El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-21
Questions and Answers.

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~. stars fell in Georgia or Mis-
sissippis A. R
A. Probably this was November y,
Z 1888, when there was a great star
shower which lasted five or six hours
I and was seen everywhere in the
I United States.
q Has Princeton university al
why's born that name7 NJ. f. d.
A This school was chartered on
/ October p. 1916. and was called the
l College Of New Jersey. situated at
I Elizabethtown- It was soon removed
to Newark. where the first commence
ment was celebrated in 174S A fur
] ther move TO Princeton was made in
1885. II was not until October p.
1885, that the corporate title was
changed to Princeton university
a Please tell me the rulers Of the
following cOuntriesii Japan. China,
France. England. Russia, Belgium,
Netherlands Switzerland, Italy and
SpninF I. n. c.
A J a n. emperor Yoshihite:
China president Hsu Shfh-chang;
France, president Paul Deschanel;
dimir Lenin; Belgium, Albert 7
Netherlands, gu n Wilhelmina:
Switzerland. president Gustav Ador;
italy, king Victor Emmanuel III:
spain, king Alfonso XIII
@. How long did Paul Revere liveR
A. Paul Revere was born in Bos-
ton, Mass, in 1875, and lived to the
age OF 50 years.
@. Do relatives OF deceased SOL
dIerE get the SEQ bOnuss G. !. T.
A. The $50 was paid only the per
sons honorably discharged from the
service, and not TO surviving relatives
Of soldiers who gave their lives dur
ing the war
q. Can I use the xflIeate Of soda
left from waterglaEE eggs on my
garden as nitrate OF soda IS useds D.
A The department Of agriculture
says that silicate OF soda left from
waterglass would have no fertilizing
value.
Q. What does I. H. $. mean; fl np-
pears on crave stones, In churches
A. The Initials I. H. 6 are the
initial letters OF the Latin phrase
Jesus Hominum Salvador" which
means, Jesus, the Savior Of Man"
This was originally written IN Greek
and was the first three letters OF the
name Jesus. but It's origin was lost
sight OF through substituting the S.
fo- the Greek sigma. Then BY mis-
taking the Greek H (long e. for
Latin Il. q Specification was found
for each letter.
o. How many Irfshmen enlisted
under the British flag during the
World rnrs p. B.
4. According to the Irish National
bureau. a total Of us. 592 Irishmen
from Ireland served in the British
army and navy, which was six and
one-half percent OF Ireland's total
population.
O. Does an American girl lose her
citizenship by marrying n foreigner
who lives in this country, but who has
not taken out naturalization paperss
V. L. E
A. An American woman takes the
nationality Of her husband. There
fore, she would lose her American
citizenship unless the man takes out
naturalization papers-
q. What are the requirements for
selection on the grand and petit jUryf
A. Every city has a list OF men
eligible for jury duty. Twenty-four
names are drawn from this list. The
requirements for a man to serve on
the grand jury are that he must be
p years OF age but under S.. must be
able-to read. write and understand
English: must be a citizen Of the
United States, q resident OF the county
within which the jury Is to act: and
must not have been convicted OF any
crime involving moral turpitude- The
petit jury is taken from the grand
jury.
O.. Il IT necessary 10 get passport
TO 20 to Cubas c. N.
A. A passport is necessary and may
be obtained from the clerk OF your
nearest United States court
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