States passed laws nullifying the fugitive fugi-tive slave 1aSenl l Tucday 2 Vcrmont law was complete com-plete t nullification 1hc law of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts amounted to virtual nullification nullifica-tion Maine and New Hampshire put the duly of racing and capturing os I t cupctl slaves on United Stales officiate Rhode Island forbade carrying any person per-son out ofthe State by force denied the use of jails for the lugitlvo slave law forbade public officials aiding In enforcing en-forcing It Wisconsin and Michigan denied de-nied the use of jails and penalized l heavily the arrest of free negroes In New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania Pennsylva-nia existing laws were deemed sufllelont to reel the act Other free stales a refrained from passing l laws C O h r I r Salt Lake City Utnli Dec 19th l ltor Tribune TV111 you kindly give as soon as tho result is known the I total votv for Governor in the States of New York Pennsylvania and Michigan on November I 100J Please glvc I the figures In Sundays 1 issue December 1st If possible and oblige A Constant Reader Many others tire in terc8lclJ We have not the figures s What Slate at picsent produces the 1 most cOPllcrJ Montana j i > vllow many Immigrants arrived Ir Boston during November 1902M C A Five thousand and forty B Were there Government Issues of 35 centjund 75cent postal currency 7P A rf No the I denominations Issued were ro lp ° 5 and 50 cents t q 0 Pocatello Ida Dec JSth Editor TrlbuneWIIl you kindly l answer in next Sundays Tribune the I following questions Can II t negro belong be-long to the Woodmen of the World Or i Is there an order of negro Woodmen of the World 7 A Reader uThe requirements for admission to the Woodmen of the World arc A reputable white citizen of tho United States round physical constitution and under 13 years of age What was the total vote cast In Ohio c1 the election of last November9 Thore were in all S30131 votes of which SL11CT were cast for the candidates candi-dates for Secretary of State a < I Is her3 such a thing as fullbred Jersey cattle not all of one colorS J Yes fawn Is the favorite color for this breed hut there may be white or gray with it 00 c What was the cause of P T Bar nuns death and when did he die0 R > P 7e LMnvjfUfJinrfThe muscles ofr ± the heart InduceQ by Fen arn1 enkncss he was in his elghtyllnst year He died c 1 April 7 1SD1 I 4 a a a r i Prove Dec 11 th I i JSdltor Tribune In your Questions I and Answers of next Sunday will you please Inform me how tIne pieces of i Battenberg work cnn be cleaned without with-out spoiling themE S H N The French dry process of cleaning t used by some establishments In Salt Lake City Is effective and Inexpcji slvef I 0 IB It true as staled in a recent novel that U S Grant was a woodhauler In I St Louis shortly before the Civil war 4 I 2ti Was Grants European tour made while he was President 3 Can a President Pres-ident leave the borders of the United States by a special act of Congress or IB I such absence absolutely prevented by the Constitution G Likely enough He resigned from the army In 1S51 with the Intention of becoming t be-coming u welltodo farmer and trying near St Louis was unsuccessful 2 No it came soon after he left the Presidential Presiden-tial chair 3 There is neither Constitutional Consti-tutional provision nor law that forbids the President leaving our borders at his pleasure It has been said that Chester A Arthur while President and on a Hunting trip In the Northwest crossed into Canada aI s Gunnison Dec llth Editor Tribune To decide a bet will you please answer the following question ques-tion in the Sundays Issue of The Tribune Can poll tax he collected bylaw by-law in nh incorporated city or town for the year 1902 on or after the eleventh N day of December 3902 Subscriber Yes If all the proceedings up to that time have been regular notice served etc Notice is required to be given on 1 or before November 30th Otherwise the tax cannot bp collected 11 0 0 t > y By whom was the first steam engine Jn enlcdC C The first useful engine was made In i England by Edward 1 Somerset Marquis of Worcester about iCBG and this was Improved and patented In 1C9S by Wll Hnm Savcry the latters form being the flrsl l of all to come into extensive use Before there were many trivial mechanisms l mechan-isms the employment of steam < as a motive power having been written about before the present era begun It Is noticeable no-ticeable that early practicable forms of the steam engine utilized the steam i only at atmospheric pressure 14 1 being at once condensed by cold water so soon t as admitted to the engine So the success suc-cess of atmospheric pressure over that In the partial vacuum thug created vus the direct cause of the works work-s s Woodruff Utah Dec 12lh Editor Tribune Will you kindly 1 sot tie this dispute by answering the following questions In your department I depart-ment 1 A contends that where one or 1 more persons own a group of placer claims lylhg conligpous as for Instance In-stance from section 1 to section 12 In i sametownship and range that he cannot can-not do J the work on one quarter sec I tion for all even by posting notices