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O. What are the seniority rights OF
tho railway employees about which 80
much fuss is being made? r. T.
A. The seniority rights OF the rail-
road workers get them promotions,
moro desirable positions. transfers. ct
cetera. in the order OF their length OF
service and also hold them their Jobs
In case men are being laid on until
all those OF shorter service have been
discharged.
q. What was the origin of the
Order OF Elks? r. D. r.
A. The Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks was founded In 1868 In
New York from an older social and
benevolent society. the Jolly Corks.
The Grand Lodge wac incorporated
March 10. 1871.
O. How many kinds of elm trees are
there? *. d. o.
A. There are about twenty known
species of elms.
O. What IL the verse that includes
the line, IF I can't pay, why can
owe?" a. Z. "a
A. The line is from etanza In
Heywood's BE Merry Friends" which
reads: LET the world slide, let the
world go: A fig for care. and fg
for woe II l can't pay, why 1 can
owe. and death makes equal the nigh
and the low"
o. Where DO we get the saying that
every man has his price? u. r. l.
A. "All men have their price" Is
commonly ascribed to Sir Robert Wal
pole.
O. What Is tho best liquid TO use 70
prevent mosquito bites? II. ID. >
A. The Department OF Agriculture
says that spirits Of camphor rubbed
on face and hands or on the pillow nj
night will keep mosquitoes away for a
time. and that oil Of pennyroyal has
ono OF tho best substances for the use
; Of those who do not object 10 ite
/ odo~. A good mixture Is; Oil OF citro-
nella. / ounce; spirits OF caInphor,
ounce: oil of cedar, "a ounce.
= O. How did the expression THE
! four hundred" originate? j. D
! A. The four hundred is defined al
the exclu slve social set of a city. The
Z phrase owes it's origin to Ward Nc
Allister, a New York society ledaer
who gave It as his opinion about th'
year 1889 that only that number o.
people we're actually In society in New
York City.
o O. What is meant BY an artiller.
wheel? X.
A. Tho American Motor schoo
= says that an artillery wheel Is form
: OF wheel where the spokes enter IN
, hub in the form Of a wedge. This typ
= 81 wheel In used both on automobile
= and wagons.
= @. In what city do people live tn
: longest? o. F
, A. Life tables based upon the 1872
I, census show that in the fourteen citie
Of which statistics have been compiled
Washington. D. c. leads. The expec
tation OF life for white males in thi
city is $3.50 years and for white fe
!. males. $3.50 years.
4 Q. Who said that Rome was no
! built in a day? J. F. I
. A. The quotation IL from tn
: Proverbs Of John Haywood. the earl
/, est collection OF English colloQuia say
! ings. which was printed for the frs
!, time in 1916.
Q. What is geophone? Y. :
= A. The geophone is an instrumer
: invented during the World Var fc
the purpose OF detecting enemy mir
ing operations Tho first one wa
= made by the French and had a radiu
y OF rs yards. The United States d.
% veloped one that had nearly one-th,r
: greater range.