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Show ' 3 tain Hons In the Rock, j-J gion. T! ;r pay rangee hvt a month. ' Q How can I removi oj leather? I. T. & A Sponge the leattatia, cioth dlpied In alcohol I Q. What percentage of t mobiles tn the varid are bod States? C. B. D. ' A. The National Atoo.i cf Commerce says that abroad of all the automobiles la total in the Uniteil States. Q. Poes an es-soMfcr oreii come tax en salarv racer-' J service? T. A. K. A. He does not. Bis IobbI - will include oair era- J received in civilian taskras y Who coined the firrr-f firrr-f J " ' F"'r ' 0. F A. Tela cipreretc wu at ta -i James Lewrv " ounded In the CheSaasatfrSai tie. J. What it the beet wirsj - ' - - -::-;- -: Av In - hatter tor rn should- he used h I . v ripened and ehsrte! i :-?r perat'jre. The better 9 My washed, raiser fexa racked into eartbansj i or other suitable container;, ixi 1 in a coM, dark pease, setBSn ir.at.r.g odors. ' reader can get tee laeel hjr writing tH AM niaiior; bureau. Frederic J. Hai - - w asl tngtox D C HI I :p infonastica. It :ve adtice on legal, si !' ' - .?.:re research star' write : " pilKT i Give fc'.. -sn-e ari idires Li t iwo-cer.t sta::ip for react & -.; ; :s a-e eer.t direct to ral Answers to Questions. Q. What were the prices of some of the etaplee a year or more after the close of the civil war? W. T. 'A. The ooet of staples was extremely extreme-ly high during the four years oj the war. and a decline in prices began to set in In ISM and li7. The following are the prices of staples which prevailed In IST: Coal. fvSO per ton: flour. Ill it per barrel: sugar, It cents a pound: butter. but-ter. 1 cents per pound: fresli beef. 16H cents per pound; eggs, 42 cents per dozen. J. What was the approximate cost of killing, a soldier In the war G. A. C. A. Ti e statistical branch of the gen-I gen-I era! staff placet the approximate cost of kJUIng a soldier at Me.000. This estimate la arrived at comparing the total expenditure ex-penditure of ihe war to ail countries involved. in-volved. Q. Has the postmaster of a small tpwn any right to shut up his office at 2:S0 p. m. and reruoe to sjellver any letters' let-ters' T. U H A. The postoffi e department says that under the regulations of the pootofflce department the poet master Is required to keep the postofflce open to patrons during dur-ing the hours that the business! placeje of the town are open. Q. What was the origin of hospitals? A. C- at. A. Hospitals wore founded In very early timee In India. Persia and Arable. They Were for the most part supported hr the kings Tl e Clreeks maintained aho!t or houoeo for Ihe sick, but the beet Inelllutleaia of 'hie kind In ancient timee l were those of the Romans, which were actually endowed. Q lib e me a list of sortie of the promt. nent men and women whoee centenary occurred this ear. M C. R A. Some of l lie famous persons woee crotenane were celeormted this year i were: JtXin ftuskln, James Rueeell Lowell, Charles Klngsley, George Eliot. Arthur C'ough vj.een Victoria. Julia Ward Howe. Walt Whitman. Charles A. Dana and Cyrus W Field. V). How many cables are there acroee the Atlantic ocean ,'. 8. A There are seventean reKee across the Atlantic Twelve of these go direct to Great Britain Q. Does the government employ mountain moun-tain lion hunters A. L. L. A. The biological survey says that tho government employs men to hunt moan- |