Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-03
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y. Are the yitamines in milk
destroyed when it is heated? W.
n. l..
A. Vitamines A and b are not
easily destroyed by heat. Milk can
be pasteurized, sterilized, and dried
without affecting them. Vitamine
G, however, is affected by heat and
an infant fed on processed milk
should also have an efficient anti
scorbutic, such as orange juice or
tomato juice.
.. Please settle controversy
by stating whether the characters
in "Main Street, were taken from
real life? o. III. NJ.
A. Sinclair Lewis says they do
nq in any case represent real per-
sons"
Q. What is cumulative voting
II. S. p.
A. Cumulative voting is the
system first introduced into Great
Britain in 1870, by which the voter
is entitled to as many votes as
there are persons to be elected and
may give them all to one candidate,
or may divide them among the can
didates. The states of Illinois and
Michigan have used this method
in some elections.
@. Where was rice first used +:
l.. J. OBJ.
A. Rice is as old as history.
Probably it had its origin in India
approximately 5000 B. c., from a
plant called Newaree and Nivaria.
Rice is mentioned in the Talmud
and is referred to by numerous
Greek and Roman writer's
q. Is rock crystal ever called
frozen water? Il. II. s.
A. Crystal is derived from a
Greek word , signifying hard
crust, or more specifically ice, and
was applied by the Greeks at least
400 b. G. to a material which they
to be hard, durable
form of frozen water. This sub
stance is the colorless, transparent
variety of quartz still called rock
crystal and the belief as to it's
nature lasted into the sixteenth
century.
@. What was the origin of the
term 'woodenhead?' II. II.
A. The exact origin Of the cpl
tibet "Woodenhead" is not known,
but perhaps it is derived from
Pope's Characterization of "the
bookful blockhead, ignorant1y
read, with loads of learned lumber
in his head"
q. Is 1t correct to call silver
and gold money currency? A. I'll.
IA.
A. Currency is sometimes used
as synonymous with the phrase
medium of exchange but more COM
monty confined to the paper ele-
ments of the medium. If used in
the broader sense, two kinds
should be distinguished, metallic
and paper.
Q. Who gave the republican
party its name? G. a. S.
A. The first known suggestion
OF the name republican" was in d
letter written by Horace Greeley;
the earliest convention of import
ance to adopt it was held at Jack
son. Michigan, July 6, 1854.
.. What nations have rcpudi-
atcd public debts? IS. U.
A. Nearly all the leading coun-
tries have at some time in their
history repudiated indebtedness.
The United States, for instance,
failed to redeem the Continental
currency.