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*9 earner—In BrownavUle and ail Rio Ormnde Talley
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MaU—In The Rio Grande Valley, in advance: one year.
•T OO: six months $3.73; 3 months $2
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Thursday, September 5, 1935
!What Others Think About Citrus
Advertising
Mention has been made from time to in the
ooiumni of The Brownsville Herald of the proposed
Florida citrus advertising r*jnp*iyn The plan of a
•tate fund, proposed by the governor of the state,
has met with a universal acceptance over all Florida
citrus sections, and If carried out, as it appears It will
be, presents still another obstacle to the successful
marketing of Vallsy grapefruit and oranges.
Just how effective a citrus advertising campaign
promises to be Is well set out In an editorial In the
Atlanta Constitution, a portion of which follows:
"Florida should have taken this step long ago In
order to counteract the Intensive advertising cam
paign that has been waged by the citrus fruit pro
ducers of California, and which has resulted In seri
ous inroads by the western fruits Into ths eastern
markets that should be dominated by the southern
products.
"California producers have used newspapers, maga
slnes, billboards and every other type of advertising
to Implant In the public mind the thought that the
citrus fruits of that state are superior to those pro
duced anywhere else In the world.
"As a matter of fact, neither the California orange
nor grapefruit is comparable In flavor and luscious
quality to those grown In Florida. Notwithstanding,
the western growers have, as ths result of their In
tensive and sustained campaign of advertising, been
able to reach Into the markets east of the Mississippi
to an extent that has taken millions of dollars away
from the Florida producera
"The California Industry has been alert, wide
awake and enterprising and has run rings around the
large unorganized Florida citrus Industry, especially
In regard to co-operation and systematic publicity.
That Is why California is enabled to invade Florida's
natural marketing territory, despite the fact that the
California fruits have to be shipped 8.000 miles to
reach these marketa
... If the fund le wisely administered It will
mean millions of dollars In Increased outside revenues
for the state.
"There Is no threat to the exlstenoe of the Florida
citrus fruit Industry, for Its manifold advantages as
sure its continuance, but If Florida will give Its cit
rus fruits the same backing as has been given to those
of California, not only will further encroachment
Into their eastern markets be stopped, but a tremend
ous Increase In the demand for Florida citrus fruits
will result."
The Padre Island Causeway
Mayor George Scanlan carries with him the best
Wishes of the Valley as he presents the application
of the city of Port Isabel to the Public Works ad
ministration for funds with which to build a cause
way from his city to Padre Island.
This project has been much before the public eye
In the course of the pest few years, and no proposal
advanced has been received with greater public favor
than this one which would link the Valley mainland
with the fascinating shores of Padre Island.
Such Is the desire of the average Valley resident to
at one time or another visit this Island, that there
cannot be any doubt as to ths self-liquidating feature
of the causeway, once It Is built.
The Valley wishes Mayor Scanlan success In his
undertaking.
Sunshine, Right Diet Aid
In Whooping Cough
By OB. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association,
and of Hygela, the Health Magmslno
When the germ of whooping cough Infects ths
child, It begins to have a persistent troublesome
cough, sometimes with irritation of ths lungs. This
cough is worse at night and occurs In spells—some
times so severe that the face turns blue and the
coughing spell ends in vomiting.
The organism or germ can be found when the child
coughs on a plate containing a suitable culture medium.
The plate Is given to the parent or nurse, who will
expose It five Inches in front of ths patient's mouth
for 15 seconds during a natural spell of coughing.
These plates are then returned to the laboratory,
where the germs are permitted to grow In an Incu
bator. In 75 per cent of cases the germs of whoop
ing cough can be found on the plates.
When a child has whooping cough It should be put
to bed and isolated from members of the family who
have not had the disease. Moreover, the child should
be kept away from other people for five weeks from
the day the symptoms appear.
The patient should be placed in a sunny bedroom,
well ventilated, with temperature between 86 and
70 degrees Fahrenheit. In favorable weather the
patient should be kept In front of an open window
during the day; in bad weather, the patient should
be kept away from drafts.
To prevent catching cold, the child shoyld be suit
ably protected with light, yet warm, bed clothing.
Sometimes a binder such as is worn by babies is
wrapped around the abdomen to support the muscles
during the spells of coughing.
In the ordinary cases of whooping cough, the child
is not very sick and may be allowed out of bed on
the third or fourth day after the whooping begins.
