El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-27
Questions and Answers.


n Is IL true that comma was once
~ left out Of a tariff bill. which
] omission cost the government a
Q large sum Of money! H. C. W.
A. The blunder 10 which you re-
Z fer occurred in a tariff bill about 80
years ago. There was section
] enumerafing what articles should be
admitted free OF duty. Among those
I specified were -all foreign fruit
I plants. etc" meaning plants for
I transplanting, propagation or expert
ment- The enrolling clerk IN copy
| ing the bill accidentally changed
] the hyphen to comma making II
read "al foreign fruits. plants. etc"
I Until congress could remedy the mis-
take, all oranges. lemons. bananas.
grapes and other foreign fruits were
admitted free OF duty. The misplace
ment OF this comma cost the govern
ment about 100000.
O. Was there n good maple sugar
production this Year, c. NJ F.
A The production OF both maple
sugar and maple syrup for 1920 was
the smallest in the last four years.
one and IN many localities the trees
were not tapped, owing to the short
q. what Is Jacobs Ladders
A This name was given to the
/ AaAAEE reaching ALOM ear IN 70
I heaven seen in a vision by Jacob
This is also a name given TO a short
rope ladder on shipboard. and IS an
apparatus for raising light weights
TO a considerable height An end
less revolving chain OF buckets, fill
ing themselves at the bottom OF the
chain and emptying themselves at
the top. is known as Jacobs ladder.
q What kind Of fur Is Hudson
seals B. N. G.
A This is a name given 10 the fur
Of muskrat dyed the color OF
Alaska seal
O. Have all Insurance claims been
settled for our soldiers who lost their
lives in the world war; L.aO.
A settlement Of 127,151 insurance
claims, for death and total perma-
nent disability, have been made by
the bureau OF war risk insurance.
This represented total value OF
more than S1,100.OO0.000 There are
only BIS claims now pending.
O. When was the New Thought
movement stnrtedf "A. II.
A The New Thought religion Is
the direct successor OF the New Eng
land Iranscendentalism- It Is an
idealistic or metaphysical movement
and was inaurgurated by P. NJ.
/ Quimby, OF Portland. Ne. who
preached the doctrines with Dr. ".
2. Evans, who wrote them The New
L-e@-A+ CUT AEA4 q convention In
Cnlcago IN 1903, at which time was
formed the New Thought alliance.
president.
O. How many elephants are killed
for their tusksf W. 5. B.
A. The tusk Of the African
elephant is the best and rreafesf
source Of the ivory OF commerce. and
II is estimated that 10000 OF thesa
animals are killed annually for their
q About the beginning Of the
val, a woman was caught giving in
FORMATION to the Germans about
VI. N.
A No record Of finding a SPY in
lhe war department is found. a
~oInan charged with giving conf
eenSlaLa incarnation concerning the
saIlihs OF ships to an army officer
was discharged from the service; no
Iindlngs showed that she had any
contact with Germans.
q How long has the air mail Eerv-
lee been in Operationf V. Il.
A This service was iuaugurated
on Nay IS, 1918. The routes In oper-
alton at present are from Washing
ton to New York. from New York to
Chicago. and from Chicago 10 Omaha
The service viii soon reach St Louis
and plans are being perfected TO ex-
tend the service 70 the Pacific coast.
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