Arizona republican., 1921-01-11
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 0. How many secretaries of state have served through the term of the president who appointed them, since the Civil war? w. D. L.
 A Abraham Lincoln's secretary of state, w. H. Seward, served eight years, through Lincoln's administra- tion, and that of Andrew Johnson. w. NJ Evarts served the four years with Rutherford Hayes; James G. Blaine was secretary of state for the short time that Garfield was president; F. T. F'relinghuysen finished the term with Chester A. Arthur; Thomas Bayard
 
 administration; and Philander Knox spent the four years of the Taft regime as secretary of state. l c. What pay does an aerial mail pilot receive? M. C. w. A. The post office department says l that the salary of aviators in theS United States mail service is: base pay. s2 900, plus cents mile for each flight.
 O. Who is called the Washington of South America? r. J. T..
 A This title has been given to Bolivar Ponte, South American patriot who was called The Liberator.' An ardent advocate of liberty. he ss sited Venezuela, New Granada (now 1 Colombia), Peru and Bolivia In their early struggles for independence.
 o. What does the word "alfaIfa"
 mean and where was this crop first
 grown? c. c.
 A. Alfalfa" is of Arabic origin and
 means sthe best fodder" The depart
 ment of agriculture says that the Per sians were probably the first nation
 which grew this plant, and that they introduced it into Greece about 4s0 B. C. It has now been carried to prac-
 tically every part of the world where
 farming is important. The name "lu-
 
 crop in the United States, but has been discarded in favor of alfalfa" o. Where Is the River of Natural
 Ink and what causes it7
 A. The River of Natural Ink is To-
 cated in Algeria It is formed by a | junction of two streams, one flowing l from a region of ferruginous soil. and the other draining a peat swamp. Upon ? meeting, the acid of one combines with ] the iron of the other and forms true 1 ink.
 , c. How old Is the earth estimate ! to be7 A. w. F.
 A. The evidences from geology al : point toward an age for the earth tc \ be reckoned in millions of years. Geol- . ogists are practically unanimous in the : belief that the time since the oldesi
 stratified rocks were deposited cannot 2 be less than 10o.000,00o years. 0 c. How can pigeon wings be curec 5. so as to be used for hat trimming d E. D.
 e A. The bureau of biological surve, t says that pigeon wings may be curet ' by making a slit in the under part O Z. the wing, scraping out all the muscles B and rubbing a little white arsenic or . the inside of the skin. ' c. Who invented compressed air . J. c. T.
 A. The principle of compressed al = was known to the ancients. havin, p been experimented with by Hero. wh' ' lived from 2S4 to 221 B. c. The com s pressed air pump was invented by Ott Q von Guericl1e of Magdeburg. in 1854. st c. What is the origin and meapini d of the phrase, 'When Greek meet d Greek7" E. A. G. n A. When Greek meets Greek" i '- probably a perversion of the old fam Il iliar quotation When Greeks joine' : Creeks then was the tug of war" foun 'e in Act 4. Scene 2, Alexander tn Great" by Nathaniel Lee, (1655- 1892 ie By this phrase is meant that when on
 expert fighter meets another exper Y fighter the result is vigorous action an 1 the outcome so far as who will win i ~ concerned, is in doubt.