i upon ddch of said quarter seotlons and then placing a notice upon he quarter section the work Is being done on that he has done the work on the quarter t section for the balance giving name oft of-t claim and quarter section B contends he can according to sec lion 0 of Revised l Statues of Utah and United States 2 A contents that dual petroleum must be discovered to make location B contends that by discovering mint t min-t err tl ollbcarlng shule or shells Is dlv I covery if BO stated In location notice 3 A contends that If actual work Is I I I done upon quarter section to the amount of 1800 that it does not hold for assessment work on balance of the remaining contiguous claims By answering this at your convenience you will greatly oblige the prospectors Jack Unless you can convince the Government Govern-ment that in doing the work on a quarter section you are doing the necessary work on all you hud better take no chances In the meantime make your I lawyer earn his retainer by asking his opinion ° What about the distribution of the scholarships at Oxford university provided pro-vided for by the will of Cecil Rhodes J P C Complete arrangements have not been made as yet Plans have been completed at Oxford for receiving applicants for postgraduate and undergniduale I courses Each student must enroll according ac-cording to the rules of that one of the tcnl one colleges he enters Dr G R Paikln of Toronto president of the Upper Up-per Canada college who Is now In this country has In hand the matter of placing plac-ing these scholarships He plans In a few weeks to open central headquarters In New York city Then he will spend a year In visiting and conferring with representative educators In this country coun-try In this he expects to travel some COO O miles The first students will not enter Oxford until the fall of 1901 and applications will be considered the previous pre-vious spring Erdu i Utah Dec 15th Editor Tribune Would you kindly inform me If there Is I an Incorporated company known ns the Stockton Gold Mining and Milling company 1C so In what mining district are they located and how many claims do they own and who arc the directors of the company Please answer through your Questions and Answers columnC Bros 0 0 In what year did the big fire In Lynn Mass occurC There was in 1SS9 on November 26th a fire In which 330 buildings were destroyed de-stroyed 175 famines were made homeless home-less and 7000 were put out of employment employ-ment A lesser l fire occurred July 17 1S9U c 0 Will you print a formula for making gum such as Is on labels and stamps F M Dls ole In hot water enough dex trine to make a mixture of the consistency consist-ency of honey Apply this with a soil brush Dextrine can be had of druggists drug-gists usually a 0 How are paymasters and pay clerks npHlnted in the army and navy and what Is the pnyJ if F By the law February 2 1001 vacancies va-cancies Jn the army pay department are meld by fouryear details of the army line not by appointment of civilians Paymasters clerks are nominated by paymasters the nominations needing confirmation by the Secretary of War or they may be appointed by the Secretary Sec-retary of War on the recommendation of the armys paymaster The salary Is 1100 per year their number is fixed bylaw by-law and appointments lire not now being be-ing made The highest grade in the navy pay department to which appointments appoint-ments are made from civil life Is that of assistant pnvmiqf > r JlMiPs jnrojtxyg pointed by the President The pay on I entering the service Is 1G10 a year Paymasters cferks arc appointed by the Secretary of the Navy upon the nomination nomi-nation of the paymaster with whom the clerk Is to serve Physical and mental examinations arc required On sea going go-Ing vessels the pay ranges from 1000 to 1300 0 0 Yes Its holdings are located at Stockton Stock-ton and consist of a number mining claims For ItrtJe lag you mightap peal to J J Trcnam manager of the property whose address is In Salt Lake City o s Editor Tribune Will you please give us the address of John D Rockefeller of New York t 2 Is the silver dime of 1393 coined In California worth more than its face value A Reader 2C Broadway New York city 2 We dont answer this How many years will It take to ex hnusL the available timber in the United States at the present rote of consumption consump-tion J E M The national authorities In matters of forestry do not make such ancstl mate stating that owing to Inaccurate knowledge of the amount of merchantable merchant-able standing timber estimating Impossible Im-possible of much practical value 0 What was the name of the Chicago syndicate to whom three million acres of land were given for building J the Texan State CapltollV It S The Rock Island syndicate Mattheas Schnell waD the successful bidder I and the men to whom he assigned his contract con-tract were Abner Taylor A C Babcock Bab-cock John V Farwell and Charles B Farwell o s Salt Lalco City Dec lIthE lIth-E llol Tribune Will you please answer the following questions r 1 Did the volunteers of Utah receive one or two medals < 2 Is there a premium on United States 10cent pieces of 1593 and 1891 A Redder L They received one medal each