New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23


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Q. What are the rings Of Saturr
composed Of?
A. Saturn's rings are a unique
set of appendages. detected by Gal.
lileo, and resolved into their true
shape by Huygenes in 1856. The
two outer bright rings measure re.
spectively nearly $4,000 and 1890
miles across and are separated by
a gap Of 1900 miles. Inside them
lies the Grape ring" discovered by
Bond in 1850. 1t is 1850 miles
wide and is divided by clear inter-
val of $50 miles from the globe,
upon which 1t is projected like a
strip Of black gauze. These rings are
composed Of dense swarms Of mi
mute satellites. or meteoris matter,
revolving at high speed around the
planet itself.
@. What is the oldest city in the
United States?
A. st. Augustine, Florida.
@. Who had the principal roles
in the photoplay Partisan Nights" I
A. Elaine Hammerstein was the
leading woman and Lou Tellegen
and CASTOR Glass had the principal
supporting roles.
@. What newspaper has the
largest circulation in London, Eng
land?
A. The Daily Mail. is the most
widely circulated. 1t claims a daily
circulation Of 1,734.ooO.
Q. How can warts be removed
from the mouth Of dog?
A. Do not cut the warts in a
dogs mouth because the bleeding
may cause them to spread. Tie a
piece OF silk thread around the
large isolated warts and they will
drop Off in a few days. Smaller
warts in the mouth may be removed
by swabbing them three times a
day with a teaspoonful of common
soda in half pint Of water. or vine
gar, or tincture OF iron chloride.
Flat warts on the body can be re-
moved by touching them with nj
trate OF silver.
@. How can the white spots
caused by setting hot dishes be re-
moved from highly vanished sur.
faces?
A. Make a thin paste Of olive
oil and salt. spread over and mark
and leave for about an hour. Wher
the paste is rubbed off the mark
should disappear.
@. Are passports required o.
American citizens to enter the
United States after a visit abroad?
A. No.
@. What is the difference be.
tween a duel" and an "affray"?
A. A duel is a fight between
two persons, one against the other
at an appointed time and place
upon a precedent quarrel. It differ:
from an affray in that the latter oc.
ours on a sudden quarrel, while the
former Is always the result Of de.
sign.
@. What is the population of the
world according to sex?
A. Only about two-thirds OF the
population Of the world has been
counted. About half the probably
population OF the. world has been
enumerated with relation to sex
From the results 1t appears that
about bo.a per cent are male and
1877 per cent are female.
@. Could liquid air be used for
refrigeration purposes?
A. Not practically. Its tempera-
ture (-310 Fly is too low and the
process would be very expensive.
@. What is the address OF the
Lucy Stone League?