NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2303, 21 April 1898, Page 38

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions for reply in coming issue to be received noi later than Monday night.

S. T>.— "A Chemist" write?: — "There surely must be some mistake in the Lancet's recommendation of hydrochloric acid undiluted as a lemedy for sciatica. If applied undiluted it would inflict a serious burn wherever it touched the skin. I should not recommend anyone to try it unless under medical advice. At any rate care should be taken to dilute it sufficiently to prevent any bad effects— say lin 20." Constant "Reab'ee of Witness.— The fight batween Tom Sayers and Heenan was interrupted after a desperate conflict, botb men receiving a belt. Monitor. — The Horn Book was ths oW alphabet book. It was a thin board of oak. about 9in long and oin or 6in wide, on which was printed the alphabet, the nine digits, and sometimes the Lord's Piayer. It had a handle, and was covered in front with a sheet of thin horn to prevent its being soiled, and the. back board was ornamented with a rude sketch of St George and the Dragon. The board and its horn cover were held together by a narrow frame or border of brass. Red Had.— The composition of the House of Loids at present is as follows :— Peers of the blood royal 6, archbishops 2, dukes 22, marquises 22, earls 121, viscounts 29, bishop -24, barons 312, Scotch representative peers 16, Irish representative peers 28. Cumous.— On every accession to ths throne a new seal is made and the old one, cut in quarters, is deposited in the Tower of London Ihepieseut design, executed by the late chief engraver of the mint, Benjamin Wyon, It A., shows an equestrian figure of the Queen with an attendant page on one side, and on the teverse her Majesty seated on a throne. The Great Seal is really a double silver mould, into which, when closed, wax is poured through an aperture at the tou ; previous to_ closing, the end of a ribbon is put in for attacking the impression to tue document. The Great Seal is delivered into the custody of the Lord Chancellor, upon the authority of 1 ord Privy Seal ; in all procession i it is carried by the deputy sergeant-at-arins in a rich crimson velvet bag about 12in square, and when the House is sitting it is placed upon the wool sack. Taioma.— "Perth, Western Australia," is sufficient. J, W. W. — We have not heard of a gold-sivixig dredge being built in Uunedin to go to Klondike, and should certainly regard such a project as quixotical. Sartor asks if any reader can tell him autnoritively who was the "Blumine" of Carlyle's " Sartor Ttesartus?" Froude, in the July number of the " Niueteenth Century," 1881, says that it was Margaret Gordon, whom Carlyls describes very minutely in his " Reminiscences." Oa the other hand, in the October number of the " Review of Reviews," 1881, I fiud an article by KMzabeth Meicer saying "that it was Miss Kirkpatrick, who was connected to herself by marriage." Aut Union. — Yes, the winning numbers of the Queen's Drive Boating Club's Att Uniozi were advertised in the Daily Times of April 11. Subscriber —(l) Ceitiiuiy 1).-. , w ■mpoiotment of treasurer le&ts with the mtiiib-.ib. (2) Yes. Miner.— Mr Beverly kindly replios .—Ths discharge from pipes 300 ft long, v. i'hout sharp bends or knees, with 7ffc mean pressure is as follows :— lfiin 13.4 heads, 18in 17.1 beads, 2(>in 21.8 heads, 22in 26.7 heads, and 2<iin 32.2 heads. R. P. S. — Mr Beverly replies :—(1): — (1) Yourfir«t question is indefinite, but assuming thdt by a Gin faucet pipe you mean a 6in nozzle, and by GOlb pressure you mean 601b per equate inch pressure = 138 ft of water piessure, the discharge will be 24 cubic feat per second. (2) This jet applied to a Pelton wheel will give about 2bo hp. (3) A good dynamo, adapted to tbe •work it has. to do, will keep 12 incandescent lamps alight, of 20 candle-power each, for every horse power — say 240 candle-power per h.p. Farmer..— Onions were in February quoted in Covent Garden, London, at 5s (3d to 6s per cwt for Ehgli&h and 4s Gd per bag for Dutch, po that even 'were it'piif t-ifiNl- f n export then) from New Zealand, ths exy ..n, i could only result in loss. A shipment or two was tried to Rio some little time ago, but the le-ull did not warrant a continuance of the export. Cooper's Cheek.— (l) You are entitled to one month's notice in writing. (2) After the notice has expired double lent can be claimed. (3) You have no right to remove tbe fence, and cannot claim anything for it. (4) You must give one month's notice in writing. (5) She is liable to a psnalty for not stamping the receipt. The New Chum. — (1) Flour mills come under the factory asts. (2) We 49 not understand your

question. (3) There is no such law now in existence. C. H. — The preliminary medical examination of the Otago. University is just over. The medical preliminary for the New Zealand University in Latin for the next examination is Cicero, orations 1 and 2 against Catilina.