New Britain herald., 1930-04-25

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 o. Where were Stone Mountain half dollars coined? What is their present value?
 A. They were coined at the Philadelphia Mint to commemorate the valor of the soldiers of the Con- federacy and for the benefit of the Stone Mountain Memorial associa- ton, and are worth only their face value.
 Q. When and where did the Jack Johnson Stanley Ketchell and the Johnson-J Jeffries fights occur?
 A. The Johnson -Ketchell fight occurred at Colma, California, Octo- ber 16, 1909, and the Johnson Jeffries fight at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910.
 Q. What is the average annual cost of maintaining a prisoner in the United States?
 A. The United States census figures the average daily prison population of the United States at about 75,010, and the average an nual cost per capita for maintenance Is sS29.sS. Q. What is the addres sof James Eads How, the millionaire hobo"?
 A. 506 Olive street. St. Louis, Mo. c. What is the derivation of the expression Stormy Petrel' as ap- piled to persons in politics?
 A. It has long been superstition among sailors that the appearance of a flock of petrels. called stormy petrels, running along the surface of the waves, is an indication that a storm will soon break. This super stition was transferred to the po- litical field when John Scott Earl, of Eldon. an English politician was given the sobriquet Stormy Petrel of politics" because he hastened to London every time there was a rumor of dissolution of the cabinet. Hence the term has been applied to persons whose sudden appearance or a storm is brewing.
 O. Is the state of Texas larger in area than France or Germany, A. The state of Texas has an area of 265,S96 square miles: the area of France Gncludng Alsace- Lorraine) is 21o,659 square miles and Germany has an area of 1S5, 5,SS9 square miles.
 Q. Is Sharkey the real name Of the boxer?
 A. Jack Sharkey's family name was Coccoskey but he has had the name Sharkey legalized.
 Q. What is the last picture in which Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford appeared together?
 A. "The Tanning of the Shrew," :"
 Q. Who are the bachelor kings of Europe?
 A. Car Boris Of Bulgaria. King Zogu of Albania, and Michael the boy king of Roumania.
 Q. What is Caviare, and how i: it served"
 A. It is the roe Of sturgeon sa1ted and has a strong flavor. Tho best cayiare comes from Russia, and is sometimes the roe Of other large fish. It is marketed in cans, and i' served as an appetizer. ice cold witt lemon wedges. a dish of grated onion and one of toast points ol fingers. Many like to eat the ca ciafe and onion together. Most per sons like the lemon juice squeezed over it.
 Q. Is a Marine a soldier or { sailor?
 A. The United States Marines art soldiers who also go to sea. The, are trained to fight on land. at sea or in the air. They are utilized a! the first fighting units of oversee expeditionary and police forces Thsy are employed in guarding th' navy yards and naval stations, anc detachments serve on battleship and cruisers The Marines arc part of the fighting forces of battle ships and cruisers, and act as gun ners for what is called the secondar. battery or smaller guns. A Marin, must learn all of the duties Of soldier and most of the duties of sailor.
 Q, or what race arc the native of Alaska?
 A. They used to be classed unde four ethnologic races; the Eskim or Innuit-of these the Aleuts ar an offshoot; the Haidas or kaigain' found principally on Prince of Vale Island an whereabouts; the Thlim kits, rather widely distributed in tn } Panhandle: and the Tinnehs 0 , Athapascans, the stock race of tn great interior country. Late } studies by ethnologists have resultc in classifying all of them ,eXcep : the Eskimos as remote ofIshoots 0 the North American Indian stock ; According to the view of the greatc number of leading anthropologiSt 5 the Eskimos arc merely one kind c North American Indian, both i blood and in language. e. How many gallons of gasolin are consumed annually in the Unite States by automobiles? A. In 1928. the total was 12,oSl,