The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-18
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

o--what was the largest fish ever
caught7--F. A. II.
According to scientists Of the
Was captured at Miami. Florida. after a
fight lasting so hours, Five harpoons
\ and $50 bullets were required to sub
| due the monster, " was whale shark
| and weighed 10000 pounds, It's liver
alone weighing LOO pounds.
Q.-Can liqulfled hydrogen be used as
substitute for gasoline In running au-
tomobiles B +. II.
| A.-The Bureau OF Standards has re-
| Gently completed a machine for making
| liquid hydrogen, and an italian sclen {,
list Is said TO claim that this material
can be used as a. motor fuel. How =
ever, commercial developments in this
direction are far in the future.
Q,--where does a flower get its
smell7-B. N. X.
A.-Tho fragrance Of flowers is due to
| special essences 9r oils which the plant
| produces. These oils are complicated
compounds OF only two elements, car
bon and hydrogen, and are known as
! volatile oils, since they escape readily
into the air.
,o.-when did prohibition come into
A-Consttutional prohibition came
AIRY l6, 1920.
o. have heard 1t reported that
there was a giant afrsaIp built by the
Germans during the war to bomb New
York. is this true M, L.
A,--The L-72: designed and con-
enthal, was made FOR the sole purpose
Of bombing New York city, according to
a report BY Colonel William Heneley,
OF the balloon and airshlp division OF
long, o5 feet high has an ss-ioot beam.
6 Maybach engines OF 2eO h. p. each, a
speed OF 81 miles per hour. a gas capac-
ity OF ll,000 gallons lifting power OF
Sc tons, hydrogen capacity OF 2,470,0Q
cubic feet. cruising distance Of $500
IL addition to the crew. The pilot OF
this machine had successfully bombed
London ten times, as well as nunkirk
at the Russian front. As a reward for
the opportunity Of plotting the alrship
In its proposed trip to bomb New York
city, the most coveted opportunity in
the German air service.
Q.-Who was Brann, the iconoclast,
whose works are widely advertised nj
the present time?--G I. T.
- A,-Brann. the iconoclast was Will
liam Cowper Brann, a notable American
writer. who was born in Humboldt
township, Coles county. Illinois, on
January 4, 1856. lie issued the first
number OF the Iconoclast in July, 1891,
In 1894 he settled in Waco, Texas. and
the following year revived the Incono-
clast. For some time his articles
aroused the enmity Of Tom f. Davis.
and the two men engaged in street
duel, On November 10, 1897, in which
both were killed.
Q.--Is a man with a wife and one
child and an income Of $1,000 per year
REQUIRED to make an income tax re-
turn IN. f.. c.
A.-The law requires that married
man living with his wife must make an
income tax return when his income
amounts to $4,000 or over, yearly, re-
CARELESS OF the fact that the 5000 ex-
emption to which he Is entitled for
each dependent. child, may make his
return non-taNable,
Q,--How much silver is there in
billion dollars %. r.. y.
A,-To coin a billion dollars 1t would
require 1880 tons of silver, and g.
0S3 freight cars would be required to
haul it to the MINT Set edge to edge
these dollars wodld stretch from New
York city to Salt Lake City Utah.
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