Arizona republican., 1921-07-05
Questions And
 AnslUers

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 a. We are bothered with criekets which eat clothes. What will ex- terminate them? O. K. E.
 T. To exterminate crickets, scat ter snuff about their haunts, pour boiling water into cracks and crew ices from which they emerge. and put ginger cordial in open saucers where they can partake of it.
 a. Kindly tell me where there are places in which the temperature sell dom goes below 75 degrees, and that are, at the same time, comparatively dry and at a good elevation? E. C. 5. A. The weather bureau says that no such combination can be found In the United States or elsewhere. The nearest approach to such would be the southwestern part of the United | States, where the temperature in winter goes below 75 degrees, and the night temperature in summer Is below that figure at any consider | able elevation. This is also true Of portions of Spain, few points on | the Mediterranean, coast of Africa, portions of Arabia, and elsewhere in warm, dry countries
 a. What country ranks first in the fur industry? T. B.
 A. The United States is the larg- est fur-producing and fur-consum- | ing country in the world. a. What is the principle of the spiral gas lighter which uses neith- er friction nor matches? |. F. M.
 A. The bureau of standards says that there is a small mase of black material at the center of the spiral | which appears to contain little | finely divided platinum. In the | stream of gas is an example of oxi- dation. Platinum has the property of starting oxidation, even at or-' dinary temperature. The oxidation produces heat which soon raises the temperature of the platinum until it glows and lights the gas | O, Gan a CnliQ pOFH " parents in the United States be con sidered an American citizen? J. B. G.
 A A child of any parentage who is born in the United States is citizen thereof.
 enacted? A. N.
 A. The first tariff act was passed July 4, 17S9. Its formal title states | laxr d1,fU goods. wares and merchandise i'm ported into the United States The preamble of the act states that one of it's purposes is the encouragement and protection of manufactures.
 O. Should such initials as N. Y., Q. C., or U. s. N. be divided at the end of line? s. J. O.
 A The Style Book, compield by the Government printing office, says
 that such abbreviations should be kept on the same line
 O. What are the Indian words for MISSISSIPPI? G. E. C.
 i A The Algonquin words, mean ing father of waters" are Missi Sepe or Michi- sepe.
 c. What are the principal farm
 products of Cuba? E. D. A. The chief agricultural staples
 of the island are sugar and tobacco. but fruits and vegetables are raised
 in great quantities. The country is
 also adapted to cotton and coffee
 raising.
 O. In using the French word 5 "nee" is it permissible to use the l. woman's first name? s. C. T.
 A. Nee" means born and one says Mrs. John Smith nee Jones-not l Mary Jones. since she was born
 Jones, the name Mary being given
 to her.