The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-23
Observation-Disclosures

Q. What president of the United States
lived the Iongest?-E. L.
A. This distinction went to John Adams,
second president of the Republic, who lived
nm to the fine old age Of ninety y-one years
His death occurred on the same lay az
that of his successor in office. Ihonas
jefferson, who was born eight years ai'er
o. id Edward the Confessor make
A According to old Anglo Saxon Chron.
icles Edward the Confessor made n verbal
will. on January .. 1856 nc recovered ms nis
power of speech and talked with those
the Archbishop OF York, Archbishop OF
Canterbury and Harold and TostiS. ms
nephews. IIhe prophesied the Sorniah IN I'M IN
bequeathed the crown to Harold, This ace
was ratified by. the ancient British pnrla-
ment and Harold WAS crowned the next nay.
o. How many American aces" are there
in the air service ct the present time =
A OF the sixty-eight flyers. who became
accredited aces" only nine remain in the
service. ..,
A The capitol building, and the spac.
ious grounds surrounding 1t. is estimated
to be worth & ,o""ooo-Duiidihs ooo foo si'''O''-
O. How did the Immigration into the
United States for 1918 compare with tnat
of other years during the past decade =
A. Statistics show that the number of
migrants admitted into. the United states
during the war was far below that or
nreyjops Years uring the fiscal year end
ing uJne so. 1913, about 10000 foreigners
came here compared with more than a
million year before the war
@ How did the original area OF the
United States compare with It's area Mt the
preseut time M. Z. G..
A. In 1900 the area Of the United States
was about one fourth what ii Is today At
that time the area WAS S1s.2sl square miles
as compa red with a,92G,1s9 square miles at
fha time
Q. viii the 1870 sugar crop of Porto
Rico be a good one:-V- NJ
next year is estimated at 4T7.S2T short tons,
which is an increase of Feaoo tons ever the
last crop Every section OF the island SHOWS
ain increase in production.
O. What paper currency have We in
denominations above hundred dollars =
L. G.
A. There are five hundred dollar bills;
one thousand dollar bills, five thousand
and ten thousand dsilar bills.
herd :-R. Y. Z.
a. The nerd of buwwalo in wninright
Park. Alberta. Candad. consisting OF about
original herd from which this has grown
consisted Of 402 head of buffalo bought In
1909 by The Canadian rovernmcnt from an
Indian named Pablo In the Fiathead valley
Montana
@. whore there more business failures
in this country in 1917 than She year be-
A There we're 1000 less failures in this
country in 1917 than there were IN the
previous year. The liabilities Of ali fail
ures for that year were s122.441,3T1. as
against $196 80 2256 for 1916
@. What bird lays the largest egg
r. c.
The ostrich, of all birds extant. lays
the largest egg. One ostrich egg will make
as much omelet as forty hen eggs
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