Arizona republican., 1920-02-17
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS
O.. Who was the youngest President ever inauqurated? B. H.

O.. Who was the youngest President ever inaugurated? B. H.
 A. Theodore Roosevelt was only fcrty-two years old when he became President, having been the youngest rIIan to hold the highest office in the land. Grant. who was forty-siX whSn he took office, was the next youngest man. William Henry Harrison, Was the oldest man take office. He was sixty-eight when inaugurated. Wash ington was fifty-seven years Of age when he became the first President of the new republic
 c. How long did it take Lincoln to deliver his famous Gettysburg speech? R. C. s.
 A. Lincoln occupied about five min Utes in reading his great oration. It was received without applause, prob eably because the hearers were too moved for demonstrations Mis1akins the silence. Lincoln said to a compan- ion: T. have failed again" Edward Everett. the renowned orator. also spoke at the dedication exercises at Gettysburg, his speech lasting two hours He was splendidly received, but what he said was soon forgotten
 o. How much unmined coal IS there in the United States and Alaskan w. D. B.
 A. The combined coal reserve of this country and Alaska is 4.23I,OOO. 900 tons, of which 22,00O, 000,O00 tons ie, anthracite. 5.00o,000.O00 is bi- luminous and Ignite. This Is about one-half of the total coal reserve ot the whole world
 c. How does the volume of Can adds foreign trade compare with that of the United States? E. T. N.
 A. Last year. Canals foreign trade amounted to approximately S2.l50.ooo.- GOO while that of the United States reached the high mark of S1O.320,s60.- SS9.
 o. Is England spending much money for aeronauticaI purposes? R.
 A. Senator New, of Indiana. said recently in the Senate that England for this year has made an appropri- ation of S330. 100000 for aeronautical development. The United States spent more than a billion dollars on aircrafts during the war, and trained more than 15.000 aviators-
 o. How did Canada get its name? Q. c. D.
 A. The name of Canada is due to a mistake Canada was the native Indian word for village When the French explorers first sailed up the St- Lawrence, they pointed to the land
 
 accompanied them misunderstood They thought the explorers were ask ig about a group of wigwams on the shore. and they replied Canada-mean- ing village.
 O. When was industrial arbirta- ton first resorted to in the settlement cf labor disputes? N. O.. H.
 A. The first definite provisions of this sort for the settlement of indus trial disputes seems to have been the tribunal established before the French revolution at Lyons. France. for the settlement of controversies in the silk i:.dustry- Though this tribunal was abolished in 1791, it had proved so eff fective that Napoleon, in 1896, created councils of experts having similar functions.
 c. Is the head Of the sphinx that of man or woman? C. N.
 A It is believed to be the head Of woman The body is that of lion. with the wings Of bird and the tail Of a sergent.
 o. What is the most powerful of all coiors? w. T. L.
 A. Red is the most powerful color, and has the most stimulating and eN- citing effect upon the sensibilities.
 O. What are the cardinal numbers beyond thousands? A. C.
 A. Those in general use are: Mil lions. billions. trilIions. quadrilliOns- quintillions, seXtillions, septillionS, oc- tillIons. nonillions. and decilHons-
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