New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 2, 1927, Page 2

* SEASONGE SWEPT _ OVER NEW BRITAIN And Again, Land Wes Once Like Rocty Nommtains “You have juct heard the eonclud- ing selection on a program of ®o- prano solos by Miss So-And-So. Thia is WTIC, at Hartford, Connecticut, Ploase stand dy.” # ‘The ‘red light flashes on. The studio in which the Bacchanalians are located, is “on the air” The oschestra enters its introductory bars, thrée microphones seading the music out oa the ether. A stop, and Mr. Johnson, manuscript in hand, stands before the milcrophone, mak- | Largest Branch of Goveramens The epening of the highway de- partment’s 31st year finds it the largest single branch of the state government. It has offices in every county and employes located im eve ery township in the state. It is looked upoa nationally as one of the most efficient highway departments in the country. No better criterion of department- al efficlency is found tham in the method of awarding contracts in the Connecticut highway department. 'when this occurred, but man, it he existed, was a very recent comer and was still a compiete savage. Then came the glacier, when a great 1ce sheet swept slowly but irrestibly dowfi from. Canada and covered all New England. It re- moved the soil and ground away from the rock, burying hills and val- leys alike and lylng as a mantle over Connecticut to a depth of half a mile. Whea the glacler retreated befors a warming climate some 20,000 years ago it left a disorderly 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIGHNAY DEFT Langest Branch of Stats Govern- ment Hes Birthday Today IN RADIO STUDIG Stall and Entertainers Have No Time lor Playfulness quired to handle this gun. It is 58 t long and weighs 163 tons. If discharges a 18 inch shell weighing ocesn OnCe ebded and { mass of glacial waste in its wake— is now New Brit- |jakes and swamps where it had time the land in' thousands of feet above the sea and was as mountain- ous as the district about the Rockies today. earth here on at least three separ- ats occa_lons. These are but the A minor With the passing of the glacial in- three outstanding facts revealed by | vasion came the present period, but a search into the geological past of New Britain and vicinity, and in between them other momentous changes took place, changes which have left their imprint upon the landscape even to today. A survey of the geologic history of the section shows constantly alteriss conditions and leads inevitably to the discovery that even now the topography of Connecticut is not stable but is alow- 1y changing as the days, the weeks, and the years go by. These changes are evidenced by traces still visible today. To the geologist every rock, every bed of sand, every hill, every claypit has its meaning and opens a whole volume of the earth’s history. The \'nrlousl strata of rock have been classified by thelr chemical composition, their mechanical make-up, the fossils found in them, and many other means. So far as is known New Britain itself has never produced any fossils, but others have been tound in other parts of the state im- bedded in the same rock formations as are found here. The other evi- dences are patent to even the ama- teur geologist in this city, and by thelr mute testimony it is possible to trace back some 90,000,000 vears. The first glimpse we have of this region is In what is known as the | Permian period of the Paleozoic age, which opened about 90 millions of years ago. All records previous to then have been wiped out, all ear- lier rock and soil washed away. But in the Permian time, when plants were first becoming thick on the land and when animals were first daring to creep out of the tidal waters to breathe ait in their new amphibian existence, this entire sec- tion was covered by lofty mountains which are called the New England Alps. They were formed by the folding of older rocks, resulting in complex rocks known as “schists” and “gneisses.” These form the basic rock of New England; they are not now visible in New Britain but are readily discernible in highlands in the eastern and western parts of the state. - Some of these mountains were volcanos, for the hot molten rock was forced upward as ‘‘mag- mas” and poured over the earth in the form of lava. The mountain - making ceased some 75,000,000 years ago and rain and rivers began to cut them down during what is known as the Trias- sic period. ‘This period lasted some 12,000;000 years, during the early part of which the mountains were completely washed away and the, land was reduced to a peneplain (al- most a plain). . Then came another period of change. A great fault or crack opened in the earth in east- ern Connecticut, and the land west of it began to sink. As it did 50 the rivers carried in deposits from the regions left elevated, and these