Arizona republican., 1922-06-26
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@. How long Is a par hole in
golf?-D. Y.
A. According to the standards OF
the United States Golf association, q
hole 451 to 500 yards in length is
calculated TO take a drive, two shots
and two puts.
O. Why can't the adjective unique
be modified by very or most!--C'
A. Nj.
a. Unique means the only one OF
its kind. 1t is therefore incompara-
Bile. The word is frequently misusea
for odd, rare or unusual
@. What was the origin OF the
Maltese cross?-A. A. S.
A. This emblem was adopted py
the Knights of Malta. They devised
a cross made up Of four barbed ar
rowheads meeting at their points.
@. What color should kitchen walls
be painted ?-D. w. p.
A. Various shades and tones OF
color are important factors in reflect
ing light. A kitchen should be as
bright. clean-looking room. The
walls finished in ivory tint viii give
~ per cent reflection. II forest green
is used the reflective value IS only
q per cent.
q. What is the salary of the pope?
&C. &. r.
A. The pope does not have sal.
ary, but has certain amount OF
money set aside from the revenues
Of the church for his use and re-
ceives contributions from various OF
ganizations This fund Is known az
Peters Pence" and is largely ue-
voted by the pope TO works OIL chaii's'
@. Is kainit good for lawns!
4 Kainit has considerable value
as a fertilizer. Excellent results are
secured when ii is combined with
acid phosphate, to be used as q top
dressing for lawns. The comblha
tion should be: Acid phosphate, 20
pounds; kainit. 10 pounds.
q. When the skin is blistered
from, sunburn, should the blisters be
opened?-J. L. OK.
A. The public health service says
that it is better to leave them alone
After a time a new layer OF skin Is
formed and the blisters break OF
themselves. .,,
O. NY father was named IN VII.
but died before the man who macs
tha viii died. Can | inherit what my
father would have had under the wis
which was never changed ?-E. M. t.
a. In a case where the legatee
dies before the testator the legacy
lanses and is included in the snare
of the residuary Iegatee. or IN case
such a legatee is not named, passes
to the testator's next of kin.
O. Are there coal mines under
Leavenworth. Kansas Pc. w. ..
A. The city is the center Tor
coal mining region. an apparently IN
exhaustible coal deposit underlying
at depth of 700 feet. It gives EN-,
ployment to over 1000 miners ana
Yields $4,000 bushels of coal daily. !.
@. What is good definition OF
history ?-J. M. ,a.orv
A. In an onJvSl4NS sC,SS -,
has been defined as "all we Know
about everything man has ever ooi,e' '
or thought, or hoped, or felt. SUI
jectively speaking, it may be re-
garded as a record of all that has
occurred within the realm or human
consciousness. .
@. What is the longest verse IN
the Bible IN. (. ,
A. The ninth verse of the eighth
chapter of Esther has this distlnc-
ton.
@. How many kinds of grasses are
there?- M. A.
A. There are about 5000 distlncss
species of grasses in the world. OF
these about 60 are important cuitl-
waited plants.