Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-18

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O. Is airplane linen always linen?
r. D. W.
A. Airplane linen Is OF two kinds,
the real Irish linen and South Sea
Island cotton.
O. Why Is Sesselrode pudding 40
called? z. f B.
\. This frozen dessert was named
after Count X. r. Nesselrode, a Rus
sian diplomat and epicure.
Q. What IS the difference between
ulutiny and barratry2 a. ?. T.
A. Barratry is a sea crime which
is committed when a master or a crew
do any unlawful acts tending 10 their
advantage and 10 the detriment of the
owner of a vessel. Mutiny is a con-
certed revolt against the rules Of dis
cipIine or the lawful commands Of a
superior officer.
| @. Is Germany the only country
that has used the mark as a measure
/ of money value? G. W.
! A. Mark was an old English term
/ for a money Of account, originating
[ in the twelfth century and being val
ued at 1888. The Scotch mark OF
merk Of the nineteenth century was
worth S342 The mark was also used
as a weight in several parts of Europe.
I being divided into "a carats.
O. Is the actress, Julia Marlowe. an
American? A. G. 2.
A. Julia Marlowe, whose real name
was Sarah Frances Frost, was born
/ at Caldeek, Cumberiandshire. Eng
/ land. August Il, 1879, and was
brought to this country by her parents
in 1875.
O. What is polygyny? c. W.
/ \. Polygyny, popularity called poly
gamy, is the scientific name for a
common form Of marriage in barbsr-
ism and over civilization in which one
man is united with several women.
Q. Why is a tomb called q mauso-
leum? L. J. K.
A. The name mausoleum is derived
from Mausolus, a king of Caria, who
died in 353 b. C. and to whom a
sumptuous sepulchre was raised BY
his wife, at Hancarnassus which be-
came famous as the seventh wonder
of the world
Q. Are alcohol and tobacco bad for
a tuberculosis patient? T. c.
A. The Public Health Service says
that alcoholic liquors are always harm
full TO such a patient, even when taken
in moderation. The effects Of tobacco
, are so different in different cases that
no general rule can be laid down.
| @. Why is an unbranded steer called
a maverick? y. Q. y.
A. The term maverick as applied TO
| unbranded steer is said 70 be derived
, from the name of Samuel Maverick, 4
, Texas lawyer, who accepted a herd
; of 400 head Of cattle in payment Of q
. debt They were neglected and al
! lowed 10 run wild and when calves
1 were born they were appropriated by
E other ranchers and branded with their
= marks and so passed to their indis-
/ putable ownership. Hence the name
1 maverick came TO be given 10 al
= calves caught straying from the herd,
r @. Have we had matches as long
t as we have had phosphorus? E. b.
: A. II was almost 500 years after the
discovery Of phosphorus by the Arab,
Bechel, that it was found possible to
obtain a light quickly by the fric-
ton OF phosphorus and sulphur. This
discovery was made and first applied
commercially in the latter part q the
seventeenth century by Godfrey Hauk-
witt. of London.