C. H. Voorhees, New York City: Lightning. Edward H. Murray, Watertown, N. Y.: Cows at Water's Edge. Newell W. Edson, Portland, Me.: Sunset Effect (Day is Dying in the West). Mrs. Geo. Conn, Black Diamond, Wash.: Snow Scene. Warfield T. Longcope, Baltimore, Md.: Moonlight. Arthur E. Mooney, St. Louis, Mo.: Above the House-tops (Cloud Effect).
In the Camera Club column of No. 844 (December 31st), in "Answers to Queries," a formula for a developing solution is given to Sir Knight Milton Pease. There is a mistake in Solution No. 1. It reads, "Add enough water to make the solution up to 8 oz." It should be, "Add enough water to make the solution up to 16 oz."
A Picture in a Word.
What is It?
A bold headland on the coast of Spain, the headquarters of a band of Moorish robbers; fishermen's boats, merchants' vessels, ships of war sailing stealthily by in the darkness with muffled oars, or crowding all sail in a fair wind to escape, if possible, the extortions of the gang of pirates who exacted tribute from every passing vessel.
Answer.—Tariff, from Tarifa, a promontory on the Strait of Gibraltar.
That Virgil Query.
The ancients did have "some idea of the roundness of the earth." In fact, they possessed much knowledge of it. The great Aristotle, who lived about three centuries before Virgil, advanced substantially the same theories to prove the rotundity of our planet that are commonly taught to-day. But they were not considered conclusive, which, in truth, they are not. Going even further back than the time of Aristotle it is found that the ancient Pythagoreans believed the earth to be round. It was one of their philosophers who discovered this fact.