If. however, the spells of coughing occur more often
than 30 times in 24 hours, or if the child has a rec
ord of much trouble with the lungs, it is better to
keep it in bed until it is fully convalescent.
It has been found that children with whooping
cough do well if they spend a considerable amount
of time in the sunlight and in the warm air. but
people should always protect their children by mak
ing sure that the child with whooping cough is not
allowed to be exposed to drafts.
Due to persistent vomiting, children with whoop
ing cough sometimes lose a great deal of weight. It
is. therefore, necessary to watch the diet closely.,
giving small amounts of exceedingly nutritious foods
at frequent intervals.
Large amounts of food should be avoided, since
they cause more irritation and more vomiting. The
best time for the small feedings is 10 to IS minutes
after a coughing spell. A diet containing milk, eggs,
butter, fish, chicken, meat and vegetable soup is bet
ter than one with an excess of potatoes, bread, starch
foods, or sweet pastries.
Dry, crumbly foods should be avoided. Fresh
orange juice drinks are helpful in this as in other
infectious diseases.
Nowadays there are available special vaccines for
whooping cough which seem to be good in many
cases, and a number of physicians have reported
successful results with the blood of convalescent
patients which is Injected Into the muscles of the
one who is sick.
There are many exoellent drugs which aid in quiet
ing the child and in relieving it from the difficult
cough. These drugs, however, are strong enough so
that they should be given only under direction of a
doctor.
Why the tavern? Wouldn’t a rose smell Just as
sweet under any other name? Who ever objected
to the name aaloon except the drys, politicians, and
various liquor-control boards?—M Louise Gross, na
tional chairman, Women's Moderation Union.
You should take your Job seriously—never your
self. Too many out there (to Hollywood) forget that
The real ones don’t pose —Leo Carrillo, screen actor.
I do not think that a great European composer has
arisen since Debussy, but that Is my personal opinion.
I do not decry the possibility that America may with
in a short time produce a greater one —Jose Iturbl.
noted Spanish pianist.
Most people nowadays are not Intellectual: they
are practical; they want to do and they want to
make.—Dr. Thomas Wright, English school head.
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WASHINGTON
By RAY TUCKER
BOMB—High American Legion
officials have Just waked up to the
fact that the program for their na
tional convention at 8t. Louis late
this month Includes a slap In the
face at the Rootevefc administra
tion. It has caused consternation
in inner circles.
Some months ago the Legion in
vited Bainbridge Colby to deliver
the principal address at the annual
reunion of the vets. Although the
former Secretary of State was then
working behind the scenes for a
third, anti-Roosevelt party he had
not proposed It openly. Since then
his challenge to the White House
has ruffled the Democrats and
pleased the GOP.
Th; Legion s publicists apparently
failed to warn National Comman
der Frank Belgrano against the in
vitation to Mr. Colby. Now they
wish they had. for it’s too late to
withdraw the bid without making
matters worse. The Legion always
registers its devotion to the consti
tution Mr. Roosevelt is charged with
attacking, and the setting furnish
es a perfect stage for anti-adminis
tration oratory.
• • •
BONUS—The incident comes at a
particularly embarrassing time.
Congressional leaders have made the
bonus important business lor the
January session. In a reelection
it stands a good chance of passage
even over another veto.
But the issue hangs by a thread.
Although the president will veto it
again he can let it glide through
simply by keeping hands off. Some
conservative interests formerly op
posed to lull payment think it might
be a good Idea to remove It from
politics once and for all. Others
ieel It might be advisable to put
more money in circulation. Against
these considerations is the admin
istration's unadvertised insistence
on cutting expenditures more sharp
ly than most people realize.
A Legion-sponsored blast by Mr
Colby may blow the bonus out of
the 1936 political picture. More
over. the legionnaires and the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars have re
newed their warfare over what kind
of measure should pass. With their
ranks divided it looks as if the ex
soldiers are running into an anti
bonus barrage laid down by their
political generals.
• • »
BARKIS — Close friend* Insist
that Senator Borah will angle for
the republican presidential nomina
tion.
Before he left for home the
Idahoan defined the kind of man
the GOP must nominate against
President Roosevelt—and the defi
nition fitted nobody but the sen
ator himself. He said:—“If my
party nominates the right kind of
man. If they nominate somebody in
whom the people have confidence
as free from the control of the in
terests, he will be elected. They
wont care whether he is a repub
lican. democrat or progressive, and
there will be the greatest smashing
of party lines in American political
history."
