The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-13

Of olive oil and God liver oil; is one
as good as the other to take to
help build up the system?
Olive oil. like all fats, has a high
fuel value (4,OSO caIories per pound.
and on its high value as a food de
pends. Like all fats, it produces /
heat for the body and promotes the
growth Of flesh and tissue. It is also
laxative. Cod liver oil is a better
food, and is more readily absorbed
than any other oil. its value as a
food being due mainly to its being
much more readily oxidized than
other oils. 1t also has high the
rapeutic value in flesh building
especially in diseases where loss Of
flesh is acute. II also contains some
active principles that are acid in con-
tcnt and make it particularly Of
value in flesh building and system
renovating qualities. Olive oil, how
ever, IS much more pleasant to the
taste. and perhaps. as a regular part
Of the diet, is just as beneficial.
Did President Lincoln issue his
call for $4,000 volunteers before or
after the firing on TT. Sumpter?
After: TT. Sunpter was evacuated
April Il. and on the following day.
April Is, 1851, Lincoln issued his
call for $4,000 volunteers for three
months.
How many persons have sue
ceeded in swimming the English /
Channel; who were they; when did /
they accomplish the feat; what
was the time Of each?
Four persons have succeeded in |
swimming the English Channel: I
Capt. Matthew Webb, Aug. %. 1875: |
William 7. Burgess, in 1911; Henry (
Sullivan, Aug. 6. 1928, and Entique /
Tirabocchi Aug. u, 1923. Webb and /
Burgess were Englishmen; Sullivan /
an American and Tirabocchi an Ar
gentinian. Webb made it in 21 hours /
45 minutes; Burgess, % hours 80
minutes; Sullivan, q hours As min
utes, and Tirabocchi, IS hours SO
minutes.
Have any people held as a re-
Hgious belief that a snake was the
originator of the human race?
Primitive Mexican Indian races
held that the husband of the first
woman was a great male snake.
What is the coldest day on rec
ord in tha United StateS1
1t was in January, 1884. at Miles
City, Mont, when the thermometer
registered 65 degrees below zero.
What was the Treaty to which
the former Kaiser referred as a
scrap of paper?"
The treaty between Great Britain,
Autsria. France, Prussia and Rus
sia, on the one part, and Belgium on
the other, which was signed at Lon
don, England, on the 18th of April,
1889 This treaty guaranteed the
neutrality of Belgium. However, it
was Chancellor Won Bethmann HolI-
veg who referred to this as a scrap
of paper and not the Kaiser.
Where is Jade found?
In China, Burma and many other
parts of Southern Asia.
To whom is Antonio Moreno
married?
To Daisy Garfield Danziger, a so.
ciety woman and philanthropist.
When should strawberries be
planted?
In September.
When are the best months to
prune grape vines?
January, February and March.
What causes the musky odor of
the muskrat? Do only males
have it?
1t is caused by the secretion Of a
large gland in the inguinal region.
which is present in both sexes.
When was "siIver Threads
Among the Gold" published?
In 1873.
What is used in the Library of
Congress to paste over valuable
papers to preserve them?
A very sheer material known as
crepeline.
What is Corinne Griffith's
married name? y
Mrs. Walter Morosco. II