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Show UlfcSTlONS AND ANSWERS. Valuable Information and Advlc-e tiralu-Itoimly tiralu-Itoimly Given by "The Times." This department of Tub Times will answer - all questions in Saturday's paper that arc written on "one side of the paper only" and are sent in before Thursday night. Address "Query Department, De-partment, The Times ollice." Mamie W. Butter was not invented, in-vented, it was discovered. In oldeu times water and other liquids was carried iu sacks made from the skins of animals. A caravan crossing cross-ing the great desert of Sahara had ono camel laden with sacks of milk. Tho motion of the animal churned the fluid and butter resulted. For a time the churning was done by loading an animal ani-mal with milk and chasing it around the back lot with a club. Finally, in the year 2004 11. C, a Grecian philosopher philoso-pher invented a churn. No, oleomargarine oleomar-garine is not butter. No one knows what it is. Joker, Juab, Utah The invention of cards is shrouded in mystery. Some authorities claim that the court jester of Charles I. was the man who lirst introduced in-troduced the game, but this statement is denied by Chinese authorities, who claim that cards date back from the days of Coiifucious. This is probably incorrect, as the characters represented in the deck or pack are more modern. As to the cost of learning to play poker, it depends upon your adaptability and the amount of money you have. Tho writer has expended about $0,000 in learning the lifty-cont limit game. Joo Jefferson, Salt Lake No, St. Patrick was not a German, and your authority is wrong. Harry We cannot advise you to become be-come a pugilist. From what you say regarding your ability in putting up dumb bells, etc., you would be a greater success as a blacksmith. Judging from your description of yourself, you would probably last about as long as a snowball snow-ball in hades before Jack Dempsey. Jenny Quit writing poetry, or rather attempts at poetry. You are not fitted for the task. Poets are born, not made, or, as we used to say in Rome, "Poota nascitur mm tit," and you were evidently evi-dently not born. For instance this stanza: 1 . . The breeze did blow, Tbe huh did shine, ' When yon did hold My htuid in tbine, And we did walk rpon the brine. The bells will ilu( Tomorrow. While it is. rhythmic, it is nut exactly poetry. The sentiment is all right, but if you had written: writ-ten: "The cool breeze kissed Bur checks as hand in hand we walk tho beach in the glorious sunshine on the day previous to the Sabbuth which will witness our nuptials at 12 o'clock sharp tomorrow nt the M, K. church,'' it would have sounded much better and more business like. Again this piece of vctue: . do where you will, On plain or hill. " And with you I'll be. Hear George, I love thee. This may suit George all right, but old man Tennyson and the Boston admirers of Browning would doubtless give you the merry guffaw. You had better take a course in sewing. Bald Head--A good preparation for thickening the hair is a preparation mado of New Orleaus molasses, gum arabio and glycerine, equal parts of each. This will make the hair very thick. Luella H is very probable that your parents will object to your weddiug the coachman, but if ho is a good, honest fellow take him. Marrying the coachman is fashionable just at present. |