Arizona republican., 1920-06-29
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

o. Do we export as much to Japan as we import from that island? 5. E. R. A. The value of imports from Japan exceeded the exports to that country in 1919 by 43,4SS,S10. O. What is isineIass and how is it prepared? E. R. Y. A. Isinglass is the dried swimming bladders of several varieties of fish. The amount of gelatin in isinglass is from S6 to 93 per cent and even more. It is prepared by tearing the air Dlad- der or sound from the back of the fish, from which it has been loosened by striking several blows with a wooden club, then washing in cold water. The black outer skin is removed with a knife, again washed and spread on board to dry in the open air, with the white shiny skin turned outward. TO prevent shriveling or shrinking, the bladders must be fastened to a drying board. The best quality of isinglass comes from sounds that are dried in the sun. After drying, the sound IS again moistened with warm water, and the interior shiny skin is removed by hammering or rubbing Finally, 1t IS rolled between two polished iron rollers.
 O. Are many of the French soldiers still "unaccounted for?" l. C.
 A. The French ministry of war is announcing the final official statistics says that there are 961,S54 men whose fate is unknown.
 e., e; HSw . did Bunker Hill get it's
 A. This name was given it in mem ory of a Bunker Hill near Belfast Ireland.
 0. Where did the Colorado sugar beet webwornn come from and when was it first heard of in this country? M. A. ON.
 A The sugar beet web worm is similar to the garden webworm, and is so named because it has developed as a serious pest of the sugar beet in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. It is a native of western and central Europe and northern Asia, and was evidently introduced on the Pacific coast, as it was noted in Utah in 1869. This pest did not begin to attract notice in the United States until the beginning of the development of the sugar beet in dustry.
 c. Was Beethoven deaf at the time of his death? L. H.
 A. Beethoven was hard of hearing as early as his thirteenth year, and was totally deaf for years before his death. When dying his last words were T shall hear now
 O. In what city are the libraries most patronized? R. E. 4.
 A. More people draw books from the public libraries of Cincinnati, Ohio. than any other city in the United States. while Birmingham, Alabama, foots the list.
 e. Where was the first californfa mission? M. N. c.
 A. Father Juniper Serra and his as- sociates founded the first mission, Roman Catholic. one, at San Diego in 1769. Tn 1885 the pueblo was organ ized. making San Diego the oldest mu- nieipality in the state.
 o. What part of an iceberg in above water? Where are most of them found? A. c.
 A. Icebergs are much more numer- ous in the south polar regions than in the northern hemisphere. About one- seventh of their entire bulk is above the surface of the water.
 O. What part of the population of South America is in Brazil? E. R.
 A. Almost half of the people in country, however, comprises almost half the land of the continent.
 O. Where are the most artificial teeth made? H. K. L.
 A. America is, and for the last ten years has been, the largest manufac- turer of artificial teeth. The value of this product in the United States for the last decade has been about $5o.- 000.000.
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