New Britain herald., 1926-02-15
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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 c, For what vas Andrew John. son, President Of tho nitod States i tried, when an effort was made ro IlWpoach him? What was the vote in I'ho CaSr?
 A. Tho Impeachment rharcw! IuSnrpatlon Of the law. corrupt usc Of the veto power, interference ut I'j"r'ionS and other higL crimes and lmiHd"mranors. TEo trial lgs'rI from March &n 10 May 2G, INGS. The vote Was guilty %1, not guilty r., and rr- suited in acquital as il tuo.thirds vol" was necessary for verdict ol guilty.
 Q. When q girl invites a gentle man to be her guest at u college . From is jt customary for hrr to pro- 1 vide th" tickets and thc conveyance :,
 A. II is customary for her 10 provide Ih" tickets. but not inc con. 1"fanr', Tho gentleman should ra. spond 10 tbc invitation with such conrf"si'a as q corsaro for thp dance, raAt ctr. 1 2. Was th" United States Navy Yard a' Philadelphia always in it's | present location"
 A. In the centennial year, IH7G. ltho Philadelphia Navy Yard was .moN"d from the foot of Fcdoral street 10 Loague Island where it js Ia' present. Th" City Council had purchased Loagu" Island in 1862. It vas presented 10 lh T.. <. goy- trnmont and accepted in 1868.
 .. Can you give mo tn. address of Rndyar1 kiplinro
 A. Eatcman's EurWasN, SussYx. Englan5
 c. Is it true that moIcs are bIindo
 A. MoI's arc practically llnd. [ Tn" eyes ar" very small and in som, species covered hy q membrane. Re t'en' Investigations of the comnon American molo show that tho eye "s"lf is practically of no Us. as an organ of si@h'. Mol"s moro along th' ground hy the scnscs of hearing and touch.
 e. should man wear q ring on tho left or right hando
 \. He may wear It on either. The left hand is generally preferred. { Of what kind of stone is th" White House in Washington, D. C.. con- Strrctrd"
 \. Virginia fro"stonc. ! Q. Low rda'Iy leaves has a tree. ! A. Science Service reports that q leaf census taken in I forest show d that in summer large trees. fifty ye1rS old, have from 5000 to &C., o00 leaves.
 | Q. How many telephones are in us" in this country and at what ratio do they increase compared with population&
 \, Telephones increase in the i nitcd States much faster than population. Statistics show that dur ing the last five years to September 1, 1925, inc population of thn coun- try increased 7.2 per cent and the number of telephones increased 2G per cent There wcra 1%.161, ,On0 8t"lophonos in uso in this country on September 1, 1920. and on Scptcm- hcr 1. 1895, there were 16.5GG,o0u. jn increase of 3,415,0o0 for tho five %car period.
 Q, How many letters arc mailed yearly with no address on the en- vclopcs?
 A. The tinted States Post O0Ico reports approximately 1oo.ooo lc'- t"rs mailed every year in blank en- NoIopoS,
 ., Can you tell mn somctLiH2 of the diamond polishing and cutting industry Of the city of Amsterdam. Holland?
 A. Mos, Of thc lilr.onds in tl2 world pass thru Amsterdam. Tho city has hoon famous for di@mord polishing and cutting since the 18th century. when the art was intro- duccd by Portuguese Jews aftrr Inc sack of Antwerp. At present there orn nearly hundred mills employ ing several thousand persons. Most of thc raw diamonds conc from south Africa. although BrIzil ard the Far East arc other sorlcrs of supply.
 c. What IS tho address of MHnna Irving, the poetess2 A. Mrs. Harry Mrhnnor tMinnl IrvmG. Tarrytown, Now York, Q. Are Japanos" allowed 10 own land in any part of the United States?
 A. Some of thc Pacific coast states excluding Japanese from own ing land hut no state east Of the Rocky mountains has such laws,
 c, Why IS it that the words in cluding the Scandinavian" are often found in the copyright notice. in lbookso
 A. The Scandinavian countries are not included in the copyright union between the European coun- tries and the United States. Separ- ate copyright arrangements must be made with those countries. When