New Britain herald., 1930-08-29

marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under taken. All other questions will re- ceive personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let ters are confdential.-Edit Q. What is chalk? Where is it found?
 A. IL is a soft earthly varietey of limestone or carbonate of lime, which often forms beds of great thickness and extent. It is usually yellowish or white in color, has an earthly texture, rough 10 the touch and adhcrlng slightly 10 the tongue. 1 Chalk is formed by the aCcumula- l ton on the ocean bottom of the tiny shells of Foraminifera, frag- ments of molluscan shells. sea UT | chirs' spines and sponge spicules, which can be seen under the micro scope It is abundant in certain areas and also in certain geological formations. These deposits are especially abundant in England and , France, and occur also in the United States in Iowa. Texas, Arkansas, and few other states.
 a What was the Holy Grail?
 A. IL was supposed to be the dish from which Christ ate at the last supper. According 10 legend, Joseph of Arimathea, wishing 10 preserve something which belonged to Christ. took it from the table and afterwards collected in it the blood from the body Of Christ, while he was either on the cross or aftetr his body was removed. The vessel was brought 10 England hy son Of Joseph and handed down from gen eration to generation. II was sup posed 10 possess many mystic prop critics
 Q, Where did Nell Gwynn, the English actress who was q mistress of Charles II, die, and where is she buried?
 A. She died in London in 1887 and was buried in the church of St. Martin sin n-the-Fields. At her re- quest Dr. Tenison, afterwards Arch bishop Of Canterbury. preached her funeral sermon.
 Q, For what writer was Clio pen name?
 4. For Addison. T. was sug- gosted by the letters "C" "L" "I' 70" with which respectively, he signed his articles in The Spccta- tor" according as he wrote at Chcl- sea, London, Islineton or The Office"
 Q. Were the original inhabitants Of Haiti negroes?
 A. Haiti was discovered by Columbus. December 6, 1492, and in . little more than generation the aboriginal inhabitants were swept away by the cruelties Of the Span iards, who introduced negro slaves to fill their place as early as 1905.
 c. Did the Chinese invent black gunpowcr?
 A. Th oearlv history Of black gunpowder is unknown. It IS said to have been used by the Chinese several centuries before il became known in Europe but there is no direct proof of this It is proba ble that it is a development, not a dis covcry.
 Q. What and wlere are Cleo patra's Needles?
 A. Two Egyptian obelisks Of red syenite called Cleopatra's Needles were transported from Heliopolis 10 Alexandria about l4 B. C. and re- mained there until 1877. They were presented to the governments of Great Britain and inc United Statcts respectively by tho Khcdivc. Ismail Pasha. One has been standing on the Thames Embankment. Lon- don, England. since 1878. the other has been in Central Park, New York City since 1880. The latter is 60 feet high with base : feet inches square. and weighs 2oo tons. II is supported on four bronze crabs. and bears inscriptions Of Thothmes III and RameSis II. The London ohe- fisk is slightly smaller
 Q, How long have hats been 'l4tli' III tIIF | ilIlNu 0tdIt
 A. Since colonial days in Tir- ginia. New York. and the New Eng land states.
 Q, When does Indian summer come?
 A. It is a period of weather characterlzed by a hay mosphere with dry fog and by greater warmth than the period immediately pre- cedlng it, occurring in some parts of the United States generally in November or early December.
 c. Is there any difference be- tween q homonym and a homo graph?
 A. In philology homonyms are words having the same sound but different meaning and derivation. For example "eye" and Aye" are homonys. Words which are spelled in the same way but which differ slightly in pronounciation-for in stance present the noun. and "pre- sent" the verb. are more strictly called Monographs as they agree only in writing.
 Q. Who were the Cimbri?
 A, An ancient tribe of warriors | who. with the Teutons. were the first Germans that forced their way into Roman territory.
 c. Who originated the game of chess?
 A. Its origin has been much dis ! puted, but it is said that under the 1. Sanskrit name of "chaturanga. con- 1 sistlng of four members. game l ( essentially the same as modern ] chess was played in Hidustan in | very remote ages. From Hindustan 1 chess spread into Persia and thence | to Arabia. The Arabs. if appears introduced it into Spain in the Sth | century, though if may have been l imported still earlier into Constan- 1 tinople, and probably some other cities of eastern Europe.