New Britain herald., 1925-08-08


 Britain Herald, Washington Bureau. S22 Now York avenue, Washington. lp. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply, McdicaL legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can cx- tended research ho under taken. All other questions will receive a per sonal rcplN Unsigned requests can not he answered, All letters arc standardization.
 2. Arc any except citizens of tho nitea States admitted 10 the United States navy personnel?
 X. Prior 10 1906 there was no law prohibiting persons not citizens Of the United States from entering the navy, The move 10 provide navy of l., s. citizens was started on November 2S, l90G. when an order was issued providing for eN- tra pay for citizens in the navy. shortly after this an order was is- sued restricting onlistments 10 ciu- zcns of the United States,
 Q. What is tho best time 10 transplant trees
 A. Trees should he transplanted at time when they are dormant. The early spring or late fall is con- sldorcd tho best time
 Q. What are some of the princi- pal cities of present day Greece?
 A. Athens, Saloniki, riracus, Can1is. Other towns are Patras, Trlka'a, Corfu, HermoupoIis. VoIo, Larssa and Zanto
 ., What Is the cause of goose flesh that comes on the skin when one is frightened or very cold, and why is it so called"
 A. Goose flesh, caused by fear, cold and intense excitement, is due to a contraction Of the crector m:>- cles of the superficial hairs on the skin. It is so named because it re- scmblcs the skin of plucked goose Q. How large must a permanent magnet be that is capable of lifting from one to i've pounds A, Tho weight and general dl- menSions of permanent magnet strong enough 10 lift a weight of one, two, three, four and five pounds respectively depends upon so many factors that exact figures can not b" given. A series Of U-shaped mag nets having cross sectional areas of . o.l. 0.2, o.S, CA. and N.5 inches square and total length ot :.5, so, 1.1. 1o.0 and 1@.i inches and weigh ing approximately 1, 4, 2. 1G. and 26 OF. should lift about i, 2, 3, 1, b pounds respectively, if made of ordinary tungsten magnet steel properly hardened.
 Q. Why is the place from which mail is distributed called q post of1ico""
 A. In early English. the word "post' siFnihcd action involving haste and cam" thus 10 be used for the method employed in carrying letters. By the process of evolution, through which all our common words have passed, the word most" finally came 10 mean the carrying of mails. and was adopted by the British government when the first "post master" was appointed in tho sixteenth century. 70 fiji c e. of course, is just the station of the ! post"
 a. How much money was real i2od by the United states govern mont from the sale of stamps. stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers and postal cards for tb~ year 1921?
 A. $4SS.372.o0S.I9.
 a. Can you name some women in the Old Testament who ruled either in their own right or as the wife Of the king?
 A. Deborah, tho judge who vns practically the ruler of her people; Athaliah. the usurpcr, who rcigncd over Judah six years: the Queen of Sheba, who visited Solomon; Jczo- hel the foreign wife of Ahah so hated by Elijah, the prophet; Nash- II and Esther, in the Book of Es- thor: Nchushta, mentioned in Jerc- niah. 22:26; and Zerueh, mcntion- ed in I Kings l1:26.
 Q. Why do wo speak Of giving tho key of the city when We wish to extend the hcartiest kind of well come to a visiting organization"
 A. This expression is igura- tive form of welcoming guests which has been handed down from feudal days when cities had walls and gates that could bc locked.
 Q. Did Charles Darwin make any mention of a heliof in a future lifc in any of his writings
 A. In life and Letters NC find the following: "B")tevinE, as l do, that man in the distant future will he a far more perfect creature than h" now is, it is an intolerahc thought that he and all other senti- cnt brings are doomed 10 complete annihilation after such long contn- ued slow progress, To those who fully admit the immortality Of the soul the destruction Of the world will not appear so dreadful"
 Q. Who was Mrs. Parungton?" ."
 A. A famous character invented by Sidney Smith in a speech made at Taunton in 1881, riiiculing inc rejection of the Reform bill hy the English house Of lords. ''T do not mean 10 he disrrsrcctful." he said in the speech, but tho attempt of the lords 10 stop the progress Of reform reminds me very fOrcibly of the great stoVm of Sidmouth and tho conduct of the excellent Mrs, Harrington on that occasion. In the winter Of 1924. there set in great food upon that town. the tide rose 10 an incredible height, the waves rushed in upon the houses. and everything was threatened with de- struction. In the midst CT this sub-