New Britain herald., 1925-08-20

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 Q, What kind Of an organization is the American Institute of Ac- Countants?
 4. This organization is 10 the profession Of accountancy what the American Medical association is to The medical profession. Members must hold the degree of certified public accountant, and must have unqucstioned professional standing. The association, in addition to pro- noting the discussion and solution of the problems and methods of practice in accountancy, publishes the Journal of AcCountancy, and gives the C. P, 4. examination in about 93 states The organization is striving 10 standardize aCcountancy education and 10 raise the profess sional standing of the accountant. The address is 135 Cedar street, Now York city.
 Q, What are "Frijoleso"
 A, Mexican bcans. They are pre- pared fer food by soaking them overnight and in the morning add ing a small onion and then boiling gently until soft. Remove the onion 1 and drain the beans. Mix them with lard until each bean is thoroughly coated with the fat. Add Q cup of the liquor in which they have been 1 boiled, and gently crush few of the beans 10 thicken the gravy, Add | the remainder of the beans and a i chopped Chili and let simmer until the beans are dry. Q. If one gets piece of paper money that he thinks is counterfeit to whom should he report it?
 A. Send the bill to the United States secret service, treasury de- partment, Washington. D. C., giv- ing all the information possible 1 concerning it,
 o. Why does g cats throat tremble when It purrs?
 4. The purring sound made by cats is contrived by throwing the vocal chords into vibration, meas ured and regulated by respiration, and the vibration is strong enough to make the whole larynx tremble. Q, What is done by the post of fee with mail that cannot for one reason or another be delivered? A. c. O. D. parcel post packages are kept for six months at the Dead Letter office; ordinary packages are held for two months; unaddressed packages for thirty days At the end of this time, unclaimed packages at the Dead Letter office are auctioned off. Letters containing valuable en- closures are kept for year and a record is made of all enclosures Ordinary letters are returned to the sender, or, If the sender cannot be identified, they are destroyed.
 Q. Is it true that only citizens of the United States can be en- ployed in the postal service?
 A. The Civil Service commission is authorized to exclude from the examinations for this service any person who is not a citizen of, or does not owe allegiance to Ehe United States.
 Q. There was an exhibition held in Glasgow, Scotland, about the year 1888. Can you tell me any thing as 10 how long this was open ed and the attendance and receipts? |?
 A. This exhibition ran for 161 days and the attendance was 5,74S,- 379. The gross receipts amounted to $1,129.64Q and the surplus was $2O5,35o.
 Q. Is it necessary to ~cure a government license to operate a radio sending station?
 A, The United States govern. mcnt requires that a sending station be licensed. An operators license must also be secured before one can operate, There is no charge for these licenses. They are issued by the '. S. department of commerce.
 Q. In the old versions of the New Testament are the chapters divided as they are in the modern versions?
 A, Tn the oldest and most val uable of the Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament, the words are all written in capital letters with out even any division between words, as if we should write. NOW WHENJESU SUSWASBORNINBETH . LEHEMOFJUDEA, Divisions into chapters and verses came many centuries later, and was a slow de- velopment, In fact. the first division into verses as we know it today was in the Geneva version of the Eng hsh Bible, 560, The Greek manu- scripts were broken up into para graphs, however.
 Q, When did the nineteenth cen tury end and the twentieth begin ?
 A. It ended exactly at midnight on December S1, 1900, and the twentieth century began the small est fraction of a second later, that is January 1, 1901.
 O. What is the size and popula-