Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-04-05
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Q. In the reports of Wall street
brokerage firms going to the wall.
the announcements Is made that the
probable cause was "bucketing
orders" VIVA, Goes this mean?
o. L. X.
A. The word "bucketing" is de-
rived from "bucket shops" Bucket
shops are run by irresponsible
brokers not members of any stock
exchange, and do a marginal busi-
ness upon 81 a share and upwards.
AS n matter of fact, in the case of
a bucket shop, the stock itself is
usually not purchased or sold for
the customer. When an order has
gone through the machinery of a
bucket shop and been accepted by
the same. theoretically executed. it
has been "bucketed." No actual
purchase or sale takes place, the
broker must nay losses IL the GUS
toner has guessed the right way,
and vice versa if the opposite.
"Bueketed" is used to denote the
handling by a legitimate stock ex-
change broker OF his customers ac-
counts on bucket shop methods.
Q. Are fish scales of any use
commercially? II. J.
A. Great quantities of fish scales
are used in making artificial pearls.
O. What does the slang term ''a
quarter horse" mean? y. II. *.
A. A quarter horse" is term
applied to an individual who can
make spectacular records but can
not be relied upon for a good
steady pace in his undertakings
The term was originally used on the
race course, meaning a horse In
race who was capable OF terrific
speed for a short distance such as
one-duarter OF mile and who end
ed the other three quarters of the
mile at greatly reduced speed.
o. When was Washington's
birthday first celebrated? w. w. b.
A. The first recorded celebra-
ton of Washington's birthday oc-
Cured in Richmond, Va, in 1882.
It was celebrated there and In other
places until In 1893. it was general
ly adopted.
@. Why Is the new wireless cali
cd radiograph? j. V. \.
A. The word radiograph was
coined because radio is an abbre-
Walton for radiation and the1radio-
graph is the instrument for radiat-
ing electric energy through air.
@. Is there n Mohammedan
church in the United States? TX. q.
A. A Moslem mosque has been
built in Highland Park. Michigan.
The first magazine for Islam. the
"Moslem Sunrise" is published
there. and the first Moslem mis-
sioner to America. Mufti Muham-
mad Sadiq, has his heaquarters
there.
O. who invented the Jews harp
and when? J. Il. S. ..
A. The origin of this instrument
is not known. The Jews harp is an
old invention mentioned by Prato-
rius in his Organographia (1619)
under the name of crembalum.
O. How much would 1,OOV.0OO
$40 bills weigh? J. X. III.
A. Paper money weighs the
same regardless of denomination.
One million paper bills weigh
5000 pounds.
Q. Is there such n thing as a
singing mouse? g. G.
A. The bureau OF biological sur
vey says that some house mice have
peculiar infection of the vocal
cord that causes them to make a
kind of singing note. The Japan
csc are able to do this artificially
and therefore a great number of
these singing mice are found in
Japan.
Q. How much docs Germany
owe for the maintenance of the
army of occupation? =. d. p.
A. The amount Of the claim OF
the United States for cost of the
army in Germany since November
II, 1918, is 966.374,000 gold marks.