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Questions

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BY FREDERIC n. HAsKIM
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A reader can Eet thn answer to may
question nf fact INV writing Tho K.
Brownsville Herald. IufUrmnticn
Bureau. Frederick ,. Hnakin. Dirno-
tnr. Washington. n. c. Please hm-
close three t1l cents fnr reply.
IA. How much dId thn FarrHn
Wheel M the Columbian EKp0altiDm
Weigh2 p. X.
Az Its total weight was about LOO
tons.
q. On what date did emo Mnnlm
Cork craEng E. M-
A. The Sovist land plane crashed
near Moscow ON May l8. 1895.
q. Is there I black dyer? H. ES
A. IN LIN among the rarest OF beasts
but the Imperial Gazetteer 0f India
says that a few specimens have
been shot.
q. How many unemployed work
eE are there at presently M. q.
JAW Estimates vary. The National
Industrial Conferences Board estl-
mates that In August there we're
100000 unemployed workers.
q. What Is a bs~rcaroIIe? L. NJ
IA. IA harcarolle italian and
French, little b0atl AN a boat song
made popular BY Venetian gondol-
ierS: also any musical composition
which suggests the characteristic
manner and rhythm OF the Vene-
tian boat song, such as the Bar
carOlle from Tales 0f Hoffman hy
Jacques Offenbach.
q. How does NJ happen that Ihu
Rosetta Stone is in the British
Museum? J. r.
A- 10 was coded t0 the British
al the surrender Of Alexandria en
1901. Il was subsequently brought
20 England and placed I'm the Brit
Sh Museum.
q. How early were .foundIlnr
hospitals established? IA. H.
"A. The Second Nicene Council Tn
787 ordered the establishment OF
founding hospitals in all la-ge
cities.
"a. How long was Terence Mac
SWincy ln PRISON. W.J.R.
A. Terence MacSwiney's prison
career dates back to May 1916. when
as one Of C0rk's aldermen. he was
arrested and deported to Wakefield
Prison. England. He was released
but arrested several times after this,
and released. On August II. 1870.
he was accused of seditinn. and of
having in hiS possession information
connecting him with acts OF vio-
lence. He declared ON his c0nvfc. NJ
ton that he would be free within "a
month or dead. ard commenced a
hunger strike. to which me succumb-
Ell on the 18th dav 0f his fast. Octob-
er IS. 1920. IN Brixton Prison, Lon
don, England.
q. Please give some Information
about the explorer for whom Mt
Everest Nv named. CIV. ".
"A. Sir George Everest 179O-1B66)
was a British surveyor born nc
Brecknockshire, Wales. He was en-
gagged IN the trlgonometrical survey
OF India In 1868 and became sup
erintendent 0f the survey IN 1873 and
encouragement of India in 1890.
Q. Where w Lava Beds Nation
mi Monument? WI. C.
A. Il Is IN California, northeast OF
MT. Shasta. Established An 1928, nm
contains 1897 acres. The lava for
nations include tunnels, ice caves.
and caves with Indian photographs.
q. How many young people enter
ed public schools Am the United
States I'm September? AL R-
a. The number Is estimated ne So
100000.
q. Since the organization On the
present republican party, have more
amendments been added to Ahm
constitution during republican or
democratic administrations? Nh. IVA.
IA. six amendments have been
added In republican administers
ton two In democratic administra-
tons. and one was introduced
during n republican administrh-
ton and ratified during a dem
Ocratlc administration.
q. What is the term used 40 en-
press tine fact that diplomatic ru-
representatives. and their residences
are exempt from local Iawsf I. n
AL It Ia called exterritorialIty uR
extraterritoriality.
q. I'm n matriarrhy. do tine
rule? T. I'D.
A. A matriarchy Is q social or
~RnnizatiOn lin which descent Inn
traced through the mother only.
The system Is found. In primitive
} groups throughout the world. Tt
does not involve rule by the mother.
"a. Are dictionaries na popular in
other countries as they ARE Arm tha
United States II. g.
\ IA. The use or IN dictionary in
much more general I'M this country
than elsewhere, and the one-vol-
ume dictionary An the ~favorite.
q. When was the great potato
famine Inn Ireland? IA. a..
A. The potato failure in Ireland.
resulting IN a famine Waich shockz
ed the world, was I'm 1854. and onuf
hardly less evere occurred Ann lB4A
During this period nearly one
fourth Of the entire Irish populn-