Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-10
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o. How tall is Pershing and
what does he weigh? III. G.
A. General Pershing's height
il ~ inches or exactly feet and
he weighs between 1S5 and l9o
pounds.
@. How fast can railroad trains
run? ID. r. b.
A. The modern express passen-
ger locomotive can run 112 miles
an hour on a straight, heavy-rail
track if the engine is ballasted by
a train behind it to prevent Its
jumping the track. In actual prac-
tice so miles an hour is not
often exceeded.
Q. Did negro help lay out
the city of Washington? ID. $.
A. Benjamin Banneker, a negro
mathematician assisted in fixing
the boundary lines of the District
of Columbia and in laying out
the city of Washington.
@. How long have dice been
used i'm gambling games? w. Il.
S.
A. There Is no period Of his
tory, and no nation, in which
some form of dice has not been
used. The invention of dice is at
tributed to Palamedes, about
1874 b. c., but the use of cubes
with numbered sides for gambling
purposes probably pre-dates that
Q. III the letter l is consider
ed word, is the letter * word
also? r. NJ. X.
A. / is both a letter and a
word, while X is a letter but not
word.
Q. How long have dictionaries
been In use? b. II. l..
A. The first dictionaries we're
used by the Assyrians and
Babylonians to explain not words
but signs. The Oldest surviving
: dictionary, compiled by Apolon-
ius of Alexandria, in Augustus
time, is a glossary of Homer's
words.
Q. Where was Chief Justice
) Marshall buried? L. S.
! A. Chief Justice Marshall died
: July 6, 1885, and was buried in
: Shockhoe Hill cemetery at Rich
. mond, Va.
Bible? j. Il. NJ.
A. Devils Bible was the popu-
lar name of a manuscript Bible
written on ass-skin. The name
arose from a legend that the
writing was the work of man
who by the Devils help accom-
plished it in few hours in order
to save his life, but who in return
became the slave of the Evil One
Q. Where was tobacco first
found? N. U.
| A. Tobacco is a native of the
Western Hemisphere, where the
aborigines cultivated and used II
from remote times. Its generic
name is in honor of Jean Moot
who introduced it into France
in 1859 from Spain, where il had
been brought from Santo Domin-
go in the same year. In 1888 II
was taken to England by ST,
Francis Drake, and the practice
OF pipe smoking introduced amona
the Elizabethan courtiers by Sit
Walter Raleigh. Its use rapidIy
extended throughout Europe, and
soon became prevalent amone
Oriental nations.
Q. What r. the difference n
weight between sea water and
fresh water? II. Il.
| A. Sea water will weigh abou,
one and a half pounds more ne,
cubic foot than fresh water at tht
same temperature.