Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-25

@. Does the Twentieth Century
Limited make as good time as IT
used to? II. @.
Al. The fastest schedule regularly
made by the Twentieth Century
Limited was eighteen hours. This
train now runs on q schedule OF
twenty hours.
@. How many miles Of telegraph
wires are there in the United States?
J.. J. r.
A. There are 1,s90.245 miles of
single wire in the United states n
1,452 miles of ocean cable.
O.. Did Martha Washington have
any sisters? II. NJ. s.
A Martha Washington was the
daughter of Colonel John Dam
| bridge, Of New Kent. at the head of
| York River, Va. The William n
| Mary College Quarterly says that
| his daughters were Martha, Anna.
| Maria, Frances, Elizabeth and Mary.
Frances and Mary died at the ages
of seven and fourteen respectively.
\ Anna Maria's married name was
! Bassett. Martha's married names
were Gusts and Washington, resp
lively. Elizabeth married John ~
lett.
q. How can you tell direction by
a Watch? J. A: :, ,orr
A. 4CL yOdA oL( ~
hand, with the hour hand pointing
toward the sun. The point on the
circle half way between the hour
hand and XII, will be directly south
in the northern Hemisphere. and
directly north in the southern hemi-
O. Has Babe Ruth hit a ball far
Their than Hickman? d. Z.
A. Babe Ruth hit the ball fartner
&lo- IIasIr,on HE Hiafanra hainQ 5O0
feet, while Hielman's was 470.
@. Is there. O city in the United
States below sea level and is the at
mospherie pressure greater theref
c. H.
there are several valleys in Califor-
mia below sea level, in which small
towns are located. The town OF
Mecca in Riverside county is nearly
200 feet below the sea level. The
atmospheric pressure does increase
with the distance below sea level.
@. How old is John ID. Rockefel-
Ter? What does the ID" stand for?
d. Y. N.
A. John Dawson Rockefeller was
eighty-two years old on July Sth.
@. How long has "take-all OF
wheat" been in this country? A. o..
A.. Take-all is a disease which at
tacks some varieties of wheat, and
il was first noticed in this country IN
April, 1919.
O.. Are cows hat are good milk
ers also good beet cattle?
A. The milking tendency in cat
tie is associated with a CONFORMATION
of body which prevents the animals
from yielding the greatest quantity
and the best quality OF beef.
O. What is the Oldest piece OF
furniture in the world? E. c. T.>
A. The throne of the Egypu
Queen Hetshepsu, which is in ths
British Museum, is the Oldest piece
of furniture in the world. Many
!, pieces of furniture extant date back
5000 years.
@. II vegetables become scorched
what should De done? G. Q.
A. Plunge the c~ontainer IN when
they are cooking into cold water.
|, Allow to stand a moment. Remove
the vegetable, being careful not 70
. take up N Of it which clings to
the pan. ~.
/. can use salt watsr to extinguish fires?
s. M. ID. =
! A. There is such apparatus. In
fact, New York City uses the SAT-
water of the ocean in its IRE ap-
paratus.
". WUdt ID THO iC5Sho ooSe
: forming of the diamond? c, K.
A. Diamond was the name OF q
: handsome youth Of the island OF
, Crete, who was n of the attend
, ants of the infant Jupiter in his
: cradle. 1t was deereed that Dia-
: mond should be subjected to the
ills that flesh is heir to- SO he was
transformed into the hardest and
most brilliant substance in nature.