Arizona republican., 1920-10-14
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

O. How can keep cider from turn ing into vinegar? M. A. G,
 A. Cider cannot be kept success fully except in a cool cellar. If the cider is made in cold weather and IS kept in a temperature not above 40 degrees F. acetic organisms will not develop and fermentation will be slow. The cider will not become hard for from four to six weeks. To make good cider it must be fermented at low temperature.
 O. What fruits are classified as cit rous fruits? F. H.
 A. The Department of Agriculture says that citrous fruits include oranges, lemons. grape fruit lines, tangerines, mandarins, kumquats and citrous.
 O. Can you tell me the race and na- tionality of Jack Dempsey? w. O. A. William Harrison Dempsey IS an American citizen. He was born in Ma
 nassa, Colo. and is of Irish ancestry, | with trace of Indian blood. O. l am corresponding with young
 lady who always put crciss under her
 name when signing letters. Can you
 tell me the meaninJ of this? A. M. P. A. While the young lady in ques-
 tion may attach to this heiroglyphic
 some meaning unknown to us, it is
 commonly intended to mean that the
 writer encloses a kiss.
 o. Why is Babe Ruth called Bam-
 pima? c. H.
 A. Bambino is the Italian word for
 baby. This term was first applied to
 the famous batter by the sporting writ
 CT of the New York Tribune.
 O. To settle an argument, can you
 tell me whether the steamship Levia-
 than carried two stacks or three? A, H. D.
 A. The U. S. Shipping Board says
 tho Leviathan carried three stacks,
 two of which were smoke stacks and . one for ventilation. 0. What is Spanish Town" anc where is it located? A. C. z. } A. This name is applied to towr in Jamaica, otherwise known as Santi. ? ago de la Vega. It is on the Rivel } Cobre about ten miles west of Kings r ton.
 sl O. When was Ukrainian republi e proclained7 c. B. N. a A. The Ukrainian republic was pro : claimed November IT. 1917. e o. What is meant by a minority : vote? O. C. T.
 y A. When there are several candi e dates for an office arid one of then 2 has more votes than any other on.
 NONN . cast he is said to be elected by a mi d nority vote
 ? O. What is the religion of Governc t Cox, the democratic candidate for tn d presidency? M. E. P. y A. Governor Cox is a member of tn T United Brethren church which h Y joined when a boy al Jacobsburg, e At the present time he and his famil : attend the Episcopal church. y O. Where does platinum con, ' from? r. F.
 Il A Platinum is found in Sout 'r America and in the Russian Ural n Ninety per cent of the worlds suppl ' comes from the Urals. Platinum hs le been found in small quantities in th
 gold washings of the Pacific slope bl r. nowhere else in North America. n O. What is the rsrest gas know pr to science? J. E. m A. The Bureau of Mines says tn; sr xenon is the rarest known gas, oS e. curing in the atmosphere one part n 190, 900. 900.
 d. O. Can you tell rne how large m Bernard dogs grow to be and how lars Id Russian wolf hounds are? B. B. y A. The largest St. Bernard dos Tn stand about 30 inches or a little mol n at the shoulder and weight about Il m pounds Russian wolf hounds are frol tn 2S to 31 inches high at the should, IS and weigh from 75 to 105 pounds. s, (Any reader can get the answer D. any question by writing The Repul sy lican Information Bureau, Frederic
 Haskin, Director, Washington, D.