Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
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Q. Where did quinine come from?
G. II. s.
a. Quinlne comes from the bark
Of the cinchona tree. The virtues Of
this bark were discovered by Jesuit
Priests In Peru about the year 1900.
In 1893 the Countess OF Chincon,
whose husband was yiceory OF Peru
was cured Of fever by the use OF this
drug. administered by her physician.
Upon her return to Spain in 1870 the
Countess carried supply OF the bark
with her and through her it became
known TO the world. The actual dis
covery and Isolation OF quinine is TO
be ascribed to the French chemists
Pelletier and Caventon i'm 1920, al
though Gomez. a Portuguese, succeed
ed In isolating the febrifuge principle
which was practically qulnine in 1916
q. VIII loadstone attract through
n vacuum VIII Il lose its strength
from constant use II brought in con-
tact with steel?
a. Loadstone will attract through
"A vacuum and will lose it's strength
from constant use, IL brought in con-
tact with steel.
! q. What Is tho nature OF the blood
less operation that DR.. Lorenz per.
forms? G. Mex
A. DR.. Lorenz specialzes in or.
thopaedic surgery. After years oi
1 study he developed his so-callet
"bloodless" method Of reducing con.
genital dlslocation Of the hip joint
This consists of the forcible stretch
ing of all the soft parts about the hiJ
/, until the head Of the bone can b,
brought 20 the place where the socke
: should he Ghe acetabulum) and thei
: holding It in that position and rotatini
the joint to secure II in the depression
| of the acetabulum. A plaster of Pari
case is worn by the patient from vi,
! TO nine months after the operation.
+. Q. W. have several drilled wells il
& this locality. from which a cold cur
{ rent of air comes at times Pumps il
/ these wells freeze In winter when tn
, air comes up, and thaw when the cur
/ rent goes down. What causes this
2 +. L.
A. The Division of Rural En-
{ gineerlng says the type Of the we
{ mentioned in your letter is known o
9 freezing well The current OF al
in such a well Is due to changes
the pressure Of the atmosphere out
j.. side. and Of the air in the ground. Tn
is quite common phenomenon.
.. When was lager beer first mad
in the United States? +.
A. II Is not definitely recorded Jui
when lager beer was first manufa'
o. tured I'm the United States The brew
;. ing industry in this country has bee
{ traced back to 1920, the knowledi
- having been brought over with Il
;, Pilgrim Fathers.
3 Q. VIII honey keep a long tim'
= r.
Y A. Honey does not spoil. It is
preservative.
- @. What was the size Of the Unite
o States Army when the Republic VI
n formed? A. s.
@ A. The strength of the Unite
e States Army in 1889 was one regimen
I Of infantry and one battalion of a
= tilery. numbering $40 men in all.
O. What are the seven liberal art
: Q. B.
y A. The seven liberal arts inclu'
lgal a-n nric
arithmetic, geometry and astronomy
IS Q. l know that horse hairs wor
d turn into snakes. but would like
e know II hair snakes" are not
,r rcal,tv2 V. T.
'e A. The hair snake or hair worm Is
" term applied to any of the Tor
N threadlike nematode worms OF
is parasitic order Gordioidea. They
~ habit moist places, are sometim
Id found in the leaves of plants. but me
frequently in stagnant pools. and
l. mud. Some species, when fully grow
w measure nearly three feet in lengt
H. @. Is Canada paying taxes In In
land? D Il.
as A. Canada does not pay any ta'
a. directly 10 England. The chief val
of Canada TO the mother country
in the matter of preferential trade
Q. What monument is the tallest
the world? r.
A. The Washington Monume
555 feet In height, is the tallest NOR
ment in the world.
Q. Who first used mahogany
e,,r,i+,,rao c. A.
ne A. II is said that Thomas On
IN pendale discovered the possIoli'tles
90 mahogany and made 1t the KING
ter cabinet woods.