New Britain herald., 1930-01-27

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 c. What is the longest flight made by birds across the ocean?
 4, Birds have been known to mi srate across ocean spaces upwarus i ot two thousand miles. Tie longest ! flight by a banded bird that has 1 been reported to the |. $. Biological survey, was made during the spring l Of 1929 by an arctic tern, three months old. It was banded at Turne- wick Bay. Labrador, and Was found i dead on the beach at MarGatc, 'N1- tai, South Africa, less than folr , months later.
 c. From what raw materials is | paper made" A. From various plant flores. In | the carly days of the industry, pa- ! per was made almost invariably i from discarded textile fabrics, par i ticularly cotton and linen, tcchn;c- ally called rags" including wornout garments. cuttings and waste from l looms. Later it was necessary 10 find additional sources of supply, and among the raw materials now ela- l Lloyed are wood fibre, jute, bam- boo, flax, hemp and csparto or alCl | grasses of Spaln and North America. l In England paper is made largely l from csparto fibre, which is nOt used at all in the United States. Here wood flores constitute fully 75 per cent of the raw material in the manufacturing of paper. c. Is thGre a Catholic Chaplain at the United States Naval Acad- emy?
 4. No. The Catholic students at- tend St. Mary's church in Annapolis. c. What is the real name of the author who wrote under the pen name Ouida?
 A. Louise de Ia Rance, a Brit ish novelist.
 Q. When and by whom was the Boer War fought?
 A. It was a war in South Africa m 1699-l902 between the British and South African Boers, who arc Of Dutch extraction, under Prcsidc,:t Kruger. The war was won by the British.
 c. Who was Orinda'
 A. That was the pen name cf Mrs. Katherine Philips, who liv.d in the reign of Charles II. and di91 ot smallpox.
 c. Was Col. Charles Lindbcrsh voted the greatest living flyer 'y The International Acronautic Asso- ciation?
 A. No but an honorary memb2a- ship In the association was bestowed upon him, which is the highest honor received by an aviator. Q. Has the United States gov crnment ever issued one hundred dollar gold pieces" 4. No.
 Q. What are Basqucs and where do they live? X. They are q peculiar race Of i people on the slopes of the Pyreneea. They occupy the provinces of Bis cay, Alava, Guipuzcoa and Navarro in Spain and two French depart ments Bayonne and Mauleon | c. In which book of the Bible is the story Of Tubal-Cain?
 A. Genesis 4:22.
 q. How many persons were kill cd in the San Francisco earthqua';e ;e and fire in 1906.
 A, Four hundred and fifty-two persons were Killed: 2G6 by collao- sing buildings, IF by fire and by i incidental causes.
 c, Who wrote the book callal The Hole in the Wall'?
 A. Frederick J. MacIsaac an American
 q. What is the meaning Of the name EdNilda"
 A, It is Tcutonic and means rich powcr.'
 Q. How much does the normal human heart slow up in old agr How much faster docs it beat during activity than when the body is 4l llCSt?
 A. The average number Of hCa1 beats per minute in infancy is l"' to 120; in childhood, so to 100; ir youth and adult life the average .' about = when at rest; in cNtrcm. old age the number may increase 0. decrease according to the phySlcI condition of the individual During activity there are about ten bedt' per minute more than when tho body is at rest.
 c. From what is birds nest Soul made?
 X. From the nests of a spcci:! Of swift or sWiftlct, of the Malay Archipelago It iS great dclicacN il China. The nest has the shape an
  pearance of fibrous gelatine. It j. composed of mucilaginous substance secreted by special glands, and :, not, as was formerly thought, mad : from scaWeed. 2. What is the address of Prot Albert Einstcil?
 A. Habcrlandstr, Berlin, Ger many.
 Q. What is the corpuscular th2 ory of light?
 X. That theory, according t' which luminous bodies emit minu.' particles capable of passing throuG transparent substances, and produc ing the sensation of light. It is al. known as the emission theory.
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