Arizona republican., 1920-07-08
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS
O. What country has a flag most nearly like ours? E. V. g.

nearly like ours? E. V. g.
 A. The flag of Liberia is identical with ours except for the fact that it has a single star upon it's field. In fact, our flag was taken as model for theirs.
 O. Who was it that addressed an audience at a distance of more than 200 miles? D. E. E.
 A By the use of an army device which magnifies the voice 16o,000 times. Adjutant General Harris, in his office in Washington, D. C., addressed a group of school children in New York City. They were the prize WIu- ners in a nationwide contest on the subject Benefits of Army Life. 0. Please explain the expression "inciuding the Scandinavian" found on the title page of books stating that the right of translation is reserved. Why are the Scandinavian languages particuIarized and no others? c. M. L.
 A. The Copyright Office states that the phrase does not give the copy right owner any additional protection, since the United States law gives him the exclusive right to translate the work into any language.
 O. Is it permissible to send tobacco and cigarettes to France through the mails when they are intended for gift and not for resale? J. H. Nj. A. They may be sept subject to | Incense to De secured InG aAQIeSSEG when tobacco is for his. own use, the quantity not to exceed 22 pounds in one 1 year.
 o. What voting right has a resi- dent Of Washington, Q. C., in either ] local or national elections? H. F. A. Tie residents of the District of Columbia, which includes the city of Washington, have no vote in national elections: no local elections are held. 1 0. Does the solar system as a whole l have a motion? E. C. D.
 A. Astronomers agree on the fact 1 that the sun is moving through space towards a point in Lyra, with veloc- i ty of about F miles a second The whole solar system is necessarily in- voIved in this motion.
 O. Is there as much silver in a Ca nadian quarter as there IS in one Of the United States2 B. Nj. c. A. The Canadian quarter contains S325 grains of fine silver. The Unit ed States quarter contains S6S05 grains Of fine silver. The silver in 1 Canadian coins is little finer than that in our coins, therefore the value of silver in each is about the same. Canadian bullion is 1925 fine and Unit 1 ed States bullion is 300 fine.
 o. Which of the Dakotas was ad u1itted to the Union first? V. !. M.
 A. There was considerable jealousy ] about their admission. When the pa l DeFS were IdIQ DetOTe tSTeS1Qent f1dfII- son for his signature, the state names were concealed. Afterwards, the pa i pers were mixed, and no one knew which was signed first.
 e. How many illeqitinate children are born in the United States? R. S. A..
 4. The latest available statistics are for 1917, and at that time the rate of illegitimate children in the birth registration area in the United States was 17.9 per 1000 infants born. Q. Were Isocrates and Socrates one and the same person? c. p.
 A. These are two different Greeks. Tsocrates, one of the ten Attic orators, was born in Athens, iEl 436 B. C.. dying l In 33S. B. C., while Socrates. the fam ous Greek philosopher. was born in Athens in 41o, B. C., and died there in ! 399. E. c.
 c. How should frogs legs be pre-. pared for cooking? N. V. F
 A. The legs of both bull frogs and the smaller, green marsh frogs are edi ble, but the latter are more delicate and tender. Only the hind legs, or saddle, are eaten, and are considered at their best from June to October. They should be skinned, toes cut off, then washed in slightly salted water Cook for three minutes in boiling wa ter to which two tablespoons of vine gar or lemon juice and, teaspOonful of salt have been added for each quart f in beaten egg and chacker or bread crumbs and fry in butter.
 o. How many eggs does the bald
 eagle lay and how long does it take them to hatch? A. c.
 A. The American or bald eagle lays it's eggs once Q year, usually two in number. The period of incubation is about one month.
 c. Is the government of the United
 States aoina to operate with Can
 ada in building the St. Lawrence Ocean ship canal? w. H. E.
 A. This canal was to have been built by the United States and Canada but the project was investigated by Canadian and United States engineers and disapproved
 c. What were "bIueeowns?" H. F.
 A This was a name given to the headsmen of the Scottish kings Tn ancient times a beadsman was a person employed to pray for another. In Scotland they were given a small royal bounty but they degenerated into a class Of authorized bcggars. On the
 kings birthday each beadsman re-