, 1935-09-23

Bureau. Frederick NJ. NmMME# D1Nmc~
ter. Washington. ID. G. Please en-
close three l1l cents Cor reply
q. How many airplaneB are theirs
Inn the United States? H- H- G-
"A. According I'd a recent survey
there arc 1888 civilian airplanes and
2,739 military planes in. tho United
States
Q. Where waH the first dr1vw-im
service station I'm the United States,
L. M.
AL IA station built at Union and
Dudley streets IN Memphis In 1914
~ said 90 have been. It has now
been removed and its site has be-
come q parking lot.
ca. How many miles uf railroad
were abandoned last year? G. J. 4
A. Abandonment or unprofitahlh
branch lines by the railways OK the
United States totaled 1895 miles In
1884 This was an increase OK ITO
miles. breaking the record or the
year before with the largest aFRre-
gate abandonment fur any one year
during more than "a century on rail-
way operation. It compares with
1876 miles abandoned in 1888, and
with 1925 miles In 1921, the record
prior TO 1888.
q. When aid the dOdo become ez-
tinct. w. NJ
al. IA specimen was last seen on
the Island OF Mauritius n the In
dian Ocean An 1881
q. How many American ships were
sunk by Germany before and after
war was declared? TIT. a.
A. The American merchant YES
sells sunk NV German submarines
prior to April v. 1917. numbered la "
Of i7.i43 gross tons. The grand totM4
or all vessels sunk ltd 10 the time or
the armistice was las. OK $50. 40 tons.
Q. What AN the Columbia River
named for? WI. P.
A. Captain Robert Gray OF Bos-
ton first discovered its mouth In
1892 and named the river after his
ship, the Columbia.
q. How many portraits aid SIR
Joshua Reynolds paint? H. mp.
al RE did between two thousand
and three thousand. He also had
Literary ability. his fifteen DiscourseB
on painting having high literary.
critical and artistic value.
q. How old In the art Of carica-
ture? j. G.
a. The art of personal ~carirature
Is nc least as old as to IT, recorded
By Aristotle and Aristophanes, both
of whom tell something OF an artist
named PlusOn who made pictorial
fun Of people and was made 10 SUI
Ter Tor Az. PlIny mentions two sculp-
tors. BupaluS and Athens, who Nv
way Of a Joke, exhibited a portrait
or the pOtl Hlpp0nax, who was very
ugly, for public ridicule. The poet
retaliated with ~satirical verse 40 e.
fectively that the sculptorB hanged
themselves.
q. What MN an ivory pcarIP IH MA
rare? III. WI.
A. The ivory pearl originates aH
~ small pulpSt0na in the pulp
cavity or the teeth or tusks ~
elephants. With the growth OF she
animal the stone either coalesceg
with the main wall OF the teeth or
remains a separate unit. It IAN
golden brown and egK-shaDed and
because or its rarity Is valued high
~ IN the Orient
q. What II the origin % the e.
preston, ugly as a mud fence? q. A.
A- Some Of the settlers of tha
Middle West tried 70 make fences
Of sod. Sod houses had been found
practical. Fences were not, aimee
they had no roofs 70 protect them.
They soon become unsiRhtly lines
OF mud and tangled roots. IA person
or thing which Is homely, "a there
fore lkened 10 m mud fence.
q. Which onions are strongest
red, yellow, or white? ZIP. I'M.
A- The red Are strongest. the yell
low intermediate. and the white are
mildeSt.
q. How old was William jennings
Bryan when he was first nominated
FOR the Presidency? B J.
a. He was thirty-six when ne
was nominated r. 1896
q. Where was the former Presi-
DENTAL yacht M~ayflower, builtf
F- III
A. r. was built At clydebank,
Scotland.
q. Was there really q Baron
Munchausen? P. T. wv.
A- He really lived. IRE was born
IN ITO and died IN 1897. He was .
German cavalry officer and his
tales 0f impossible adventures rel
ated 70 his service IN Russia. They
were published in English by his
friend Rudolf Erich Raspe. and re
ceived later additions.
Q. what are some or the occupn-
tons classed as extra-haxard0us7