Arizona republican., 1922-06-13
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q. What is the greatest inland
port in the world?-A. NJ.
A. The last report shows that the
tonnage at the port of Duluth. Wis.
52,4l1,S24, was the largest of any in
land port in the world
@. What salary do the members
OF the House of Lords in Great Brit
ain draw? w. c.
A. All members of the house OF
Lords are unpaid.
Q. How much water does a per.
son consume daily7 r. M. C.
A. The average amount OF water
consumed daily per individual is
about four pounds. much more than
the dry weight OF all the other foods
combined
@. What state has most of the
high mountain peaks? G. A. n.
A. F'orty-two of the 55 highest
peaks in the United States are in
Colorado.
@. What is the difference between
hard -
A. Hard wood is wood in which
the cells have thick walls and are
closely packed together. Soft wood
has large cells with thin walls.
@. What part of the world was
first called America? A. M. o.
A. The name America was first
applied to the whole known western
world by Merecator. the geographer.
in 1871.
@. Who appoints the employees
in third class post office? Z. p,
A. The Post Office department
says that the employees in a third
class office are personal appointees
or the postmaster who is at liberty
10 appoint anyone over 1s years of
age who is competent to take oath of
office. The postmaster NAV require
bonds, but the department does not,
except in the case of an assistant
postmaster
@. have a mountain home which
is surrounded by cedar trees. Can
you suggest an Indian name for IL?
L. r.
A. Aoreachic. meaning 'where
there is mountain cedar" would be
appropriate.
Q. What does w. c. mean on an
address in london? J. n.
A. w. G. on London mail is the
post office address. W. c. stands for
West City. Three Is the number of
the post office.
@. How many words are there in
a folio? p. M. G.
A. The number of words in a
folio varies in the states: thus in
some of them. as in England. in law
documents. conyeyances, deeds, etc.
the folio is 70 words: in chancery
and parliamentary proceedings, 80
words. In New York and other
states 100 words constitute folio
@. What are the capacities of the
largest and smallest oil refneries in
the United States? n. &. 3.
A. The smallest oil refinery is in
Ohio and has a capacity of five bar
rels daily a week. The largest plant
1S0, 900 barrels daily.
@. Who were the comprachicos?
{. L. D.
A. Con1prachicos was the name
adopted by a nomadic affiliation,,
famous in the seventeenth century in
Europe. This band of persons made
a practice of buying and selling chill
dren. These children were by means
of surgical operations deformed and
disfigured so that they assumed GER
tain peculiarities. which provided the
humor remanded at the time. The
organization had its own laws, oaths
and formulas. and was found princi-
pally in England, Spain. France and
Germany. The name is compound
Spanish word meaning buyers Of lit
tie ones