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A. Court records show that out Of
every 100 men who die. 81 leave no
income-producing estates.
q. What foundation I'm history I'm
there for the screen play, Give OF
India? L. X. l.
A. Give was born, Shropshire, l725;
died, London, l774. He became en-
ployed as a writer with the East In
dia Company and went to Madras at
10 years Of age. Madras was attack
ed and surrendered TO the French.
Give escaped and entered military
service. He roSe steadily and had
many brilliant successes, one partic-
ularly at PlaSSey, when with 5000 he
defeated $4,000. He entered Parlia-
ment later. He was obliged TO re-
turn to Indiaa where he reorganized
the army. Later many of his acts
we're questioned, and while he was
commended by Parliament, the worry
affected his mind and be commit
ted suicide. According to historical
records he Is named as the creator
OF the British Empire in India, the
foundation Of which he laid in II
short years"
q. How long has ii been since the
USS Cycl0ps disappeared? Il. c.
A. Her last port was Rio de. Janeiro.
and she was last reported at one OF
the West Indian Islands, March 4,
1918. She was bound for Baltimore.
q. How much gold has been pur-
chased during this administration?
III. K. =.
A. Approximately 1880. 900, 900
worth OF gold has been purchased.
@. Where was the ancient city Of
Philadelphia? c. III. G..
A. The site Of the ancient city Of
Philadelphia. spoken Of in the Rev
elation. is located lO5 miles from
Smyrna. Asia Minor. The city stood
on a hill $50 feet above sea level and
apparently was founded about 189
b. G. Sometimes 1t was called De-
capolis, and was n Of the ten cities
OF the plain. II was also sometimes
called Little Athens, OF account of
the magnificence of its buildings. 1t
was destroyed by earthquake and
was rebuilt. At present there art
only remnants OF the walls and ruin
ed buildings.
@. What Is the largest excavation
In the country? K. r.
A. The copper mine at Bingham
Canyon near Salt Lake City is at
present the largest excavation. II
Is nearly a square mile IN area and
almost a third OF a mile deep. APP
proximately two million tons Of re-
fined copper have been taken from
the mine since 1905.
q. III cream curdles when put IN
strawberries, does this make the COM
binatiOn indigestible? S. G.
A. Gastric juices in the process OF
digestion will curdle cream or milk
anyway. The combination of fruit
and milk makes a better curdle more
easily digeSted.
q. When was Halley's Comet first
seen with the naked eye in 1910? n.
X.
"A. AT its return IN 1910. Halley's
Comet was first seen with the naked
eye on February III by Prof. Wolf:
but We find no other report Of a
naked-eye observation in that month,
md FWnNNz Nc V-rA q 20 tho parGGfn If
April the comet could not be seen
even with a telescope on account
Of being too nearly in the same di-
rection as the sun. Thereafter IL was
visible to the naked eye April II to
June IS.
q. How did the New York Stock
Exchange begin? III. Y.
A. II had its origin in the financial
needs of a young Republic. Prior
to the Revolution, securities we're
practically unknown in the United
States, but the first congress in 1870
authorized the issue of eighty mil
lions Of dollars in bonds which were
promptly absorbed by investors.
About the same time three impor-
tant banking institutions were in
corporated and their stock sold to
the public. The sale Of these Securi-
ties created the need for a market
and one promptly developed under
a buttonwood tree which stood at
what Is now known as No. So Wall
Street. The present Stock Exchange
traces its origin to a small informal
group Of men who met daily under
| this tree and who became the first
stock brokers in the United States.
q. How many patents are credited
to Negroes? vi. +. ID.
A. They hold patents TO more
than 1000 inventions. Among the
most prominent OF recent negro
oatentees are George w. Carver.
Tuskegee Institute. Alabama. and
J. II. Montgomery. Les Angeles.
California.