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QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

| Q.-Kindly let me know who is the
author OF the words, There Is time
| to fight and time to pray, and the
circumstances in which the expression
was used?-W u. NJ.
A.-~The quotation is attributed to
| John Peter Gabriel Muhlenherg. who
vas preacher at church in Woodstock
Va when the Revolutionary war broke
out. In February i777, he was made
brigadier- general under Washington,
II was while he was minister that the
famous incident occurred which you
wish to know about, We quote as FOL
lows regarding this incident from the
Harper's EnCyClopedia of the United
states history: "One Sunday he told
his hearers that there was time for
all thngs--a time to preach and "A time
to Highland that then was the time
to fight Casting off his gown, he APP
reared i'm the regimentals of a virginia
colonel. read his. commission as such,
and ordered drummers to beat up re
cruits. Nearly all Of the ablebodled
men Of his parish responded and be
came soldiers Of the Eighth virginia
,German) regiment
Q.-Does Canada and the United
States coin gold doars?-C. w.
A,~Neither Canada nor the United
States coins gold dollars at the pres
ent time.
o.-Who originated the political cam
paign phrase Swinging around the cir
CleY'-E. S. G.
A.-The expression was first used by
Andrew johnson on the presidential re-
construction tour In August, 1856, when
he said, I'VE are swinging around the
circle
O.-What portion of the Atlantic
coast has a climate similar to that OF
Southern England?-T, L. c.
A.--The weather bureau says tnat
Long island and parts of New Jersey
have climates at certain seasons OF
the year similar to that OF Southern
England.
Q.-What were the ten largest army
camps in the United States on Jan.
/, lSl9?-R. II. X,
A.-The war department states. that
the ten largest camps in the United
states Jan. /, 1919, were as follows
jackson, Custer, Dix. Meade, Lee and
Upton.
Q.-was the San Francisco earth
quake as severe as that OF Charleston,
S CIR. f.. W
A.-The San Francisco earthquake
was not considered a severe one. The
damage was largely caused by fire.
California has never had an earthquake
approaching in severity that OF Charles
ton, $. c., in 1886.
Q.-When and by whom was knitting
first done Ell. F. r.
A--Although there are classical ref
erences to such work, 1t is impossible
to say that such illusions mean knit
ting as il is known today 1t is prob
able that these ancient writer's re-
Earded knitting as type OF weaving,
Knit in the specific sense in which
II is known today, was mentioned IN
an old grammar published in 1880, \. d.
This gives the verb Ito knit" The
word is probably derived from the Sax
on "cnyttan." meaning the making
OF fabrics Srom thread by hand
o,-Give the history OF Icon of
A.-The Icon Of Iversk is said to have
come miraculously over the. sea on
April o. 999, A. D., TO the Monastery
Of lversk. on Mount Athos. in Greece.
The Icon has been placed at the in
ner gates OF that monastery and is
still there. Ii is also called the Gates
Arch Icon, and Is considered the most
sacred thing on Mount Athos. A copy
Of the Icon was brought to Moscow,
Russia, on oct. 10, l64S. The copy was
met by the ear and patriarch OF the
church at the Moscow Resurrection
gates, ana was plaVeu III Il special CHdp-
81. Both the original Icon and the
copy are said to possess the power OF
miraculous healing and people in trou-
Bile are helped II they go and pray TO
this particular Icon or its copy,
@ What nationality would person
horn in Scotland be whose father is
Irish and mother Scottish b. Il.
A.-The British embassy says that a
person born in the British Isles Is
British subject. therefore. his ma
tonaity is British. A person born IN
Scotch mother might call himself either
Irish or Scotch, as he chooses.
Q-Does the Masonic order try to
help it's members who have been con-
viCtcd Of crime? u. v
A-Thc grand secretary OF the Free
and Accepted Masons in Washington.
II. G., says that the fact OF being a
Mason I'm no way luterferes with the
administration OF justice upon cul-
prit and that the organization has
never In the slightest way interfered
with any execution or given any as
sistauCc to "A felon.
Z What part OF walnut tree yields
the lumber that has decided figure.
A. l.. W
Am the average tree the only place
where a decided figure is found is IN
the stump. Almost al Stumps show
wavy grain at a point where the roots
begin to spread out from the base Of
the tree though scarcely one IN
hundred is suitable for use Figured
walnut is also made from huge growths.
known as burls, which may be found
occasionally ON trees. All these pieces
Of wood ar, used as venoers
What arc the qualifications for
voting In Iibcria"-A q,
A. Men must he Of negro blood and
own real estate in order to vote in
Liberia.
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