, 1935-08-02

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A reader can get the answer %
any question Of fact by writing Tne
Brownsville Herald Information Bu-
reau. Frederic ]. Haskin. Director
Washington. D. c. Please enclcff
three 90 cents for reply.
q. When measuring the length q
n golf hole, from what points h the
distance taken? On q dog-leg h0le5
III. T. s.
A. The usual and accepted method
OF measuring the length OF q golf
hole Is on an air line from the mid
die OF the back tee TO the center OF
the green. The air line simply means
tnat u is measured across natural
depressions, instead Of following the
ground contour. On a dog-leg hole
the faireSt method would seem to DO
10 measure the line which would nor
mally be taken by a standard good
golfer in playing the hole; 1. e., put
a peg in the middle OF the fairway
al what might be called the angle
point Of the hole and then measure
from the middle OF the back tee 20
the angle point and 70 the center
Il the green.
@. How high above sea level In the
White House? A. o. 3.
A. As II faces Pennsylvania Ave-
nue., IL is 90 feet above sea level. The
ground slopes rapidly and the south
front Of the building has long flights
OF steps to the lawn.
q. What Is the official name Of tia
gambling establishment at Monte
Carlo? 4. W..
A. II is called The Association OF
the Watering Place and Strangers
Club Of Monaco.
q. Has travel 70 Mexico increased
with the opening OF the new high
way? +. II.
A. Requests for permits TO enter
Mexico by car have doubled In the
past six months. The American Au-
tomobile Association. since the open
ing of the Laredo-Mexico City high
way. Is receiving more than 10000
inquiries a month on motoring In
Mexico. The Inter-American High
way Association and the National
Highway Direction OF Mexico. both
with offices az San Antonio. receive
as many as 400 inquiries a day.
q. what Is q Iay-reader? L. L
A. In the Protestant Episcopal and
ANGLICAN churches he Is q laymAn
licensed TO take part In public wor-
ship. The incumbent can permit
anyone 70 read the lessons. but foT
authority TO read prayers q iicenss<
from the bishop is required.
@. Is mahogany extensively used
in the new Supreme Court building7
l.. Il.
A. The bench is OF Cuban mahog-
any. This is the only instance Of
the use Of this wood In the building.
@. Who used the expression about
General Jackson which earned him
the sobriquet, S~tOnewall? r. q.
A. General B. z. Bee at the first
battle of Bull Run. General Bee was
fatally wounded in the rally which
followed.
@. Who first used the word an"
aesthetics? A. r.
A. II was first employed BY DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
@. Who invented the block for
printing wall paper? K. VI
A. The invention is attributed 20
Jean Papillon, a French engrayer. In
1888.
q. To what Is due the appearance
Of water on the surface Of an as
phalt road just over a rise ahead Of
you when driving on such . road?
J.. 5. c.
A. The air close to an asphalt road
is heated considerably above that
Of the rest Of the atmosphere due 70
the absorption OF heat by the as
phalt which heats the air in It's
immediate neighborhood. This lay
er Of heated air seems 70 be rather
sharply defined. In other words.
several inches above the road there
is a very sharp temperature gradi-
ent. Air at different temperatures
has different denSities and different
reflective indices. Between two lay
ers Of substances having different
retroactive indices there Is q certain
critical angle at which almost total
reflection occurs. Light Is coming
from all directions and the light
] which is sufficiently near the hor1-
zon Is totally reflected. This creates
the Illusion Of water or wetness.
q. What Is q kangaroo rat? II. M-l
A. 1t Is a rat OF the arid SOUTH
western United States with very long
legs and great leaping powers be-
longing TO the family Heteromyidae.
@. Who was Jack Ketch? c. ".
A. He was an English eXecutioner.
who acquired notoriety as the clumsy
eXecutioner Of Lord Russell and the
Duke Of Monmouth. Subsequently
his name has been a synonym for
an executioner.
q. Can II be said that a lawn now
er employs free wheeling? H. n.
A. The principle is eXemplified.
The cutting blades are 50 attached
that they reyolVe when the machine
is pushed forward. but 90 not re-
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