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Show Answers to Questions. Q. Do people of Fra nee a nd Kngland pay income tax? G. II. .1. A. Both 1'Yancc and Unghmd have a n income tax law. f-'rauce. at the jj recent time, pays an income tax rate of 1 Vi Pi" cent to RMi- per roil. The rate of Income In-come tax in I'higlaud is from S',2 por cent to i2 per cent. ie Q. What is the origin of the name "Santa Ciaus"? U B. A. This name Is a Dutch corruption of the name "Saint Nicholas." Saint Nicholas Nicho-las is a. much-beloved saint of the Roman Ca tholic church and a special pa t ron of the young. His feast day was celebrated in ancient times on December il, and the. nearness of this feast to that of Christmas Christ-mas dav has led to tho union of the two. m Q. Ta it pcrmissi hie for a postmast er to close the mail window while sorting the mull? H. j;. R. A. The postofflce department says thnt postmasters of third and fourth-class offices of-fices have been given tho privilege of closing the window during the time the mail Is being distributed, as it has. been found that mail is expedited rather than delayed by this practice. Q. What are the total deposits in the I "nit ed States postal savings, banks V B. S. A. The postofhee department says that the total amount of savings deposits in the savings banks mi J une '', 11',', waa $1H7.33,260. The United Status post a I savi ngs was first suggested by John Wauamaker, a former postmaster general. gen-eral. Q. What is the population of the Philippine Phil-ippine islands, and how many of the it la uders are non - Ch r ist i a ns 7 S. T. A. There are t,!t9.(i:,n people in the Philippine isla nds. a popuia t ion equal to Mint of the IhjHcd Sluli- about 51)11, imiu of the VW,:r. Christ inns. . Q. What is the capital w. w. A. .Meloourne Is (he tei pending the eoinpk't ton of-"' federal capital which is Camberra. Work w; ln'g i u Pi i:;. Tho s: t'j is lX;-i t mm Syd ncy a ud VI'.) in bourne. Q. Who were the apos ' U. T. A. They were (lie hIv tho twelve a potties cotninl -. f c the. ch u rcl i as they ri Christ. They were all call names were I'tarnabas, C : Ignatius, I IcmaH, 1'Hpian, Q. -What loea the "D J John i. Rockefeller's n:mi r-.; A. Mr. Rockefeller's ful. Da vison Rockefeller, Hr. I "V was tha t of his mother, -:-name was EJiza Davifon. L-:r 5 Q. What were the lotsr in the battle of Shiloh d ;-: , war? M. J). G. ' A. In this battle the. about i:;.fii""0 men, while Li toso is placed at l'l.TO'i. |