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What kind of gases are used m Eu. ropean warfare7
 The poisonous gases which have been used from me to time since their in- troduction by the Germans in an at tack on the British front before Ypres in May, 1915. have been described as chlorine gas and bromine gas. Now it is reported that the Russians have a new gas, more powerful than any hith- erto used, capable of overcoming sol dier in spite of his respirator. There are various ways of using the gas. It may be brought to the front in steel cylinders under enormous pressure and released when the wind is right. Sir John French reported that in the first attack at Ypres the gas was released from pipes laid before the trenches and swept over the British lines in green clouds forty feet high. In other cases it has been reported that the gas was mixed in the trenches. The effect of the German gas was to produce acute bronchitis among it's victims.
 What is the record in the line of but ter production? 1 mean the amount of butter produced in . given time from the milk of one cow.
 The record up to the present belongs to Holstein-Friesian COW owned in New Jersey, which produced 1.176 pounds of butter in one year. Many cows of different breeds-Jersey, Hol- stein and Shorthorn-produce from 800 to 300 pounds of butter year.
 What is the national salute given fer, and how many suns7
 The national salute of twenty-one guns is the salute for the flag, presi dent of the United States, presidents of foreign republics or sovereigns of foreign countries visiting the United States.
 How and why did Sweden lose Fin land to Russia?
 Peter the Great cast an envfous eye on Finland and tried to wrest it from Sweden. In ITO he managed to ob-. tain possession of the towns of Rex holm and Villmanstrand. and by 1716 all the country was in his power. In 1721, by the peace of Nystad, the prov ince of viborg. the eastern division of Finland, was finally ceded to Russia In 1T41 the Swe1es made an effort to recover the ceded province, but were defeated, and in 1742, by the peace of Abo, ceded the two additional towns of villmanstrand and Fredrikshamn. In 17SS the Swedes made another eff fort to recover their lost territory, which effort ended in a draw Final ly. in 1908, Gustavus ". again attack ed Russia with the same object fin view, but was disastrously defeated and by the peace of 1909 compelled to cede all the rest of Finland and the Aland islands to Russia.
 Germany and not the German emperor or the lczar of Russia and not the Rue. sian ezar7
 Either form is correct for Russia, but for Germany the second only.
 What is the population of the differ ent countries of South America?
 Argentina. eooo.ooO; Bolivia, 2,3OO.- GOO; Brazil. 24.Ooo,O0O; Chile. 5,0O00OO: Ecuador. 1,50O,OG0; Paraguay sOOO0O; Peru. .4,5000oO; Uruguay, 100000 Venezuela, 3.0O0,O0O.
 (a) Please give correct pronouncia- tlon of the name Juana. (b) Is it de- rived iron, the name John?
 (a) It is pronounced as if it were spelled "Hwan-na," accent on the first syllable: the 'a'' sounded as in "far." (b) Juana is Spanish for Jane.
 How long was Texas an independc. repubIic7
 The republic of Texas was estab1isi ed in October. 1886. and maintained separate existence until 1S4o, when became state of the Union.
 l understand that the United States has treaties with other nations, but has she treaty of alliance with any7 What does alliance mean?
 A treaty is an agreement CT contract between nations. formally executed and ratified, relative to trade and com hiOieC. to DouHudii liliSs'. tc ih' '----r-i.s tioh, to the surrender of criminals or to any matter of ordinary intercourse between nations. An alliance is an agreement by which nations become al- lies. agreeing to stand by each other in case of wa. The United States has had many treaties with other nations on a variety of subjects. but only one alliance with foreign nation. and that was with France. Early in the Revo- lutionary war, Feb. 6. IT'S. the United States entered into two treaties with