Arizona republican., 1920-09-17
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c. Who originated the political

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 o. Who originated the political, campaign phrase Swinging around the circIe"? E. s. G.
 A. The expression was first used by Andrew Johnson on tho presideu- tlal reconstruction tour in August 1866. when he said: I've are swinging around the circle
 0. What portion of the Atlantic coast has a climate similar to that of southern England? r. E. c.
 A The Weather Bureau says that southern portions of New England, Long Island, and parts of New Jersey have climates at certain seasons Of the year similar to that of southern England.
 o. What were the ten largest army camps in the United States on Jan uary i, 1919? R. H. K.
 A The War Department states that the ten largest camps in the United States January 1, 1919, were as fol- lows: Camp Bragg, BennIng, Lewis, Knox, Jackson, Custer, Dix, Meade, Lee and Upton.
 0; Was the San Francisco earth quake as severe as that ot Charles ton, s. C.? R. E. w.
 A. The San Francisco earthquake was not considered a severe one. The damage was largely caused by fire. California has never had an earth quake approaching in severity that of Charleston, $. C., in 1886.
 o. What are the qualifications for voting in Libera?' A. c.
 A. Men must be of negro blood and own real estate in order to vote in Li beria.
 0. When and by whom was knitting first done2 L. F. R. A. Although there are classical ref ! IL sza 9N-T to say that such allusfOns mean knit ting as it is known today. It is prob able that these ancient writers regard ed knitting as type of weaving Knit" in the specific sense in which it is known today, was mentioned in an old gramamr published in 1530 A. D. This gives the verb ito knit" The word is probably derived from the Saxon "cnyttan" meaning "The mak 9 ing of fabrics from thread by hand" k 0. Give the history of the Icon o9 Iversk. A. M. P.
 A. The Icon of Iversk is said tet have come miraculously over the sea on April 27, 999 A. D. to the Monas- i tery of Ivers< on Mt Athos in Greece. The Icon has been placed at the inner gates of that monastery and is still there. It is also called the Gates Arch Icon and is considered the most | sacred thing on Mt. Athos A copy of the Icon was brought to Moscow, Rus 1 sia, on October 13, 1648. The copy was met by the Car and Patriarch of the 1 Church at the Moscow Resurrection 1 Gates and was placed in special 1 chapel. Both the original Icon and the copy are said to possess the power of
 miraculous healing and people in trouble are helped if they go and pray to this particular Icon or it's copy.
 c. What nationality would a per son born in Scotland be, whose father .- F-s- E-Ezg El
 A. The British embassy says that 1 person born in the British Isles ss a British subject, therefore. his nation ality is British. A person born in Scot land of an Irish father and a Scotch mother might call himself either Ir.sh or Scotch, as he chooses.
 O. Does the Masonic Order try to
 help it's members who have been cen J victed of crime? J. W.
 A. The Grand Secretary of the Free
 and Accepted Masons in Washington. D. C., says that the fact of being a administration of justice upon a culDrIL and that the organization has never i in the slightest way interfered with any execution or given any assistance l to a felon
 c. What part of walnut tree yields the lumber that has a decided
 figure? A. L. w.
 A. Tn the average tree the only place where a decided figure is found is in the stump. Almost all stumps l show wavy grain at Q point where the roots begin to spread out from the base of the tree. though scarcely one in a hundred is suitable for use. Fig ured walnut is also made from huge groWths known as burls, which may be found occasionally on trees. All these pieces of wood are used as ve- neers.
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