El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-22
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How many post offices are there
in the United statesf F. f.

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a. The post office department says
| there are about 53.Ogf post offices IL
this country.
G. VIII you tell me something Of
the tower OF Bruges, described II
LonEfello1F's poem, '-rhe Belfry Tower
Of BruEesf7 NJ. A. T.
A This tower in Bruges. Belgium
is $50 feet high It was bulk in thu
days Of the first count Of Flanders
in the ninth century. 1t was burned
I in 1850 and rebuilt The belfry con-
tains 4s bells. which form one OF the
I best chimes in Europe.
q Where did the Pennsylvania
Dutch come FRONT B. NJ G.
A These early settlers in parts Of
Pennsylvania came chiefly from the
Rhenish Palatinate, Wurtemberg
! Bavaria and SaEony, and a few from
Z Switzerland and Alsace. The immi'
grafton TO this country was due C
religious persecution. political con-
ditions and the intolerable social sys-
TEN which prevailed in Germany al
thar time
q. who was the first secretary Of
the navyf L. 4. c.
A BENJAMIN Stoddart. who served
from 1798 70 1901, was the first navy
secretary The bill creating this post
was passed by congress in 1888. Pre-
vIous TO that naval affairs were ad-
ministered by the war department as
is done in Mexico now
q. what fH the assessed valuation
OF property in the state OF New York
and what state has the highest pro-
perty valuation per capital &. I. F,
A,The last census report, taken In
1915. placed the assessed valuation OF
property in New York at Sl3i160. 2s7.-
Dakota has the highest per capita
property valuation Of any state. II be-
ing $1,820-80.
q. or the six great races intu
which the people Of the world are
divided, which n the InrEeatf l. Y. s,
A The Monaghan race ranks first
numbering 655.000,000 souls. The eau
Casian is a close second with 645, 000.-
900 souls The other four races are as
follows. Negro l0Q,O00,0o0: Semetic
sl00o.0oo; Malayan. 100000; Red
Indian 23.000,000.
q. what eountr-y IN south America
pays its president the largest salary :
d. II.
A BraziTs president Is paid S40.-
900 a year, and is the highest sal
aried executive in South America
Uruguay pays its president $4,000,
while Argentina. a larger and wealth
Ter country. gives its president sal
airy OF only {3ls500.
O. How many stars are visible ?
A According 10 the best astron-
omers the number OF stars that can be
seen with the naked eye by a person
Of ordinary eyesight IS only about
1000. The number visible through
the telescope has been variously es-
timated as being between 10000, 900
and 1O0.000.oO0.
O. Has the percentage Of unteracy
IN this ranmmnr- TnnHnnmasN mmw since
the beginning OF the present century 3
A. In 1900. ten and seveu-tenths
Of the population OF the United States
could not read nor write. Ten years
later this percentage was cut down
20 seven and seven-tenths. il O. eE
pected that the 1920 census OF illit-
crates viii show another reduction
q. Did Edward the Confessor make
a viii :-E- c. y.
made a verbal will. on January 3.
1866, he recovered his power OF speech
and talked with those around him.
among whom were the queen. the
arch bishop OF York. the archbishop OF
Canterbury and Harold and Tostig, his
nepheWs. he probhesied the Norman
invasion and then, stretching out his
hand. bequeathed The crown TO Har-
old. This act was ratified by the an
cient British parliament and Harold
was crowned the next day.
a How many American ancean are
there In the air service ut the present
times 8.
A. OF the IS flyers who became &C
credited aces. only nine remain in
the service.
building at Washlngtonf-lI. h.
A The capitol building and the
spacious grounds surrounding Il Is ss-
timated 20 be worth s25s000, 900
building. fl5,0oe,0o0; grounds, si0,-
@ How did the original area OF the
United States compare with its area
at the present times-M. r. C.
A In 1900 the area OF the United
States was about one-fourth what 70
is today At that time the area was
ol3.z55 square miles, as compared
with 3,026.7s9 square miles at the
present time
O. What paper currency have we In
denominations above a hundred dol
lars FL. G..
A. There are five hundred dollar
bills. one thousand dollar hills five
thousand and ten thousand dollar
bills.
q. where t. the worlds largest buf-
fnlo herd s-R. VI +.
A The herd Of buffalo in Vain
wright park, Alberta, Canada. con
sisting OF about $500 animals, has this
distinction
Were there more business failures
in this country In 1917 than the year
beforef-T. ID.
A. There were 5000 less failures in
this country in 1917 than there were
in the previous year. The liabilities
Of all failures for that year were
SIs2.441.571, as against $196.212.25e in
1916.
Il. p. DEMAND BACK FROM CAUCUS
H P. Demand, boys work secre-
tary Of the interstate committee Of
the 7. n c. A. returned Saturday
from Douglas Ariz, where he at
tended a conference Of 7. II. c. A.
workers. Another conference in the
interest OF boys work will be held h,-