, 1935-10-24

Bureau. Frederick ~. Hmnkin. Diruur
tor. washington. p. g. Plamno en-
close three t1l runtn tur reply.
Q- How many people In fhlm
country are killed Nv accidents ln
the homer n. mn.
a. Last year home accidents
claimed s4.5oo lives.
"a. Whose idea was N IN restore
Stratford. the Lee home. mn "A ma
ticnnl shrineg G. H.
A. Mrs Charles Lanier on Green
Wich, Connecticut. discovered ln
some family papers the manu-
script OF a speech made by Sidney
Lanier, the poet, on the death of
General Lee. In this he urged thu
establishment XIX IA memorial tn
which ell who loved Lee might
contribute. I'm this way MRS. La
nier interested others ln StrntfOrd
as q national shrine. The pur-
chase and restoration has been
undertaken BY the Lee Memorial
Foundation. Inc. The home ls he-
ing purchased by gifts solicited NV
the public. The United Daughters
uf the C0nfederacy have asSuna-
ed an obligation Of $4,000.
o
Q. How long has Adds Abnbn
been capital OF Ethiopian N. MI.
. Adds Abaha has been the cap
ital only since 1896.
O. Why are births reEEstercdP
l.. G..
al Births are registered To pro-
vide acurate data on population
and 90 establish citizenship. It IH
necessary 10 produce a birth GER
tificate and evidence of registry to
obtain "a passport. When IN birth
is registered. Ii furnishes evidence
which could be used tO establish
ones right TO vote.
u. when did the boil wecviI FIrst
become q cotton pest I'm the Unit
ed Statesg R. MI NV.
A. II has been known In the cot
ton belt since 1892 when lt first
entered the United States from
Mexico.
q. How many miles Of nilroad
has China? h. INK. WV.
"A. China has 1858 miles Of rail-
way. There are two railway CON-
panies I'm China which make up
this mileage: the Chinese Eastern
Railway and the Chinese Nation-
al Railways.
"a. Was any song particularly
popular among the Colonial SOL
diers Arm the Revolutionary War;
M. MEG.
"A. Billings Chester termed
by MIR. Howard. the "Over There" of
the Revolution. was sung hy AM
erican troops throughout thn Con-
tinental Army.
u. Does the Bureau w enc Gen.
sus compute the center on populm-
tom Of each of Cine StnteuR
M. OH.
"A. The centers OF population fur
the various states are not deter
mined BY the y. s. Bureau OF the
Census.
Co., I'm what way IE Che govern
ment Of Louisiana different from
that Of other States? G. Med.
AL The civil government 0f Louis
lana Is based on the code Of laws
formulated hy Napoleon, and
known as the Napoleonic Code.
while the rest OF the States are
governed by codes based on tine
English common law. derived from
the Roman statutes.
q. In there a project Co erect M
monument t0 Grover Cleveland Arm
Washington. ID. C.? j. Mel.
a. An Act Of Congress, approved
June 26, 1885. granted permission
10 any organization Organized
within two years Cd erect such a
statue. II approved BY the Fine
Arts Commission and tine Joint
Committee on the Library. "A pre-
liminary sketch has been consider
ed and more attention will ba
given TO the matter this fall.
Q. What NJ the subject matter ~
the inscription ON the Rosetta
stone? I'LL IVY.
A. The monument was erected In
l95 B e. by the priests of Egypt
IN honor on Ptolemy Epiphanes IN
commemoration OF his renting
the dues OK the sacerdotal body.
Q. How large mn nquAmMrlnn has
been found? WI. ". ".
A. Probably the largest and fin
CSC is n which was found ln
Brazil In 1910. The gem was a
Breenish-hlue, weighed 2a3 pounds.
and measured nineteen inches ~
length by sixteen inches In diam
eter- Uncut, ~ brought $4,000.
Q. What did the City of Boston
do with the money BENJAMIN
Franklin left 20 lt? G.. I'M. TX.
a. I'm "a codicil to THIS will Ben
jamin Franklin gave to the Torl1
on Boston the sum on one thDusAnA
pounds sterling. This was ~ acrul
mulate for one hundred years. mf
which time Franklin estimated
that II would amount 70 one hun
dred and thirtv-une thousand
pounds. However, the total amount
OF the fund on July 4. 1891 was
only S39l-l6B.68 and the appor-
toned amount for the Citv Of
Boston was &3124D02n. Owing hn
litigation this increased 70 s32g,-
3O0.46 by January III, 1894 when it
was actually paid over. Tt WAS