Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-03-31

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widows Of those who have died. The
amount Of the average retiring allow
ance Is $1.62S.4l. In the administra-
ton of its endowment the foundation
has restricted its allowances to pro-
fessors and officers in list Of seventy
two institutions selected for their edu
catiOnal standing. The distribution of
the fund does not include public school
teachers.
Will amber burn IL brought in con.
tact with lighted match?
Amber will not burn when it Is
brought In contact with lighted
match, but it will crack and splinter.
Would Il be constitutional or leg
for tho president or vice president to
take the oath Of Office outside Of the
United States?
The constitution does not contem-
plate such thing and is silent on the
subject. but an oath properly admin
istered is binding regardless of the
place where taken. AS a matter Of
fact, one vice president did take the
oath Of office outside Of the country.
In 1852 William X. King of Alabama
was elected vice president ON the tick
ct with Franklin Pierce. and when
Inauguration day came. March 4, 1853,
he was in Cuba. where he had gone
on account of i'll health. Congress
passed an act authorizing the United
States consul at Havana to administer
the oath of Office to Mr. King. and the
latter took 1t there on March "a. He
did not live to reach Washington. but
died in Alabama ON April 1S following.
Is bichIoride Of mercury a drug or a
| poison? What 10 it's use? 10 il taste.
sss?
Hichloride of mercury is Il poison. 1t
is used MS an antiseptic and az poi
son for insects and animals. 1t has
burning metallic taste and rapidly de-
strOyS the soft Tissues of the body with
which it comes in contact. 1t is CON-
monty known by the name Of corrosive
sublimate.
Will you please tell mo the difference
in time between Sydney, New South
Wales, and Chicago and give an illus
| tration?
Chicago Is fourteen hours later than
Sydney. When it is 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning in Sydney 1t IL noon Of Mon.
day in Chicago.
II a citizen Of the United States takes
government land and becomes natural
ICED in Canada, what would no have to
do to become a citizen Of the United
States again?
He would have to be naturalized the
same as person of foreign birth.
How old 10 the world supposed to be !?
What 10 meant by the prehistoric
period?
The age of the world implies fixing
the date Of the creation, and scientists
do not attempt to do that beyond say
ing that it must be reckOned by mil
lions of years. Many Bibles are print
ed with the year 1904 B. G. in the
margin of the first chapter of Genesis,
indicating that as the date of the Gre
alton of the world. 1t is only within
comparatively recent times that sci
ence has demonstrated beyond doubt
that the world existed millions Of
years before the period formerly as
signed as the date of the creation and
that its occupancy by man covers
period hundreds Of times as long as
that formerly accepted as the age Of
the world itself. (2) The prehistoric
period means the period antedating
written history, human records by
means of hieroglyphics which, as now
known, reach back far beyond the pe-
Rod formerly accepted as the date Of
the creation of the world.
Please tell mo what uniforms Mexi.
can soldiers wear, both federaIs and
rebels.
The regulars usually wear either
blue cloth or white linen uniform,
with blue or white cap. One Of the
artillery regiments has blue uniform
with rcd facings and brass helmet.
Some regiments wear the national SOM
brerO and sometimes basin shaped
straw hat The rebels or Constitution
alistS. as they call themselves, have no
particular uniform.
What became Of the man who
wounded Colonel Roosevelt?
The man. John Schrank. was de-
clared insane by experts and sent to
the hospital for insane at Oshkosh,
| Wis.
(a) What is the meaning Of the ex.
preston Latin America? (b) Also pan.
American? (c) What does the word
Balkan mean when referring to the ma
tions that fought Turkey recently?
| (d) How many ministers are there,
and what 10 their average salary?
GJ Latin America refers to the ma
lions south Of the United States whose
dominant class come from the Latin
group Of Europeans, Spanish or Portu-
guese. ID, Pan-American means 'ali
! American" &c, The Balkan states are
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