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@. Where can ! get the medals OF
the Presidents? ID. II.
A. Medals OF the Presidents may be
purchased from the United States
Mint at Philadelphia.
Q. Which was the first Air Park in
service overseas? How many men were
In a company and what were their
dutiesY II. A. w.
A. The first Air Park was formed
In November 1913 from the iS3rd
Aero Squadron at Brabs snt-en-A Ar
gonne. 1t .s composed OF eight officers
and 156 enlisted men Its duties were
with the First Army and the men In
the unit had the care OF machines in
the aero sauadrons Of the First Army
which were parked In the area cover
ed by the fret Air Park.
q. What is the temperature OF
space? A. @. l..
A. The temperature OF space gem
orally is believed to be very nearly
absolute zero, or 273' G.
q. Where are there muskrats in
North America? B. J.
A. The Biological Survey says musk
/ f,,h
America from the northern limit OF
trees south 10 about the Mexican bor-
der. They are absent from the coastal
parts OF South Carolina, Georgia. Aia-
bama. and Texas, and from Florida
and nearly all OF California. They d.
not occur in parts Of the interior
plateau that have no streams or lakes
Throughout their extensive range, ex-
cept In Newfoundland and southern
Louisiana, they are considered as ot
one species with about dozen geo
graphical races
@. Who were Marie Coreips par.
ents? NJ. A. l..
A. Marie Corelli was the adopted
child of Charles Mackay, the poet. He
parents were OF Italian and Scottish
extraction. Biographies do not mention
their names.
q. What Is a verdict of mot PROV
en7" r. X.
A. According to the law Of Scot
land, a jury in a criminal case /
composed Of is men, and a decision 0
a majority determines the verdict. In
stead OF a verdict OF guilty" or mo
. guilty" a Verdict OF mot proven" ma
be returned in which case the ac
cused Is freed but left under a sue
, picion Of guilt.
O. What Is the kind of lacquer war
!. called, which seems to have a sprink
ling OF gold in the finish? d. L. o.
A. Aventurin lacquer is the lacque
whose Characteristic Is a sprinklin
of gold particles either uniform 1
I character or. in cloudings.
y Q. Why were antimaca ssars &C
called? =. y. b.
A. Antimacassars took the nan,
from the fact that Macassar oil was
popular hair oil. and 1t was to pre-
a tect chairs and sofas from this an
: other hair oils that doilies were pl
? on the furniture.
Y O. How much land in Alaska is /
3 national forests? s. A.
4 A. The National Forests of Alasls
4 contain 100000 acres. In them al
n $4,000, 100000 feet OF lumber suitabl
Y for general consumption.
Q. What has become Of the Gres
: Eastern that laid the Atlantic Gable
L c. A. L.
n A. At the time of her constructio
s the Great Eastern was the largest We.
: sci built-1s54-185s. From the frst n,
career was unfortunate. After makir
e several unremunerative trips to Ne
e York, she was employed as Britis
. troopship, then as a cable-laying sh
Ocean cable). Later she became
# mere holiday spectacle and in IS
was broken up.
y Q. Why are Seidlitz powders
|, named? NJ. H. c.
10 A. Seidlitz powders are so call,
"A because their composition resembl
"a that of the natural water of Seidlitz.
n village in Bohemia.
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