, 1935-10-22

"A reader can gnt thn answer tn nnw
question uf fact Ivy writing Tnm
Brownsville herald. information
Bureau. Frederick ,. Hhakin. Dfrnc-
tur. Warrington, n C. Please un-
Close three ~ cents fur reply.
Q. CDR what churches mrm thm In
lie Church 0f Flowers and the Wee
Kirk q the Heather a. Glendale, Cal
if0rnlay cOples2 IT'D lid
"A. The Little Church uf Flowers
"a In the style OF tn village church
or Stcke PoFes. BuckinFhamAhirm.
England. The Wee Kirk ~ thm
Heather IA 4 faithful COPY Of ID
Scotch kirk where Annie Laur.3
worshlpped.
n. Who votes for o Congressman
A. ALI voters IA the state.
10. How does the density on pop
ulatlon ln China compare with tn.
OF the United States? G. q. r.
a. China has a population density
ol ll1-5 per square mile. That nf thm
United States IL AIS per square
mile.
ca. Who was Etienne Bez0us? WI. n
A. he was one OF the foremost
French mathematician Df hiS time
u13e-63) whose chief work was the
Theorie generate des equations alRe-
briqueS- He also wrote widely
adopted textbooks In mathematics.
q. Please describe the statue oR
Mussolini which Rome KH building.
wv. IT.
A. The statue of Mussclini will
be o. bronze, 2l3 feet high. and tha
artist Is Bellini. 10 will stand above
the Forum Of Mussolini ON Monte
Marie. The figure uf III Dure is
SWathed IN lions skin and the so
1901 arm - raised u fascist salute
q. What IA the highest peak ln
the Green Mountains? W. &. X.
"A. MT. Mansfield with an altitude
or 1854 feet.
q. How old Nv the expression, dog
Latin? ". lid.
A. II dates from about ITO when
the phrase was used by Lord Hailea
In his Ancient Scottish Poems.
@. When was Lloyd's News first
published? E. R-
a. The first issue appeared in 1895.
O. What caused the infeStatInn uf
rodents which raised havoc In the
vicinity OF Bakersfield, California,
o few years ago2 j. w. R
a. The cause XIX the rodent plague
In the vicinity or Bakersfield, Cali
fornia, was that because OF wealth.
er conditions Kern Lake had become
dry, and the bed was used for aRri-
cultural purposes. Further weather
conditions ruined the crops being
grown ON the lake bed. and they.
were left 20 spoil. This unusual food
supply caused a rapid and tremen-
dOus increase ln the rodent YupulA-
ton q the region. which included
house mice and several species of
field mice.
q. Is the first ChickerinR uinnn
still I'M existence? J. R- MI.
a. It ls In the Henry Ford Nh
s~AAA ~ AL4CIs
O. Are postal receipts Increasing
or decreasing? ID w.
A. Steadily rising postal receipts
aS ~ reliable barometer of business
conditions were termed evidence on
returning prosperity" BY Postmaster
General James A. Farley ln an ad-
dress prepared for delivery before
the National Association Of POST
masters. The Postmaster General
said postal income had increased
from &586.000. 900 for the fiscal year
ending June, 1892. to S630.n00,O00 for
the past fiscal year. despite the re-
duction In rates for local postage
which resulted In a loss OF inccma
OF S2l 100000 a year. Revenues FOR
July and August showed an increase
over q year ago Of more than 8 Der
cent In the l2 largest cities revenue
from September 4 10 l5 shows an
increase OF more than 10 per cent.
90. From what kind of plant does
henna come? "A. R-
a. Henna IS an ornamental shrub
or small tree, LawE0nin inermiS. m
native CT Africa and Asia. III bears
fragrant flowers ranging from white
70 RED IN California, Florida. and
England 10 S cultivated for ornA-
ment and Is called Egyptian privct.
The dye is obtained from the leaves.
Q: Who founded the Camp Firs
Girls? NJ. G..
"A The organization was founded
In 1911 by Dr. and Mrs. n. H. Gulick
and others II was corporated in
1917.
q. Why vas an early political fac
ton In the United States called Coo
dies? NJ. S.
A. Goodies were New York FED
eralists who favored the Wal OF 1917.
Inc name was derived from the
pseuoonym, Abimalech Coody. which
was adopted BY Gulian G. verplanck.
the leader cf the faction. in his com
municationS to the press
O. when did Thomas Cook, thp
tourist pioneer, live? wv. WV.
A. He was born In Melbourne. Der
byshire. ENGLAND. In 1903 and died Arm
l69? The first trips were ln IBAl.
between Leicester and Loughborourh.
OF the Midland Railway.
u. What was the name or the King
o. Britain who was King Arthur'n
grandfather? R. A.
"A In the old romanreB, his name
was given as constsnA.
~. Why Nm Picks Disease u0 cnIlndT
r. vi.
A. The disease was named after
Fledel Pick. n Prague physician who
died IN 1875.
KID. How MANY times wumm Rhm farm