from the Slate of Utah 2 We do not look up coin values 0 0 o How many Representatives has Alabama Ala-bama In Congress 2 What Is Its population 3 When was Alabama admitted ad-mitted as a State 4 I Who wan KB llrst State Governor u Where when and by whom was the first settlement of Alabama made by white people Lucille Lu-cille Nine 2 1628697 3 December HI 1519 William 1 W Bibb D At Fort St Loulo by De BIcnvlllc In 1702 6 0 M Woodland Summit county Dec 20th Editor Tribune Please answer the following > In Questions and Answers 1 Are Francois Coppeena poems published In Englloh If so who by 2 When was butter first used as foot and by whom 3 Which wrote their 1 Wandering Jew frst Cioly or Eugene l Suet 1 Sue-t Is It known who rat I brewed ale or beer 1 No ThQ plays are 2 Theoldest mention huller Is by Herodotus in hisi account of the Scythians 3 Eugene Sue wfotc the < Wandorlng Jew about 1815 Croly wrote < Sala thlel founded on tho legend bf the wandering Jew In S27 1 Ale was first brewed In Egypt time unknown ncr dolUs wrote IGO r B C that the Egptlans made wino from corn All nations In all ages have had exhilarating drinks U s 0 What Is the estimated numbor of miles of railroads in the world 2 What IB the number of miles 1 for United States Great Britain France Germany Ger-many Russia Austria Belgium and CanalaT J T About 190000 miles 2 United States 198000 Great Britain Including ireland Ire-land 21071 France 2G231 I Germany ni92 Russia 30000 Austria 22G15 Belgium 3859 and Canada 17250 a a 6 aRichfield Richfield Dec 13th Editor Tribune Please put In your I Questions mid Answers who had the best of the three days discussion of I polygamy J In the Tabernacle between J P Newman and Orson Pratt Was It I from the Bible standpoint Subscriber It was from the Bible standpoint I Both won according to their respective adherents That Is the backers of each pronounced Judgment his favor at the close o o u Why was Andrew Jackson called Old Hickory THe T-He won the name In the march from Natchez to Nashville In 1813 which he mnde in dlEobcdience of orders but which was approved by the Government Govern-ment The name was the outgrowth of a remark by soldiers to the effect that ho was as tough as hickory this being reduced to Hickory and Old hickory Hick-ory as a mark of affection a u e Salt Lake City Utah Dec 13lh Editor Tribune Will you please tell me if I Frank Daniels the comic opera star ever played In the opera called The Bounders in this city If not who did Noname Thomas Q Scabrookc was tho star In The Rounders West Jordan Utah Dec 18lh Editor Tribune Plcase answer In Sundays Tribune the following questions ques-tions What Is the premium If any on 1853 Lo or iO cent pieces With the same ou 1S52 50 cent pleeeJ M Curwile Wo long ago gave up answering questions ques-tions of this kind as they are of principal princi-pal interest to the holder of the coin and not to the public Anyone who has such a coin for sale can easily put himself him-self in communication with a dealer v 0 a What was the revolution of the 18th Brumaire 2 What was the revolution revolu-tion of the Fructluor F The overthrow of the existing Government Gov-ernment In France on November 9 179D by Napoleon backed by l the military and the substitution for the Directory of a Consulate composed 1 of Napoleon Sleyes and Ducos 2 The affair that the 18th Brumalro avenged the overthrow over-throw of the constitution on September i 1797 0 o 0 Hanna Wyo Dec 14th Editor Tribune I had my black worsted coat destroyed by the waitress letting fall a plate of meat and gravy over It It Is full of meat or greasy stains The stains are on the coat for over n month I want a receive to remove the stalno also a good recipe for making black clothes look quite new without Injury to the cloth 2 The best yay for a beginner to get about putting on a pair of half soles on his shoes 3 Is It a good Idea for a person to spill oil into new shoes on the first occasion they are Woin If they are a llllle small What kind of oil should be used Does the oil destroy the wearing qualities of the shoes 1 The namo and address of the best and cheapest house In Chicago to scud for dry goolls Montgomery Ward 1 Gasoline Is one of the best substances sub-stances to remove grease from clothing Sponging Mar lnlh vUh3VjrmyTaA g and ammonia and afterward pressing with a hot Iron with a dampened cloth next the goods will freshen the looks of the cloth 2 The best wjay would be to consult a J cobbler I 3 I Rubbing oil on new or stiff shoes will make them more pliable but hardly think that pouring oil Into new shoes would have the effect of stretching stretch-ing them t 4 I We cannot give names of merchants mer-chants in this column 0 S ITas the cotton production of Mexico Increased or decreased In the past few years If it has decreased what share has the boll wevll had In such decrease de-crease J W YIn Y-In millions of kilogrammes the crops for the last five years for which statistics sta-tistics are obtainable wore ilS9C 29 1897 33 1SDS 15 1899 292 1900 21 A pound equals about 1 J5 of a kilogram Tho United States consulate at the City of Mexico reports that no Information Infor-mation Is obtainable as to the wevlls share In this decrease |