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What is tho origin of the phrase "kitchen cabinet7" What does it mean2
 It is a nickname of American origin. When Andrew Jackson became presi- dent in 1929 political and party req sons led him to appoint cabinet near 1y equally divided between his own followers and the friends of John c. Calhoun. Martin Van Buren was sec retary of state, and Jackson himself and two members of the cabinet favor ed Van Buren for next president, while Calhoun's friends in the cabinet favor ed him. The members of the cabinet who favored Calhoun were not close advisers of the president, and the re- suit was that the three Jackson men in the cabinet and four or five promi- nent men not in the cabinet had the confidence and the ear of the prest- dent to much greater extent than the Calhoun members of the cabinet did. This, of course, caused political jealous ies, and the term '|lz1tchen cabinet was applied to the coterie that had more influence with the president than the cabinet members themselves. The phrase 'Ekftchen cabinet had a fgura tive meaning, implying that certain persons had access to the president by the back door.
 What is meant by the expression "freedon7 of the seasT
 The reference is to noninterference with neutral trade in time of war.
 Is it true that England refused to sign the article providing that bullets that inflicted unnecessary pain should not be used, while all the other na- tions did sien2
 The United States is the only nation now remaining outside the operation of the declaration barring the use of dum- dunn bullets. These bullets are not used, however, in the United States army. Great Britain, having at first refused to sign the convention and re- serving the right to use dumdum bull lets 'tonly against unciviliZed peoples acceded to the declaration at the sec ond Hague conference, in 1907. Dun- dunn bullets were used in Egypt in 1895, but not in the Boer war. Great Britain, under whose authority they were first manufactured at the Dunn dunn arsenal in Bengal, India, urged the right to use them in warfare with ''uncivilized peoples because ordinary clean shot bullets did not secure ''suf 6cient stopping power in fighting with fanatic tribes
 What is the essential difference be- tween French and United States gov ernment?
 The French president is not so pow erfu1 as the president of the United States. The French prime minister corresponds in authority to our presi- dent. But the prime minister is respon- sib1e to the two chambers and must resign if one of these votes against him, and the French president is elect ed by the two chambers instead of by the people.
 Please explain the legal or historical difference between the continental con gress and the United States congress. The Continental congress was the one which met during the years preceding the adoption of the constitution of the United States; the one that passed the Declaration of Independence, and which sat during the Revolutionary war. The first Continental congress, representing the first attempt of the American colonies to make common cause against Great Britain, met at Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1T74, and sat till Oct. 26; the second one, which adopted the Declaration of Independence, met at Philadelphia May 10, 1775, and sat till Dec. 12, 1776, when it adjourned to meet at Baltimore Dec. 20. It remain ed in session at Baltimore till Feb. 27, TIT, and then adjourned to meet again at Philadelphia March 12, 1778. In September, IT'S, 1t met at Lancaster, Pa., for one day, then for a short ses- sion at York, Pa, and then successively z To-S,- r | A , at Trenton, N. J., and at New York, where 1t sat from January, 1785, till November, 1797. The first congress of the United States, after the adoption of the constitution, met at New York in April, 1799. The official designation. congress of the United States, could not be used until the states really were united by the adoption of the constitu- tion in 17So.
 Why is the United States flag re- ferred to as Old GIory7
 There is some doubt as to the origin of the name Old Glory as applied to the flag of the United States, but one | of the best authenticated stories de clares that the name was bestowed in Washington a few months after the outbreak of the civil war. It is said that new ana very large nag was De- ing raised on the senate end of the cap itol as regiment of Massachusetts sol diers was passing beneath, and one of the soldiers cried out as the flag went up, There goes Old G1oryY' The name | caught the fancy of the army. and l Old Glory soon became the common 1 synonym for the flag with the troops of the United States.
 What relation is the Russian grand 1 duke, comm ander in chief of the army, | to the czar? Also what was the name of his (the grand duke's) father? The grand duke is the first cousin of 1 the czar once removed. His father was the Grand Duke Nicholas, born 1921,