El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-10
Questions and Answers.


n WHAT city IN the United States
". covers the most Eroundf l..
NJ c.
a It seems that this honor be-
longs to Los Angeles with its 1878
square miles New York CITY Is q
close second with es5 square miles
G When does the sun reach the
point farthest n0rths T. l. F.
A. On June 11st. at 20 minutes
past noon eastern standard time)
the sun reaches the highest point in
the heavens This viii be the long
est day OF the year, the day being six
hours and two minutes longer than
the night IN the latitude OF 40
degrees north
G. Please give me information re-
EardlnE Liberia Africa L. b. u.
A Liberia is a republic on the
western coast OF Africa under negro
control having an area Of about a.
600 square niles The territory was
acquired by the American Colouiza-
ton society, founded in 1917 for the
purpose OF colonizinE free blacks
from the United States The first
company was sent out In February.
1880. on the Elizabeth The name
Liberia" was officially adopted In
1928, having been suggested By Col
harper, OF Maryland. A declaration
Of Independence and q constitution
were adopted July 20. 1647. and the
first president was Joseph J. Roberts.
The term OF president IS four years
He Is assisted by two legislative
bodies, supreme court. and a
cabinet o. seven members. who are
the heads % the different depart
meuts-
G. When were the splits In ne
Democratic and Republican partiesf
A There have been three great
schisms IN the Democratic party. IN
1s4s. in 1850. and IN 1896. In the Re
publican party there have been two
such splits. one in 1855. and one il
@ what f. the descent OF the ,FIr-
souri, river In North Dnl<ofnf II. B.
A There Is q fan OF $50 feet IN
800 miles IN North Dakota
q How dId the American Indian
cast his vote in HIS war councIIF
A. When a question was 70 be de-
clded. the Indian chief picked m his
war club and passed It 70 the warrior
seated nearest 10 him. II this man
was on the affirmative side. ne
struck the ground with the club.
then passed It TO his next neiEhbor.
II on the negative side. 1t was passed
AZ once and In silence.
9. Who coined the expression.
blood Is thicker than Uaterf. n.
H B.
A This IS credited to Josiah TAFT |
nall. an American naval officer. IN I
1893 while flag officer OF our
squadron In Aslatic waters. he 1
chartered a small river steamer. ne I
loeyWans TO take the American min-
-ster 70 Eekin 70 ratify a treaty
which had been negotiated. When /
me American squadron arrived of I
ne Peiho, he found the French and /
sritlsh naval forces with their
diplomatic representatives aboard ]
me Chinese refused TO allow the
foreign vessels 10 proceed. where Il
upon the British and French forces
the forts. Seeing that thev
were being NTorsted and that The
boats containing reinforcements could
not stem the strong current OF the
itreami Iattnall IN the Tooywau. de-
Jared that Blood Is thicker than {
water, and toWed the lotilla Up 10
-nelr support AZ the outbreak OF
me civil war he resigned and be-
anne captain IN the Confederate
navy IN 1859, he was put IN charge
y the Confederate vessel that had
been the Federal Nerrfmac and
which was renamed the VirEfnfa
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my question by writing The Herald
Information Bureau. Frederic J. Has,
I'm director, Washingt-n. D. c. This
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me bureau cannot give advice on le-
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