Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-27
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q. Can you tell me tho names Of the
medicine discovered during the war
which neutralizes pus? S. j. G.
a. The Surgeon Generals ofYlce
says that this was Dichlorenen-T.
Q. Are balls batted outside the
park at a baseball game usually re-
covefedP II. .. p.
A. Not moro than flve per cent OF
such baile are returned, although a
person presenting a ball at the gate
Is admitted To tho park free.
Q. What Is meant by average con-
dtions" as noted I'm tho New York
Rank statement on the financial pages
of newspapers? II. G.
A. The New York Clearing House
says that the average condition is
taken for the six working days end
ing with Friday Of each week.
q. What colleges will the men at
tend who have Belgian fellowships?
l.. NJ
a. II IL expected that 7 of the
Belgian Fellows VIII attend Harvard /;
4, Chicago; 2, Cornell; Mayo Clinic
/ a.
Columbia; :. Pittsburg; 3. Massa-
! chusctts Tech: and !. Johns Hopkins
while one man has not decided upon
n university.
Q. Who invented life preserversl
G.. It. y
A. The lifeIbelt commonly in use
was designed by Admiral Ward oi
| England.
q. What kind Of flower ls the rose
OF Sharon? VI. D. A
A. This name is given to an orna-
mental shrub called Hibuscus syria
Gus, Tho Rose Of Sharon" referred I,
in tho Bible was probably kind o.
narcissus.
q. When was tho first stone the
atrc buit? r. p. T
a. Pompey's Theatre in Rorno wa,
completed in 81 u. G. This was tn
FIRST building Of such construction de
signed as place Of amusement. Tn,
more famous Colosseum was f1nishe,
In so a. d.
q. What state leads in tho manu-
facture OF hosiery u.
A. Hosiery and other knit good
were manufactured in 81 states f.
1914, New York leading IN value o
product with n total Of s7s s.299235 en-
Pennsylvania ranking second Wit
$64.153449.
o. Which ls tho Oldest of ou
, national parlcs3 D. l. "
) A Hot Springs Reservation {
p Hot Springs National Park in Arkan
sae, was the first 90 be established c
tho Is national parks IN tho Unite
States -Four sections Of tho Ian
, with the springs in tho center, wer
: reserved by the government in 1873.
: q, Arc there any statistics on IN
size of the hote1 business in tn
) country? V. !
, A. 1t is estimated that there ar
i pNfA bftbNt l4DAffiN III LnA AJUlIg0 STATE
1000 OF which are summer or wints
3 resort establishnefts. They give err
3 ployment to moro than 1000. .OC
\ people and represent a capital tive 81
rnent Of moro rhan $500. .000. 900.
. Q. Do hurnning birds actually hum
g p. B. {
r A. The hunlntng noise which stv,
= the birds their name Is rnade by th
e wings These beat the air with sue
q extreme rapidity that the birds a,
1. able to stand sttn or poise IN The, air
z .. What is meant by saying 'VfIe
n at rest on Abraham'e breest7- I.V
n A. Both among Christians ar
!, Jews AbrahaIn's Bosom Is a term d
, noting the abode OF the blessed.
a medieval art the souls of the bIiesf
y are generally rerresented as beir
: taken 20 Abrahame Bosom IN y
form Of very young children.