News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-05-24

Where did the expression "When i'm
Rome do as Rome does" originate?
"When they are at Rome they do
there as they see done" contained in
Anatomy of Melancholy" by Robert
Burton. st. Augustine was in the habit
of dining upon Saturday as upon Sun
day, but being puzzled with the differ
ent practices then prevailing (for they
had begun to fast in Rome on Satur.
day, consulted st. Ambrose on the SUBJ
ject. At Milan they did not fast OLE
Saturday, and the answer of the Milan
saint was this: "When l am here | do
not fast on Saturday; when at Rome
l do fast on Saturday"
What are the Hertzian waves? What
part do they play in wireless teIegra-
ply?
They are electric waves, SO called
from Heinrich Hertz QS57-1S94, a
German engineer and scientist, who
first demonstrated the possibility of
wireless telegraphy. In the course Of
his investigations he demonstrated
some new principles regarding the.
transmission of light and electricity,
and his premature death was regarded
as a distinct loss to science. Wireless
telegraphy is sometimes called Hertz
ian telegraphy. The present Marconf
method of telegraphing without wires
is by means Of 'Hertzian waves"
which pass through the ether-the me-
dunn that fills all space, and remains,
after all else is exhausted. The APP
paratus generates and transmits these
waves, the existence and operation of
which were first demonstrated by
Hertz.
How did Great Britain earn the name
of "Perfidous AIbion?"
Napoleon gave Great Britain this
name.
What is the difference between ordi-
nary cotton, Egyptian cotton and sea
island cotton7
Cotton is usually differentiated in
ordinary classification by the length Of
IT'S Sldplc. oIuludly COllOu Ill Iu6
United States is of several kinds, chief
among them the upland cotton, with a
staple of from seven-eighths to one
inch in length, and gulf of Texas cot
ton, of which the staple is not usually
quite so long. The longest stapled cot
tons among the ordinary cottons''
here are the bottomland or bender cot
ton, with a staple of from one and one
eighth to one and ore-fourth inch, and
the special fancy staple cotton, one
and three-eighths to one and Give
eighths inches in length. The sea island
cotton, which is grown on the sea is
lands off the coast of South Carolina.
has a staple of from one and half to.
two and half inches, the average
length being one and three-fourths.
The Egyptian cotton is being grown in
southern California, New Mexico and
It's staple is not so long as
the sea island cotton, but compares
rather with the upland cotton here.
Why does the United States allow
the expectation of arms to the fighting
III race OF Odf tSdti a'tJ'
Secretary Lansing in reply to Aus
trials protest sums up the reasons in
the last sentence in these words: 1.-THE
principles of international law, the
of the nations, the national
safety of the United States and other
nations without great military and
naval establishments; the prevention
of increased armies and navies, the
adoption of peaceful methods for the
adjustment of international differences,
and finally, neutrality itself, are OPP
posed to the prohibition by a neutral
nation of the expectation of arms, am
munition or other munitions of war to
belligerent powers during the progress
Of the war"
Please state how much larger Poland
IS than Ireland.
The area of Ireland is 32373 square
niles. In its greatest prosperity Po-
and had an area of $4,000 square
niles.
I. What is the distance of Polaris
he north star, from the earth? 2!'ls
/ a sun shining on some other planets
S the sun shines on our earth?
/. Some idea of the distance of the
Worth star from the earth may be
iven by the fact that it is forty-five
ght years from the earth-that is, it
axes forty-fve years for the light from
'olaris to reach the earth. 2. Nothing
efipite is known about the nature Of
his star, but it is supposed to be
un lighting other worlds.