, 1935-08-30
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BY FREDERIC y. HAsKN III
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question OF fact by writing The
b~rownsviile Herald. Information
Bureau Frederick y. HnskNn. Dirrc-
tor. Washington. I'D. e.. Please nn-
close three t3l cents fur reply.
a. What Is the temperaturu os
the moon? y. III.
A. The maximum temperature at
the surface OF the moon A about
$50 degrees IT., the minimum probably
-l50 degrees ~.
"a. what I'm the worlds normal cot
ton crop? ". WI.
"A. In q so-called normal year.
It Is about $4,000. 900 bales. OF this
approximately $1,000. 900 bales are
grown In the United States. 1000
900 bales are grown I'm theshrdlu eta
600 bales In South America. 100000
In Africa. and 100000 bales I'm
Asia.
q. Is there scheduled air travel
In the Philippine Islands? N. p.
A. There are two companies op-
Grating scheduled air lines. The
longest flight nc present is 400
miles.
Q. How did III cIerk receive author
lty 90 sign the Presidents name t0
land patents? s. n.
A. During the administration OF
President Jackson, so many I land
patents were issued that the PreSi-
dent asked congress co give authori-
ty 70 sOnle clerk TO- sign his name To-
the land patents. This was done by
the Act OF March q. 1893. The nu-
th0rity was granted only until March
4. 1887; but on July 4. 1885, Congress
passed a law recognizing the Gen.
eral Land Office. and this act pro-
vided that the President might APP
point a person 10 sign his name To-
land patents AT that time the se-
lection had 10 be approved by the
Senate, but this As no longer true.
q. What Is the piece Of music play
ed throughout Break Of Hearts.
A. n.
A. IL Is an original number COM
posed by Max Steiner. 10 has not
been published nv yet.
q. what m the earliest recorded
date OF m actual occurrence in tho
world? G. G..
A. James Henry Breasted lahis
Conquest OF Civilization" 1890
says that the introduction OF the
Egyptian calendar. devise in 424I lid.
G.. - the earliest dated even I'm his
tory.
q. When aid DR.. John Gorrie con-
struct his air-c0oling machine? II. g
A. He conceived the idea OF ar
officially cooling sick rooms, es-
pecially IN connection with fever
and pulmonary consumption. I'm
1874 he wrote n series on articles for
the ~Apalachicola Commercial Ad-
v~ertiser and succeeded In construct
ing a machine for cooling air mec-
hanically. His next experiment was
In connection with the freezing or
wLter, and N compressed air ma
chine for this purpose was firBb
exhibited IN 1850.
"a. Should food always be pmnsua
n second time? WI. TX.
"A. Except at a formal dinner, each
dish Of a main course Is generally
passed q second time.
Q. How many. people. live. In
LIechtenstein? N. WV.
a. This principality, lying between
Austria and Switzerland, has an
area OF 81 square miles and a popu-
lation Of about 10000.
q. Please give m short biography
OF Captain Bob Bartlett. H. INK
a. Captain Robert Abram Bart
lett was born I'm BirEus, NewfOund-
land. I'm 1878. Ire attended the
Methodist College nc st. Johns I'm
preparation for the ministry, but
love OF the sea caused him 70 stop
school &C seventeen and start hunt
ing seal. At eighteen he was given
q schooner by his father. I'm 1897
ne made his first polar trip aboard
Admiral Perry's Windward. His
present voyage is the forty-secOnd
he had made to the Far North.
Captain Bartlett Is unmarried.
O. When was the needle : run
used? G.. n. II.
"A. It was a military breech-l0md-
ing rifle famous as the arm ufNRNAM
PrusSians I'm 1855 and or the Ger
mans TN 1901. Tt was the inven-
ton OF the gunsmith Johann Mich
olas von Dreyse. who. beginning In
ia1s had made many experiments,
and IN 1885 produced the complete
n~eedle-gun. From 1941 EDWARDS the
new arm was gradully introduced
into the PruSsian service, and later
into the military forces of many
other German states. I'm practice
the needle-gun proved 10 have num-
erous defects: its effective range
was very short compared TO that OF
the muzzle-loading rifles of the day,
and conspicuously 30 as against the
chaSsepot; the escape or Rns INC the
breech was, moreover. very great. IA
paper cartridge was used. An Inn
proved model. giving greater muEzIe
velocity and increased speed I'm
loading. was introduced later, but
this was soon replaced by the Maus-
er rifle.