Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-19
QUERY AND ANSWER

! Flapper, Boscobel: If you are an
swering all kind of questions l desire
to ask you how far | could run with
out becoming totally exhausted? An
swer: 1t depends upon what man you
| are running after.
| Reader, Richland Center: Will you
| kindly state what ''pulchritude" means
/ in this sentence: "The bathers dis
played their costumes with feminine
pulchritude" l can't find the word in
my dictionary? Answer: Pulchritude
means beauty, loneliness.
L. c., Blue River: Why do they call
| ballots as used at our elections the
| Australian ballot? Do all the states
use this ballot? Answer: Because the
present form of our official ballot orr
ginated in Australia. In 1888 the sys-
! tenn was adopted in Massachusetts,
and it quickly spread over the United
States. At the present time every
state in the Union, except Georgia and
! Louisiana, are using the Australian
ballot system at their elections
Coin Collector, Blue River: The
1858 cent, am told, is very valuable.
Can you tell me how much they are
worth? Answer: We do not know
Write to some dealer. We do not care
to be BIZ thered with coin questions or
riddles. They seem to have no limit
| to the amount of annoyance and
trouble they can make us in hunting
data or racking our brains.
c. H., Muscoda: Will you please
tell me in the O. & A., what religious
denomination did Roosevelt belong
to? Answer: Roosevelt belonged tC
the Reformed Dutch church
| G. G., Avoca: | would like to know
the day and date of the battle of Pitts
burg Landing in the Civil war. Will
you please answer this? Answer
The battle of Pittsburg Landing was
fought on Sunday, April 6, 1862.
G. N, Blue River: l wish to use
your column for little enlightan-
ment. 1t being fact that Germany
Austria and Italy were bound togetn-
er in a triple alliance, why is it that
Italy took the side of the allies in the
! World war? Answer: These three
| nations were bound by the triple al
lance to assist each other Sin case OF
an attack" Italy refused on the
| ground that Germany was engaged in
IAN aggressive war" and was not
obliged to help her. AS war progress
ed AustriaI1ungary attempted the
conquest of certain Italian districts
Italy renowned the alliance and de-
clared war on Austria on May 4, 1915
r. j., Muscoda: What is the exact
meaning of hors de combat? Answer
Literally, this means disabled, unfit to
continue a contest.
L. D., Avoca | would like to ask
in your question department where is
Pixies Peak and how high is it. Can
and how do people reach the top
Answer: Pixies Peak is located in Ell
PasO county, Colorado. 1t rises 14,10S
feet above sea level and it's summit is
reached by a winding railroad
A Girl, Highland: [ am Is years
old and am not silly fapper. Isn't
it proper for me to have boy friends
and go with them to shows and
dances? Isn't it proper for them to
call on me on Sundays? Isn't it al
right for them to call me on the phone
and have a long conversation? An
swer: We answer 1T is wrong" to
all your questions. You are too young
to have boys on your mind.
L. j., Excelsior: What state in the
union produces the most tobacco?
How does Wisconsin rank? Ken
lucky, North Carolina and Virginia
! lead in the order named. They pro-
duce more tobacco than all the other
states combined. Wisconsin is 18th
Reader, Muscoda: What is Thomas
A. Edison's latest invention? Answer
| The latest one recorded in the United
States patent office is the elescribe, an
instrument for recording a telephone
conversation Muscoda Progressive.