New Britain herald., 1927-11-26

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 Q. Who played the parts of Paul ones and the villain In the picture '"The Cat and the Canary?
 A. Creighton Hale played the part of Paul Jones, the hero, and Forrest Stanley the part of Charles Wilder, the villain.
 c. Who was Calamity Jane?
 A. Her real name was Jane Burke. She was an American army scout and mail carrier born at Princeton, Missouri in 1852 and died at Deadwood, South Dakota, August 1, 1903. She was raised on the plains and became an Indian scout at an early age. She was an aide to General Custer and to General Miles Tn numerous campaigns. For sever al years she was government mail carrier between Deadwood, S. D.. and Custer, Montana.
 Q. Was Deadwook Dick real person?
 A. That was the nickname Of Robert Dickey US40-1912) whose actual adventures formed the basis of many of the dime novels" which fed the imaginations of youth in 1 lS6O-lSS0. He was u scout under General George Crook in the days when the red man of the plains was making his last stand against the invading whites. He served under Gen. A. II. Terry during a part of that commanders campaign in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He became SuCcessively an Indian agent, a |. S. marshal, a trapper and a fur merchant, and, having made a fortune finally lost it and died poor
 c. What is the difference be- tween a yawl, a skiff and a launch?
 A. A yawl is a small sailing yes sel riggcd like a cutter with the ad- dition of a jigger-mast; d ships small boat or a small fishing boat. A skiff is usually light boat pro- is the largest of a man. boats; a Sloop rgged with jib or main sail; or a large open boat especially when propelled by steam, electricity or gasoline and used as q pleasure boat; as a steam or gas launch.
 c. How can one get rid of body lice?
 A. Boil or bake the clothing. where body lice usually live, or iron the clothing and especially the seams with hot iron. An efficient method is 10 soak the clothing in gasoline. Another less expensive method is to put the clothes for half m hour in a soapy solution to which per cent of trichlorethylene has been added. A good application for the body is a solution made by mix ng one part of gasoline with three parts of vaselinc.
 Q. What is the meaning of the 7ame Millicent?
 A. It is from the Latin and | means Sweet singer" to the Constitution go nto effect?
 A. On January %, 1919 the U. }. Secretary of State proclaimed the Idoption of the Federal Amendment " 36 states and declared Jt in ef- ect on January 16, 1920.
 Q. What is the value of United states copper cent dated 1885?
 4. One 10 two cents.
 Q. What form of government ioes Prussia have?
 A. It is one of the several free tates composing the German Re- public. On Nov. 13. 1918, Prussia vas proclaimed a Republic.
 Q. What is a good rule for using