sandstone deposits in places are as much as three miles deep. They' oontained much feldspar and mica, along with fron; the fast became oxidized by exposure to the air and 1 is the cause of the dominant red color of the soil in this section. - Oxidation is the technical name for Tusting. - The ocean had eaten a great dis- tance into Connecticut, and in the tidal flats which marked the edges of its incursions were deposited the finer 80il eroded from the highlands. These formed the numerous clay- pits of this vicinity, their tidal origin being attested by the evidences of sun-baking and cracking found no major changss have taken place in the last 20,000 years. mated some 200 feet in that time, inaugu- rating a new cycle of erosion by the It is esti- that the land has risen river waters. That this has not gone far is shown by the narrow flood plains of the rivers, Yy the steep and unworn-away sldes of the valley walls, and by the glacial “till” or deposits still practically undis- turbed, Because the present erosion has done 80 little, it is seen that the topographic features of the Comfiec- ticut valley are those of glaclal or pre-glacial times still unaffected to any great extent by the thousand years. last few Further, the little progress made by the rivers during those thousands of, years shows what vast periods of time it must have taken away the New England Alps, the block mountains, highlands of the past and gives us an inkling of ceivable age of the earth, which is now estimated at fully 500,000,000 years. to wear and the other incon- the almost Some day the hills of Connecticut will be washed away and perhaps the sea will creep in again, or the land be elevated to a mountainous condition once more, but we of to- day need not worry. rate of change, and geologists be- lieve that even the great alterations spoken of above were made at the |same slow and almost imperceptible rate, it will be thousands of years before the difference is even notice- able. SOUTHINGTON NOW At the present HAS POLICE FORCE Bight Special Officers Added fo Gonstabulary in Town The town of Southington whose area is as large, it not larger than the city of New Britain, has been growing in population at such a rate of speed lately, |found necessary to increase the po- lice protection for its citizens. that it has been Inciuding th. vill. ~es of Plants- ville, Milldale and Marion under its town government with many of the districts comprising outlying farms the town’s lawless element has been having free sway for a number of years. Leading citizns, following the cleanup of a band of thieves, most of whom lived in Southington and their punishment for various crimes committed began a movement a short tie ago for the establishment of a police force to complement the | constabulary of seven men. A squad of eight men, selected for their integrity of character, has been chosen by a special police commit- tee appointed some time ago at a town meeting and these have been sworn in as special policemen and have been assigned to regular duty. The new police creation in the town has not been formed with the purpose of supplanting the present efficfent Southington boasts, but is an ad- ditional force of protectors for the hitherto partially protected com- munity. constabulary of which With a town that eccompasses all ithe territory lylng between the end in |of Plainville to Cheshire and bound- them. At three separate times dur- €d by Bristol, the mountains sur- ing this period great fissures opened | rounding Lake Compounce, Wolcott in the earth’s crust and huge sheets 20d Waterbury on one side and Meri- of 1ava spread out over Connecticut. |4én and Berlin on the other while the second and several hundred feet thick; it is this lava which forms many of the hills of central Connecticut and whic now, as trap rock is quarried and used for road-making. Then these successive sandstons and faulted, and uplifted. Great block mountains were formed, some of them probably reaching the clouds. Fach block was elevated more on its western side than on the eastern, the result being the westward pros- pect of the Trinity escarpment in Hartford, Cedar mountain in New- ington, Sunset rock in Plainville, and many others. In New Jersey the movement was greater toward the east and caused the Palisades. All of this was 50,000,000 or more years ago in the Jurassic period, when dinosaurs and other reptiles were the highest forms of life exist- ing upon the earth. have been found at Portland and other places in the state. The block mountains were eroded away to a great extent, and then, in what is known as the Cretaceous period, the whole of New England was warped along an axis which ran roughly through where Boston and New York are now located. South of this the lamd sank, and the soil carried by the rivers from the rising lands to the north