, 1935-09-11

QueStlorns
BY FREDERIC y. HASKN
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question of fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald. Information
Bureau. Frederick J. HAskk. Direc-
tor. Washington. ID. ". Please en-
close three CD cents Tor reply.
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q. How much cement win ~ used
in building the Grand Coulee dRmg
n. Ill.,
A. About 100000 barrels.
q. In u hard 10 learn 90 play ket-
tledrums? ~. A.
A. The Etude says that the art OF
playing the tympani Is not easily
mastered. They are as difficult 70
play ~ the violin. "A person should
first be N fair pianist, then learn TO
play snare drum, bass drum. traps
cymbalS, bells and the xylophone.
Then he begins on kettledrums. Ho
must learn TO tune by hand or pedal
70 roll, learn pedal effects. glissan-
dos. and double rolling. He must
also have absolute pitch.
q. How can books be printed on
India paper when writing seems to
soak through the paper? r. Id. 3D.
A. Printing ink is made differ
emily and remains 10 a great extent
on the surface. while writing ink In
usually fluid, and sinks into 20 thin
q paper.
q. What I'm the origin OF the ex-
preston. going the whole hog? j.
w. ".
A. 1t Is believed to have originate
ed In the slang use Of the word hos.
meaning a ducat In Jewish. or one
shilling In medieval English.
q. What Is the troposphere? w. G.
A. IL is that portion OF the atmos-
phere lying below the stratosphere
or isothermal layer. and within
the connective disturbances are con-
fined. 10 Is also known as the con-
~vective region. n term first applied
TO 1t by TeiSSerenc de Bort.
q. Who invented the vacuum
cleaner? G.. 3. N.
A. David T. Kenney OF New York
Is credited with installing the first
pure vacuum system IN 1902. and
about 1905 DR.. William Noe of San
Francisco constructed the first port
able vacuum cleaner.
q. What IN the difference between
a patent pending" and patent APP
piled fore" vi. IL.
A. They have practically the same
meaning. Each indicates that the
inventor has started negotiations to-
ward procuring q patent.
q. What is the meaning of AIca-
Ear? T.. vi.
A. This Is the name applied to va
rlous Moorish palaces IN Spain. Or
iginally constructed as forts, they
are nevertheless chiefly noted for
their decorative work and arcaded
courts. The alcazar OF Seville, built
In the 18th century on the site OF IN
Moorish citadel OF 1881, and restor-
ed in 1924 and 1857 Is one Of the
most famous.
q. Tn which on the national parks
are the most geysers found? v. A.
A. There are more geysers in the
Yellowstone than In all the rest OF
the world together.
q. II the apricot q native fruit of
England? A. ii.
A. It Is q native fruit OF the coun-
tries east OF China and Japan.
Brought from Asia Minor. II was
first introduced into England by
Richard Harris. m frulterer 10 Kin
Henry VIII in $40.
q. When were vigilantes first or
CANNED In this country? III. r..
"A. The term has been applied In
this country 70 any self-constItuted
judicial body occasionally organic
ed In the western frontier districts
for the protection OF lie and prop
erty. The first group Of p~rominence
bearing the name was organized in
San Francisco IN June. 1851. when
the crimes OF ceSperadoes who had
immigrated 70 the gold fields were
rapidly increasing III number.
c. II.
A. They are the earliest code OF
Roman law. civil. criminal. and re-
ligious, made BY the decemvirs In
45l-449 y. c.. The original bronze
tablets on which the laws were writ
ten ars believed % have perished
In the sack OF Rome by the Gauls I'm
800 p. @. Copies OF them stood I'm
the forum In the second century
A. ID.
q. Where did the airdaIe origin
ate? WI. II. ~.
"A. The breed originated In York
shire, England.
q. Who built the Trianon Urn the
Park Of Versailles? IN. G.
A. The Grand Trianon was built
IN 1885 BY Louis XIV for Madame
de Maintenon. The Petit Trianon
was built by Louis XIV IN 1856 for
Madame du Barry.
@. What was accomplished by
Admiral Byrd's second expedition Co
the Antarctic? WI. M.
A. Among the accomplishments
OF the expedition may be mentioned
the fact that the explorers proved
by ship and aeroplane that the un-
mapped space north or the 18th par
allel. between the i20th and l60th
meridians west, In N part OF the Pa
cific Ocean. They spent 500 hours
studying cosmic rays 1000 miles far
Their south than ever before. IN as
tronomy. thanks 70 the clearness or
the atmosphere. they did remark
able work on meteors. seeing on an
L mwnrmm m ara m mmnanM THAI 1890