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A reader can get the answer %
airy question OF fact Dy writing Lno
Brownsville Herald Information
Bureau. Frederic u. HaHkin- Director
Washington. I'D c. Please ENCLOSE
three CD cents for reply.
q. How many ThoruuEhbrcds are
there in the United Statesf G. C.
a. There are only about 10000
Thoroughbreds in the country.
O. Please give N brief history or
the reform schools I'm this country.
WI. G.
"A. Beginning with the last quarter
OF the 18th century. q number Of
States established industrial schools
or State homes for the correction
and training or delinquent youth
The r~eformatory for older adoles-
cents had its birth IN 1869 when the
New York State legislature enacted
legislation and appropriated funds
Co build the New York state Re-
fcrmatory nc Elmira.
q. what IN the significance of
the term alma mater? H. M.
a. The nam signifies bounte0un !
mother and was given by the Ro-
mans TO certain g~oddesses. especial
ly to Ceres and Cybele. It Is now
applied 10 universities and colleges
which are regarded as the foster
mothers or those who have attend
ed them.
q. n the percentage Of old people
Increasing? III. W.
"A. There were "a per cent more
people over Sd years or age In 1890
than in 1920.
q. What ~ the oldest English col
Ony? K. Med.
"A. Newfoundland In the oldest
Eng. n Colony. Discovered by John
Cabot. June "a. 1897 (Cape Bonavis-
tn. IL VA I'm August. 1888. formally
occupied by Sir Humphrey Gilbert |
and by the Treaty OF Utrecht, l7l3,
acknowledged TO be British.
q. What became OF the jewels.
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Tabor, widow or Silver Dollar Ia
Dor? #. vi. Ii.
A. The estate vas auctioned at q
Denver warehouse where Mrs. Tabor
had stored her belongings. "A group
OK wealthy people or that city bought
the mementoS and will give them TO
the Colorado State Historical So
ciety. Among them was the $1,000
wedding dress In which Mrs. Tabor
married In Washington 20 SEN
ator Tabor.
q. How many gyserx and hot
springs has Yellowstone Park? M.
TX.
"A. There are one hundred gysers
and more than four thousand hot
springs. mud volcanoes. and incrust-
ed bubbling pools.
q. How many countries have used
railroad trains on their stamps? J.M
A. More than forty countries have
at one time or another used pictures
OF their steam locomotives ON
stamps.
@. Who was SapphO's mother? w.
II. l.
A. Her mother Ia said 10 have been
named Cleis and this was also her
daughters name.
q. Did Robert Louis Stevenson
spend any time mt Saranac Lake.
New York? y. WI. A.
"A. The author spent the winter
of 1878 there under the care Of
DR.. Edward l.. Trudeau. Some OF his
finest essays we're written during
that period
q. Was Paul Revere q MasOnf
r. g.
"A. He was and as grand master OF
the fraternity laid the conversions
Oh the new state House In Boston in
l795.
q. Please describe the course cf
the Redwood Highway. T. wi.
"A. 10 begins az San Francisco and
ends az Grants Pass. Oregon. From
Crescent City. Calf. TO Eureka. the
highway passes close 10 the Paci-
fic Coast. now high I'D on the cliffs
and again down by the sea. wh
passes through 100 miles OF ancient \
redwood forests.
q. From what poem Is the line.
A. we journey through life Let us
live BY the way? W. ". ".
A. II Is from the Drinking Song
by Walter Watson. Scotch poet.
q. ~ Ralph Common clergyman
and author. living? q. W. y.
"A. The Reverend Charles w. Cor
don, Winnipeg writer and minister,
who uses the pen name. Ralph Con-
nor. is living and was recently hon.
ored ON Kdng Georges birthday by
being made a Commander on the
Order Of st. Michael and st. George.
q. Please give information about
the sinking Of the SuItana NO the
close or the Civil war. W. e.. B- 4
A. In the spring Of 1865 the Feder-s
al transport. Sultana. was busily
engaged carrying the released Fed
eral prisoners from Vicksburg to
their homes. On April 27, 1855, she
arrived at Memphis. While steam
ing along some 80 miles above that
point, her boilers suddenly exploded
and she sank almost Immediately.
She was carrying 2l34 paroled Union
soldiers. About 1900 persisted.