El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-26
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A reel is usually 1000 feet OF
film. This would mean that in five
reel picture there is almost a nile Of
film
Q-How did the term French
Ieaves come into uaei-A. J. X.
A.-This proverbial expression isl
believed 20 have arisen from the an
cient custom Of French armies on
their marches taxing Whatever LAe-
wished or needed without payment
and without leave As used IN the
American army &c means 20 desert
Q-Nho formerly owned the site
that f. now Arlington cemetery -
Arlington. across the Potomac
from washington. was formerly the
home Of Robert =. Lee This prop
erty was seized by the government
during the civil war and IS now me
site OF the national cemetery IN
which officers and men OF the army
and navy are buried The old Lee man
sion. with its stately por-ico, SUN
standing in the very heart OF me
cemetery. IS an excellent specimen OF
colonial architecture
Q-What f. the meaning OF the
word equinox PIP. F. 5.
A-The term means literally equal
night There are two equlno1es In
each year, the vernal and the au-
tumuaL on these occasions me sun
passes north. or south. over the equa-
tor. and the length OF night and DAY
is equal over the entire world me
equinoxes occur about the 21st OF
March and the 21sr o. September
Q-DOes vice president Marshall.
us presiding officer Of the senate,
havesi vote on all measuresi that
come before the upper branch OF the
national legislature IL ". n.
A--The constitution prov ides mar
"the vice president OF the Lnllea
states shall be president OF the sen
ate. but shall have no vote, unless
they be equally divided Consequ enl-
u the vice president votes only IN
case OF a tie
mItted into the union sinee 1ooos-h.
A-Three states have been admit
ted 70 statehood during the past Two
Oklahoma became q state. and tlree
years later. Arizona and New Mex (
leo were admitted into the union
Q-How did the use OF the word
'EroEs signifyinE liguors originate -
An old sea ADMIRAL in the 18th
century ordered that The men under
his command should no longer be al
lowed TO drink unlllutel rum by
his direction the spirit was mixed
sailors resented the order, ana cillls-
tened the mixture -grog' in ridlcule
Of the admiral. who was known as
old grogr from his custom Of wear I
Ing groEram hreeches-
Q--Is the Latin cross - used By
the Roman Catholic and Protestant
churches the same as the Greek
cross 81. p G..
A.-There b. slight difference be- /
tween the It-in and Greek crosses
is considerably longer than the
other three. while in the Greek cross
all the branches are OF equal length
St Andrews cross consists OF two
shafts Of equal length bisectinE each I
other diagonally in the form Of the
o.-What was the salary Of the
president Of the United states when
Taft WIS I'm office -. = $
A--EN-p president Taft received S5Q-
0oe as president Of the United states
The salary at the present time is 49,
0QQ per anuum-
Q-Can yen suggest n good way
u, n. r Thi'h to mend broken 'a''' =
AZWhen china IS broken do not
put IL I'm water. Tie firmly together.
and then put In a basin, containing
enough SKINNED milk 60 entirely
cover the piece Of china Set on the
hack Of the stove and boil one hour f
Let 10 stand in the milk until cold, and Z
IL wiz never come apart
Q--HoW should J 20 about Il 20 get
n navy -ordinury discharge" changed
TO IN honorable discharged I WAS dis
charged about two months ago--Fili
A. \
A-Take the matter up with the
secretary Of the navy PERHAPS 10
might be best 10 write 20 congress
man C.. B. Hudspeth. Washington Z,
c. giving him all details, and ask hin
TO take it up with the se-retarv for
Won