, 1935-06-25

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A reader nm get the answer a4
AIRY question OF fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin. Director,
Washington. ID e. Please enclose
three CO.. cents for reply.
q. How many Coast Guard cut
tiers are there? y. III.
"A There are 81 cruising cutters.
80 harbor craft 4 special craft Id
l65-foot patrol boats ~ ll5-foot
patrol boats, III lO0-foot patrol
boats, 8 78-foot patrol boats. So Is
foot patrol boats. and "A miScella-
neous patrol boats. There are Y
cruising cutters under construction,
whose length overall win be 327
feet. beam Al feet. draft II feet y
riches. displacement 1000 tons,
geared turbine drive.
q. Please give the name OF an
early publisher or dime novels I'm
this country. A. ".
"A The principal publisher OF
Cline novels was Erastus F Beadle
who issued the first In 1860.
". Nnht n n teredOg WILL
"A. Teredo Is a Shipworm, one OF
certain peculiar marine molluSks
belonging to the same class MS the
oyster which burrow In submerged
wood and are very destructive TO
piles OF wharves and to wooden
ships. Their body Is long and worm
Ike because OF the greater develop
ment OF the united Siphons which
are protected by a calcareous tube.
the valves OF the shell and the foot
being very small. Two small CAL
careous plates. known ms pallets,
are borne on the Siphons. The best
known and most destructive species
Is Teredo navalls, found In most
parts OF the world.
q. When N recipe calls for n
pinch of material. how much IN
meant? L. :.
A. A pinch" OF material In cook
ing Is generally about one-eighth
OF q teaspoon or less.
q. Please give some information
about the earliest circuit riders I'm
the United States. l. NJ.
A. Francis ASbury. a follower OF
John Wesley. inaugurated the Gus
TOM In the United states IN No
vember. It'll. and for forty-five
years travelled on horseback. az the
rate OF 5000 miles q year. preach
ing twice a day on week DAYS and
three times on Sunday. Each cir
cult was under the supervision OF n
Wesleyan conference preacher. The I
salary was s64 a year until 1907
when II was raised 70 $50 a year.
with the horse furnished by the
circuit.
q. Please give the origin and
meaning OF the word chic. vi. II.
A. Chic. in French artistic slang.
Is the quality or facile but super
fetal brilliance IN a work on art,
or an effect produced by imaHina-
ton with reference TO N model. In
It's general sense 10 connoteS smart
ness In dress. The use OF the word
il France dates from the reign OF
louis VIX when II denoted a law
yer who was master or chIcane q
legal trickery.
q. How long did Stephen Decatur
live I'm the famous Decatur House
I'm Washington. ID. C.? w. q.
A. This was the first private
residence built facing Lafayette
Square. II was designed Nv Latrobe
and built in 1919 for Commodore
Stephen Decatur. His OCCUPANCY
was short as he died In the library
Of his home a few hours after he
hat been shot BY Captain james
Barron in a duel, March ~, 1920.
Many famous Americans occupied
the house. After the Civil War. IL
was purchased by General Edward
Fitzgerald. in whose family 1t still
remains.
q. Does hair grow faster In the
winter or in the summer? $. II
"A. II grows faster IN summer than
In winter, and faster by day than by
night.
q. Are children I'm Great Britain
restricted from attending certain
movies? w. n.
A. The British Board OF Film Gen.
sors divides all pictures into two
categories: those suitable for uni
versal distribution are labeled u
films. and those suitable for adult
audiences are called "A films. When
an "A film Il being shown. no person
under rs Is admitted unless accom-
panied by parents or guardian.
q. What m edema of the brainP
D. w. n.
A There are two forms OF edema,
CT swelling OF ths brain: Edema ex
vlcuo. an increase OF fluid In n
cavity with ury.Sloing walls, such
&C the skull when part OF the con-
tents has become atrophIed. az
through m injury: and Inilamma-
tory edema. an a5HI tive inflamma-
ton Of the brl n marked by lym-
Ihaf.c SraRnatin, NJ congestion.
q. How may One design stamps f0F
the Government? X. =.
A. AL postage stamps are design
ed. engraved, and printed al the Blu
reau CT Engraving and Printing.
Treasury Department. All artists
and other persons having 70 do with
the preparation ~ postage stamps
are regularly employed by the Gov
eminent.