built up great deltas into the Atlantic ocean. The weight of this added soil hastened the sinking, and gradually the sea came in again, covering New Eng. land as far north as the White and Green mountains, as is testified by deposits of distinctly marine char- acter. Something over 20,000,000 years ago the land emerged again as far south as Middletown, and then the rest of it rose ahove the sea; Connecticut has never since then been submerged. During the next geologic age, known as the Tertiary period, there were several uplifts, and the rivers were quickened to action, carrying Away all the recent deposits and ex- posing the old Triassic rocks. The oentral lowland of Connecticut as- layers of trap were broken, | |central localities. Their remains | !was broken into {81,000 worth of | | are assigned to patrol duty both day |er the manner of the ci {otficer 1s assigned sumed something of its pressnt aspect. while Long Island Sound wa: formed as a river valley. Mammals w Were treading the face of the earth | patrolman covering largest one being |& Part of the town which ends at Shuttle Meadow, bordering New Bri- tain, the task of enforcing the laws n .and keeping the peace of the place, yhas been found to be too great for the seven men who ruled over the destinies of §,000 or more people. Last Sunday, the new police force was put into operation for the first time. Attired in natty dark grey uni- form with Sam Browne belts, leather puttees and caps, copied aft- er the style of dress worn by the |state police, the special police started to do traffic duty and to work on investigations of law breaking. It was a difficult m.tter in the past to secure police protection at any point outside of the immediate Should occassion arise for the need of police, citizens jwere reqired to telephone to the headquarters in the town hall and take their chance of finding an of- ficer on duty. It was an easy matters for rob- bers to perpetrate crimes in the small hours of the morning. On one occassion, it was noted not so long ago, one of the large clothing stores and more than furnshings were taken. The robbers operated by tene- phoning the police that there was | trouble in the town and after the officers had gone to the scene of the supposed crime, they had plenty of time to carry off whatever they wished. With the police force increased to 5 men, things are different and as soon as the organization {s func- tioning properly, there will he less lawlessness there than there been in several years. Members of the police department and night. The operation of the de- partment is modelled somewhat aft- . Each to a “beat” or district and it is vp to him to patrol that and prevent any violations of | the law which might occur in the vicinity. The benefit of the citizens, how- ever, is greater in the night than it is in the day. Instead of ons night the entire ex. panse of territory of the town, se eral now stand between the criminai world and the resilents has | Hartford, July :—With the tre- gouged deeply, hilla such &8 Walnut | fRendous tratfic of o holiday week- Hill and others in New Britain |énd aweeplng over it in every sec- where it left piles of soll. subsidence of the land followed, and Molten lava flowed over the Long Islasd Sound went down to become an arm of the ocean. tion of the state, the Connecticut highway system, consisting of near- 1y 2,000 miles of paved roadway, is inanimately celedbrating its 30th birthday. Thirty years ago this month, on July 1, 1897, to be exact, the Con- necticut highway system came into existence with the establishment of the state highway department as the state's first single headed commis- sion. During its 30 years of service to the state, the highway depart- ment has completed an expansive network of amooth highways, second to none in the country. Road build- ing dates back more than 2,000 years to the construction of the his- toric Appian Way from Rome to Capua in $12 B. C;, and nations and states have been striving ever since that time to connect their cities with paved highways. Few however, can boast of a greater percentage of well paved roads than Connecticut. The Macs Show The Way. The history of the Connecticut highway department actually dates back two years previous to July 1, 1897, for the first road commission was founded by a special act of the generaly assembly of 1895 wirich es- tablished a board of three¢ men to begin the work.of highway recon- struction in this state. The first commission consisted of the follow- ing. three men: James H. Mac- Donald of New Haven, William R. McDonald of Cromwell, and A. B. Sternberg of West Hartford., These men served the state from 1895 to 1897. In the latter years, the gen- eral assembly abolished the three man board and founded the present single headed commisston which has been in cxistence since that time. ‘Th: