New Britain herald., 1925-07-22
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" lIAlllb lp I llt NslANEAlpll I-NlNOlI 4NCh Britain Herald, Washington Bureau. 1922 New York avenue, Washington, | D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital i advice cannot be given, nor can eX- tended research be undertaken. All | other questions will receive per sona reply. Unsigned requests can not b answered. All letters are con ndential.-Editor,
 Q. What proportion of the meat slaughtered in the United States is uninspected?
 A. According 10 the bureau of animal industry, in 1924 the fed cral meat inspection covered 66'5 percent of the estimated total slaughter. The remaining 33.5 per cent was uninspected except for q small indcterminate portion which underwent inspection by state and local authorities.
 C. How old should chickens be to be used as broilers?
 A. This varies according 10 the breed. The general rule, however, is four to five months.
 Q. What or who were the "SiX Nations" as spoken of in American history"
 A, The "slxnations' were a confederacy of five tribes of the Tro1uots Indians, the Mohawk, Oneida, Onandaga, Cayuga and Senaca, to which was afterwards added the Tuscarora, occupying central and western New York in colonial days, and the remnants of which still exist.
 Q. What is the oldest library in the world?
 A, What is said to ne the oldest library was recently discovered near Mexico City. It is 1000 years old,
 c. What are the proper meas uroments of a tennis court?
 A. For the singles tennis court the distance from baseline to base line is 7S feet; from sidcline to side line, 27 feet; from bascline 10 serV- ice line, IS feet; from service line to net q feet; from side line to ralf court line, Is feet 6 inches The measurements for the doubles court are exactly the same as the singles, with the, exception of an in crease of 3 feet in the distance from sidoline to sidcline, an alley 1 1-2 feet wide being extended from each eidelne.
 Q. By whom was Brooklyn bridge built?
 A. It was designed by John A. Pocblng. After his death the work of construction and of completing the details of designing was carried on by his son, Washington A. Roob- ling. John Eoebling had his foot crushed during the construction Of the bridge, and died from lockjaw sixteen days later.
 Q. What kind of work is done by a mineralogist?
 A. His work is concerned with the characterization, identification and classification of minerals. He also investigates their occurrence in nature with reference 10 their mode , of formation and the alteration } which they have undergone. F Q. Do the cggs of the Rouer $ duck differ from ordinary duck = cges?
 g A. No, they are like other duck l eges, white with greenish tinge l Q. Was tobacco discovered 1T America?
 a A. Yes. The Indians were smok l ing the dried leaves in pipes Whef the continent was first discovered 0 IL was afterwards taken to Europe n by British and Spanish explorers. |, Q. Are distillates of wood liqui c fled wood?
 = 4. Wood cannot be Iiquifed S Distillates of wood are made b. . various processes of heating ane - condcnsing to extract the juices, C Q. Are the people known q Q Lithuanians, Poles?
 1 A. There is a decided distinction
 between Iithuanians and Poles
 The former come from Lithuania
 which WIS formerly a part of tn
 Russian Empire, but since th r World war has been separat Il state. These peoples have their ow
 language and customs and a civi o lization quite as old as Poland, The
 are not Poles.
 Q. Are there any islands of th
 Philippines which are so small a
 to be uninhabited?
 A. There arc 2.775 islands in th .o Philippine archipelago less than
 square mile in area, and very man f. of them are entirely uninhabitet
 Mountainous and rocky condition
 make thom uninhabtable.
 Q. What is the size and dept
 of Lake Zurich?
 A. It is 25 miles long and frol .. 2 1-2 to 1-3 mile wide. Its dept Io is 40 feet; area is S4 square mile il Q, Why did the rest of the Jew
 hate the Samaritans?
 A. During the Babylonian eXi
 [ h Babylonian monarch n ,r brought number of captives trol '. other countries which he had coI w quered, and settled them in II " hills of Samaria. The remnant { il the Jewish population left the
 had intermarriod with these peopl
 and the result was a mixed populj
 ton, despisad by the Jews who r ', turned from the exile and wi
 hated the idea of intermarriai
 with peoples of other nations, ar , 9 consequently the Samaritan popul
 ton never ceased to be looked dow
 upon by the Jews who considert &. themselves the pure stock of 1sra'
 Q. How broad is the pardonil
 power of the President of the Unite