, 1935-06-24

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A reader can get the answer %
AIRY question OF fact Dy writing The
Brownsville Herald Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haakin. Director.
washington. ID &. Please enclose
thtse CD cents for reply.
q. How many people inspected Old
Ironsidcs ON her cruise 10 various
United States ports N few years
ago? U. ". III.
A. About 100000.
q. OF the homes which are wired
for electricity. how many are with
out mechanical r~efrigcrntors? ~. G.
a. On January. 1895. there we're
6.020.O00 mechanical refrigerators
In use. constituting q refrigerator in
20 per cent Of the electrically equip
ped homes I'm the country. This
leaves l4,50O.B70 homes electrically
wired but not equipped with mech
anical refrigerators.
q. Who said. "He who would bring
home the wealth OF the Indies, must
carry the wealth OF the Indies with
hint" WI. IT.
A. The inscription appears on the
Union Station IN Washington, ID. g.
II was suggested and edited BY Pres
ident Eliot OF Harvard University,
and was taken from Boswell's Life
OF Samuel johnson. where Ii In spok-
en- OF aS a Spanish proverb.
q. How old Is the disease peIlag-
IN? T.. G.
A. The malady dates back In Eu-
rope to the beginning OF the eight
zenith century. zoe after the intro
duction OF maize into Spain, where
IL was first observed and described
by Gaspar Casal u69l-i759). This
work was written In l735 but not
printed until 1862. The first pub
liShed report about pellagra In the
Journal dc Medicine Paris In l755,
was prepared by Francois Thiery but
based upon Casal's experience. Ca
sal called the disease NAL de Ia rosa,
while the name pellagra originated
In Italy.
q. Who designed the Scottish Rite
Temple I'm Washington. I'D. G.? III. w.
A. This beautiful structure. said
TO be reminiscent OF the Mausoleum
at Halicarnassus, one Of the seven
wonders OF the Ancient World. was
designed by John Russell Pope. AZ
a competitive exhibition held In
New York in 1917 by the Architec-
tural League Of America this Temple
was cecreed 10 be the finest building
erected during the previous year,
and a gold medal OF honor was
awarded the architect.
q. When was Pancho villa cap
tured and killed? G.. G.
A. He "a not captured. He was
killed on July 20. 1923. when an au-
tomobile In which he was riding was
swept with q shower OF bullets"
q. What salary does the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor pay its
president? A. y. I'D.
a. Mr. Green's salary In $4,000
q year and all necessary expenses.
q. When did Bismarck die and
what was the Inscription on his
tomb? j. G. q.
A. Bismarck died In Friedrich
sruh on July 28. 1898. at the age OK
81 In his last words he expressed
his devotion 70 hts old emperor and
his dislike o. his new master by
choosing the following inscription
for his tomb: "A true German SER
want Of the Emperor William IT,
O. What IN filligree glass? y. F.
"A. This Is one Of the kinds OF or
namental glass for which Venice WA
famous. the manufacture OF which
has been revived. Small filiRree
canes OF white and colored enamels
are drawn. made or the required
lengths. arranged In clusters in A
cylindrical mold Of the required
shape, and then fused together. The
canes are then aggregated by flint
glass at a welding heat, and the mass
twisted II a spiral ornament la de-
sired Vases or other objects are
made OF ornamental masses OF this
glass. blown in the usual manner.
q. Did Abraham Lincoln once
keep n saloon? r.. I'D.
"A. He did not. AT one time. Berry
and Lincoln bought the goods OF A
New Salem store and conducted the
store as their property. IN such a
place. says the late Senator Bev-
eridge In his biography OF Lincoln.
tea. coffee sugar, salt, whiskey. blue
calico, brown muslin. cotton, straw
hats and women's hats were sold.
The store was a common grocery
where whiskey was sold BY the drink.
" DO more men or women leave
the farms for the cities? R. e..
"A. G. Warren Thornthwite's study
OF American internal migrations
since 1850 shows that the migration
OF women from farms TO cities ex-
ceeds that OF men BY 70 per cent.
@. How was the Liberty Bell
cracked? vi. r.. III.
A. The Liberty Bell was cracked
upon the occasion OF its being tolleo
I'm honor OF the passing Of Chief
Justice Marshall.
q. What n the official name for
the day when flowers are sent TO
shut-ins? r. b.
A. June the ninth has been dedi-
Gated as International Flower Shut
In Day.