The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-02
Questions-Ansuers

Q. How many times does rour-cylinder
motor fire with one complete revolution
A. A four-cyIinder motor fires four times
with one complete revolution of the motor.
Q. What are the five largest islands =?
A. The five largest islands in the. world
are-Australia, Greenland, New Guinea,
Borneo and Baffin's Island.
States divided as to nationality at the
time of the Revolutionary War, and in
A. There is no record of the nationali-
ties of the Inhabitants of the colonies.
There were, however, mostly British, Irish,
Portuguese and swedes In 1870, immi,
grants from the United Kingdom were s.
024; Germans, 96S; French, 81; Spaniards,
ties.
Q. notice that Australia wants settlers.
What inducements are offered? A. G. ?.
A. Australia wants settlers and as an in
ducement offers to pay the transportation
of ex-soldiers to that country. For partic-
ulars you should write the Commissioner
Broadway, New York City.
Q. Was there real person named
A. Savinier Cyrano de Bergerac was a
French author who was born in 1919 and
who died in 1865. Edmund Rostand wrote
a drama in which de Bergerac was the hero,
and the play was in many ways true to
facts. The real de Bergerac was dis
tinguished for his courage in the field, and
more than a thousand, most of them fought
on account of his monstrously large nose. v
Q. What is the object of the press con-
gress of the world? II. ].
A. The object of this organization is to
disseminate helpful ideas in journalism.
fession. 1t is not intended to compete with
any existing press organizations. The
in in. i915, and the first meeting viii be held
in Honolulu, October 1928, OF this .year.
The first president IN Walter Williams,
q. Why is it thought to be unlucky to
light three cigarets with one match? C.
A. This superstition has its origin in
the fact that In the old, Russian funeral
from one taper 1t was considered an act
of impiety to make any other lights in
groups of three, and therefore Ill luck
would follow such act.
@ Please tell me the amount of flour.
middlings and bran obtained in milling
of the wheat is recovered as standard flour,
about ! per cent as low grade floar; about
per cent as S .ed % p9 6rd hour and the re-
Q. what game of cards is it easiest
to cheat at? W. 7. X.
lily y to the the operationS,ef the caga sharp as
the game of Seven-up.
Q. What is meant by a Parthian shot?
4. Parthian shot is a parting shot
and takes its name from the method of
fighting employed by the Parthians. They
were a race of mounted bowmen in Cen
trail Asia and their horses were turned as
If in flight after each discharge of an ar
O. How do sweet and sour milk com
! pare as to food value? W. p. D.
| A. Sour milk, sweet milk and butter
milk are all good food and have practically
the same food value.
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