first Connecticut highway com- myissioner was James H. MacDonald one of the original three commis- sioners. It was under the guidance of Mr. MacDonald that the founda- tions of the present system were laid. Mr. MacDonald continued in of- fice for 16 years, being succeeded on February 26, 1913 by Charles J. Ben- nett of Hartford. Mr. Bennett held office for ten years. He was succeed- ed on July 1, 1923 by the present commissioner John A. Macdonald. ‘who was reappointed for a term of four years by Governor Trumbull during the 1927 session of the leg- islature. Including the three men who served on the original board, one of whom later became the individual head of the department, only five men have acted as highway com- missioners in Connecticut. It is in- teresting to note that of these five men, three have been of the same name although each hag spelled it in a slightly different manner from the others. The name *MacDonald” seems definitely linked with the history and destiny of the Connectl- cut highway system. ' $150,000 First Appropriation When it first established the high- way commission, the General As- sembly of 1895 authorized an appro- priation of $150,000 for the two year fiscal period, a truly insignificant amount in comparison with the ap- propriation of $10,000,000 necessary today. The statute under which the commission was organized provided that the cost of road construction should be borne equally by the state, town, or county, so that the amount available to begin the giant task of furnishing Connecticut with a high- way system was $450,000. During the two year perfod, 102 towns made application for finan- clal assistance in the construction of roads, Plainville being the first town in the state to build a road under the new statute provisions. The con- tract calling for the paving of 2,650 feet on the Naugatuck Road was awarded to J. H. Cooke on August 28, 1895 and the pavement was com- pleted on September 9, 1898 at a cost ot $2,720.64, of which the town, county, and state each paid one- third. In 1897 when the state legislature established the one man commission with James H. MacDonald as the head of the department, it increased its appropriation for the two years to $200,000, but also altered the sta- tute so that the counties were elim- inated from the cost of construction and so that the state and towns each paid one-halt cost. The apportion- ment of the cost of state-aid con- struction has been altered several {times since the statute was passed. | The law passed by the last General |Assembly which takes effect today recognizes two classes of towns; 1. e. those having annual tax receipts of $30,000 or less, and those having tax receipts in excess of that amount. Towns in the first class will pay one- |eighth of the cost of construction, while those in the second will pay {one-quarter, the balance in both cas- | s being paid by the state. 178 Main -Street This contract system is complete in every detall, provides for all eontin- gencies, and leaves no The exact amounts of each kind of ma. terial required are determined by tl department. before bids are called for and the specifications are drawn from this data. The contractor 18 compelied to conform to every detall and his work is accurately checked after his job is finizhe@ by means ot engineering instruments which show the exact amount of ehch ma- terial he has used. He is paid for the exact amount of materials used it it be less than the specifications |call for, and it he has used more than required amount he is paid only the amount of his bid. Cement atd various other mat fals are furnished to the contractor by the department because the de- partment buying in large lots, can sccure, better prices and a. better grade of cement than the individual contractor. Cement is carefully put through a rigorous series of tests to Insure maximum quality befors it is purchased. The abllity of the Connecticut de- partment to clear the entire high- way system within a few hours after a heavy snowfall has brought forth much praise in recent years. The snow removal system of the depart- ment begins to function automatic- ally when the snow reaches a depth of thre¢ inches. Foremen in charge of the 183 plow equipped trucks be- gin work when the snow reaches that depth -and continue-to work along their assigned section of highway un- til the snow has been pushed. com- pletely oft the highway and traftic paths are opened in both directions. Straightening out Curves Since Commissioner Macdonald has been in office, one of the chief aims of the department has been to eliminate bal curves and grades from the highway system. Much progress has been made in this di- rection and every road that is under reconstruction today follows a much straighter path than ever before. Sharp carves and steep grades have bedn completely eliminated