New Britain herald., 1925-10-13

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 Q. Why do Japanese students say that they use "flrefly' light and window snow" when they refer to what Americans call burning the midnight oil?"
 A. Fireflies are very much cher ished in Japan. Bound up in this common Japanese phrase is a le- gend about their cherished firetlieS The story runs as follows; There lived In Japan very poor family, as poor in their nation as Abraham Lincoln's father and foster mother were in Illinois. They were blessed with a son who had great eager7 mess for learning. But the poor par Tents could not afford to send their son to school. They could not buy candles that he might study at night. So the boy collected tlretlea from the fields, imprisoning them in cage. By crowding this curious lantern close to his borrowed books l he could make out the characters, Winter came, snuffing out his fire l fly lantern, but he learned to hold 1 his book where 1t caught the dim light reflected by snow against the window. Study and work brought him honor and success. ] Q. What is the total foreign born population of the United States who are ineligible to vote?
 A. The total foreign born popu- lation of the United States twenty one years of age and over is, ac- cording to the 1920 census, 6,493,- 0SS. Of this number 6,221,706 are naturalized, leaving d total of 271,- 3SS unnaturalized. This would be 1 the approximate number of foreign | born persons in the United States l who are ineligible to vote. There are many more, both American born and naturalized who are in eligible for other reasons - lack of sufficient residence, failure to pay poll tax, etc. according to the vot- ing laws in each state.
 Q. What was the full name of Admiral Sampson?
 A. William Thomas Sampson. Q. How old is Corinne Griffith, the movie actress?'
 A. Twenty-four.
 Q. What is the translation of the Latin words on the seal of the United States?
 A. Beneath the pyramid on a golden scroll is the inscription "Novus Ordo Sedurum," meaning "A new era in the ages" Above is the motto, "Annuit Coeptis," "He prospers our beginning"
 Q. If any army nurse marries and is receiving compensation from the government for injuries re- ceived in the World war, does her compensation stop?
 A. Marriage does not affect the compensation of an army nurse who is drawing compensation be- cause of injuries received in sery- ice in the World war.
 Q. What is the address of the headquarters of the Camp Fire Girls?
 A. 31 East 17th street New York city.
 O. What is the minimum weight boxing gloves used in professiona fights?
 A. Six ounces.
 Q. How far does the pardoning power of the President of tho United States extend?
 A. The President of the Unitec States has the power to pardon al offenses of every nature against tn
 laws of the United States but no of the several states. @ Q. What is the average wage 0 lumber jack?
 A.. This depends entirely upol the kind of work which he does The range as a rule is from $1.5
 per day for the lowest wage 10 a : high as $1O.0O to $11,00 per day fo the highest pay.
 Q. What docs it mean when says that a watch is adjusted | six positions, heat and cold?"
 A. It means that a watch is s 7 adjusted that it will keep tim when placed in any of six diffcren } positions and that it will run ac curately in warm and cold tempera lures.
 Q. What is the record as to tn , number of bricks laid fin one hour A. The record was made by workman in Sheffield. England
 who succeeded in laying S09 brick
 in one hour. This is by y'no mean an average. It is an unusual record
 .. Who was the boy governor O
 Michigan?
 T. Steven Thompson Mason ha
 been called by this name. :, Q. What is the meaning of th
 name Shenandoah
 A. It is an Indian word mean . ing "sprucy stream" c. Where is Dismal Swamp?
 4. It occupies Yarts of Nanse
 mond and Norfolk counties, Vii ginia, and Gates and Camden coun .. ties, North Carolina. It is abou :, thirty miles long and ten mile
 wide. By far the larger part of
 is in Virginia.
 a ., Is there any cure for ches o nut trees which have the blight = A. Government experts haN
 failed as yet to find any cure fC
 the chestnut blight This was intro
 duced from Japan and has don
 great damage to the chestnut cro