Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-11

@. What is the disease caiieo lhe
pip X. 49,
A. Pip is a condition OF the
tongue caused by some such ailment
as a cold, which conpels a bird 10
breathe through the mouth. Inc
continual passing of air over the
tongue causes it TO become dry u
scaly. especially about the up. =
@. What is chromium M. A
A. The Bureau of Mines says nat
chromium is a metal which Is miheo
in this country in Henderson coun-
ty, N. c., and in the Wlcnita MUM
tains in Oklahoma.
@. How did Wambsganss make q
| triple play unassisted PA. p.
A. Wambsganss made a triple
NAV unassisted on October 10, l9zo'
during the Worlds Series as follows
First and second bases were occu-
pied and no one was out when MIL
chell drove a sharp liner over
W~ambsganss' head. The Cleveland
| second baseman snatched the liner
from the air, thus automatically re-
firing Mitchell. He then dasneo
over t second base, retiring the
runner who by that time al nearly
to third and could not possibly get
back. Then, with never a pause. ne
ran I'D the base line towards first
and tagged the astonished Miller who
had started at the crack of the bat
to avoid a possible double play.
@. VIII an increase in the weight
of mail, increase the salary of the
postmaster of a third class post
office ?-J. c. NJ.
A. The P~ostofice Department
| saws that the salary in a third class
| postofice is based on the sale of pos
tai supplies, box rents, etc., rather
than increase of the weight in the
mail.
@. How many patents have been
issued on bicycles?-J. A. N.
A. More than 5000 inventions
have been patented in connection
with the department of the veloci-
pede and bicycle.
Q. What are prayers called that
are used in some churches when spe-
| cial people are prayed for?-W. A. A.
A. A prayer which bids or di'
reefs what is to bc prayed for Is
known as bidding prayer. This form
of exhortation, always concluding
with the Lords Prayer, was enJolned
by the fifty-fifty canon of the Angel
lean church in 1903. to be used be-
fore all n homilies. IL
was. and in its abridged form still is,
very impressive, allowing individuals
to supply from their own knowledge
special cases of necessity under the
different heads.
@. What is the Franklin Fund.-
&C. r. S.
A. The Franklin Fund was a be-
quest made by Benjamin Franklin
in 1871, for the making of loans to
..,,u. ,oo,riad npnnhaninS He left
1000 pounds sterling to be lent out
at 5 per cent interest in sums OF
not more than 60 pounds, and not
less than Is pounds to young a
ried artificers under the age of 20
who have faithfully served an APP
premiership in Boston," The
were to be repaid in annual INSTALL
ments of 10 per cent each. The
trustees were the board of aldermen
and the ministers of the oldest Epls.
copal, Congressional and Presbyter-
ian churches in that city.
@. Please tell me whether there
is any country in the world anne
Helvetia ?-H. S. K.
A. Helvetia was the old Roman
name for what corresponds to mod
ern Switzerland. The name is still
used POLITICALLY in reference to this
country.
@. What is shadow boxing?-G,
A. Z.
a. Shadow boxing is boxing with
out en- opponent.
Q. What kind of a gas is laugh.
ing gas? When were anaesthetics
discovered?-H. T.
A. Laughing gas is nitrous OK,
ide. In 1900, Sir Humphrey Davy
suggested it's use as an anaesthetic,
but it was in 1874 that DR.. Horace
Wells demonstrated its use for pains
less extraction of teeth. Dr.. Crawa
ford Long used ether for an opera.
ton in 1912, but it came into general
use in 1S46. Chloroform began to
be used about a year later.