Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Any reader can got the erswes 20 any
nation Bur~au. Frederic h. jashin. diryr-
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not aivc advice, On legal, medical and
Ana nciAl mattnrs II does not attempt 70
ssttle domestic troubles nor - undestake
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replies are sent d'rcot to tho inquirer.
q. who originated the term dark
horse"7 G. -. K.
A. This has been attributed TO Sam
Flynn, horse trader OF Tennesses.
His horse "Dusky Pete" was quietly
entered In a country race meet, and
unexpectedly won the purse.
q. How much GLASS; is used In the
manufacture Of automobiles7 p. f.
A. There was 1880 square feet OF
glass consumed In 1871 In the manu-
IA cture of passenger cars and trucks.
The greater part Of this WIS plate
glass.
O. PIense describe the condition of
corn when It is ready TO be cut for
/ the silo ". =. N
| A. The Department Of Agriculture
says that when corn is ready to be
cut for ensilsse the lower leaves will
be dead. some of the husls will have
| turned brown. and the ears will he
hard but the stalks and upper leaves
OF the plants viii still be green and
succulent.
! Q. How il the hydrogen gas used
In airships stored? f. T.
A. The Air Service says that the
following three methods are used in
storing hydrogen gas after genera
ton: First, storage In a gas holder
fabric or metaD at a pressure oi
from / to . pounds greater than at
mospherlc pressure; second. storags
In medium pressure tanks at 400 tC
600 pounds per square inch pressure
third. storage in portable cylinders a
from $500 to 1000 pounds per squar'
inch pressure. The selection OF tn
type of storage system Is dependen
on local conditions. Most British al
stations have all three systems in
stalled. but the medium pressure sys
| Affii ~ itpt Afl i6Ftf
q. What arc the Janisssrfes7
) r.. A.
A. In 1890 the Turkish ruler Urk
han or Orkhsu issued an edict com
= Polling each city or town 10 contribut
: quota ~ male children. usual
, about years Of age for the servic
j. OF the sultan. acquisitions wer
: made about every four years. an
. from four 10 seven tsken from sac
city or town. Tho children were give
!. special training and tho troops thu
formed usually constituted the SUI
tsn's body guard and were known q
tho Janisssries. They were also re
cruited from captive Christian chi
dren. The troops mutinled in 1876 an
= tho force was suppressed.
. q. Please state some OF the supe,
e stitious connected with toads NJ.
q A. The toad IL not an attractiN
y animal and 1t has always been the oil
= ject of curious beliefs or superstition
Small boys believe that IL one Is xii
10 ed and turned on It's back thers vi
he rain before night. For ages the ger
y ersl public hs. held to tho belief IN,
warts were produced by hsndlir
y toads. Other traditions credit q
toad with the power OF poisoning IL
fants with ita breath; OF bringir
- good fortune 10 tho house In th~ nov
made cellar of which one Is foun'
!. OF curing children OF stammerinE
"A rubbed on the back OF the neck: and
causing a COW TO go dry or Ei'
a bloody milk. II she accidentally xii
n toad while being driven home fro
N the pasture. The works OF the ear
n writer's on natural history TEEN wi
II vague unsubstantiated accounts OF &
x various qualities of the breath a
l. sputum OF the toad, the medicir
value of toad skins for treating &c
tain ailments. and tho valuable tor
stone or jewel to be found in Its hez
q. What is tickler COLI F. A.
Is A. This is a coil placed in the pia
'n circuit of vacuum tube receiver
- transfer part OF the energy of {
y oscillating plate current back into I
% grid circuit in order 10 produce a
20 plification and to enable the tube
:. generate oscillations Of high z
i quency.