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q. Has Harold Lloyd, the movie
actor, nm artificial hand7 y O.
A. Harold Lloyd lost his thumb and
foreflnger and part OF hia hand while
he wac poslng FOR aoms new comic
pictures. He hal a real bomb in hjs
hRrid which the property man had
given him through error, and n OK.
ploded.
.. How ala IN. continents get their
names V. q.
a. The origin OF tho name Aels IL
obscure. 10 In believed 20 have oriai-
mated among tho Greeks. or 10 have
been borrowed iy them from eo,na
Aelatlc people. Modern echolars aa
soclste the name with tho sanslrl,
word UehaH. meaning dawn. Tho word
Europe In from the Assyrlan frtb or
Ereb meaning aunaet or weqt Aus
tralia IL derived from the Latin AUS
trails, meaning southern. The maine
was suggested IN the middle Of tha
nineteenth century bv Matthew Film.
ders IN hia hook Voyage ~ Terra
Australls" The derivation ~ tho v-ord
Africa II uncertain. ~ IA believed n
be ~ PhOeniclan orlgii. being nrri
| applied 20 tho nelEhborho0d NJ Car.
thage. Tho name America - derived
! from the nama ~ tho Italian explorer
hmerlgo Nespucc'. n waa FIRE, pro.
| posed by Waldseeuillor. a teacher al
I geography In the College Of ~ Dle
In the treatise called "Cosmorraphle"
/ published IN 1907.
! q. What IN meant hv the ststerpen.
/ that railroad rates are fixed on n baai,
| % what tho iraflo viii bear'Y A 2
a. Fixing railroad rates q. VIVA
/ tie traffic will bear neana tho eeta1
lishment OF tariffs NJ tho point vhiol
| viii yield the largest revenues In "a,
long run and tend 10 encourage %,
greatest possible development II 'raf
&c I'm tho future
q IFuw Tia IL Aiaa~e -r,rrains7
W. r. "
a. Alsace- lorraine from north q
south is l23 miles tts breath vsrie
from 20 ro io5 mics go area "a 65s
miles
- Ia the moon brighter in tha hrs
quarter or third nuartar7 D
\ The caueual Observer vyorlf
probably notice no diferpnca io bright
ne>s between tho fret and tb.r.I oua-
ter, hut measuras nv q'ai,b'rs an
brown with q seleniuin cell indicat
that tho moon IL brighter NJ the nrs
quarter. 4 g'ancs 81 fhe fnil moo
shows that there Gro more dsrl, are,
on tho eaetern than on fha ,vertsr
half
.. Who called SON. country IN
siclu man 81 Europe y y "
n The expression "th. rfri, ma
- Europe" WA uRo-l 10y Oar Ni~l,oia
~ Russia in converpatipn with ih
british A5illes~ador ssyvnoura IN 1sa
IN sllueion 20 no iecsy ~ Tho Turl,Ia
Empire.
a. How long would - take for
~ f"'''fft ~ HfHfF|A sfN0fll i1IfN
". =. y
b A. The Post Orio> Department aa,
thAt ~ would tss~ four dsv. 70 carr
letter from Boston % Seattle ar
four dRys from Seattle 20 skskws,
? u would be difficult 20 deter7nans n
exact time = would take for mail
, 10 sent from Ssss-ray 20 White Hors
but they are Of tho opinion that a 10
! ter from Boston - Dawpon CITY won
, arrivs within two weeks IIsavy snov
; ana other iocai conditions arc irnpo
iant factors IN following I'D rnaii
81 this part Or tho oountry.
!, -. Certain theories arr sald ~
fundamental in tho Declaration OF II
dependence. What arc they T. NJ
, A. Tho fvo fundamental theories
, Tho Declaration arc. Tho do.,trina
oauality-"aIl mon arc created oaual
/, tho doctrine OF iualienable rlRhta. IN
, Tho origin 81 government was IN
conscious act or cofnpact-"govcr
menta arc instituted. that power.
: government rest on 'he consent ~ d
governed: tho right 70 throw IN ~
n eminent. that II. The risht N revol
ton or resistance.