El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-12
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


Of the Confederate forces At the bat
tie OF New Orleans Nv. A. ID.
A. This battle was fought IN
| April. 1852. and Maj. Gen Mansfield
/ Lowell was in command Of the Con-
federate forces
@. What nationality was Hans
/ Christian Andersen "A. VI. p
A. This writer who is best known
/ for his Fairy Tales. was a Dane. He
/ was known as The Children's Poet"
but his best poetry is his prose"
q What was the Malthusian doc
/ trfne FL. c. c.
a. This was a theory held by a
Rev. T. r. Nautilus who was born
in 1765 and died 1884. He held that
population tends to multiply faster
than its means OF subsistence can
be made 10 do, and that when this
! occurs the lower or weaker classes
must suffer from lack OF food. that,
unless an increase Of population be
checked by prudential restraint, pow
erty IS inevitable, and that the null
tiplying OF the population viii be
checked by poverty, vice, or some
other cause Of suffering
@. Is the Old Chester OF Mrs De-
lands stories in Massaehusettss-D.
A The fact that Margaret De-
land lives in Boston is probably re-
sponsible for the impression that
Old Chester is a Massachusetts,
town. As a matter OF fact, il Is not
in New England at all. but in Penn
] sylvania, in which state Mrs De-
, land was born
O. In auto Insurance policies
covering a ear against theft. f. the
Insurance company liable for dam
ages sustained rs n result OF theft
when the car q recoveredR-F- c. 5.
A. Practically all theft insurance
Al "a
chine which may have been stolen
such as tools, and tires, but do not
cover against collision during the
period between the time OF theft and
recovery. Most policies also carry a
clause 10 the effect that the COM
pany is not responsible for losses un-
der the amount Of SIS or $50 as the
policy may be.
@ what was the chief oeeupa-
ton Of the inhabitants Of Liege,
Belgium, before the vars-V. V.
A One OF the traditions Of the city
is the excellence Of its weapon man
ufacture- A great portion Of the
100000 Inhabitants gained their live
nhood by making fire arms and can
non
q am thinking OF following
the harvest when do the different
ones beEins-I. VI. c.
A The harvest OF winter wheat
Oklahoma about June 8, central
Kansas, June is; central Nebraska,
July j. The harvest Of spring
wheat begins in eastern Nebraska
and western Iowa about July Is:
South Dakota and southern Mime
sofa August I. and by August II it
has NEARLY reached the Canadian
line. : All wishing 70 enrol for sum
mer farm work should write 20 the
director Of agricultural extension at I
the agricultural colleges in the va
rious states
q How many languages are |
spoken in New York Citys-E. c. ID. ]
A. The Interchurch World move I
ment has completed a survey which /
states that 80 foreign tongues are
spoken daily on New York streets. |
Nearly two million New Workers use ]
other languages than English
O. Has an amendment 20 the con-
stitution ever been repealed I'll. II. /
A No amendment to the constf- ]
tuition has ever been repealed. This /
could be accomplished with exactly
the same procedure as that followed /
In the passage and adoption OF an
amendment.
O. Why and how did England ae-
quire Irelnndf-P. ID. A.
A The conquest Of Ireland by the
English was a gradual process. The
first step was taken by Henry II.
who is said to have obtained a bull
from Pope Hadrian ". authorizing
him to take possession Of the coun-
Try The TudOrs steadily pursued /
The policy Of taking land from the
irish chiefs and giving IL TO Eng
lsh settlers. The final act Of the
Union was passed and proclaimed on
January I. 1901.
a What Is Eargoyief-D. V. H.
a This is a name given to a pro-
rains the roof gutter. The modern
METAL pipes have superseded the use