Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-11

not give advice on legal. Ineulcat anu
financial matters. IL does not attempt TO
settle domestic troubles nor TO undertake
exhaustive research on any subject. write
your questions plainly and briefly. Give
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replies are sent direct TO tho inquirer.
O. Who was John A~ppleseed and
yh,. was he eo.called? l.. NJ.
a. Johnny Appleseed was an
Ohioan by the name Of John Chapman,
who IL said to have done moro for en-
couraging tho growing Of apples with
in the Buckeye state than any other
man.
q. How did tho privilege OF send
ing and receiving mail free OF postage
devnIon2 NJ. 7.
a. This privilege war once enjoyed
by the President OF tho United Statee.
Vice President, heads of departments.
Senators and Representatives, and
other officials of tho Government dur
their official terms. For n time all
former Presidents and widows Of for
mer Presidents also had this right. but
by an Act of 1873 the privilege was
abolished. BY later Acts 1t was con-
lerred on all officers Of tho Govern
ment in the case Of official correspon-
denco. In 1895 Members Of Congress
were allowed his privilege in theiI
official correspondence.
q. What will remove a ctnder from
the eye? A. NJ. Z
n. To remove cinder or sand from
the eye. place one or two grains o
naxseed in the affected part, or drol
castor oil in the eye freely
@. How many people are there
the United States that can ncithe
read nor write? NJ. p. Il
A. The latest census report show
that the population Of the Unite
States consisting OF persons 10 year
of age and over was s2.739,315. an
OF these 4.931, 9O5 persons were Tilt
crate.
| @. lis there any foundation for IN
stories so often heard about toad
being found sealed up in rocks or !
trees and taken out alive after huT
dreds Of years? Z.
a. The Biological Survey says tina
statements which relate 10 toads b,
ing found sealed up in rocks or wal
or within cavities in living trees usr
: ally are inventions or can be explain
ed in an entirely different mann
|, from the account given by h author
Some careful experiments have bee
p conducted along this line. Toads weI
confined in specially constructed cav
ties in blocks Of limestone and sane
GrnnA aud fhazA hfnckC trara hff-te
three feet deep in the garden. Tt
> toads confined with sandstone WEI
found dead when the boxes were OF
: ened at the end of 10 months; tho:
confined with limestone died befol
: the end of two years. It rs know
that a toad "a live for some tin
without food, but but the duration
Q an enforced period OF starvation d
ponds largely on the temperature. tn
is. on whether the toad is kept in
r state of Information.
Q. What percentage OF deaths
aeroplane accidents are caused by q
performance of stunts? r. X.
d a. 1t is estimated that more IN;
40 per Eel of airplane deaths al
o injuries are caused BY stunning.
Q. Where is the largest copp
o mine in the United States? d. V.
A. The Geological Survey a y tn
= the Utah Copper Mine at Bingha
Canyon, Utah. is not only the large
developed body of copper in the UI
ted States, but in the entire world.
Q. Is the verb which follows {
noun acoustics in the singular or pl
raj form? X. Z.
a. The singular form Is use
Acoustics is a branch OF physics.
Q. Which automobile has I
greatest horsepower? NJ. L.
A. The Porter and the McFarl
cars, both having 100 h. p. have Il
distinction. They are specially ma