Arizona republican., 1920-11-03
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS
e. Can you give me the recipe for

c. Can you give me the recipe for old fashioned election cake? T. M.
 A. The recipe for Hartford election cake calls for pounds of dried and sifted flour, pounds of butter, pounds of sugar, gills of home made yeast, eggs. half an ounce of nutmeg, ? pounds of fruit and quart of milk Rub the butter into the flour, add half the sugar the yeast. half the milk scalded and cooled to lttkewarm), then the eggs well beaten and the remainder of the milk. Beat well and add the sugar, spices and fruit. Let rise three or four hours until very light, then bake
 O. How many brothers and sisters did Daniel Boone have7-F. M. A. A. Daniel Boone had six brothers Israel. Samuel. Jonathan. George, Ed ward and Squire-and four sisters Sarah. Elizabeth. Mary and, Hannah. o. How many paper bills does it take to weigh as much as a silver dol lar? u. N. s.
 A. The treasury department says that it takes 20Is new paper bills to weigh the same amount as ssilver dollar
 O. How can tell direction by a common watch? N. H. | A. The coast and geodetic survey says to point the hour hand of watch to the sun. Half way between the hand and the 12 o'clock mark will be south.
 c. 1 have never seen an Indian with mustache or whiskers. Are they a besrdless race? s. G. O.
 A. Most Indians would have a slight to moderate growth of beard and mus tache if they allowed the hair to grow. Boards are not wholly unknown. Some of the Mexican Indians have full
 boards, the Guarayos, Bolivia wear long. straight boards and the Cashibos
 of the upper Ucayli are bearded.
 c. What is the winter season as re-
 corded by the weather bureau? M. L.
 A. The weather bureau says that the winter season is recorded from De- cember of one year to February Of the following year.
 o. What is the origin of the word
 "southpaw?" M. E. L. A. The probable origin of this word is in the game of baseball. The dia- mond is usually laid out so that the pitchers left hand is approximately toward the south. A left handed pitcher became known as a southpaw
 and then the term crept into general use.
  of-war fly the union jack? Isn't this : the national flag of Great Britain and ireland? F. B. K.
 A. The navy department says that e the following is the distinction between s the American union jack or the n American union flag, as it is more often
 called and the union jack of Great e Britain: The blue field in the Amer K ican national flag on which the white n stare are placed is generally known as . a union This has been adopted as tht n navy flag or jack. the blue flag being
 covered by stars of the union- Grea' Y Britain's union jack. which is the na- ' tional flag of that country, is entirely II different in design, having on 1t tho d crosses Of St. Andrew. St. George ans e St Patrick. There is no similarity be # tween the two flags except in name. k Q. How long will a person to whom IS tetanus antitoxin IS given be immun' IS from lockjaw? E. 0. s. A The bureau of chemistry say le that person to whom tetanus anti
 toxin has been given will be immun
 from lockjaw for short time only
 scarcely more than a week or so.
 o. Will an electric generator gener
 ate current if placed in vaeuung W
 j. P.
 A. The bureau Of standards say | that such a generator will general II current if placed in a vacuum.
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