There are even more subtle signs
that the senator is willing—at last.
Although the leading sponsor of
Russian recognlton he has not
whispered against the administra
tion's threat to cut off relations.
He supported Inflation measures
which, according to his private
polls, are popular in the west. And
.since he cast his first vote for
Brvan in 1896 he has always been a
sound money man. Watch Mr.
Bo rah I
• • •
BUGGY — The government will
spring several surprises when the
famous New River power litigation
is argued before the supreme court
at the next term. Attorney Oeneral
Cummings’ representatives will sum
mon Chief Justice John Marshall
as their chief witness against a host
of private utility lawyers headed by
Newton D. Baker.
Mr. Baker's clients want to utilize
water from New River In Vlfginia
fcr a private power plant. The gov
ernment opposes the grant of a
water-power license on the ground
that the stream Is navigable and
therefore out of bounds for private
utility exploitation. So the question
brlls down to the actual navigability
of the river. Government counsel
have dug up records showing that a
Virginia commission surveyed the
stream In colonial days and conclud
ed that It was navigable. The head
of the commission was Mr. Marshall
Here enters the “horse and buggy”
motif. The river was navigable to
small ships In use at the time of
Marshall’s exploration, although
modem vessels cannot traverse It.
But the supreme court has held that
subsequent changes dc not Invali
date the original conclusions—once
navigable, always navigable. So In
this Instance the court’s "horse and
buggy” phllosoohy may work to MT
Roosevelt's advantage.
• • •
Issue—Republicans who are out to
win. regardless of the man to be
chosen tc break Roosevelt, are try
ing to hold back the enthusiasts urj
til issues are better defined. They
calculate that court decisions will
demolish much of Roosevelt's pro
gram: that thereupon Roosevelt will
tell the country that his program
would have saved It and that he must
be granted power to put his pro
gram through. If this situation de
velops a “real Issue" will be drawn:
Roosevelt vs. the constitution.
Many OOP politicians think that
Colonel Prank Knox Is going too fast.
They regard him as promising ma
terial and they don't want to aee
him whipped out before the actual
fighting begins.
• • •
Budget—Secretary Morgenthau is
quietly stepping out as something
more than the president's messen
ger boy. The administration's deris
ion to play up economy moves Is a
belated concession to the Secretary
I of the Treasury and his unobstrurtv*
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wife. ELK AH OR. mm*
Rt TH. Each m*
that hie child win haw*
•t takes ta aiaka her ham.*
Eighteen yea** late* Rath, a
besstlfml, high-aptrlteS girt aaw
aa erphsa, to la ttttth mt wwk.
' Darlas a ataraa aka accka refag*
la a wyaiariaaa aid a»astaa la
the wldwcstcra tawa mi Wert to
wn to. Falatlag freaa haagar. aka
la aarrtod apetalra by a uses* aid
ionH* u r*M ri LRat"h* U ^mTlad
"Mlaa El alee" hy the aid wasaaa
Meanwhile Elala* Ckalaaar* Is
atteadlag faahlaaable "Grayeaetle
College" la th* aaat aad at a se
cret aaeetlag ad »Tto Terri hie
Tea* aha raw* la wta a deelara
tUa mi law* traaa her Srat sweet
heart. Jo ha Hr Hem mi Wartb
wllle. whaaa ska haa ast saaa atwaa
•hlldhood.
CHAPTOl vn
^ HARASSED looking person.
whose BUM was Jans Emer
saa aad whose duties wars suers
tarial. rapped softly on tbs door of
tbs most Imposing suits In lbs
ft ray cast la dormitories.
"Corns!" sounded a votes Worn
within. Tbs hi elution cams from
Madams Leshkl, tbs school's dean,
whs was anxiously awaiting bar.
WhdR Mias Emerson had entered
Mm dropped wearily tots a shalr
and kicked off her slippers. "Well."
she said with an unhappy sigh.
*Tve dons ft. I followed them to
tbs birch grows, and I crouched
there la tbs dark for aa hoar, lis
tening to them." She ssasaad la
ftnkely depressed.
Madame Leshkl, a toft, tbtn,
commanding woman with white
hatr, nodded approvingly. "Your
feet are wet." she replied soothing
ly- "Come nearer the hearth. I bad
tha fire built especially for you.”
She made her visitor comfortable
with the typical wiles of a Euro
pean woman who has aa ax to
grind. *1 have hot water ready
for tea. And some very nice sand
wiches and eavlaT,* she addad tan
prsesivaly.
