Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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question by writing Every Evening infor- /
nation Huresu. Frederic . Haskin. direr- /
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q. How many immigrants have I
come TO this country and Whom wns
immigration lsrgcat7 =. A. /
A No trustworthy imrni grafton
records were kept IN the saTly history
Of Tho republic From 1873 81 IL ,~ti-
mated that the number az immigrants
20 this country was about 1000 a yea
until 1924 when the number was IN
creased 20 10000. Then 10 dropped 20
about 5000 until 1906. when 81 was
reduced - practically nothing for the
succeeding TO years In 1915 u was
about 5000 and the next year. - 24O.
From October /. 1919. a record has
been kept. but up unti 1856 10 !nclud-
ed all allen passseng arrived" and
hAA AAbA fAAaNaAAAs tAafiA Aff-AfF'AA aAAAAAts-
grants and passengers. nor did &: in
clude immigration overland from can
ada and Mexico. This record. which
is inaccurate az explained. shows 4
total OF 33.630.los from the year end
ing September so. 1920. 20 the year
ending June 30. 1920. The largest
immigration IN any one year was -
2s5 BAG for the fiscal year 1907.
@ what Is the title OF the ruler
81 Danzg? II. Z. y.
A. This Is known rs a Free City
and the ruler - the High Comm.s-
/ sioner
Q. what is the origin OF The Drin-
| tcr's abbrcv .atlon stet? r. C..
\. THIS IS not an abbreylafion. II
Is the third person. singular. subjunc-
/ tive OF the Latin verb stare. and IS
| ira nslated literally, let Il stand.
Q. What State has the most and
largest ranches? r. r
\. The Bureau OF Census says tina,
the States having the greatest number
81 farms ~ 500 acres or over are
Texas. which has 23.977 OF such size
Mort, Dakota. 22.3S5: Montana. L.
6O4; South Dakota. 1867. and Kansas
1891.
@ why Is pig iron given tbs
| name? X T. l.
\ Pr iron Is so called because IN,
molten metal n run into long mas
with shorter pieces attached 20 u al
right angles The long pieces ar,
called the SOW. and the shorter ar.
called the pigs.
=. How did the English poSseessiv,
case originate? Fl. =
4. The Grammar OF English Gram.
mars says that the English poSeeSssiv,
case unquestiOnably originated In tha'
form OF the Saxon geni,ive which ter.
inmates IN es, examples OF which may
be found IN almost any specimen OF
the Saxon tongue: as. "On Herodes
dagum" I'm Herod's day: "O1 An.
rones dohtrum" or Aaron's daugh
ters' Saint Luke. l. 5. This eadins
was sometimes the same as that o
the plural: and both We're changed :,
Is o. ys before they became what W,
now find them. This termination add
cd syllable % the word The apos
irophe was probably introduced :,
shorten ~.
.. DID the Apostles form the Cree,
which bears their name2 ". A. {
A. The name Is a misnomer. tn
early form OF the creed IL known as ID
IOid Roman symbol and was used as
baptisimal confession IN tho Churcl
at Rome. IL Is known 20 have existe.
as early as 400 A. d., and & II prob
; able that u creed OF some sort "a n
old no tho founding oc tho Chr.s,iai
Church.
q. Has Vice President ever 70
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