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O. What salary do tho members of
tho House OF Lords IN Great Britain
drawn w. G.
A. The members OF the House Of
Lords are unpaid.
q. How much water does person
consume daily II. NJ. q.
A. The average amount OF water
consumed daily per individual IL about
four pounds. much more than tho dry
weight Of all the other foods combined
q. What state has most Of the high
mountain peaks2 q. a. r..
A. Forty-two Of tho 81 highest
peaks IN tho United States are IN
Colorado.
O. What 70 the difference between
hard wood and soft wood7 r. s..
A. Hard wood II wood IN which the
cells have thick walls and are closely
packed together. Soft wood has large
coils with thin cell walls.
q. What part OF tho world wns first
called America A. NJ. y.
A. The name America war first APP
piled TO Central Brazil. IN honor of
AmeriEo Vespucci who claimed rs
| discovery. II WAS FIRST applied TO the
whole known western world by
Mercator. tho Reographer. IN 154i
O. who appoints the employees IN
third class postofTlce? I. r. r.
A. The Postoffice Depa rtment SAYS
| that the employees in n third class
office arc personal appointees OF the
postmaster who In NJ liberty 20 ap.
point anyone over 10 years of age
who In competent 10 take tho oath o
office. Trio postmaster may requir,
bonds. but tho Department does not
except in the case Of an assigta M post
master.
| .. have mountain home which 4
surrounded by cedar trees Can vo1
suggest an Indian name for r.? L. y
! A. Aoreachic. meaning where the~
is mountain cedar" would 10 appro
pirate.
II Q. What does w. e. 2 mean on al
address In London J. H.
H. w. G. 3 on London mail Ia IN
postonice address, w. G. stands 70
West city. Three is the number c
tho poTofllce.
.. How many words are there In
folio? =. NJ. q.
A. The number ~ words in a foli
, varies in the states; thus in soms Z
, them, as In England, in law docu
ments. conveyances, deeds. etc. III
, folio is 70 words; I'm chanoery an
. In Now York and other states II
words constitute n folio.
. q. What arc the capacities Of n
largest and smallest oil relneries
- tho United States? ~ y. r.
A. The smallest oil refinery u
Ohio and has n capacity Of five barre
n week The largest plant is IN Ne
Jersey and It can refine 1870. 900 barre
b.. daily.
q. Who were the Comprachloo-?
l.. n.
a. Comprachlco,s waa the nan
. adopted by n nomadic afilatio
famous in The seventeenth century&
. Europe. This band Of persons made
= practice of buying and selling oh.
= dren. These children were by rnea,
!. Of surgical operations deforrned nj
!, disfigured 70 that they assumed &c
tain peculiarities. which provided Z
hllmor demanded at the time. r
organization had its own laws, "a {
and formulas, and was found prin,
= pally in England. Spain. France a.
. Germany. The name Is a compou
n Spanish word meaning buyers
a little ones.