Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-07
Query and
Answer

N. L., Lone Rock-Will you please
answer in the Question Column if
the Hudson river is navigable its en-
tire length?
Ans. No. 1t is navigable from New
York City to Troy, N. Y.
L. c., Boscobel-To settle an argu-
ment will you please state which, in
fight could whip-an elephant or
lion? Also which is the most poison
Gus snake known?
Ans An elephant has the advan-
tage. He could easily pick up large
lion and hurl him through the air.
The lion has a deadly bite, but not
sufficient to penetrate the hide of the
elephant The Cobra is the most pois-
onous snake known. Its bite is almost
instant death.
C. S., Muscoda--If a person was to
stand squarely on the North Pole
which direction would be north and
south or east and west?
Ans. While squarely on the North
Pole there are no directions of the
compass except south. The instant
you stepped from that spot you would
be going south, and then to your right
would be west and your left would be
east.
G. G., Blue River-Does Woodward
Ave, in Detroit, the principal thor
oughfare, run north and south and
how long is it?
Ans. Woodward Ave. in Detroit,
Mich, runs from the Detroit river in
north-easterly direction to the city
limits. 1t is about three miles long to
Woodland Ave-, the limits in 1923.
r. T., Avoca-What three states in
the union lead in mileage of rail-
roads? And which is first?
Ans. Texas, Illinois and Pennsyl-
vania are the three leading states in
railroad mileage, and lead in the or
der named
G. j., Fennimore-Can you tell me
the exact population of Japan proper?
Ans. Not exactly. There has been
no census taken since 1920. In that
year the population was 55,961,14
p NJ. Cuba City-In what states Of
the United States is platinum found?
Ans. California, Wyoming, Nebras-
ka and Alaska.
M H, Platteville-Was the battle
of Santiago on July 8. 1898, fought on
Friday.
Ans. No. July 8, 1898, was on Sun
day.
Reader, Livingston-Is there any
harm kissing the fellow a girl loves?
10 do and don't regret it.
Ans. Not exactly, but it is dan
gerous since it may lead to harm.
Besides, it is unsanitarv. Be discreet
and refrain from osculatory exercises
unless you. are engaged or you may
have cause to regret it later
NJ B., Pra. du Chien-What do you
think of tightwad that will drive up
to a filing station with his Ford and
get half gallon of gasoline?
Ans. Don't crab. Maybe he's put
ting his "Lizzie" on diet.
S. F., Cassville-I was born on Jan.
&c, 1888. What day of the week was
that?
Ans. You were born on Friday.
Subscriber, Stitzer-Why do we have
leap years?
Ans. Our calendar year as made
up in days is just IL minutes and IA
seconds longer than the true solar
year. Therefore, to take care of this
difference, we skip one day every four
years, except century years that are
not Invisible by 400 and other years
LIldL are lOL uINlSlDlG ny f. HIS SyS-
tenn makes our calendar year and the
solar year almost identical in length.
P. j., Platteville-I have statistics
to show that great many more boy
babies were born in times Of war than
girl babies. Why is that?
Ans. This is unexplainable. Tt may
be a mysterious and beneficient pro-
vision of Nature to make good the loss
of masculine lives caused by war, and
thus maintain the balance of the
sexes.
R. D., Lancaster-Will you be kind
enough to explain what is the con-
science fund of the United States?
Ans. There is in reality no such
distinct account as a conscience
Fund" in the United States treasury.
Money so received goes into the gen.
eral fund. It began in Madison's ad-
ministration when the first SIS was re-
cetved from an unknown person. The
largest individual contribution was
once made to the collector of customs
at New York about 20 years ago. The
so-called conscience Fund" averages
about $4,000 year
T. G. Montfort-How manv rooms
are there in the vatican palace Of
Rome?
Ans. There are APO rooms in the
vatican palace of Rome.-Progressive