, 1935-10-27

q. What classes Oh freight figure
In theft during tFnnnit3 G..
b. &.
a. Nearly 20 per cent or the total
paid are for theft OF coal,
while cigarette and tobacco losses
amounted 70 about 10 per cent.
a. For whom was Churchill Downs
at Louisville named? H. G.
A. Churchill Downs was named
after the owners OF the ground on
which the race course wan built
John and Henry Churchill
@: Are there many churches In
". II.
A. IL ~ estimated that there are
between 5000 and 1900 churches
in the Empire.
q. Did Edgar Allan Poe have .
who lived I'm Washington, I'D.
c.? T.. III.
A. His sister. Resale. lived In
Washington the latter part OF her
life at the Epiphany Church Home.
She Is buried in Rock Greek Gene
terry.
q. Who wrote Praise Good From
Whom All blessings Flow? w. w. G..
A. The words Of the doxologv are
by Thomas Ken, an English bishop.
The tune, known as Old Hundred,
is from the Geneva Psalter, 1851.
q. How did Block Island get It's
name? ". c.
"A. It's original name was Manisses,
translated as little god or little
island. It's present name was given
BY Adrfaen Block IN 1914.
q. Please describe the steps lead
ing mp TO the new Louisiana State
Capitol. How much did the Capitol
COST j. p. ID.
A. The monumental granite steps
are 40 in number, each inscribed
with the name OF q State In tie
Union, with its date OF admission,
the first flight OF 10 steps indicating
the original States. The cost OF the
building was approximately 5000
900.
q. Why do clothes dry better ON a
warm day than pm q cold day? NIX
a. The drying OF clothes depends
on evaporation. When the tenn
perature OF the air rs raised. as on
a warm sunny day, II has the Ca
pacity OF taking up more moisture
than when II Is cold.
q. For how long has Accident
Facts been published? j. II.
"A. The Natl Safety Council has
recently published the fifteenth an
nual compilation. 1t contains &C
csdent statistics for the past year
and comparisons with earlier years.
q. What IN the name Of the novel
by Carl Van Vechten which Is q
satire on the moving picture in
dustry? A. WI.
A. II Is called Spider Boy.
q. what did the barometer read
In the recent Florida hurricane? K.
"A. r.
"A. The Weather Bureau says that
the central pressure In a hurricane
is usually very low but the weather
map shows only the lowest readings
actually reported at the time the map
lis prepared. Since that time reports
have been received TO show that the
central pressure at points on the
Florida Keys was below 27.0 inches.
q. Has the manufacture Of BIZ
cycles increased much? q. w.
"A. The manufacture OF bicycles has
increased rs per cent In the past
year. More than 100000 wheels
are being ridden IN the United
States.
q. who introduced music into
the public schools? T.. III.
"a. Lowell Mason. n OF the most
noted American composers of church
music Is credited with having done
50. He Is also said to have done more
u elevate the standard of church
music than any other person In its
history.
q. What kind Of bird n q skylark7
IT. W..
A. It is an Old World song bird
for its spirited, melodious
song, uttered as Il flies straight up
into the sky. Brown and black
streaked upper parts and light
under parts with black streaks on
the breast characterize the plum
age. The bird Is q familiar figure IN
English literature. Several attempts
have been made to introduce i in
to America; some have been sue
ceSsful for several years but the
bird has never become q permanent
resident.
q. What a. the name on the or
ganization that Is TO build q MEM
0rial to VIII Rogers? NJ. Fl.
"A. "A Commission Of go, headed
by Wee President Garner, has
charge Of the plans for the men,
orial.
q. What u the origin OF modern
gymnastics? *. l.
A. Modern gymnastics date from
the early 18th century, when Lud-
wig jain established several Turn
platte IN Berlin, and Lind, In
Sweden. devised his famous system
q. when did Delmonlc0 open his
famous restaurant I'm New York;
J.M.D.
A. Lorenzo Delmonico came %
New York City about 1882 and sew
eral years later, with his unclesl
John and Peter. opened q restau-
rant I'm william Street, where many
new European dishes were intro
duced 70 the American public.
a. What active volcano rs the
highest above sea level? +. r.
a. Cotopax, IN Ecuador. Is the
Ioftiest. It Is 1858 feet above sea
level.