Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-24
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On Oh any subject. write your questions
plainly and briefly. Olive full pam and
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direct To the Inquirer.
q. what IL meant by a gallery In a
card gamer N. g. s..
A. This IL term applied To the
spectators who are betting on the
game.
q. IN which one Of shnkespeare's
plays does the character cobweh APP
pearg J. r. &
a. robweb is one OF four fairies
that appear In Shakespeare MID
surnfner Nights Dreafn"--first in act
3. SCENE i. and later in act 4. scene J..
q. How much money was spent on
the. Air service during the war; r..
r. w.
A. The sum usually quoted for this
expenditure has been sI.5o0.ooo 900.
Figures recently complied show that
fftt tUiif1 tbNt Vi the MI fffffite hHf~
ing the war, including the building
of airplanas. the accommodating OF ma
teriai, and the maintenance Of the Ser
sice abroad. amounted to s722.o0o.-
900. This did not include the pay Of
officers and enlisted men.
q. Please state the values Of Unit
ed States postage stamps printed
with Wasbington's head and those
bearing Franklin II. II.
A. The Postofflce Department says
that one-cent and seven-cent stamps
are printed with the picture Of Wash
ington. and eiRht-cent to fve-doilaf
stamps inclusive are printed with the
picture of Franklin.
| @. What kinds of wood are cigar
boxes made or II. A. u.
A. Cigar boxes are made of bass-
wood, red cedar, red gum. tupelo gum
white elm tsof) and yellow poplar.
@. What causes lightning and long
continual thunder u. r. II.
A. The Bureau of Sta ndards SAYS
the difference in potential between
the clouds charged with electricity
and the earth causes spark 10 pass
between the two in exactly the Same
way as a spark on the so-cailed "elnc.
i trio machines" The reverberation of
thunder is caused BY the sudden ex.
pansion Of the mir in the vicinity oi
| a lightning discharge. Reflection ot
/ the sound from clouds and other OBJ.
jects causes the long drawn out .rol
sometimes heard when the discharge
takes place several miles away.
i q Are there any Wild Indians left
/ G.. r. n.
A. There are not today in Hortl
1 America, any wild tribes Of Indians
/ In parts of South America. notably
the forest regions of the Amazon
there are tribes OF Indians which
have not yet reached any degree D
+ civilization.
+ O. How can rust be removed from
4 cut steel beads NJ r..
~ Rust can be removed from chi
steel beads by soaking them in kero
sene and then washing in warm wate
and soap.
i q. What VIA. the greatest outpu
i OF wheat in the United ststes7 r. II
A. To date the greatest output o
wheat was in 1915. There were 60.
400 900 acres harvested. making i
bushels the average yield per acre.
q. Please settle heated argument
by quoting correctly and telling wher'
one may find the saying that tn.
"children's teeth are on edge7"
A. jeremiah. 31st chapter and 29ti
verse. Revised Edition of the Bibl'
reads: "In those days they shall sal
no more, the fathers have eaten SOU
grapes. and the children's teeth ar
set on edge"
q. DO deer shed the entire horn
each year. or merely shed the velve
that comes during thezPeriod Of thei
growth j. NJ. $.
1 A. The Bureau of Biological surve-
says that deer shed their entire horn
annually.
a. Is Lloyd Osbourne n relative o
Robert Louis Stevenson @. ID.
A. Lloyd Osbourne is no reiatio
to Robert Louis Stevenson, but hi
mother. Mrs. Fanny yande Grift mar
ried Mr.. Stevenson. thereby maxim
4 Mr.. Stevenson Mr.. osborne's step
father.
Il O. What locality has the warmes
and driest climate at an altitude .
5000 to $500 feetg E. A. X.
A. The Weather Bureau says tina
these conditions Will be found in tn
far southwestern portions OF tn
country, notably from southern Nes
Mexico, westward TO southern Cali
fornia.