, 1935-06-02

Brownsville Herald Informal Bu-
reau. Frederic j. HaskEn. Nrector.
Washington. I'D. @. Please enclose
three 90 cents for reply.
q. What is the difference between
IN knockout and "a technical knock
out? ". =.
A. The term knockout Is generally
understood TO imply that the fight
CT has been Knocked out" and iB
unconscious or unable to get Up
Sometimes a fighter gets into such
n condition from repeated blows
that he ~ practically unconscious
while StiIl on his feet. When this
occurs. II is very easy to render him
entirely unconscious. In these cir
cumStanceS. "a fighter An NO little able
TO defend himself that q blow would
perhaps cause severe injury. When
such condition comes about the fight
IL generally ended by the referee or
the judge. or both, declaring a TECH
nical knockout.
u. Who was PrOcrustes7 ". u. I'D.
A. He was a NEUROLOGICAL robber
who laid his victims on an iron bed,
stretching them out or cutting them
off TO make them III.
q. Since the next President n Can
be- inaugurated ON January 20. 1887,
when will the electrical votes be for
mally counted? VI. w.
"A. The votes OF the Presidential
electors are handed In OH the fourth
Wednesday In December. These
votes are counted In Joint session
Of the Senate and House OF Repre-
s~entatives on January o.
q. What IL maccaboyf M. III.
"A. Maccaboy Is a kind OF finA
dark-colored snuff. usually perfum-
ed.
q. How many drought counties aru
there In the West and. I'm. what
States are they located? III. VI.
A. One hundred and thirty-one
counties have been listed In drought
counties. according TO n report on
the Department OF Agriculture. Six
ty are In Western Texas, ten IN East
ern New Mexico. seven In Western
Oklahoma. thirty-Six In Western
Kansas. fourteen in Eastern Colo
RADIO, and four In South Central Ne
braSka.
q. Where was Marshall Josef Pn-
sudski buried? VT. W. AIM
"A. The Polish liberator's bod was
placed In a crypt in Wawel Cathe-
dral at Cracow.
q. How many miles did the MaurU-
tania travel when she was In ~service9
III. VI.
"A. The Mauretania travelled l.
SOC, 900 miles during her career.
She carried 100000 passengers and
10000 soldiers during her lifetime.
q. When did the CurrIer and Iveu
prints first appear? G. q J.
A. The Currier and Ives prints
did not begin to appear until 1887.
James Ives was taken into the COM
pany IS a partner in that year.
Currier began his printing IN 1885.
q. Please describe n coach hornP
S. G.
A. A coach horn is a tapering horn
OF brass DR. copper used TO sound m
few simple calls. II has no keys and
its range is limited TO six open notes.
The hcrn varies from AZ TO 56 inches
In length. The calls have N recoR-
nized place In coaching and we're,
Of course, more generally known In
the days OF the stage coach. Today
the horn. like coaching. In employed
generally in connection with racing
or by the few coaching clubs an the
weather. centers, MS New York, Lonmd
don. Paris, Berlin. etc.
q. How long IN the money four
I'm letters I'm the Dead Letter Offic
which cannot be returned for lac WN
OF address. kept for claiming BY ~
owners? G. H. G..
"A. The money goes 10 the Treas-a
ury Department and " kept there
for n year waiting the true own
er. III az the end OF the year 10 stIll
has not located the sender, the mon-
ey Is included under postal rainusS-
q. Who bought Benedict ArnOld'n
manuscript Journal of his journey On
Quebec? r. G. G..
A. The original autographed man
uscript journal of Benedict Arnold'H
expedition 10 Quebec In TITS, which
was left by General Arnold at West
Point when he fled to the British.
was bought by Gabriel Wells for s4.-
500 on January 3. 1885 mt an auction
Of the American Art Association.
q. Who was the mother on Cello
patra? w. wi. w.
A. Cleopatra, known In history as
Cleopatra VII, was the daughter OF
Pt0lemy XIII. The distinguished
Egyptianist. III. "A. w. Bulge says
that the second wife OF Ptolemy KIN.
who was the mother Of Cleopatra,
was a lady OF unknown name and
-antecedents.
q. What percentage OF the appli-
cants for Army flying training mo
Randolph Field are selected for thss
training? w. r. G..
"A. During the fiscal year 1894
duly 4, l933-June 80, 1891 1917
applications for flying training were
received at the Air Corps Training
Center. OF this number or appli-
cants. a total OF 1887 we're approved
and ordered TO take the prescribed
physical examination. OF the total
OF 1887 applicants given the physical
examination, a total on 32l actually
qualified.
q. Where is Old IronsideH nowf
.. R.
A. The ship Constitution tO1d
IronSidesl is stationed az the Boston
Navy Yard at the present time.
q. In what salary group r The