Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-29

settle domestic troubles nor to undertake |
exhaustive RESEARCH on any subject. Write
,our questions plainly and briefly. Give
fuli name and address and enclose TWO
Nrnts In stamps for return postage. All
rcpiics are sent direct TO the inquirer.
@ What part OF the population of
this country holps 10 raise the crops?
w. Il. IL.
4. The Department of Agriculture
says that the agriculture production
of the United states re1ures the
labor of about cnc-quartcr OF the
gainfully employed population. In
China and India about three-fourths of
tho people support themselves by
some sort of farming and IN Russia
tho proportion iS larger.
@ Are aluminium cooking utensils
made of pure aluminium; G.. w.
a They are generally made from
commercially pure aluminium (ss.i
ncr cent 90 All. one brand con-
tuins about i25 pee cent manganese.
- what kind OF sea food Is the
acalop9 W. +. :.
A. Tho Bureau Of Fisheries says
that Tho scailop Opecten Gradians and
pecten tenuicoetatusl - an edible
nivalve found IN paying quantities Of
the coast of Long Island. Rhode
Island. southern Massachusetts and
the central part % the coast line Of
Maine. Tn. powerful adductor
muscle hy which the animal opens and
,.ose lts sheu forms the edible por-
uoH. or eo-caucd eye" and retains
Its natural shape when served on the
Table as "tisd scallops' Thesreet Of
tho anlmal = used se fish bait or fer
tliTcr. or thrown away. IL may be
prepared IN the same way as the
oystcr.
q what - the meaning of a cross,
a heart and an anchor? II. {. c..
A. The eymbo@ic emblems for faith.
hope and charity are respectively the
anchor. the crcss and the heart.
o. should our hss foa, n al kinde
~ weather. j. l.
displayed only IN suitable weather.
q When were shoes hrst made in
the United States? c. T. A.
4 Tn. manufacture of shoes in the
Tinted stater was established in 1929
tv Thomas Rcarg who came over with
hides. both upp,s and bottom, IN the
Mayhowcr.
q. what - Mary Pickford's rea'
name? -. y. T
4 Mary Pickford Is Mrs. Dough-:
FAIRBANKS IN private lie. She rc'
falns her stage name % Mary Pick
ford THIS was made her name b!
DDst actios some yeare ago. when eh'
pcuuonod 20 have her name changed
fruuu GLADYS smith
@ D. mercury found in the form II
which 90 - used? \ X
a Mercury occurs native in tn
metallic form. but by far the large
part of u o. obtained by d.siilling tn
native sulphid.. c.nnabar. IN curren
of alr 90 regulated as 90 burn the sui
phur of the eulphide while leaving IN
mercury in tho metallic etate.
q u % true that cyclones hav
driven siuaws into wood? Il. l. 1
A Walls Luther Moore in writin
oi tho unmeasurable speed Of rotatio
of tornadoes says that he himself ma
sn,n wheat straws that were shot b
fho wind OF "a tornado one half inch int
fno tough body % an oak tree. and
$500 lN four pine soantling drive
inrouFh hye-e. ghths o. An inch q
tuId iron
% Where was the FIRST Methods
church established "a this country
r. J
A lmU .r,anfs from ireland an
ENGLAND brought Mefhodlsm 90 IN
United States One group headed D
Philip Emnury formed what wac cal
rd the IRE, MeinodIsi society j
America in New York .n 1906. Abol
fhc Same time Robert Strawur.dgc b,