“Don't think you can cheer me
up by feeding Be.” Mis* Emerson
sniffed gloomily. The severe gray
dinner gown that she were ac
cented the grayneas of her steady
eyes. She was the tort of person
who persists In looking tailored,
seen In chiffon. Tonight, as usual,
her hair lay in sculptured aeatnees
above her fretted brow. “If you
think you can spy on a bunch of
girls—even young fools like those
—and still keep your self respect,
you're grimly mistaken, my friend
and employer!”
“It’s tor the good of the student
body that yoa did this, dear Jane,”
Madame said reasonably.
Madame Leehkl was the person
who had molded Graycastle Col
lege Into Its present shape. Be
fore the worried trustees had
turned It over to her. It bad been
merely a girls' school with s good
reputation, some picturesque old
buildings overlooking the Hudson
and s deficit In the treasury. Then
earns this sharp-thinking, regal
widow of aa Imperial Russian gen
eral to take charge, and the deficit
had become aa amazing annual
profit. Madame Leshki’s changes
had beeo to the point.
“America has enough fashionable
preparatory schools," she pointed
Mi pammd m At Mr* 4
oat, “and enough btue-etockiog eoi
leges. What America does not have
is s women's college She m **
elusive country dab. Let ae dou
ble oar charge*, do away with
scholastic entrance requirements,
offer s two-year coarse, and spe
cialise In the languages, the arts
and athletics. I predict that In
time a diploma troo Gray castle
will be more eagerly sought than a
presentation at Saint James*?"
• * #
CHE was right. The asv gsoeea
^ tkm of young buds wanted to
be educated in s place where one
dressed for dinner of en evening
and eonld specialise la fencing, in
preference to math.
"These are the gtrls who were
there.” said Miss Emerson, and she
named them. "I aw each tee* by
flashlight"
“Out school's been ties, aa E hap
pened remarked Madam*.
Tt doesn't Just happen." Miss
Emerson told her. "They are bid
to the charmed circle of tbs Ter
rible Ten' because they are good
looking. popular and — would yon
believe it? —indifferent to thetr
grades! It's n sort of requirement
among them that passing marks
must satisfy."
*T knew there wu wm m nue
thing!* Madame Leehki exclaimed
agitatedly. “A eecret society at
the moat venomoua aort!" She pat
down her cap and began to pace
the floor. "Tell me all. Jane!"
"Of course II tell you all.- an
swered Jane Emerson impatiently
‘T wasn't snooping around In that
beastly damp woods to amuse my
aelf." And she talked for half so
hour while Madams Leehki lis
tened.
Down the corridor a door opened
softly, then dosed.
"It's Elaine Chalmers getting
home." said Madams sah&ppily. "1
shan't be able to prevent her tak
ing that trip to Ohio, of course
She’ll be on legitimate leave when
she does It."
"And God knows what harm
she'll do.” said Jane Emerson. *Tt
isn’t as If these were boarding
school girls we're dealing with.
They're grown young women.
They're mature enough and ruth
less enough to wreck any Mvee In
their path If they choose. Espe
cially Elaine.” she added pointedly.
"Especially Elaine!" echoed Ma
• dame, and tried to recall what coo
deep to pirn knt me wotdd dip
neetkai there vu between Jane
Emerson and Elaine’* family. How
did that old story go? Had Jane
been In tore with Elaine's father
in her yowth? Well, no matter
see
DOTH WOODSON became eon
^ eeioue that the old woman was
feeding her with a spoon. Feeding
her something hot and savory* As
each spoonful reached her month
she swallowed Ifke a hungry bird
and waited for more. "It’s good!”
she managed to say. ~Tt‘s chicken
broth!”
The oM woman spoke to some
one standing in the door, out of
range of Ruth’s vision. "She’s all
right now. Mr. John. Ton ean go
home. M's as you said. She's
hungry. Her mother used to do
them diet stunts too!"
K you need me tonight.” he
said. "can. My room’s still on this
side of the house.” He ran down
the stairs, making a cheerful clat
ter as be went Ruth’s thoughts
went after bins, seeking she knew
not what “His name is John." she
thought simply.
I'resenuy an* saw. i m stronger
than you think. Let me sK up and
feed myself."
