Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-04
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Q. Is airplane linen always lin
en-? II. d. w.
A. Airplane linen is of two
kinds, the real Irish linen ana
South Sea Island cotton.
o. Why is Nesselrode pudding
SO called? IL. Il. Ii.
A. This frozen dessert was nam
ed after Count X. II. Nesselrode,
Russian diplomat and epicure.
O. What Is the difference be-
tween mutiny and barratry? "A.
Il. Il.
A. Barratry is sea crime which
is committed when a master or
crew do any unlawful acts tending
to their advantage and TO the
detriment of the owner OF a Vessel.
| Mutiny is a concerted revolt
against the rules of discipline or
the lawful commands OF a superior
officer.
o. Is Germany the only coun-
try that has used the mark as a
measure of money value? g. w.
A. Mark was an old English
term for a money of account, orig
mating in the twelfth century and
being valued at s3.SS. The Scotch
mark or merk of the nineteenth
century was worth S3.42. The
mark was also used as q weight in
several parts of Europe, being di-
vided into "a carats.
o. Is the actress, Julia Mar
lowe, an American? \. G. p.
A. Julia Marlowe, whose real
name was Sarah Frances Fost
twas born at Caldech. cumberland
Ishire, England, August II, 1870
land was brought to this country
by her parents in 1875.
@. What is polygyny? c. w.
A. Polygyny,. popularly callea
polygamy, is the scientific name
for a common form Of marriage in
barbarism and lower civilization in
which one man is united with sew
eral women.
@. Why is tomb called a MAUI
soIcum? l.. j. X.
A. The name mausoleum Is de-
rived from Mausolus. q king oi
Caria, who died in 353 b. c., and
to whom q sumptuous sepuichre
was raised by his wife at Halicar-
nassus which became famous as
1.-THE seventh wonder OF the world.
Q. Are alcohol and tobacco bad
for q tuberculosis patient? Il. O.
i A. The public health service
says that alcoholic liquors are al
J ways harmful to such q patient,
even when taken in moderation
The effects of tobacco are so diff
ferent in different cases that no
general rule can be laid down.
Q. Why is an unbranded steer
called q maverick? n. o. S.
A. The term maverick as applied
to an unbranded steer is said &c
be derived from the name of Sam
uel Maverick, O Texas lawyer, who
accepted a herd of 400 head of cat
tie in payment of debt. They
we're neglected and allowed to ruf
wild and when calves were borr
they were appropriated by Other
ranchers and branded with theii
marks and so passed TO indisputa'
BILE ownership. Hence the name
OF maverick came to be given L
all calves caught straying from
the band.
q. Have we had matches al
tlong as we have had phosphorus
Il. u.
a. It was almost 500 years af
kne discovery of phosphorus By
the Arab, Bechel, that 1t was founc
, possible to obtain a light quickly
,. by the friction of phosphorus anc
sulphur. The discovery was made
and first applied commercially II
the latter part Of the seventeenth
century by Godfrew Haukwitz, o
London.
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