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O. When IL Easter Bunday7 w, >. q.
A. Easter IL the first Sunday after
the frat fun moon after the 2lst OF
March. This yeAr II will fall or April
10th.
q. How many miles Of territory did
France gain In the late war? ~. X.
A. France gained 5.go5 square miles
of territory and also 5s0,595 square
miles in colonies and dependencies.
France. with all her possessions, has
population almost equal TO that OF
continental United States.
| q. Is II true that the proportion OF
weight 90 height in men should be
! two pounds to the inch3 V. w. ID.
A. Tho Surgeon Generals Office says
! that average statistics are based on
/ 2.0g7 pounds 10 the inch, but that the
Army used two pounds TO the inch up
to 81 inches. over that. seven pounds
10 the inch is added
q. who was Calamity Jane3 l.. ]. X.
A. Calamity Jane was an American
Army Scout and mail carrier. She
was an aide to General Custer and
General Miles In numerous campaigns
and carried mail between Deadwood,
8. D., and Custer. Mont.
@. IN trade with the Philippine
called domestic or foreign trade? NJ.
lT. w:
q. In trade with tho Philippines
Islands is called foreign trade.
q, IL there an airship which does
not use gas for infiation2 l.. l.. o.
A. The Air Service says that an In
vention has been reported IN Italy by
which the ship rises by ther rare
faction Of the air within the machine
II IL dirigible which can carry %
, passengers and "a crew Of %. The
machine IL built OF duralumin, anC
. consists OF coucontric chambers. en-
q abling the air 10 DO rarefied in eacf
> until the machine IS enabled to rise
Q This il accomplished by machiner.
o. connected with the motors. and can b.
Z varied, enabling tho ship 20 rise. fall
o and move at varied speeds.
% O. How old in the present Shah o
Z Persian l.. 10. j.
70 A. Ahmed Mira. the Sultan o
Q shah OF Persia. is "a years old. II
9 assembled tho throne In 1909.
10 @ Where are earthquakes most fire
8 quent2 h. r. +.
A. Japan probably has the MOI
d earthquakes. Within d period OF eigh
It years. 1891 shocks were recorded. tn
being an average OF three day.
q. What are drop biscuitsf X. >.
A. Drop biscuits are made just {
other baking powder biscuits are, e1
- cept that more liquid is used. tt
~ biscuits should be of such cOnsistenC
" that they may be dropped from Il
~ spoon upon baking sheet or tin. b
:. not thin enough 10 cause them
"a spread
y. Q. What is meant by keel hauiinI
- D. r.
~ A. Keel hauling was form
40 punishment inflicted In the navies
v tho British Empire and the Nethe
r. lands. by means OF tackles, usual
%. on tho forsyard arms. the offender W
hauled from one side Of tho ship to q
eli other underneath the keel. weigh
or attached 10 the feet injured the sin
n ing OF tho culprit.