Show QUESTIONS ANSWERED A NEWS subscriber submits tb three ree questions to winch which he be desires replies replica lo in our columns the first it i when a member of the Church holding the office of elder has a member of his family sick and calls in theElder the elders sto to assist him to administer is it his prerogative roea tive to preside in hits his own house bouse or should a person higher in the pi priesthood iest hood preside lor for instance the bishop or other officer in the ward la in such a case the elder presides in his bis own bouts he may by courtesy invite some bome other elder to take charge in the administration of the ordinance bu the preel dency in him bis own house bouee and bamily remains with the fluor elder who whole Is the bead of the household the next request if in please give the definition of the word fc canard flanard as a I 1 fall fail to find it in websters or in encyclopedia Britan britannica nim we find the word in websters U unabridged n all right it Is irom from the french and means duck by a peculiar incident it also came to natan so an extravagant and ridiculous culous fabrication A prenod jart acri writer in it ridicule or of the extravagant trava gant stories of the day met get e afloat an absurd story in B regard to the extraordinary voracity of ducko ducke alleging that twenty having been placed of them ws wis w s killed billed and cut into small email piece feathers and all and thrown to the other nineteen who immediately swallowed it the same thing was waa repeated with the same result until at length hut but one remained this one having devoured the other iol Deteen in a very brief time the story atory was circulated in nearly all the of europe and after baa log inc been forgotten tor for several beave was revived with some additions addition iu it america hence fabrications ol of this kind were called canards canaras can ards the third inquiry read Is the number of hours per day or week for adults to work in mines in england regulated by law or by mutual agreement between employer and em aloye by mutual agreement between employer sod and employed employ emp loye eg sub subject jeet however to certain rules which must receive the approval of the secretary ot of state and by local regulations against requiring laborers to work on certain days such as sundays sunday and holidays tills applies to male adults adult the britannica Britann ioa says vol xiv p with reference to the period of service there to is no DO law directly limiting it this is in relation to labor of all kinds in which adult male workingmen kingmen vor are eng engaged ailed the laborer with certain exceptions exception is paid in cash the truck act requiring thit and the basis to is either time lime or piece work or the tribute or per cen taire system with respect to women sod and children there is a legal regulation af leotine their hours boure of labor for instance children from ten to thir thirteen teeb years cac not be employed more than bal ball time everyday every day or a lull full day alternate adayr and young people from 14 to 18 und women ton ten hours a day and five hours on saturdays saturday this provision to is mainly applied to factories regarding abe working of noal mines the following is a summary of the regulations of the coal mine sot act 1 females and boys under 10 are not allowed to 10 work underground 2 boys between 10 and 12 are not allowed 10 wed to work except in thin mines 3 no boy under 12 to drive a gin horse or under 18 a steam engine 4 wages not to be paid at public houses 5 working of mines by a single shaft prohibited 6 managers to be certified as competent by a board of examiner 7 annual return of coal wrought to be made to inspector 8 notice of accidents to be sent to inspector 9 fence op openings ings of abandoned workings to be fenced 10 plans to be kept up to within six months of date 11 plans of abandoned workings to be deposited with home office 12 general rules for the safety of miners in fiery mines management of ventilation safety lamps and gunpowder protection against accidents in shafts and levels etc 13 power howerto to frame special rules subject to approval of the secretary of state there has leen some aei agitation tation for a legal labor day but up tu to the present the hours have been agreed on by mutual agreement or by reference to ecial departments which virtually ap apt as courts of arbitration in special cases on the length of W working day is ie an american Amer loan mea eute except as to women end and children whom the state under the englick system regards regarda as its ita special |