Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

g. How much sleep should a
schoolboy Of Is get? E. w. J.
A. The Public Health Service says
that boys and gols between the ages
of IA and 16 require 10 hours of sleep.
G.. Has Canada a good wheat crop
this year? r. A. d.
A. The Canadian News Letter says
that Canada's wheat crop this year Is
large enough to supply 35.339,72S
people with. one loaf of bread per
diem for a whole year. Statistics show
That 343.000.0 900 bushels of wheat are
equivalent to 20,5SO, 900 pounds Of
wheat, or 1o,2sO,oDo tons, or 73,5oo,-
600 barrels Of flour. which could be
made into 12,8G25O0, 900 loaves Of
bread. weighing "a ounces each.
@. Can a husband demand the de-
livery of MALL addressed to his wife?
=. A. S.
A. Neither husband nor wife can
control the delivery of mail addressed
to the other against tho wishes of the
one to whom it Is addressed. In tho
absence OF instructions to the cons
trary, the wife's letters will be placed
with the husbands mall unless they
be known to live separately.
Z. Why are some cranberries
white? G. R.. Y. '
A. White cranberries are a result
Of the absence of sun and light on the
berry. When cooked the skin remains
white. but the juice Is pink.
Q. What day of the week did Col
umbu sail and what day did he land?
A. The 3rd of August. 1892, when
Columbus embarked upon his first
voyage to the Western Hemisphere,
fell upon Friday. The 18th of October
when land vas found was also Friday.
G. Is China the most densely o p
ulated country G. F..
TTls1o (Sl,;-- 49,, AZ. .-~A
population it also has the largest area.
Its 422,0oo,o 600 people il evenly dis
tributed would number 1886 to the
squlre mile. Belgium, the most dense
~ populated country, averages 666.22
inhabitants to tn esquare mile.
Q. is the study of a~eronautics
what birds are observed? &C. ]. b..
A. The buzzard and the albatross
are both being studied. The albatross
is the% superior since he has a wing
loading Of more than three pounds a
square foot of wing surface as COM
pared with little more than half a
pound a square foot in the matter of
the buzEard.
! = Q. What are Calais? r. A.
A.. A Gala is a kind Of rice cake
well known in the French quarter of
New Orleans. 1t is Il batter cake which
has been raised with yeast and friend
in deep fat. CALAIS are eaten with the
morning cup of cafe au lait.
q. HOY does the production OF
nowsprint in Canada compare with the
amount made in this country? R. D..
! R."
a. Canada during the period JAM
uary / to June 80, 1921 produced
373,9SS tons, as against 6l5,446 tons
produced in the United States. In the
corresponding period for 1872 Canada
produced SIG, sos tons, as against $780,
142 tons produced in the United
Etates. This shows an increase of 80
i.per cent in Canadian production, as
against IL per cent in American pro-
duction.
Hale get his idea for the story OF
the Man Without a,Country? T. l..
A. The germ of the plot is said to
have been suggested to DR. Hale by his
reading SCOTS Life Of Napoleon. 1t
occurred to him that If Napoleon had
been confined on one British warship
after another instead of being sent to
i Saint Helena, England would have
been spared much criticism and the
French would not have been able to
turn Saint Helene intosa shrine. The
local color which adds SO muchEto the
STORY was gained from the records of
3 the navy and the proceedings In the
trial. of Aaron Burr.