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q. Please give n recipe for date
stfc1ts. j.. j. Il.
A. Beat three eggs thoroughly: add
one cup OF sugar: ono cup OF -four
that contains ono teaspoonful OF
vanilla, ono cupfuI of broken nut
meats and one cupfui date meats which
have been cut in small pieces. Bake I'm
thin sheets on buttercd pans in hot
oven. Out I'm strips while warm and
roll In powdered sugar.
-. II n person were born on last
Thanksgiving Day, when would hls
birthday como again on ThankaxivingY
Would II be the same number OF years
apart each time? -. IL. II.
A. Thanksgiving Day viii fan on the
3o,h Of November again in 1893. Ow-
ing 10 the interealnry day 10 does no,
fall on the same day every seven years.
q. What ~ an aninal7 J. w.
a. An animal 81 any moniyer % the
group of living beings typlcadly en-
lowed with sensation and voluntary
motion, as dsttnguBhed from a plant.
q. Is compoy Ike smallpox? O.. Il. d.
| a. Tho Department OF Agriculture
Gays that cowpox IN infectious and
Analogous TO smallpox IN human
beings. though not 80 dangerous.
O. Were many people killed during
the earthquakes in tho MisslassppI
Valley about 100 years ago7 J. r. l.. s
A. A series OF earthquake shocks wa
felt In that vicinity I'm 1Sif-i2-13. The
connguration Of tho territory wa
greatly changed. and several lakes anC
Islands were created. There arc roc.
ords OF few deaths since the eountr-
at that time was very sparsely popu.
lated.
|, Q. What a. carrying trader w. A. y.
A. Carrying trade ~ n phrase use(
in political economy and also IN com.
! mcrcial transactions. II usually refer,
TO tho commerce OF different ooun
tries with each other.
Q. What c0lOrs would have 10 ,s,
to mike terra Gotta paint? J. S.
n. Terra Gotta. as a designation fo'
color. Is rather indefinite but a shad.
which would be designated b. tina
title can ne produced by mixing togethe
white. Indian red, and yellow ochre
> The proportions. Of course. VIII de
, pend on Tho shade desired.
/, O. Where do the courts get tho au
thorlty or right 20 declare an act O
Congress unconstitutional? II. p. y.
A. This Ia n power - unique az {
Is important In no other great coun
try in the world do tho courts per
form this function. Moreover, IL e no
n power which the Constitution or an,
OF the early State constitutions ex
preesly conferred upon tho courts. 7
was exercised in a fe-y isolated case
4 just after tho Revolution. but g ma,
!. DO said 10 find It's firm foundation M
9rlrciple OF American constitutions
! law In the opinion OF Chief Justic
Marshall. in 1903. In the famous cas-
OK Marbury VI. Madison. This hold,
In effect. that the Constitution Is 81
IRENE, tina. Congress itself cannot v!o
late Il. and that the courts. when the
take oath to uphold tho Constitution
assume an obligation toees that Cor
grcss dOos nothing in cOntraventio
= Of 10. Evidently . II assumed that u
= judicial opinion as 20 what - cons-
" tutional is superior TO the legislator
q. What n the easiest way 20 caus
heat from friction? F. 2.
. A. Probably the easiest way r (
= Use two pieces q hard dry wood. Tn
: method was employed ~ prim.tll
people 20 lGndls fire.
.. What material Il the Statue Z
Liberty made Of? a. NJ q.
\. II Is made Of bronze.