, 1935-08-04


A reader can get the answer 10
any question Of fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information Bu-
reau. Frederic ]. HaSkin, Director,
Washington, d. G. Please enclose
three CD cents for reply.
Q. What q . philomel? L. G.
A. This Is q poetic name for the
nightingale.
q. How does the weight of q
mans clothing compare with that
Of a woman's? +. NJ.
A. 1t has been found that the
average weight OF women's cloth
ing is 2 IL pounds, and Of mems
8 IL pounds.
q. In relation TO cities I'm other
countries, i'm what latitude In New
Orleans? 3. K.
A. Shanghai, Cairo and Lhasa
r in the same latitude as New
Orleans.
q. Who originated the Benda
masks? L. N.
A. They Ire the creation of Wlady-
Slaw Theodore Benda, a Polish-Am-
erican illustrator.
q. How many bombs can the new
Army Air Corps mystery bomber
carry? s. NJ.
A. 1t Is designed to carry six tons
of bombs for 5000 miles without re-
funlling and to have a top speed Of
go miles an hour.
q. WHIT Is the significance Of the
new Mormon monument In New
York? r. G.
a. The Angel Moroni Monument Is
a memorial to the birthplace of Nor
monism. 1t Is located IN the summit
of Cumorah Hill neal Palmyra, New
York. Here, according TO tradition,
an angel appeared before Joseph
Smith presenting him with the gold
en- leaves from which he translated
the Book Of Mormon.
@. What caused the Tripolitan
War. N. P. II.
A. This war between the United
States and Tripoli in 1801-05 was
caused by the refusal Of the United
States to increase its payment for
immunity from the depredations Of
the Tripolitan corsairs. After sew
eral engagements. peace was con-
cluded June 4. 1905.
@. How old is the American Tract
Society? F. X.
A. This society was organized In
New York City in May II, 1926.
q. How long has n person who
does not join a labor union been
known as a scab? R. b.
A. 1t was used as a term Of abuse
applied to a person as early as 1890,
in the sense of a workman who re-
fuses to join an organized movement
in behalf OF his trade. The first
recorded use was in 1911. The Of
Tending member was then termed a
Scab, and wherever he was employ
ed no others Of the society were al
lowed to work.
q. R meteors enter the earth's at
mosphere constantly. why aren't
people hit by the falling rocks? G,
w. II.
"A. 1t Is estimated that millions OF
these meteors enter the earth's at
mosphere every "a hours; most OF
them are very small. They travel,
however, at high rate Of speed and
were 1t not for the protection az
forded by the earth's atmosphere
they might prove a serious menace.
Because OF the terrific speed at
which they move, these meteorS are
heated TO in~candeScence by the re-
sistance and friction OF the air and
81 but a few Of exceptionally large
size are completely diSsipated. Very
large meteors. o. meteorites, as they
are called if they fall to the earth's
surface. occasionally cause death.
but in the whole history Of the hui
man race there are only a few re-
cords Of people being 50 killed.
q. What Is meant by the cry Of
fourteen hundred? r. II.
A. This was the cry raised, on the
London Stock Exchange to give no
tice that a stranger had entered the
House. The term is said to have been
in use in Defoe's time. and to have
originated at a time when for a ON
siderable period the number Of men,
bers had remained stationary at
1899.
q. How long have the curative
values of White Sulphur SPRING. w.
Va, been known? f. X.
A. AS early as 1772 the health-giv-
ing properties Of the springs were
recognized. People were bathed in
tubs hewn from tree trunks.
q. What was the first American to
become a missionary bishop Of the
Episcopal Church? X. L.
A. The Reverend Jackson Kemper.
He was ~consecrated on September
IS, 1885.
q. Please give n biography Of
Beau Nash. F. II. c.
A. Richard Nash, English leader
Of fashion, was born at Swansea,
Wales, October 10. 1914. He studied
at Jesus College. oxford, and was for
a time in the army. In l705 his skill
in gaming took him to Bath. Here
he became a self-appointed but ar
bitrary master Of ceremonies be-
coming known as the King Of Bath.
His vanity grew with his power. He
appeared in a monstrous cream-col-
ored beaver and journeyed by post
chariot with three spans OF grays,
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