The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-16
Questions-Anstpers

Q. Kindly publish examples Of technical
words "A. o. S.
A. Such words as engineer. pilot
mechanician, struts and magnetic are tech
meal words.
Q. Is any more land being set aside fol-
national forests IN. A.
A The purchase of ~. 221 acres of land
to be added to the eastern national forests
was authorized on June 10 by the National
600 acres of this is in Virginia, the rest
including tracts in Alabama. Arkansas
Georgia. New. Hampshire: North Carolina
Tennessee and West Virginia.
Q. Please suggest something for sum-
mer window curtains. dislike the bare
windows2 A s. X.
terial, which can be bought by the yard
and has a border on one or both sides.
Turn hem on one side wide enough to
run the curtain pole thru. This win make
curtains the depth of the upper window
sash with border at top and bottom;
fresh, but do not obstruct the breeze and
do not gather dirt by blowing against
the screens
be bought all winter, come from? !. i.
A. The truck farms of the south ship
spinach north. In 1919, 2.1O2 cars were
sent out. 81 per cent of them being from
Virginia and Texts
A. Thamyris was Thracian bard who
challenged the MUSES. to a contest of sing
ing. He was overcome by them and as n
punishment was blinded and deprived of
q. Where did the word trolley" orig
mate? NJ. p.
A Both French and German contain
gsrbs ef aRd have the
word trolley was coined in England and
was first used in the sense of land cart
and then of a truck
o. Why is the water of Niagara Falls
A. In accounting for. the color of the
water of the Niagara, it is necessary to
consider the fact that the waters of this
river come directly~from the lake in which
ahey have left all sediment they may have
Authorities are of the opinion that the
greenish color of the water is due to the
amount of carbonie acid gas that it con-
tains.
Q. Do fleas have wings? H. N. {.
A The flea is a small wingless insect:
There are about 100 species known, of
Q. Is the inventor of the Browning ma
chine gun still living? A. g.
the Browning machine gun, whose name
has been associated with the development
of firearms for more than forty years, is
living. his home being in Ogden, Utah.
J. { K Kindly say whether birds can smell ?
A While the sense of smell in birds is
not as completely developed as in reptiles
or mammals. they do have a sense of smell.
I Q. Are there any hospitals where stu
dent nurses are taken who have not been
thru high school? Reader.
A. The public health service says that
some hospitals axe departing from the re-
quirement of high school education or its
equivalent for applicants in a training
course. Write to the commissioner of
health at the state capital for a list of
such institutions.
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