The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-15

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Was man ever sentenced TO
spend his entire life on shipboard.
never setting foot on land or hear
ing of his native land?
This was the sentence pronounced
on the hero C7hillp Nolan OF Edward
Everett Hales Man Without Coun-
try" The story Is pure fiction.
How much of the worlds wool
Is produced in the United States?
About one.tenth.
What verse in the Bible has all
the letters of the alphabet except
the letter J?
Ezra, Chapter VII. Verse 81.
What Is meant by the Short Bal
lot?
A short ballot IS any voting paper
which requires the selection OF only a
few important candidates. Its bene-
fits appear in our national elections
where the voter elects not more than
four. usually three, candidates whom
he holds accountable for the Govern
ment The principle of the Short
ballot ia to remove all minor offices
and some important ones from the
ballot in the interest of magnifying
the power and accountability Of the
few men who are chosen by an intel
ngent popular vote.
Does the hair of'a human grow
to any extent after death?
A few cases of the growth of the
human hair after death have been re-
ported. This is probably due to SUB
surface conditions.
What Americans rose to promi-
hence from hardships?
Among them are Lincoln, Andrew
Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Whittier
and Jack London.
What Presidents were elected by
the House of representatives?
Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy
Adams.
What is meant by the Lev
anti"
This is a geographical name EN-
ployed throughout Europe to deslg
nate the Eastern parts of the Mediter
fri II
a wider sense, 1t is applied vaguely to
the regions eastward from Italy. as
far as the Euphrates and the Nile; bat
more generally is used in a more re-
stricted sense, as including only the
coasts of Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt.
VIII young ducks lay the first
fallR
It depends upon the breed. The
india Runner will lay as early as
August or September of the first fall,
lier than December or January Of the
first year.
Does the Isle of Pines belong to
the United States?
No. 1t belongs to Cuba.
What were the benefits OF the
Louisiana purchase to the United
States2
The United States obtained with
single stroke as much territory as she
already possessed. The farm lands on
the seacoast, declared a hopeless will
derness, were, a hundred years after
the purchase, worth seven billion dol
lars, five hundred times as much as
the price paid Napoleon. In addition
to adding great natural resources to
those possessed by the United States,
the Louisiana purchase prevented
war, and unified the republic by elm
mating foreign countries, and con-
sequently diplomatic disagreements.
What is the st. Lawrence
waterway Project?
A plan to open the st. Lawrence
river so that large vessels can go
from the lake poEts to tidewater at
Montreal, Halifax and Atlantic coast
ports. Advocates of this project claim
that a cheaper method of transpor-
tation will thus be afforded between
tidewater and the interior.
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