The oM woman humored her.
propping her with two pillowa She
drew a small table close to the bed
and placed the tray eo It "Here's
milk-toast," she said, "and two cod
dled eggs. And here's hot tee In
the teapot. I hope you don’t ob
ject to the candle-light Miss Elaine
Candles are all I’ve had here tor
four or ire years bow."
*T like eandlas." answered Ruth
Even tn her bewilderment the saw
dearly that she waa being mis
taken for someone etee. For some
one named Elaine. Nevertheless
she ate the meal, happily and
ravenously. Fate was being kind
to her tonight and when Fate is
kind oot must accept with thank
ful heart and not question.
The old woman said. "I hate to
worry you by telling you this. Miss
Elaine, but you most have left
your bags on the train ."
"I earns off without any bag
gage." replied Ruth. "I had to buy
a change of dot bee on the way
They’re In thoee parcels 1 wss car
rylng—." 8ba was seized with s
(It of sneezing, end the old woman
left off. dieting her tongue to look
worried.
"No baguf" she saclalmed. "And
cmay in the early morning.
you're taking cold to boot! To#
shouldn't have lot the taxi driver
put you out before I got to the
door. I’d have brought you a eape
and umbrella. Was the train
draughty?"
"I didn’t come by train." Rash
answered. "I came by baa. 1 got
off Jnst la front of the door"
"Heaven help us!" the old woman
cried out "And your late grand
father's railroad running right
through the city!"
• • e
n UTH made no reply. She van
^•thinking. "So my grandfather 4
owned a railroad! Well! I’m
•somebody right out of the tog
drawer!” She lay back against the
pillows and surveyed her surround
ings with Interest.
Ths room was large and high
celled and square, with tour taoff
windows curtained la swiss an#
faded chintz. An old bruseela car
pet covered the floor In a flower
and ribbon design of faded bln#
and rose. The furniture wea hand
carved rosewood.
The old woman said. “ eee
I you're noticin’ the room. Mien
| Elaine Ton’ll remember lt*n tbe
1 one yon stayed In that snmmer yon
were 11 The last visit yon mado
to us. it was. because your granny
died the summer after and then
your Uncle Duncan waa taken
away—"
“Tee" said Ruth. believe 1
could go to sleep now—*
The old womsn said eontrttalgb
"I’m tirin’ yon out with my talkin’.
I’ll go now and let yon get Into
your nightgown. The bathroom1*
through that door—It’s special ton
this room. I’ll leave tbe be* Jhkt
side you and If yon want aujkiiu#
yon can ring."
Ruth said “Thank yon lor bw
lng so kind to ma I cant tell yok
how good R la to be here tonight*
Never were sincerer words spoken.
Tbe old woman bent and kissed
her clumsily on the forehead. "Cal
me 'Penny* like yon need to," ton
requested.
“Of course!" replied Rath. "Good
night. Penny "
Afterward when she lay eom
fortable and warm In the great bed.
pausing cm tbe verge of sleep to
plan bow she would Up away In
the early morning, ebe felt a stab
of regret to think she had deceived
a half-blind old woman who had
been made glad by her romla*
(To Be Coo tinned)
financial aide. Under Secretary
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge.
Mr. Morgenthau haa pleaded for
a curtailment of expenditures be
hind the scenes of every cabinet and
council meeting. Mr. Coclidge. a con
servative Bostonian, has reinforced
these arguments at daily 6taff meet
ings at the treasury. Although loyal
Rooseveltians. both have been ap
palled at the mounting deficits and
the increase in the national debt.
Ncbody puts much stock in pre
dictions that the budget will be bal
anced in any specific year. Insiders
expect that it will be the middle
forties before revenue will match
total outgo, no matter who becomes
president in 1936 or 1940 But Messrs.
Morgenthau and Coclidge rile many
New Dealers with their demand that
they make a start now.
• • •
Notea—Washington social life Is
hushed by the tragedies that took the
lives of Queen Astrid and Mrs. Har
old L. Ickes ... Stresses and strains
appear in the Diplomatic Corps on
account of the impending war ...
Nobody expects Soviet Russia to take
mortal offense at Secretary- Hull’s
statement—it’s advantageous to have
a Soviet embassy- in Washington ...
Lots cf cabling between Washington
and Tokyo. And the whole statement
was cabled to Nanking.
—
Hom Numskuu.
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THE FIRST FOUR TEAKS?
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Dear no am » Should i
WEAR RiDlN* BREECHES
THE NfYT TIME I HAVE
A NIGHTMARE ?
