, 1935-08-05

SFreJsrie IHssEia
A reader can get the answer 10
any question Of fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information Blu
reau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
washington, ID. G. Please enclosef
three CD cents for reply.
q. How many pounds Of dynamite
were used In the construction Of
Boulder Dam? 8. III.
A The contractors used 1851 800
pounds Of dynamite, 915.0O0 feet OF
fuse, and l,l39,5OO exploders.
q. Is golf a popular game I'm Ger
many? ID. T.. r..
A. Germany has about 20 golf
clubs to Great Britains 1000 clubs
and courses and the United States
5000. There Is now a movement to
popularize the game in Germany.
q. How many eggs does the aver
age American eat In n year? +. 3.
A. The number f~luctuates from
year TO year from IL dozen to "a
6ozen.
q. What are the ingredients %
SeidlitZ Powders? A. S.
A. They are composed OF 40
grains OF tartrate Of soda and pot
ssh and 40 grains OF bicarbonate OF
soda reduced TO powder, mixed and
enclosed in a blue paper, and 80
grains Of powdered trataric acid m
a white paper.
q. What Is the inscription over
Shakespeare's grave? A. ID.
A. The following lines are in
Scribed on the slab which marks
the spot: Good Friend for Iesus
sake forbeare, To digge the dust
enclosed heare; Bleste be the man
that spares thes stones. And curst
be he that moves my bones.
q. How many people have radios
in Canada. w. l..
A. Last year 8l2 1895 radio licenses
were issued. 1t is believed that this
yGar will see a considerable increase
in the number.
q. What Is the origin OF the words.
COW and bull? 4. F.
A The words are probably imita-
tive the root idea OF bull being q
suggestion OF its believing: while
COW. which in early English and
Scotch. is pronounced coos init
alive Of the lowing call TO the calf.
@. Are the original pews In Old
Swedes Church in Philadelphia? X.
ID. =
A They we're removed some
years ago and new ones substituted.
@. Which meIts faster, ice cream
Oh sherbet? r. r.
A. If equal quantities Of sherbet
and ice cream were exposed 70
ordinary room temperature, the sher-
bet would melt faster than the ice
ice cream. This Is because II has
less body than ice cream. Ices melt
faster than sherbet for the same
reason.
q. Who said. "Women's hell In
old age? X. X.
A. Francois de la Rochefoucald.
the greatest Of French epigram-
matists, made this remark TO Ninon
dc LEncloS.
q What Is the distance between
The George Washington Bridge and
the Hudson River? III. y. w.
A. The clearance beneath the
tozt Bridge at New York Tower n
4nE F1oN rT1,a n1~,~awz1z AnrnnkA RAA
lower deck at center Is 213 feet.
O. Please give the particulars OF
The Sims Case. F. X.
A. In April, 1851. a Negro. Thomas
Sims. arrested in Boston. was
claimed by James Porter. Of Georgia.
as his slave. Counsel tried in vain
70 deliver him from the custody OF
the United States Marshal. and the
case caused prominent abolitionists
to denounce the Fugitive Slave Law
of 1850 Sims was at length sent to
Savannah, where he was sold 70 a
brick-mason at VickSburg. He es-
capped during the siege OF that place
to the Federals Q863) and became
IL 1877 a government messenger at
Washington.
@. What Is meant by the nine
points Of the law? N. G..
A They have been given as: ~
A good deal Of money; C2) a good
Zeal Of patience; 90 a good cause:
90 a good lawyer: ca a good
counsel: 90 good witnesses: On a
good jury: 81 a good Judge; and
to) good luck.
O. When were diamonds first
found i'm South Africa? X. s.
A In 1886 when a child picked
I'D a stone which proved 20 be a
diamond weighing 21h carats. 10
was sold in the rough for $500.
q For what was Sarah Andrews
Spencer famous? r. II.
A She was a woman suffragiSt
G837-i909), who. in 1871. with other
women. unsuccessfully attempted to
register and vote. Afterward she
brought suit. the Supreme Court OF
the United States deciding In 1874
thai women had not the right with
out local legislation.
q. Where did JUDGE Gary receive
his education. and when was he a
Judge? G.A.H.
A He was educated at Wheaton
College and the University OF Chi
cago, and was admitted TO the bar.
lie was county judge OF Du Page
County for two terms.
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