on many of the highways, thus improving the sight-line of motor vehicle drivers and tending to decrease accidenta. The elimination of curves and gardes is also making possible a greater average speed of travel without in- creasing the accident hazard. Another of Commissioner Macdon- ald’s ideals s the widening of high- ways to meet the needs of the ever increasing number of motor vehicles. This ideal 'ias been carried out on the Boston Post Road hetween New Haven and the New York state line whera the width of the road has been doubled, permitting four lanes of traffic to pass. With a motor ve- hicle registration of a half a million anticipated in Connecticut by 1830 it. will be necessary in the immediate future, the commissioner belleves, to increase the width of practically all of the maln arteries of traffic in the state. During the 30 years which have passed since its establishment, there has been added to the work of the highway department construction and maintenance of all bridges which span water, and the operation ot two ferries in the Connecticut River. The work of highway con- struction, supplemented by the care ot bridges and operation of ferries, has required an aggregate appropri- ation of $40,090,167.44, while the to- tal expenditures of the department during its history have been $82,547.- 810.67, the balance coming from mo- tor vehicle fees and fines, gasoline tax, and refunds from towns under statutory provisions. Although the aggregate mileage of the state highway system at this time is 1,952 miles. 729 miles of this total have been reconstructed since they were originally buflt, mak- ing the total pavement laid by the department in the course of its ex- istence 2,681 miles. HONESTY AT NORTHWESTERN Evanston, Ill.—The “campus hon- esty raporter” on Northwestern Uni- versity's student publication has found that from 20 to 50 towels are “swiped” daily or stowed away in lockers at Patten gymnasium. They represent a loss of $15 to $37.50 daily, C. R. WEIDMAN, Supt. Resources ... Many New Britain people are familiar with the reutiae at broad- casting stations, but the great ma- Jority, while in teuch with radio nightly through their receiving sets, have no idea of how programs Aare you consider the vocalist, who is making his or her debut on the air. Nine times out of ten the Rervousness will be acute. Demands for a drink of ‘water. Questions. Shuffling around. Many performers maintain that pressnted or how the artiat feels on | icrophone fright s many times :;':n:weanncc before the micro- | worse than stage fright. Tox:: silence H > ‘‘gets” many of them. e never There 18 & glamor which surrounds | knows how one's program is being & radio station, aimilar to that Which | received outside and many thoughts surrounds the unknowa land behind |fiit through the mind as the novice the footlights. ~ For “some that{awaits the time for going on the air. glamor never abates, while others,| Many of those thoughts are when they at last have & chance to [ wishes and if they could be realized, push aside the curtain which sep- [the station woul burn. down, the arates the life of the stage or the |performer would be striken with QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get as anew r to any question of fact or Information by writing te the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1333 New York avenus Wasbington, D. C. enclosing two Sents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be glven, mor oan extended research be undertaken. / All other questions will receive & personal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. MOORLAND FARM GOLDEN GUERNSEY MILK The Best Milk Sold tn the City broadeasting station from the every acute appendicitis, or some other day routine of things, find there is no glamor—merely business and hard work, The imaginative person can weave romance about the voices and rausic coming out of the night, from sta- tions perhaps thousands of mlles away. People from another aphere, they believe. But they are not. They are people who have their day's ‘work to do, just as has the person in the more ordinary walks of life. Broadcasting’is their business and they regard it as such. “Come behind the scenes while & program is being presented. It might be well to select a New Brit- ain organization and watch it as it performa before the microphone. The Trinity Bacchanallan dance or- chestra, an organization which works weakly at WTIC, Hartford, is & New Britain group, s0 we'll watch them as they work. The WTIC studios are located on the sixth floor of the Grove street dullding and, while visitors are wel- come during the day, it is well nigh impossible to get past the door- keeper without a pass during broad- casting hours. 