Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-14

@. Are there many pure blooded
negroes in the United States?
a. Among the 5000, 900 enumer-
atsd as colored in the census OF 1920
fhe incubation of pure blooded Afri-
.ars is comparatively small.
@. Is it true that the first use 81
perfumery was in connection with
religious cei emonies p M. K. ID.
A, The first official mention OF
the use of psrfumery seems to be IN
the 3Oth chapter Of Exodus. S4th
verse, containing the formula for the
holy amounting oil to be used solely
by the priest Of the taoernac.e OF
the Jews. This perfume consisted
of "swee, spices. stacte, onycha, and
galbanum." These were all aroma
tic herbs, or gums.
O.. Do they have thunder ano
lightning in Los Angeles?-A. =.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
th~understorins do occur at hat place
although they are i~nfrequent ape
usually Of q mild character.
@. What part OF an automobile
is stationary when the car Is NOV
ing?-Q. s. N.
a. Theoretically speaking there
is only enc part of an automobile
that is stationary when the car IS
moving. The part OF the lie or
the ground is considered instantane-
ousiy stationary because it - touch
ing he ground at that instant.
@. How did the city of Keoknk,
Iowa, get its name?-T. NJ.
A. Tile city was named after
Moses Keoklk. an american Indian.
He was a cnlef OF the Sac-Fox Con-
federation.
@. What fish arc known as sar.
dines?-O. L. K.
A. In America, any small f1sh OF
the herring family canned In oil
are known az sard;nes, while in Eng.
land only the pilchard canned In OIL
Is recognized as a sardine.
@. Has there ever been a time
when water didn't flow over Niagara
Falls?-D v. II.
A.. Tho winter OF 1847-4S was so
extraordinarily severe in the coun'
try that heavy leo formed In Lake
Erie. When it was broken up dur
ing the latter part of March. the
winds swept the ice into the en-
trance of the Niagara River at Bui,
falo, where it jammed In a Soho
ASS, completely choking the outlet
on March 20, is4s, thefalls Of Mag
ara wer. prs cticai.y dry.
G Wat is the roof OF the
world ?"--T. A.. r.
A. The expression roof OF the
world" is apr lied to the Pamir PA
teau in Central Asia. It's Persian
name has this significance.
@. What city in the United states
has the most paved streets?-U. Fl.
w.
A. The Highways Information
Service says that Chicago is the best
payed city in the United States. 1t
has 2,143 miles Of paved streets, be-
sides rs miles Of boulevards. l5l
| miles of park drives and BIG miles
of paved alleys. 49,,
@. Is the name pine" applied
correctly to all trees having needle
leaves?-L. f. F.
A. The Forest Service says that
the nars "plne" is applied to almost
all trees having needle leaves. How
ever, fir and spruce trees have need
lie leaves, but are not classed as pine;
@. Can o tell me the author OF
the expression. "Hetl is paved with
good int n~tsons?"-C. E. A.
A. Samue, johnson used the ex-
preston "Hell is paved with good in
tent, u.s." according to Boswells lire
of johnson, and an earlier saying to
much the same effect, Hell is full
of good meanings and wishes" IS
attributed to George Herbert.
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| Joints, or rheumatic pains usually in
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