The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-10
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Q. When were cranberries first
served with turkey?-J R.
A. American cranberries were found
growing wild by the early pilgrims.
1t is thought that they served them
with wild turkey on THANKSGIVING
days, and for this reason have become
associated with turkey and Thanks
giving day Cranberries make a tart
sauce or jelly These ere palatable
with meat, and comets relatively
large amounts of mir natter, es
pecially iron, calcium hosphorus
which are valuable 10 diet.
Q. Were bicvcles used in England
or the United States fifst?-I. v II
A. Bicycles were introduced into
England about 1878 and into the Unit
ed States in 1877.
O. How does the refraetion of tbs
eath's atmosphere alter the apparent
position of the sum-. l.. L.
A. The naval observatory says the
refraction due to the earth's atmos-
nhere causes the sun to appear slight
" higher in the sky than its true po-
sition. The maximum elevation, which
occurs when the sun is at the horizon,
Is about equal to the suns apparent
diameter.
%. What ENGLISH authors were
born in London?-J. H.
A. Bacon, Blake, Broun, Browning,
Chaucer, Crashaw. Defoe, DeMorgan,
Dome. Gaskell. Gibbon, Gray. Herrick,
Hunt, Huxly, Johnson. Keats, Milton,
Moore. Morris, Newman. Pater, Pr
nero. POPE. Mrs. Radcliffe, Rossetti.
Ruskin, Shirley. Spenser, Swinburne,
Walpole Zangwill.
%. What will make il hard TO see
through screens from the outsider
w. L. S.
A. If window scheens are painted
with a thin white paint. instead OF
with black, those inside the house may
look through the screens easily. while
outsiders can not see inside.
O. Who made the first steam en-
gine?-G. B.
A. The hrst instance of the use OF
steam as a motive power is assumed
to have been the Aeolipile OF. Hero
Alexandria. In 1913 a Spanish cap
tain, Blasco de Garay, is reported to
have shown a steamboat of his Own
invention in Barcelona harbor. The
sirst patent for the application OF
steam power to machines was taken
out by Thomas Slavery in 1898. Watts
experiments on the steam engine date
from the year 1865.
Q Can a woman who married q
foreigner before the new law Went
into effect regain her American citi
Zenship?-C. P.
A. The new naturalization law pro
Nides that a woman who, before the
passage of this act. has lost her Unit
ed States citizenship by reason of hel
marriage to an alien eligible for citf
zenship, may be naturaliZed. No de
claTation of intention shall be re
quired. In lieu of the five year period
of residence within the United States
and the one year period of residence
within the state or territory where
the naturalization court is held, six
shall have resided in the United
States at least one year Immediately
preceding the filing of the petition