Show our Q P what ant is the origin of the saying A little bird told mo me so tills this eoin common nion popular expression while not it a literal nuo quotation tation Is taken directly all aly from the bible see tes tenth efi chapter lipter twentieth verse versa what is a barme barine cido cide feast A feast where the dishes were emp ty mid thi the viands imaginary hence any tantalizing illusion it Is an allusion to tile the story of the barbers sixth brother in III the arabian nights entertainments in which a rich lite cide gives a dinner of this description to who Is h starving and obliges him to pretend that he eats cats and di drinks inias what Is not before him A elde Is the name of a persian family so called from the name of its founder barbek to ro what denomination did robert browning the poet belong and what creed did he profess there has haft been n good dedi deal of controversy tro versy over brownings religious beliefs his parents became r dissenters in middle life but often attended the anglican services browning himself though there was little stress on dogma in his religious faith continued to with the spirit of the anglican faith he was not a frequent churchgoer but ho he was brought up a christian and has been considered an advocate of christian theology where la is the famous orloff diamond now what is I 1 itra hrh story ta 7 the orloff diamond dia moud weighting carats barats Is now in them the imperial scepter of the czar af hussla it once formed the eye of tin nn idol in a temple in the island of Se ringham in mysore and was stolen by a french soldier vrho ho sold eold it to an english sea captain for after passing through several hands it wan purchased at amsterdam in 1772 by count orloff for and presented by him to catherine 11 II of russia ou OD her ber birthday what state tato ortho states rank first in the production of atone atonal by tho last census pennsylvania woo wag first value of output in 1909 being vermont second value of output GU which is the oldest national flag now in use tho the american the design of which remains the sauie as it was adopted june 14 1777 except for the addition of a star for each state when admitted the design of the present nag flag of great britain was adopted in 1801 that of franco france in 1 1794 that of the german empire in 1871 that of italy in 1848 was waa tho the office of poet laureate of england ever declined by any person to whom it was offered it was declined in 1757 by thomas gray author of the celebrated elegy and by sir walter scott in 1813 wordsworth before accepting the office stipulated that no formal ef fusions should be considered a necessity ia how many cubio inches are there in a gallon and what is the weight of a gallon of catoe the standard gallon of the united states contains cubic inches and eight and thirty three hundredths pounds of distilled water tho the english imperial gallon contains cubic inch es and ten pounds of dIs distilled water I 1 tell mo me tho the estimated number of followers of islam at the present time there are nearly moslems the turkish government has officially estimated the number at 17 divided as follows turkish domination other parta of asia africa other countries and the islands of 1 tho eastern seas somo cati mates tire are larger by census of 1901 british india alone contained mann in 1000 1900 gave tho follow figures figurea malay archipelago china africa total W what ut r ace race founded the tha ruhia city of it Ba albek beh syrian sun worshipers 1 wh ahra day did lent besin begin athla y wednesday feb who wrote th soul here and he more and le io tho the author will elivah charles camb mead died bobra ory my 1911 |