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q. VIII you please explain the pro-
cess of. sending money TO London by
New York drnft7 T. ID. L..
A. Tho Postoffics Department sage
that banks In New York maintain bal
nnces In London. against which bill
of exchange (Which In the same as n
draft) is drawn. The price paid is in
dollars for the bin which Is payable in
pounds sterling. and ie dependent upon
The market rate at the time of pur-
chase.
Q. Are there any railroads in
| TIawaii2 A. ~. H.
| A There are about 30i miles OF
railroads in the Hawaiian Islands. the
principal line being on oahu.
@. Can the flamlngo be domesticat-
cd? /. r.. w.
A. when taken young flamingos
are readily tanned. but they are not
generally found to thrive in do
mestlcated state.
Q. What was the loss resulting
from the floods In OHIO and Indiana
seven or eight years ago? X. r.. d.
A. In the 1918 floods in Ohio and
Indiana T30 lives were lost and the
property loss was more than flS0,000,-
600.
q. How big is mslecule7 l.. p
a. 1t has been estimated that a
molecule Of water has n diameter of
about one foety- millionth of an inch
and that the number of molecules IN
a cubic inch Of air Is 443 million
million million.
. What is a food ancnor2 A. w
A. This term is applied 10 the
anchor by which ship rides durinf
the flood tide.
q. What is or was the larges
wine cask in tho world? S. n. II
A. The famous copper tun kept il
the cellar Of Heidelberg Castle is sai'
10 have been the largest wine cask II
the world, being 36 feet in length
&c feet in diameter and capable o
holding $4,000 gallons
O. What was tho Florentine FIX
= nerimentY r. G.
; A. Tho Florentine Experiment f.
: physics. was an experiment made &
: 1861 to test whether or not water wa
= compressible. Water was enclosed i
j. | AL .-F
: metically sealed. In COMPRISING tn
globe the water. instead Of yieldinl
. forced its way through the pores {
J tho gold and stood in drops on tn
= outer surface.
@. How much corn can one ma
plant in day? r.
2 A. With a hand corn-planter or
man can plant 4.40 acres q day; wit
y oue-horse one-row corn-plsnter
u can plant 600 acres; with a tw'
n horse two-row corn-planter he ca
. plant 1880 acres.
q Q. What period is covered whe
+ interest. etc. is declared payab
y "semi-annually7" y r.
A Semi-annual means every 8
months-not necessarily January M
July. or July and December. but ar
two periods six months apart.
n @. To settle an. argument. will
log placed in running water trav
te faster or slower than tho waite
n II. S.
n a. The photographic Office IA.
H. that a log placed in r. running strea
ne will travel neither faster nor slow
a. than the water, but take its spe
VI from the water.
On @. Who composed silver Threa
'u Among the Gold" and when? 3. T.
e A silver Threads Among {
e. Cold" was by Eben Rexford-Ha
ne Pease banks in 1874.