New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-11-28

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conlidential--Editor.
G, What is the name Of the mid
Eot actor who appeared with Lon
CLANCY in THE unholy Three?
A. Harry Earles.
Z, What is the fastest time ever
made on ice skates?
A, For the professional record,
the fastest time on ice skates for a
mile is two minutes and eight sec
ends. This record was made by
Norral Baptie, at Minneapolis, Min
resota, January II, 1908.
z, Is the bite OF a centipede
dangerous?
A. The bite Of small centipedcs
tthe kind We have in this country
is not dangerous As a matter OF
fact they seldom bite human beings,
The bite of Il large tropical contipede
is painful and dangerous.
9. Did Alexander Graham Bell
| invent the first telephone?
A. The first electrical apparatus
described as telephone by its in
ventor was devised by Philip Refs
of Germany in 1861, but apparently
no further advance was made in
the application of articulate telc-
phony until March 10, 1876 when
Alexander Graham Bell rugged up
a line 100 feet long in the attic OF
his house in Boston and talked TO
Thomas A. Watson in an adjoining
room.
Q. Has the grade Of Commodore
been abolished i'll the Navy?
A. Commodore was2 formerly a
grade in the Navy between Rear
Admiral and Captain. It was abol-
!ished in 1899 and officers holding
! this rank will now be found only on
the retired list.
Q. How ole is Nicholas Long
worth, who is to be the Speaker Of
the next House of Representatives
and when did his marriage to Alice
Roosevelt take pl4ce?
A. He is sc years old and was
born in CINCINNATI on November 5,
1859. His marriage TO Alice Roose-
welt, daughter OF Theodore Roose-
welt, took place February II, 1906.
G, How many screws, engines
and boilers has tie Leviathan? How
many decks has It?
A. it has four screws and eight
turbine engines, four ahead and
four astern, two connected to each
ST aft. There are 4G steam boilers
The vessel has eight decks.
Q. What kind of a stone Is a
maidstone
A. The term "madsto one" does
not refer TO any particular KIND OF
stone. 1t is used to denote stone or
other substance, frequently a ball
of hair from the stomach of an ami
NAL, popularity supposed to cure
hydrophobta and to absorb venom
when applied to a wound.
Q. Which horse is the Older
Tony belonging to Tom Mix or, Silver
King belonging to Fred Thompson?
4. Mix's horse Tony" is tel
years Old, while Silver King" Il
only five.
@. Can you give me the rest o
the little couplet OF Henry Val
Dyke that begins -Four things
man must learn to do?
A. -Four things a man mus
learn to do
II he would make his recor,
true;
To think without confusio,
clearly,
To love his fellow-men sin
ccrely,
To act from honest motive
purely,
To trust in God and heaye
securely"
@. Why is it hat the moon "a
dates no heat while the sun does
A. The moon is q dead worlt
having in the course of the age
cooled OFF to the extent that it "a
dates no heat. The sun, on the con
trary, is a mass of intensely no
gas: or at least a molten mass en-
veloped by layers Of enormous no
gases, The sun thus. radiates heat
but the moon does not.
.. What would be the correc
plural form for Mrs" when speak
ing Of three or four persons by tn
same name?
A, The correct form would b
"Mcsdames".
.. When did Daniel Webste
make the speech which containe
the words Liberty and Union, nov
and forever, one and inseparable"
\. On January 26, 1880.
Q. What is the standard of gold
A. The price of gold is fixed b
law at $2o.G71S3 per ounce for pur