Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q. How long hes t,e Panama Canal
t'.en Operating sfsd how many ~h,fs hsvo
used III Y. e.. W.
A. The Panama Canal eSunpi~s<d ar
ycnrs ~ operation At the rlss~r n bIsaelv
| 90 August IL, 1870 Dur.ng tha t.na
l0,575 commercial vessels have u'ads
The transit.
q. How many word. did shale-,ease
use7 How does this oonpars With tiie
average PERSONS vocabulary J. W
A. IN has been cstinafed that stakeH-
peare used about 1900 different ~orls
The vocabulary " the average oducaied
pcrwpn seldom exeeeds 800 words
q We have pieoe of WOOD Shich pro.
duccs a pbosphoris gi0w What = the
name Of this wood y. G.
A. Any wood which gives IN . psa~tto-
r,-oent gIow when decaying = kn0wn -
for-fre.
q. When did Newport csas 10 - :
capital Of Rhode Island7 I r. NJ
a. Up 20 1900 Rhode Island had 100
capitals, PrDvidence and Ncst~yrf, Ia
since that time al Legislative tfieina-s los
been handled m Providence
q. Could a balloon ~ up n heiviit a
$50 miles2 C. a l.
A. A balloon could ~ made whieh
would go up % about 80 miles where M
atnosphere IL no~tly hydrogen 10 .n.
struments are now in exigteuce to c,~.~Ifr
this altitude.
q. Can all yfooks he bought IN 90
pr cent margin7 W r. ID.
A. All stocks cannot be bought on ~Dch
margin. Curb stocks mus. u~1aiiy
be purchased outright
2. Please g1vs mo a rncips fc- rn.sinr
root beer. g. j. IT.
A. To five gallons ~ h>yslinw water Sid
I " gallons of nolassez Allow a N stsrd
f~s three hours, then aid a r<yInd ea~h
Of bruised sassafr4s bark, ~in,ergr--r
bark, sarsaparilla root a PINT - ir-~t
ycsst ard water enough 70 na<r from o.
70 ~ gallon, After this hss ferrnef-sf 2
houry 10 can be bottled
G. To settle an arvpr-t, ~ whirh
syllable should the name ''Pn.frn." -
accented2 r. r.. ID.
A. The accent n on ths fr-t ryF'ahir
two pronuncistions being yiv-n Fati-rs
or Fah-tr-rna.
O. What s jcs' g.
A. The Geological S'rrvr-v ---- os., e,
n dense black lignite Ehich uss-~
good polish
q. Can -olt,~- buy o-i, ~ go s--vi,~p
O. VI v
A. According 70 military r-vulstion
ffFeflffT fe-ft-f ftfltr-Ftefi. d "a psNs~IfIIa
for a man % purchase he di-ehsrve from
the service. In order - ~ 80 30 nlist -
able ~ prove : hat he d urgertiv ne~rief ~
home and that he Wili 10 ~ more acrviee -
the country II Discharged than Fefnsfn-
mg. When such discharve deslr~f a
man must make application % hIs rnnne-
dIate commanding 0fioer. ss~sing 10
details ~ th~ eas~
y. How hixh a cpfr1rrs~ ~ s~~N~~ . %
quiref ~ err-' po-ud pr--rs p~r
square Dchi
a A column ~ water sn~vvs t~~ s,c
one-thlrd feet high = usr~~~~~y N -wws
pound pressure ner scn1ar~ us<1n.
q. Which darAgrs a russd TOW. srso-
mobiles and losded trucks or es4~rn- Nad
loaded wsxons7 j Err.
a. The Burean ~ Puhh~ Hnar- 49, tsss
automobiles AMI loaded trscSs c-Nls~ no--
DAMAGE % roads than wagons AID lnad~d
wagons.
A. WIS. r the n~snns ~ sh~ --~-.
'Ku-hlux and from wnar l>nguars arr
they derived D. VA.
A. This erniRnaflor ~ m uDnn .
gwen Al the fir~r mer,Fng u tins c~v~n-
lzatlon N l.od, name ms susS1tsc,
ku hlol from the Gr~~k lfIIrlos
meaning a oa~u or clrri.- Scnevn. caiica
out Call . hu-hlux. wnerrupou a man
remarked that SOUNDS Ike Cocirsr. 0ino
old society Wa called the Lost Clan 81
COc4e,x The Cociet8 Indians w~rr
clan. not q tr1ne, that had existed some 80
years previously. The name M saopIea