Arizona republican., 1921-03-14
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 O. Has Abraham Lincoln any living grandchildren? E. M. B. A. Abraham Lincoln's son, Robsft Todd Lincoln, has one daughter, MrsN Frank Edward Johnson. She has twoJ children by former marriage to MT Beckwith o. would like to know if the hilfl on which Christ was crucified can be identified. c. M. N.
 A A hill which is supposed to be that on which the Savior died and which is called Calvary is outside the Damascus gate on the north side of the city of Jerusalem.
 1 O. How is the length of the standard metre determined? E. J. F. 1 A. The standard meter is determined ] by the distance between two lines of a certain platinum bar kept in Paris. when his bar is at degrees C. or g degrees F. Copies of this Paris meter are kept elsewhere, and it's value in wave lengths of light is also known with great exactness. The metric sys- tenn originated in France at the close of the 18th century Its use is now re- quired by law in the majority of na- tions and permitted in most of the others.
 e. Had the Russian government been oVerthrown or was the czar ruling when we entered the war? A. Nicholas II, czar of Russia. abdi- cated on March 15, 1917, and the United States declared war on April 6, 1917. a. How far will a high angle gun sshoot, such as those used against air craft, and how many machines were brought down by them? ]. G. H.
 A. The air service of the war de- partment says that it is claimed that anti-aircraft guns will shoot to 1S.0o0 or 20, 900 feet. There are no figures ex- isting as to the number of planes shot down by anti aircraft fire, but the number is claimed to be very small in- deed-less than one per cent of those tshot at.
 O. Where can the quotation "More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams off" be found? L. H. N. A. This is a line from Tennyson's "Morte d. Arthur"
 O. Who is known as the Paper King? D. H.
 A. John Law. a Scotch financier and promoter of commercial schemes was known by this title. He was born in Edinburgh, in 1871. and died in Venice in 1927. His best known enterprise was the Mississippi Scheme" or "Sys tenn" For a while the System" pros pered and Law was in great power. but an over-issue of paper money brought catastrophe and collapse of the system. e. Where is the oldest stained glass window that bears the name and pie ture of the donor? |. M. c.
 1 A. The most ancient stained-glass window that bears the name and DOT trait of the donor is in the church of the abbey of St. Dennis, near Paris. installed in the 18th century. by Suger.
 c. Is the star in the western sky after sunset the Edison star, and is if artificial? A. w.
 I A. The naval observatory says there is no star known as the Edison Star. nor is there any artificial star which may be placed in the heavens. A story seems to be circulated to the effect that the evening star. Venus. which is par
 ticularly bright at the present time, is an artificial star. This. of course, k' not true.