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Bureau. Frederick y. HRskkn. pirec-
tor. washington. p. C. Please un-
close three tJl cents fur reply.
a. Where did the late win Rogers
take his degrees In Masonry and ~
what Blue Lodge did ID belong2 y.
"A. VI.
"A. The Grand Secretary OK the Ma
sonic Temple IN Guthrie. Okla, says
that the late William Penn Adair
Rogers was "A member OK ClaremoTe
Lodge No. d.. Claremore, Okla. He
was initiated February 10, 1906
passed w the degree of Fellow Craft
on March 10. 1905, and raised 70 the
Sublime Degree cf Master Mason
on March rs. 1905. tn his petition
he gave his occupation NV that Of
farmer. ranchman, COW boy. lie was
IN member on the Holland chapter of
de M0lay Advisory Board from 1871 I
until his death. He was also On Ma
son OF the Scottish Rite, being af
member OF Indian Conslstory NO. ga,
Valley OF McAlester, becoming m
member Inn 1911
a. Please give the ages OF Che
children OF the late Queen OF tho
BeIgians and King Leopold A. M
A. Princess Josephine Charlotte lB
seven years old. Prince Boudoin,
Duke OF Brabant and Heir 40 the
Throne. is five; and Prince Albert,
Prince OF LieEe, u fifteen months
q. How many wrecks have there
been Off Sable Island? WI. ".
A. Sand bars extend into the ocean
twenty miles at each end OF the u.s.
land. More than zoo wrecks have
occurred here. since III is on the
travel route between America and
Great Britain.
u. How many grapes does Il takt
10 make = ton or raisins? W.. p
"A. About four tons OF grapes hav-
ing a twenty-four per cent sugar
content.
q. was P. r.. Barnunn ever . mem
Der or congress? "A. r.. y.
"A. he was once "a candidate but
was defeated. ne was elected To the
Connecticut Legislature four times.
q. what A. the composition %
GIaubcr's salts? ". TX.
"A. This * the name for hydrated
sodium sulphate. a compound Of so-
dium. sulphur. and oxygen with ten
molecules cf water, * called for is
d~iScoverer. Johann Rudolf Glaubef,
u Bavarian alchemiSt.
q. What position does walter
DamrOsch hold with "A broadcasting
company? wv. VIZ.
"A. re ~ msuical counsel FOR the
National B~roadcaSting company.
q. How many Eggs doe an oyster
lay? ~. ".
"A. All average oyster lays about
sixteen million eggs; . very large
oyster sometimes produces sixty mil
lion.
Q. Are there mountains In the
Sahara? VII W..
"A. There are three regions or the
Great Desert where the mountains
rise 70 more than 10000 feet. The
highest peak ~ about 1900 feet.
Q. Where ala the famous Dow
ing street in London. where the
Prime Minister'S residence n ret Its
name? R- F. G.
a. 10 was named for Sir George
Downing, Bart, who formerly lived
nc Salem. Mass. and who married
the sister of Governor Winthrop.
Q. Who wms the first Jew tD be-
come IN member Of the British House
of Lords? H. B.
"A. Baron RothschIld was made n
peer by Prime Minister Gladstone
I'm 1885. the first British peer of
his race. His father. however. was
an Austrian baron.
%. Was the Arabian Nights tale 0F
the roc ever widely believed? WI. M.
a. It was 10 widely believed that
expeditions were sent out to find Its
haunts. nc was believed to rest on
the island of Madagascar. Tremen-
dous frondS OF the giant raphla palm
which grows only there. were brought
back 10 Europe and said Co be fea-
theirs OF the roc.
q. Who was Jonathan WIIdT R.
A. X.
"A. Probably the most famous and
successful fence or receiver 0f stol-
en- goods. He flourishpd I'm the 18th
century. He conducted what The
called a Lost Property Office. LIN
league with thieves. he took their
loot. informed the owners. and sold
X back To them. paying the thieves
q part He hired thieves OF his own
and ran a large business. He was
hanged AZ Tyburn in IT'S.
q. DO people n other countries
sleep OH wedding cake?- B. H.
A. This superstition is known i'm
almost al European countries. The
custom was known 10 the early Bri-
tons.
q. who was George Croghan? X
Vi. W..
a George Groghan n7D1-is4Dl
was q youthful hero OK the Wal or
1872 re was born near Louisville.
KY: and was a nephew OK George
Rogers Clark and william Clark. He
was commander of Fort Stephenson.
which, on August 7. 1913. with only
$50 men. ne CALAMITY and success
fully defended against almost 1000
, British and Indians.
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