Arizona republican., 1921-04-18
Questions And AnslUers


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 O. What is the difference between a majority and a plurality? M. C. N.
 A. A majority means more than half of a given number, as of votes, for instance In political sense, a candidate who gets plurality re- ceives more votes than any one of his opponents, but not more than all of them together.
 O. If there is such a thing as . petrified forest, where is it?
 A. There are fossil or petrified forests in Arizona, ! yellowstone Park, along the shore of Chesapeake Bay south of Baltimore, Maryland, and in the Bad Lands of the Little Missouri. These forests are groups of petrified tree trunks. In England in 1884, large quantities of fossil trees were found near Wo,verhampton. In the West Indies. Silesia, Egypt and on the Island of Antigua are also to be found fossil forests.
 o. Why was Herodotus called the Father of History7 l. M. H..
 A Herodotus is deemed by schol- ars to be the earliest and best of the Romantic historians. It Is probable that before his day, there was nc writing in Greece that could be called historical. Because of being the first in the field' as it were. Hero dotus has been called the Father oi Roman History.
 c. Can a game of cards be copy righted7 M. T. H.
 A. The copyright office says that q game is not copyrightable. It would be necessary to get a patent to pro- tect a game. The book of rules fol playing the game would be a subjec of copyright. If the cards contain ( considerable quantity of text (reHd ing) matter, it might be covered b, copyright, but that would not keel any one from making a similar one You might get a design patent at thu patent office for the ornamental bacl of the cards. A label for box con taining the cards could also be regis tered at the patent office.
 o. How is the money raised t pay the Civil War pension? N. N.
 A The pension bureau states tha no special or separate taxes are mad to secure money for pensions. Tn pensions are paid from the genera fund in the treasury of the Unite' States, no matter from what sourc derived
 O. How many roses are sold in tn United States? R. E. J. A. More than a million roses ar sold annually in the United States. O. How many lions and tigers di Jules Gerard kill? What kind of gu did he use and was he killed by a animal? L. G.
 A. The biography of Jules Gerart the lion hunter. does not state specif | ically how many animals he kille | during his life time. He was in tn l habit of using a double barrel riff, Gerard was not killed by lion. bu drowned during a tour of exploratio in West Africa in 1864. O. Is it safe to eat jelly that ha
 mold on it? E. E. B.
 A It is perfectly safe to use jell that has become moldy. Cut ava
 the moldy surface to a generou depth.
 o. What IS meant by bank clear inqs? F. c. B.
 4. Bank clearings are the aggrs
 gate amount of checks and drafts eS 1 changed between members Of l clearing house association carrie
 there daily for an adjustment of th | differences. Ir large cities more tha l 90 Der cent of the commercial bus
 ness IS done by means of checks ar
 drafts, and less than 10 per cent
 done with cash.