Arizona republican., 1920-12-22

A. Before the outbreak Of the war Russia produced more wheat than any country in the world, save the United States, which it had even surpassed in good years. It exported on the aver age of 100.00o.00O bushels per year.
 0. In game of five hundred, the bidder forgot to discard and had two cards left at the end of play Does the hand count? w. C. 0.
 A. According to Hoyle, in five hundred, if the bidder has a wrong number of cards after playing 10 the ! first trick. the bidder loses his game, and must be set back; but if both ad- versaries have their right number of cards the hand must be played out i in order that they may score for tricks.
 c. Can you suggest an indian name for suburban home? Is stands on hill, overlooking the city. T. E. L. \. Ishpekan, meaning .it is high; l Nakisit. easily seen; or Aspatock, high land," would be appropriate In- dian names for such place.
 c. Would like to know how the signs of the Zodiac affect vegetation. l H. K. M.
 A. Both the naval observatory and 1 the United States department of ag- riculture say that the signs of the i Zodiac have nothing whatever 10 do with the planting or harvesting of i crops.
 c. Is there a difference between the syllable "bura" and "burah" in such words as "Pittsburah" and New burgh"? K. S.
 1 A. The dropping of the final 'h" in such words has become a matter oi preference. Strictly speaking, the two words burg" and ''burgh" are dis tinct. The former was used by his torians to refer to a fortress or walled town of early or medieval times, and to exclude the later idea of incorpora- tion contained in the word "burgh" or borough"
 o. What relation are first cousin's children to each other? What rela- tion am l to my first cousins child? C. s. M.
 A. First cousins children are sec ond cousins. You are a first cousin once removed" of your first cousins child.
 1 0. Who established the Russell Sage Foundation and what is its pur- pose? M. R. A.
 A The Russell Sage Foundation was established in 1907 by Mrs. Rus sell Sage who gave an endowment Of sl0000,000 for the improvement of so- cial and living conditions in the United States of America.
 c. In what ways does the Chinese language differ from English? A. H.
 A. The Chinese language is essen : tially different from the English Ian 1 guage. Its alphabet today consists of about 400 letters. The language is monosyllabic, each word expressing a complete idea or thing. It is without infections or distinct parts of speech
 The relation of the word is recognized by it's position in the sentence and the addition of other words. The same
 word may serve as a noun, adjective
 verb or adyerb. Gender. number. pcr- ,, son and case are signified by related additional words.
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