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Show Questions and Answers, I Q. What is the present popuhi I the United States? U, q. 1 l A, The people of the l-'nltM ; have not been counted since the bureau of the census estiiTnu population for the United staU-s ' 1910, exclusive, of the insular poV' is 10G,S71,2a4 persons. In the ki, 10,735,900 more. 1 . Q. What is the length of tho railroad in the United St.itesM''' A. The Indiana & Northern f4' running one mile from Mylor h, Bend, is said to be the shortest in the United States. It h;is been eration since 1831, is a trai'iic con, link, does a big business and is perous. i( Q. Has the Fifty-ninth Pionpf.r '' try regiment been listed for eartv home? C. B. A. This regiment, v.-ith tho tv of L, and M com pan ies, is the service of supply at Toul, ! The other companies are locaM vicinity of Chaumont. None of tL panics of the regiment Ins to dii: assigned convoy home. Q. Ts it true that the Into h.-'. dent Roosevelt rode a hundred w .' horseback in a single day? h. t, : A. In P'ebruary, lSOJi. the lv-President lv-President Roosevelt rode nin-t-miles on horseback in the sevens-: between daylight and dark. Tho from Washington to War ronton i-turn. i-turn. Three horses were used, . (Any reader of The Tribune wV. the facts on any subject c;ui prompt service by writing The Information Bureau, Prcik-ric J. ! . Director, Washington. D. (J. St,;': question brielly and inclose a t!r-stamp t!r-stamp for return postage. All. f are confidential, the replies being I rect to each individual.) '' 1 |