8o, of course, the Bacchanalians have passes. The 10 musicians in the organization arrive at the studio at 7 o'clock for their regular Tuesday evening broadcast and aa they enter the reception room they are welcomed, perhaps by Hanford Billings, the studio man- ager, or by Walter Johnson, the an- nouncer who handles that orches- tra’s programs over the air. The band goes intp one of the two studios at the station and pro- ceeds to “set up” the instruments. ‘The “set up' bafore the microphone is highly important. Bome instru- ments reproduce well, while others, especially the wind instruments, do not take 80 well over the air. As & result, the latter get the preference in front of the mike. The three saxophones are placed near the micrephone. The plano is also prominently positioned. The bass viol player stands close, too. The violin, of necessity is at the front of the microphone. The banjo is placed quite a distance to the rear, say ten or twelve feet, and the trum- pet gets just as far away as it can, in spite of the fact that it sounds as it it were close up. The traps and drums act as companion to the trumpet. The band is set up and now comes ‘word from the control room for a test, to make suré that the instru- ments are placed right. The control room, while separatc from the studio, is furnished with plate glass windows through which the operator can see what is golng on. The band strikes up a lively tune, and in the control room there goés on a great twisting of dials and ! many hand motions, denoting that | certain instruments should be placed |- nearer to or farther away from the micropkone. Finally everything is réady to go on the air. The announcer enters the room and there {s slience. Probably & program is on the air from the other studio and it is drawing to a close. A warning hand from the control room, an admonition from the an- nouncer to be silent and to watch the red light. The' studio loud speaker, connected with the trans- mitting apparatus on .0 roof, and operating in the studio &0 that the performers and announcer can tell when the preceding feature is over, furnishes a vocal recital. Then, from the unseen announcer in the other studio: ( Absolutely safe. Raw milk containing all the vitamines. Costa more, worth more, G TEL. 3940. SAVINGS BANK OF NEW BRITAIN Established 1862 .. $21,654672.00 Deposits made on ar before Tuesday, July 5th, will draw inter- est from July [st. 5¢ INTEREST being paid Open Monday Evenings—7 to 8:30 ‘watch the red light. in the control room appears to be rather satirical in his glances. There is & warning buzz and tien the light flashes on, dénoting that the micro- phone has been connected and the studio is in touch with the outside. The singer gulps, sometimes, and then goes into the opening song. Usually after the first number every- thing is all right, and the singer states that he (or she) could sing all night. Ease comes to the perform- er. desirs to bite and nothing h: pened. or to Chuck. Angonia, ..d Buffalo, N. Y. mill imbibition devices. equally tragic episode would occur; anything to prevent the radio debut. Well, comes the admonition to The operator The microphone expresses no hap- It's all smooth sailing. But the funny part of it is that many singers cxperiéence the same sensations every time they enter a studto. pulse, that congestion of the vocal cords and that desire to be' else- where. For some, microphone fright is & stern reality every time’they appear at the station. Patents Issued to That quickening o©f the Connecticut People Patents issued by the U. 8. patent office June 28, 1927 to Connecticut inventors, follow: weekly from the Official Gazetts by the office of Walk-Over Shoe Store, street, New Britain). (list compiled Harold G. Manning, 211 Main Charles A. Brewer, Noroton Heights, assignor to Cannon Engin- eering Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. ating and impregnating steam with a chemical constituent. Gener- Joseph H. Cohen, Bridgeport. Cigar lighter. Wiltred Cunliffe, Stamford. Indi- cator. Monroe Guett, Hartford, assignor to Hart & Hegeman Mfg. Co. Double throw switch. Wilmot E. Heitland, Noroton Helghts, assignor to W. H. & A. E. Margerison & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Towel. William_A. Lorenz, Hartford, as- ignor to The Otaka Fabric Co. Dis- penser box. John J. Murphy, I’orwich, assign- or by mesne assignments, to Peer- less Handcuft So. Handcuff. George D. Roberts, Hartford. Con- denser for automoblle radiators. George Schrade, Bridgeport. Ink eraser, Harry E. Sloan, Hartford, assign- The Cushman Chuck Co. Trade-Marks Registered Backes’, M. Sons, Inc., Walling- ford. Pistol caps. Farrel Foundry & Machine Co., Sugar- The Gardiner Hall Jr. Co., Bouth Willington, Conn., and N. Y, N. Y. 2 registrations). Thread. Trade-Mark Applicants Connecticut Automotive Speciall- tles Co., Bridgeport. Electric cigar lighters and trouble lamps. The Fitzgerald Mfg. Co., Torring- ton. Therapeutic lamps. Minnie J. Lynch, Waterbury. Heal- ing salve forwouts, burns, boils, ete. The Meriden Gravure Co., Meriden. Pictures, {llustrations, display cards, greéting car’s, and booklets. The New Departure Mfg. Co., Bris- tol. Anti‘ziction bearings and parts thereof. