The record-union., 1893-02-14
OUR INFORMATION BUREAU.
Reponses to Correspondence Seeking
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value Mere puzzles, and the curious and
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in the ordinary home library, viii receive no
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make TINS department an information eX-
change also. Communications must be brief
and signed with name and address,
EDS. REcoRD-UN1oN: VIII you kindly
inform me what is the cause of dandruff?
Is it natural TO some? That is the ques-
ton. 5. S. T., Dixon.
1t indicates an unhealthy condition of
the scalp.
EDS. RECoRD-UN1oN: Please answer
for me these questions and oblige: l.
What is an imperial bushel in bulk? 2
What is the specific gravity of pure alco-
hol? 3-Wnat is the size Of what is called
billet note paper? How much pure
silver is there in a 5-trauc piece?
HORATIo, Marysville.
1-2,21S. 1872 inches; 2-.794; 3-6xS inches;
4-345. 73I grains, .7202l4 ounces.
EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN: What is Madame
PATHS voice, soprano or contralto?
READER, Penryn.
Pure soprano.
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN: Please inform
s ONE of your many readers if there is
Board of Examiners for Pension Claims
that sits in Sacramento, and what are
their names? WEST OAKLAND.
We know of none.
EDS: RECORD UNION: I wish to ask
favor of you. VIII please state in your
paper the Judges of the Supreme Court
of the United States. l am 10 years old
and daily reader of your paper. go TO
school and am in the civil government
class. Our teacher cannot answer the
question asked. He told me to write to
you. K. w. W., Sacramento.
Melville w. Fuller, Qu.) Chief Justice,
S. J. Field Cali, John NJ. Harlan (Ky.),
Horace Gray Mass, Samuel Blatchford
q, ", David }. Brewer (Kas.), Henry
b. Brown (AIich.), George Shiras, Jr.
pa, ii. Il. jackson (renn.), the latter
not confirmed at this writing, February
18th.
EDS. RECORD UNION: I have read so
much of the good-road movement in
your valuable paper that l beg leave to
ask yon tor the title of some good, COM
prehensive works on road construction
and where can get them?
FARMER, Gait.
"a Treatise on Roads," Parnell; Long
man, London, 1888. Highway Improve
ment," Pope; Boston, Mass. any pub
Usher there Gospel of Good Roads,"
Potter; any New York publisher. "Coun-
lily hOauS ana lNelf tOnSJfuctlO1t oteL-
son; Augusta, Me. All of the foregoing
are pamphlets, and none Of them are
complete treatises. "a Treatise on High
way Construction" Byrne, Z. r.; John
Wiley & Sons New York. Road Con-
struction and Maintenance" prize essay;
Engineering Record, New York. "A
Move for Better Roads," prize essays;
University of Pennsylvania; II. c. Baird
Il Co., Philadelphia. "A Manuel OF Road
making" Gillespie; 4. 5. Barnes d Co.,
New York. "Road-making and Main
tenance," Herschel & Worth, Engineer
ing News Co., New York.
Eos. RECORD UNION: Can you tell mo
the.name of our Consul at Alden, Arabia?
J. Fl. H., Willows.
Joseph A. Jones of Massachusetts.
EDS. RECORD UNION: Who is the Sec
rotary of the Board of Lady Managers of
the Worlds Columbian Exposition, and
what is her address.
Mrs. NJ, Sacramento.
Mrs. Susan C. Cooke, Chicago.