El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-04
Questions and Answers.

n VIII you give a recipe for apple
~. butter as soon as possible:
ID. r.. II.
A. The department OF agriculture
/ recommends that you measure the
. apples, wash, slice into small pieces,
/ and for each bushel OF apples add four
[ gallons OF water; boil until fruit is
/ soft and put through fruit press or
Z rub through sieve To the pulp OF
I each bushel OF apples add two gal
[ Ions OF cider that has been boiled
down to half its original volume.
I Bring to a boil and add / 2 pounds OF
sugar. Cook until almost Of the de-
] sired consistency. add spices, CHINA
mon and cloves 20 taste When the
butter IS thick as desired place IN
I hot containers and seal Immediately
@ I am curious to know IL glass
dislnteErates when buried in the
A The bureau OF standards says
that glass would slowly disintegrate
when buried in moist soil The action
on the glass would be due primarily
10 water and alkah. The disintegrat-
ing action would vary with the COM
position or character Of the glass and
the conditions that obtained in the
soil This action would probably be
extremely slow with any glass, and
il would probably be centuries be-
fore some glasses would be complete
" disintegrated-
@. Is Il true that, II n soldier de-
EertH the military service Of the
United States and remains in the
country two years after the eEpirn-
tion OF his enlistment he may apply
for a deserter'u released W. A. r.
A The war department says that
the period necessary for deserter
to be absolVed OF punishment Is five
and not two years after the expira-
ton OF his enlistment
q. Tell me the best way TO keep
nuts from drying after they have
been ahueEed. L. G. r.
A Nuts should be kept in a cool
dry place By covering them with
clean dry sand they may be kept
fresh and plump al winter.
@. What has been done with all the
hospital buudageE prepared for the
war but not uaedf III. B. z.
A. The war department says that a
million dozen roller and more than
two million compressed bandages, to-
gsther with two million and a quar-
ter one-oulce packages Of absorbent
cotton have been disposed Of recent
y, the sale netting more than
e. What are books Of the ApOery-
Plat @. 7. r.
A The Apocrypha consists OF Es-
drass Esther. Book Of Wisdom, Eccle-
Manuasess Tobit, Judith, and Macca-
bees.
q. When f. the harvest moon. and
when the hunters mOOnf n. p. VI.
The September ful moon is called
the harvest moon, while the October
fun moon is called tn hunters moon
9. How mueh castor OH g. used in
the United stutesf n. =. n.
A. The department OF agriculture I
says that the normal annual con-
try is more than 10000 900 gallons The !
castor beans are imported from In I
diay China the West indies, and South I
America and crushed in crushing 4
Of the oil are small
O. Can you go to Africa and be /
safe from cannibulsf A. +. N.
A. The greater part OF Africa, par
ticularly South Africa, is civilized !
and extremely uptodate In as far as /
its cities are concerned The only 4
cann1bals now found in Africa are In /
the extreme central Jungle regions, i
when are practically unexplored- [
Africa today has many large and /
cities, and also a large j
white population.
@. When was ThanlzsEivine first 4
0bEerVedf @. h b.
A. Thanksgiving day originated in /
the New England states in 1891 After
The first harvest, Gov. Bradford made
provisions for a day OF fasting and
prayer. In 1923 a day Of fasting and
prayer in the midst OF a drouth {
was changed to q day OF THANKSGIVING
because Of the coming Of rain during
their prayers This was observed an
1ually ana soon spread through the
New England colony. In 1917 New i
York adopted Il as an annual Gus
TOM In 1854 president Lincoln ap-
pointed a day OF thanksgiving. and
since tnen the presidents have issued
THANKSGIVING proclamation
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