Show I I THE E FRIEND fl Fl OF THE PEOPLE To receive attention every question must bear the name and address I I of or the person sending it It This does not necessarily mean that the tha nam name will be published when the question is answered only the initials s will willbe willbe willbo be bo used if the questioner desires No attention will be bo paid to queries to t. t which the name and address of f the sender under aro are not appended A reader has kindly sent in a a. correction correction cor cor- on the date of the Johnstown flood a mention of which appeared In these columns Thursday The correct cor cor- rest reet date according to our Informant was was May 31 31 1889 He was present Friend of the People Was there ever an attempt made to introduce camels In the United States as pack animals or beasts of burden W. W A. A L. L Answer Yes Tes and the attempt gave some lame promise of success Jefferson Davis president of the Southern Confederacy Confederacy Con Con- while secretary of war under President Pierce in 7 1853 recommended recommended recommended mended the introduction of camels for tor use Ue on the great plains deserts In Inthe Inthe inthe I the far West Some were Imported and and a few tew bred and used In 1857 a team of camels was used In an exploration ex exploration ex- ex to locate a wagon road between between be be- tween Santa Fe and California and as late as 1876 1878 they were u used d to pack freight over a a. desert road In Arizona But they scared horses nearly to death and Ind the mule whackers or team team- I shira of that da day made war on them I and killed them off Friend of the People I have been working for a railroad company and met with an accident while In ln in their employ due to the carelessness carelessness care care- of the of the com com- pany Am I 1 entitled to wages from the time of ot my accident till the time I am able to resume my work J. J II Answer Answer- You should file a claim dalm with the state industrial commission which is empowered to award compensation to all aU who are injured In the course of their employment Friend of the People What connection Is there between the ancient god of the sea and one of the planets of our solar system that I they should both bear the name of Neptune C. C E. E L. L Answer No Answer No connection whatever as asfar asfar I far ati as as known In Roman mythology the god of the sea was called Neptune from the most ancient times tiDies The planet Neptune was discovered and named in 1846 The discovery of the planet was made through the joint ef efforts efforts efforts ef- ef forts of ot a French astronomer Leverrier Lever- Lever rier riel and an an- English an-English English astronomer John C C. Adams It was at first proposed to name the planet Leverrier but this aroused jealousy and opposition and andI I the name ma may possibly have been sugI suggested suggested sug sug- I by the fact that one of at the planets was already alread named for Jupiter the greatest god of all and that the god of ot the seas stood next In the line lino of ot promotion |