Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Any. reader "a, 60, ths sps~er - :ny
question by writing rvery ryenins nfof
m.'ien Bureau. t,,defie ia,.in. DiIy
strictly 20 intors-.tion. Tho bur~su csnnoi
g,ss s, sayi,s ao .sss sp.d'es sn' s,a'' ss."' 1'
nestic tro ufes' ror ~ underisks sshaps.
tive researcn On 4ry subject Write youf
question plainly and briefly elye fuil nam
Tor iar rsS rstarS I p5s,.ss al - rss''s. s.s ~
direct 20 the inluifef
q When was the coinage of nickr
cents discontinued. and how many 0i
thcse were miptodf ID II ~
A. BY Act of April ~. 1894. e.
coinage Oi nickel ODc-rent pifcfe va d.
continued. Tho total amount coined ea'
s2,O77, ,720
q does Warren q. Harding have 49,
right % b. d senator ADD an firfrf
President az che snme tme' q N
A. n would uof bc poasihlf for a m1n
% be senator and n President a fho
United States NJ the same time Az fna
time Mr. Harding D. only Prc9Idoni-c'cri
the Office ~ President bring hfid III
President Wiison whorf term ~ 0hirf
win not expire until March = 1927 D.
that time Mr. Hardirg's term as Senator
win also have expired
q. ] saw in n gudrhoof t0 Wager
Falls the statement that In fhc oar 1898
the Falls ran drv Picnee inform ule fnr
reason ~ this. " r
A. The winter of isf7-isfs wac cr.
traordinarily severe boo ft.s rmlnfrY
Heavy ice formed n lakc trie Whon
u was broken up during che latter pafi
80 March, the winds swept Do ice ufo thr
entrance ~ The N.arsra River f fgHalr
where Do jnmmcd in n sohd fl1eF con-.
/ r,l~frIsr rlr.i.~a, Hf.m ...aHrf 81 "a 81.
with the result thaf on March ~ 1853
The Falls ~ Niaeara were prnciiraily a.
.. Who suggested thr nhaervHfi1n .f
Arbor Day, and bow generally b. b. cole
bratedY ". ]. =
a. u q Northrop. while secretary
| the Connection Board ~ Eduoah0n
I 1855, qiggegfed ~ anrual planting
! trees under State dIreri '0r J -frf'rF
Morton was probably fhc hrsf h0ufvr
20 propose tho setting anarf ri cerfa
day annually for fhe purp0sn nnd IT, i-l'
| largely through his efforts fhn custom rsa
instituted IN Nebraska 40 prrurrf Arl.Df
Day j. observed n rcarlv every State
the United States in some States
legal holiday, in Others ~ reh00l fnnla
Tie exact date BE- NOT uniform fnrrighr
the country
% How many Roman thoIrs .rr
therei FrarepF When were lIrrt arf
state first acrarafad7 y
a. Although there hrs heen - religion
census ~ Frarcc sincr 1872 It 81 e~timaf
that about thrfe- -fqurths 0f fhe peur
TODAY arc ~ Ieosf r0mmallv H0mlH
Catholics No NJ ron now recognifnt
hv the state nder fho law prumuigafe
on December p 1908 rhe Church n
separated from thr state and thr
herputs az 40 creeds were authorrrf 2
form aseoriafinrs .0r public worship
q. Can snugagr BE- made from muftor
F.F.F
4. The Department OH agriculture H1r.
that sausagc nav he made from mutton
mixed with p0rt in much thc same way
beef : usrd A general .afmula hiHf
ton parts lean fresh nlrE Z part Hf
Dork part. saif and a.nsnn - taafl
II can he made INTO cakes and rnmkel
once or parked n skins homomnDf
sausare Is uslialiv Kept ir9rrn.
@. Was Robert Alorrts. vino aded
greatly IN financing the Ecvolut0n. rraI
IN prison for debt. ~
A. Robert Morris. q urner Ir
Declaration 81 lndependcncr. -moru
tendent 81 Finance ana later ntc,
States senator, was n a debtor nrHnI.
in Philadelphia from February i6. iT9e
until August % 1874 following s-truu
business speeularlous
q. When was korn=enn lrst I.sea
lamps r. .. }
4. About the middle of the N NinetennfH
Century jlleTosene was usf4 IN lamp- n.
stead Of whale oil. lard olive 0i. ~ slmr
other such oiL This change wlls thc rr-a
OF the development of the ou wells u fHt
United states.
q. Would a notch cut ln a tree ,our frrt
from the grolndsbe higher np p afef
years as che tree grows o. " g.
A. The Forest Servicr saws that -re.
grows in diameter but the growth upwnr
Is from the highest point off the tnr
Therefore. the notch cur n the tree val.
remain the same distance irum the hasn
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