, 1935-07-30

-Frsdsrie lHsskin
A reader can grt tine answer tD
any question OF fact By writing Ths
Brownsville Herald information Blu
reau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
washington. I'D. e.. Please enclose
three Cd cents for reply.
q. Where was vcrdI's n Trovntoru
first pr0ducedf III. M
"A. This opera was first produced
I'm Rome ON January 10, 1853: kn
the United States. May 7. 1855.
O. When was helinm discoTcredf
y. TX.
A. It was discovered On the earth
An 1896. It was known TO be tr
the suns atmosphere N early aH
1858.
III. We're there any members 0f
the Constitutional Convention who
never attended any of ilB meetlngHf
J. e.
a. There were ten who were
never present
q. How much has the population
0f the United states increased since
1929? o. H.
a. IL lis estimated that the por
ulation has increased . per cenI
amounting 10 about 100000 pe0-
pie.
"a. DO clothes moths attack fen-
theirs? N. III.
"A. Feathers are subject 10 infeBtm-
lions by clothes moths, IL they arc
exposed I'm EtOrerOOms and else
where where moths can get into
them. Sometimes the feathers ln
cushions and In mattresses are mDm-
pletely eaten out by clothes moth
worms.
q. How much money did Henry
F0lgcr leave for the F0lger Shake
speare Memorial? r. Ill.,
A. He left $4,000, 900 I'm trust. Thn
building. which combines N library \
and a theatre OF the time OF Shake
speare, cost more than sl.000.O00.
"a. How many people who attended
the Century OF Progress had them
selves weighed Urn the concession run
for this purpose? ". ".
"A. In the two summers, 7lAl9648
persons stepped on the scales. Lf tho
attendant had guessed within three
pounds OF the correct weight, tho
person paid ID cents; otherwise no
paid nothing. Usually. the fee wnB
collected.
q. Is Germany mostly Catholicf
a. INK.
A. II Is two-thirds Protestant and
one-third Catholic.
q. When was Joan of Arc burrmd
nc the stake? y. C.
A. The Maid OF Orleans was b.
Cd at the stake In R0uen. France.
on May 80, 1881. The prosecutor vas
the Bishop Of Beauvals. backed by
the University Of Paris
q. Who was the first white man 10
set foot orr New England soilf M
&. q.
A. Captain Bartholomew 0osnold
of Falmouth. England. landed mo
South Dartmouth. near New Bed
ford. Mass, on May Is. 1902.
q. When was the first BIOLOGICAL
society I'm the United States formed
fOf maintaining m geological EMrdenf
III. X.
"A. The Geological Society CIR Phil
adelphia was incorporated I'm 1889,
and iS the first organization formed
IN this country for the purpose or
maintaining o. geological garden
q. In there N pipeline refriRern-
ten UNDERGROUND service I'm 10. Louis
or any other city Of equal EEe7 II.
H. T.
A. The American Society Of Re-
friRerating Engineers says that
there Is an ammonia pipe line n 50.
Louis which runs I'm a loop some
miles IN circumference. 10 N own
ed by the So. Louis Refrigeration
and Cold Storage Company. I'm New
York there is N large brine insulated
main owned by the Merchants Cold
Storage Company. IL Varick street.
There iS also "a I'm Boston
"a. who won this years mmrbln
championship r.. II. VI.
"A. Henry Allyn OF Throcp, Pef "A
sylvania. Is the new champion
q. Please rive the history or the
reEicidcs who took refuge I'm the
judges Cave In Connecticut NV. R. lid.
A. William Goffe and his father
in-law General WhRlley. aB wen nB
Colonel John Dixwell. English regt-
ciuea. signed the death warrant uf
Charles ! and escaped 20 America.
when nc the Restoration they were
excepted from the Act o. Indemnity.
William Goffe and General Whal-
ley settled first nc Cambridge and
then to escape arrest moved 90 Con-
necticut where they lived in retire.
ment I'm New Haven and various
towns IN the Connecticut River VAL
ley. The Judges Cave is located I'm
West Rock mo New Haven. For I'M
time the regicides sought refn4p
there. When John Dlxwell carr va
America he changed his nazns>-
John Davids and lived Ann New Hnv-A
en- He visited Whalley and ooffe
I'm 1864 nc Hhdley. Massachusetts,
Theophilus Whale or Narragansett
w also supposed 10 have been INC
OF the judges.