, 1935-07-26

9Frs1erie IHssEin
"A reader can get the answer t0
any question OF fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald information Bu-
renu. Frederic ". HaskIn. Director,
washington, ID. q. Please enclose
three CD cents for reply.
a. I'm the total newspaper ~clrruln-
tion In this country gaining Or los
mgf III. A. NJ.
"A. Editor and Publisher, the au-
thority on all matters OF journalism,
says that newspaper circulation I'm
increasing. especially that of the
Sunday issues. Sunday newspapers
have increased nearly three million
I'm less than two years. the total cf
each weeks sale being in excess or
rs million copies.
~. DO automobile tires last twice
rs long now rs they did ten or twelve
years ago? M "
"A. The Average tire OF today lasts
about two and a half years. Tires
are much less expensive now than
they were mo that time.
q. II the brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers I'm favor or govern
ment ownership 0f railroads? "A. O.
A. The policy OF this Brotherhood
fer many years has been against
government ownership or railroads.
and this policy viii continue unless
changed by convention action.
@. How should a player stand when
playing quoits? n. TX.
"A. TO deliver N QUOT correctly N Sin
necessary TO stand erect. with feet
close together, the quoit firmly
clutched and brought up almost
20 the level with the cyes. After
gauging the point 20 be reached. the
arm should be thrown well back. and
after getting the full swing. step
ping out with the left foot. the iron"
should be sent M its destination.
q. Does Sir wTIfred GrenfeIi stIi
10 20 Labrador Co carry ON HIS worn n
there? K. III.
A. The doctors have forbidden him
to 60 this year. With the exception
or two years when he was I'M Eng
land. Sir Wilfred Grenfell has gone
to Labrador every summer since
1892. The work INC the medical mis-
sion IN carried ON by n staff on 90
doctors and nurses. assisted by about
one hundred young volunteers from
T0 g. DN wnnww ~ mwm
q. or what religion are the Abyp-
sininns? I'D. R-
a Since the fourth century they
have been Christians I'm connection
with the Alexandrian Coptic church.
q. Is there any nan living whose
father fought I'm the American Revv~
luton? =. W.
A. The Sons Of the American
Revolution know or one. He is VIII
liam Constant Stores Wheeler. aged
81. OF Marshfield. Vermont. His Ia
ther, Comfort Wheeler. fought I'm the
Revolutionary War. The son was
the child OF n third wife. His father
was eiRhtv-one when William Con-
slant was born.
q. How many Indians have vot-
ed tO ccmr under the Wheeler How
ard Act? y. WI.
A. SO far 1874 reservations con-
tanning i28 468 Indians have voted
60 come under the act. Fiftv-four
reservations containing s5.179 In
dians have excluded themselves.
q. what was the first movie with
n plot? G. +.
al The Great American Train
Robbery produced In 1903.
q. ~ the aurora borralIs seen Urn
the southern hemisphere? w. ".
A. Aurora borealis Is the name CIV
en- to the northern light. II Is not
visible I'm the southern hemisphere.
The uro australis or southern
light Is seen there. Aurora polarts
Ls m name given 10 both.
q. How long after being bitten By
m rabld dor. NO signs of rabies ap-
pear? e.. McE.
A. The period OF incubation for the
rabies germ varies widely from three
weeks 20 three months.
q. What kind Of a beverage AN
bishop? MI. w.
A. 10 * composed on red wine such
as claret or Bergundy. poured warm
or cold upon ripe bitter oranges,
sugared and spiced 10 taste.
%. Were cnlored teachers ever
trained me Rrrra College In Ken
lucky? X. r.
A. From 1867 70 1904 there was n
teacher trimming course for them but
Il was discontinued IN 1904 and the
work transferred to an independ-
ent school.
q. Please rive q biography Of
Thomas Wolfe. author Of or Time
and the River. R. K.
A. Born IN Asheville. N. C.. October
s. 1900. Mr. Wolfe Il the son OF VIII
liam Oliver and Elizabeth Westall
Wolfe. He received hts "A. B. cfm
gree at the University Of North CrFG
lima In 1920: IA. MI. Harvard. 1874.
Guggcnheim fellowship for study
abroad. l930-3l. From i924-i930 he
was instructor I'm English at Wash
ington Square College, New York
University. He Is unmarried.