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Q. What is the rule for reducing Fahrenheit temperature to the Cen® tigrade scale? A. One Fahrenheit degree is equal to five-ninths of a centigrade degree, and on centigrade degree is equal to nine-fifths of a Fahrenheit- degree. Hence to reduce from the Fahrenheit to the centigrade scale, first find out how many Fahrenheit degrees the given temperature above or below the freezing temper- ature and then muitiply by five. New Haven. Radiators and conden- sers for refrigerating systems. £ SRES AFTER THE 3.23 PLS GUT WATCH AND 60ES N dinths. Q. What is the immigration quo- ta from Scotland? A. It is included in the general quota for Great Britaln and North. ern Ireland, which 18 84,007. It is not definitely ascertained how many should be admitted from Scotland: Q. On what railroad is the Mof- fat Tunnel” A. The Motfat Tunnel is on the Denvar and Salt Lake Railroad. At 8 p. m. on Friday, February 18, 1927, President Coolidge pressed a key in the White House to explode a charge that removed the last barrier be- tween the east and west headings of the bore. Q. Who_ designed the insignia of the United Btates Engincers? A. Lewis du Portail, a French- man who' was first Chiet of the United States Engineer Corps. He modeled it from the French insig- nia, Q. How many stenographers and typists are there in the United States? A. According to the last Census there were 615,154, Q. What are the physical quirements for enlistrhent fa U. 8. Marines? A. An applicant must not be less than five feet four inches, nor more re- the ithan six feet two inches in height; { weigh not less than 128 pounds nor more than 240 pounds and be not less than 18 nor more than 40 years of age to enlist as a private. If un- der 21 years of age he must have the consent of his parente. Q. What is the meaning and English form of the Greek name Hieronymus? A. It is from two Greek words meaning “sacred name.” The Eng- lish form of the name is Jerome. Q. What was the total number ot fights won by John L. Sullivan? A. His record shows that he won a total of 82 fights. Starting in Sep- tember 1883, Sullivan made a tour of the United States, lasting nine months, during which he offered 3,340 pounda. Q. What s the address of .the Secretary of the Esperants Associ- ation of North America? gress Boston, Q. What is the weight of one cu- bic inch of gold? A. 8ix hundred and ninety-five hundreths of a pound. Q. Who invented the-adding ma- chine? A. The abacus used by the Egyp- tians as early as 460.B. C. waa the first adding machine. The Chinese claim to have invented it. The first machine to directly perform the operation of adding and subtracting was invented, by Pascal in 1642, Q. How is Root Beer made? A. There ara commercial prepa« rations on the market which are always accompanied by printed di- rections for making. A recipe for hame made root beer is: 5 gallons of bolling. water added to one and one-half gallons of molasses. Allow: to stand for three hours, then add 1-4 pound each of brulsed sassafrass bark, wintergreen bark and sarsa- parilla root. Add one-half piat tresh’ yeast and water enough to make 16 gallons. After this mixture has fer- mented, it can be drawn off and bottled. Q. Does the top of a wagon wheel travel thraugh space exactly as fast as the bottom? A. As each point in the rim \s successively at top, bottom, and everywhere el each point {n the rim moves the same distance in a revolution of the wheel. Thé top of the wheel, therefore, advances at the same speed that the “bottom” does, and both advance at the same rate as the hub. NOW YOU ASK ONE WEEKLY BIBLE QUIZ 1—Who was hung by the gallows prepared for Mordecal? 3—Who was king when Nebua chadnezzar waged war on Jerusa- lem? $-—What was Daniel named after his capture by the Babylonians? 4—What were the original names of Shadrach, Mesach and Abednego? 5—How far'from Christ were the disciples when He prayed on the Mount of Olives before His betrayal? §—To whom did Pilate send Jesus after He had first been brought be- fore the Roman judge? 7—Where did Ahimaaz and Jona« than hide on their way to tell King David of the treachery planned against him? 8—Who brought David news of the death of the young man Absa« lom? 9—Whq conquered the cities of Jud;:x in_.the relgn of King Heze- kiah? —_—_— e — HOW’S YOUR BRAIN POWER? Your abliity to talk intelligeatly 'n any company depends upem your tund of general information. People Judge you, elze you up, gence you display on topice of general interest. 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