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tor. Washington. D. C. Please en
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Q Is there to be a library for
films In the National Archives
Building at Washington? R. C. S
A. The National Archleves will
preserve motion picture films and'
sound recordings pertaining to and
Illustrative of historical activities of
the United States. A projecting
room for showln® these films and re
producing sound recordings will be
maintained for the use of accredit
ed research students nd scholars
• • •
Q. Where did the hunger strike
originate? H. T T.
A. It is said to have originated In
Russia, but it came to wide notice
when employed in England by suf
fragette prisoners during the early
years of the present century La
ter. Irish political prisoners employ
ed this weapon. Mahatma Gandhi
Is a reoent exponent of the hunger
striker.
• • •
0 How much do the thee on Sir
Malcolm Campbell’s racing ear cost?
H J.
A. The tires which have a life of
S minutes at top speed are special
ly built from Egyptian long-fibre
cotton- They are very thin to re-!
slst heat and cost $100 each.
• • •
Q. How mnch money Is spent
yearly for Ashing by sportsmen? E.
R. C
A. There are in the United States
at least ten million anglers, and If
a conservative estimate of $5 per
year is made for the expenditures
of each angler, this amounts to $50,
000,000 a year.
• • •
Q. Please give a biography of the
late Anne Douglas Sedgwick, author
of The Little Pnrneh Girl. L. F.
A. Born in Englewood. N. J.. Miss
Sedgwick lived there until she was
nine years old. 8he was educated
In England and studied art In Paris, i
later marrying Basil de Settneovrt.1
an Englishman of French descent
During the war she was engaged In
hospital work In France.
• • •
Q. What ts the Gary plan of ed
ucation? W. H.
A. It is the modern system of vo
cational education which divides
the pupil's time between academic
studies In school and supervised
trade work In actual factories. It
was first tried extensively In Gary,
Indiana.
• • •
Q How la the name of the village
pronounced in which the Dionne
family lives? A. 8.
A. Corbell is pronounced Kor bay
• • •
Q. Did the early settlers of Virgin
ia send gold ore to England? H.
P E
A. They mistook Iron pyrites for
gold ore, sending a boat load of it
to England, to the subsequent dis
gust of the London company.
• • •
Q. When was Senator Long In
ducted into office and put on the
pay roll as a United States Sen
ator? E J. B.
A. Senator Long was elected to
the United States Senate in 1930.
He did not accept his salary as Sen
ator until he had resigned as Gov
ernor of the State of Louisiana. He
took the oath of office In the Sen
ate and his name was placed on the
payroll on January 25. 1932
• • •
Q. What continental city is called
the City of Flowers? K. M.
A. Florence, Italy, Is so called
• • •
Q. b Grab Street a real street In
London? E D.
A. It has been renamed Milton
street As Grub Street, It was much
Inhabited, according to Dr. John
son. ‘by writers of small histories,
dictionaries, and temporary poems;
whence any mean production Is call
ed grubstreet.*'
• • •
Q How much lourie - is the loud
est sound whirh can be heard than
the softest? A. S.
A. The loudest sound that can be
withstood with comfort Is a million
million times the Intensity of the
falnttest sounds that can be heard.
• • •
Q. How are sheep branded? C A.
A. Sheep are branded with paint
and not with hot irons like cattle.
The fleece grows out so that hot
Iron brandings would be covered
up. Sheep must be branded every
time they are fleeced. The branding
of sheep is more cotnmcn in the
range countries than In the farm
■tatea, as sheep are usually kept
aider fence on farms, and there la
not much need of branding- Special
branding paint should be used
Instead of just any kind of tar or
bath paint so as to reduce to a
minimum the trouble of scouring
the wool. Manufacturers prefer that
the brand be placed on sheep where
the wool Is of the least value, such
as on top of the rump.
• • •
Q What preservation le used for
railroad ties? F. H.
A. In 1934, 63 per cent of all cross
ties were treated with creosote; SI
per cent with creosote •petroleum
mixture; 5 per cent with zinc chlo
ride and 1 per cent with miscella
neous preservatives.
• • •
Q What does “a Roland for an
Oliver’ 'mean? J. E. P.
A. It means a blow for a blow, or
tit for tat The reference la to Rol
and and Oliver, paladins of Charle
magne, who exploits were so s|ni
lar that it was difficult to distin
guish between them. At length the
two met In single combat and
fought for five days without either
gaining the least advantage.
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