New Britain herald., 1925-09-14

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 Q. How large Is the Ute Reser- vation and is the ground capable of cultivation?
 A. The Ute Mountain Reserva- tion, 10 which the Ute Indians nomlnally belong. Is a tract of 4So,- o0o acres In southwestern Colorado, but not more than 10000 acres of it arc capable of cultivation, If wa ter corld be secured for irrigation.
 Q, What Is necessary before college can meet the requirements or Delng frst rate'
 A. To he ranked as a first rate accredited college an institution should have at least six professors giving their entire time to college and university work course of four full years in liberal arts and sciences, and should require for ad- mission not less than the usual four years of academic high school prep aration. or its equivalent in addi- ton 10 the preacademic or gram mar school studies.
 2. Who was the first modern Protestant missionary to India?
 A. William Carey, the English cobbler of shoes. was the first mod crn Protestant missionary, going to Indian in 1792,
 O. From where does the name "gypsy" come, and what language do they speak?
 A. Gypsies is name given to a race of wandering peoples scattered over Europe. northern Africa and western Asia. The name Is said to | he corruption of Egyptian. as are also the variants Gyptien (France nnd Belgium) Gyptenaer (the Netherlands) and Gitano (Spain) All these forms indicate the country whence these people were supposed 10 have come-Egypt, or more ire quently little Egypt. Gypsies speak various dialects of the Romany or l Gypsy language that is akin to Hin dustani.
 Q. Is the vanilla bean grown in the United States?
 A, No. It grows only in the tropics.
 Q. Of the tea imported into this country during the year. how much is rejected and for what req sons?
 A. A compilation of the tea ex' aminers monthly reports for the last fiscal year shows that 92,925,' 470 pounds of tea were examined al all the stations. Of this tea S4,13i pounds of 0.o9 per cent is rejected All the rejections were for quality pounds or 0.09 D. c. was rejected for being below government stan dard in purity.
 Q. What were the "hanginl gardens of Babylon?
 A. These were anciently reckon ed one of the seven wonders of tn world, and were situated within tn great palace of Nebuchadnezzar fl Babylon. They consisted of thre and a half acres of gardens, grove and avenue of trees. with fountain and banquetting rooms interspersed and were raised terrace like. oI tiers of masonry arches to height varying from 75 to 300 feet abov
 the plain. The ascent from terrac to terrace was made by marbl
 stairs. The gardens were irrigate from a reservoir situated at tn
 top, and supplied with water fror
 the Euphrates by means of sma
 conduits, The hanging gardens ar generally ascribed to Nebuchadne7 , gar. who built them to please hi , Queen Amytis, a native of noun tainous Persia; though some hay maintained that they were the wor
 of Semiramis.
 Q. What is meant by "frette instruments What is a fret? l A. On stringed instruments ths
 have finger-boards like the lute ( v guitar, the small pieces of wood ( l other material fixed transversely 0 I the finger board at regular interva = are called frets. The object the } serve is to mark off the length ( ] string required to produce a give e note. Pressure upon a string in
 mediately above a fret makes, s the point of contact of string an fret, a temporary nut and tf 5 string, set in motion as far as tf o bridge on the sound board by plucl ing with the plectrum or finger, { lowing gives higher note in pr = portion to the shortening of tl F. string. Frets therefore. correspor . in their use with the holes in tl u tuba of a wind instrument. Q. Which is the best method 7, planting a hillside to keep the sc
 from sliding down? .s A. Trees would help to keep SC 4 from sliding on a hillside. Tv
 other methods are advocated by tl bureau of soils of the department
 agriculture: one terracing and tl 70 other planting Bermuda gra' n whose roots form a tangle und | ground, and so hold the soil " place,
 al O. What is the meaning of t IS name Dora?
 A. It is a contraction of Dor ID thea (German) meaning Gift n God.
 Q. Who won the Decathalon
 the last Olympic games?
 A. Harold Osborn, United Stat
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