Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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question by writing Every Evening inlor
nation Bureau. Frederic 7 bassln. ,e Di,,s.
strictly 10 Information. The bureau caDno,
give advice on legal, medical apd hnsnelA'
matters. IL does not attemp. 20 scttis 10
Ylcste 1rD ublss nor 10 undertake tgh's1H-
tive research on any subject,. Write your
question plainly and briefly. olve full naine
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0. When viii the new Pilgrim Anniyer-
aary Stamps be on sale and where1 r. W. IL
4. The postoffice Department says
that the new Pilgrim Anniversary Stamps
can be secures from all the principal post
Offices in the United States. They were
put on sale about December 10.
@. What were the casualties ot the
A. u. II. in Siberia, killed, wounded, ana
deaths from diseasef r. F.
A. The Secretary Of Wars Report ior
1919 gives casualty statistics az. hihed,
%; died Of wounds, +; died Of disease,
IL died Of accident, u; suicide, D.
O. Arc cells native ~ fresh water Ut
salt water? J. Il.
A. The life history Of the eel is very
remarkable and in some respects unique.
During the spring and early summer
ttHttAfAfttla VI yDuAlk ttlH E5HFitAt NV
long migrate up rivers from the sea and
distribute themselves throughout every
accessible body Of water, whatever Its size
or character, frequently travelling over
land ~ reach these. Here they remain
concealed n the mud or beneath stones
md feed on al kinds Of animal matter,
living and dead Many eels appear never
IA leave the fresh waters ~ which tney
have developed, but most Of them after
several years, return 20 the sea and enter
comparatively deep water, where ssx'lal
maturity and spawning takes place;
0. Is there prophecy anywhere N tno ne
Bible that the Jews viii yet fnhaoi'
Palestiue2 J. g. !.
A The Old Testament contains many
prophecies which Jews construe 70 mean
the final gathering Of the race IN Palestine
such as Jeremiah IL, jeremiah 3, lo-loi
fsaggai 2, $40; Malachi 3, /.
o What constitutes first-class post
Office and how many are there IN th'
United States? D. D. a.
A. The Postnf1ce Department says a
| frst-class postoace is one where the gross
| receipts total $40, ,OOO or over. There are
| 100 iirst-class postoffces in the United
/ states
/, D. Who wrote the first history book
q B. i,
A Historical narrative originated with
tho Babylonisne as early as the third
+ millennium B. G. Among the works ~ this
/ period arr the Gudea, 2450 y. G., and the
/ ode of Hammurapi. 2l50 B. G. Ancient
/ Greece and Rome had numerous noted
/ historians.
O. How did the term Kaiser" orig
nate? ID. IT a.
A Both Kaiser" and "Czar" were de-
rived from the Latin name, Cesar.
O. Why j. brown Tice higher IN prie'
than polished rIce2 n y.
A The Department of Agriculture say7
that there are several reasons why brown
rice II not sold cheapiy. In the FIRST plsc'
tho milers have expensive machinery n
stalled Tor removing the bran and polish
ng the grain. and they claim y = n
saving To them not 70 have 20 use I'M
machinery The bran-the cJItlcle an
eTnbryo- contains fat and this become
rancid 4fter a time 50 that the brown no
has not the lasting properties Of polishe
rice and must he sold in a comparatlvel
short time. Brown rice Is eaid 20 De NOR
Liable - attack By insects.
O. How long does copyright rln
Can il be renewed? NJ +.
4. The duration of a copyright
ordinarily . Years, though Il can be r
newed for a further period OF . years
/ L -pon the expiration of this tins, the ma
terial passes into the public domain