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O. What is tho disease called the
pip7 J. X.
A. Pip is a condition of the tongue
caused by some such ailment ns a
cold, which compcls bird to breathe
passing Of air over the tongue causes
It to become dry, hard and scaly, es-
pcclaiiy about the tin.
q. What Is chromium? NJ A. q.
a. The Bureau Of Mines says that
chromium Is a metal which is mined
IN this country In Henderson county,
". C.. and In the Wichita mountains
IN Oklahoma.
Q. How did wambsganss make
triple play unassisted? A. =.
a. wambsgnnss made triple play
unassisted on October 10th, 1920,
during the Worlds Series. as fol-
lows; First and second bases were
occupied and no one was out when
Mitchell drove sharp liner over
Wambsganss' head. The Cleveland
second baseman snatched the liner
from the air. thus automatically re-
firing Mitchell. lie then dashed over
10 second base, retiring the runner
who by that time was nearly TO third
and could not possibly get back Then,
with never pause. he ran up the
base line towards first and tagged the
astonished Miller who had started at
the crack OF the bat TO avoid possible
double play.
q. WIN an increase in the weight
or mail. increase the salary OF the
postmaster Of a third-class postofice?
j. G. NJ
A. Tho Postoffice Department says
that the salary in a third-class post
ONCE is based on the sale of postal
supplies. box rents. etc, rather than
increase Of the weight in the mail
q. How many patents have been is
sued on bicycles2 J A. N,
A. More than 5000 inventions have
been patented in connection with the
development of the veloclpede and
bicycle.
Q. What are prayers called that are
used In some churches when special
people arc prayed for7 w. A. A.
A. A prayer which bids or directs
what is TO be prayed for is known as
a bidding prayer. This form Of ex-
hortation, always concluding with the
Lords Prayer. was enjoined by the
fifty-fifth canon Of the Anglican n
church in 1903. to be used before all
sermons and homilies It was. and in
its abridged form still is. very i'm
pressive. allowing individuals to sup
ply from their own knowledge special
cases Of necessity under the different
heads.
q. 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 tc
young married mechanics. He left
1000 pounds sterling to be lent out
at per cent interest in sums Of not
more than go pounds. and not less
than is pounds to young married
arificers under the age OF % who have
faithfully served an apprenticeship in
Boston" The loans were TO be re-
paid in annual installments OF 10 per
cent each. The trustees were the
board of aldermen and the ministers
OF the oldest Episcopal. Congressional
nd Presbyterian churches in that city.
Q. Please tell me whether there is
any country in the world named
Helvetia? II Y
A. Helvetia was the old Roman
name for what corresponds to modern
Switzerland. The name is still used
POLITICALLY in reference to this country.
Q. What is shadow boxing? @. A. e
A. Shadow boxing is boxing with
out an opponent.
y. What kind of a gas is laughing
gas? When were anaesthetics dis
covered! II. T.
A. Laughing gas is nitrous oxide
In 1900. Sir Humphrey Davy suggest
ed its use as an anaesthethic, but il
was in lS44 that Dr. Horace Wells
demonstrated its use for painless ex-
traction of teeth. DR. Crawford Long
used ether for an operation in 1912
but IL came into general use In 1916
Chloroform began to be used about a
year later.