South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-16

Q. A sailor told me the Brooklyn
bridge has settled sixty fee since
it was built; is this true?
A. It Is quite untrue. One OF the
four cables of the Brooklyn bridge
has slipped lengthwise l and ga
inches. Inasmuch as the bridge Is
often unevenly loaded and is more
than forty years old. the slight slip
is not regarded as faulty construc-
ton or dangerous.
Q. Which is the better for solo
work. the mandolin banjo or the
tenor banjo?
y. The mandolin banjo is consid-
cred the better solo instrument.
O. I have some friends who live
on a rural route outside OF Wichita
Falls, Texas. but have not heard
from them for years and want to
reach them. What can 1 do?
A 1t is quite possible that a letter
addressed TO them at Wichita Falls,
Texas, Rural Route (No. unknown)
will reach them. The postmaster will
probably have the various rural
mail carriers try to locate them, and
it is probable that your friends will
notify you OF their address when
they hear from you.
Q. What does the name Pan-gle
mean?
A. Pan-gle IS probably OF Old Ger
manic origin. and means speaking
all tongues"
A reader OF this column asks for
| information on learning 70 be an &C
tor and entering the stage as a pro-
fession. This is too long to print,
but a short bulletin Of suggestions
| on the subject may be obtained from
our washington Bureau on request,
accompanied by 2 cent stamp for re-
/ ply.
Q. Is there a man in the moon?
/ Why do people say 80?
A. There is. OF course, no such
I thing as a man IN the moon; this is
/ simply an amusing little piece OF fic-
I ton that we hear commonly because
\ the depressions and ridges seen on
\ the surface Of the moon can, by a
\ play OF the imagination, be Hkened
I 10 the face OF a man. The surface
/ OF the moon presents a most irregu-
/ lar grouping OF light and shade.
/ Enormous numbers OF craters pit
I the moon. About one hundred thou
sand OF these strange rings are now
believed by astronomers 10 be the
spots where very large meteorites or
even planetoids. splached into the
moon when the surface was still
soft. Others think that they are the
remains OF gigantic bubbles which
were raised in the moons surface
when the globe was still molten. by
I volanic gases from below. A few as
tronomers think that they are era
tiers OF extinct volcanoes. The noun
tains Of the moon rise 20 a great
height and are very rugged and
gaunt. They are like fountains of
lava. rising in places 10 $4,000 and
/ 1900 feet. The moon IS dead
world and IS interestin 10 US for that
reason. Il seems 10 show how the
earth or any cooling metal 81 be
may appear IN the remote future.
Q. Does the Bible mention drill
ing for OIL or does II describe any
OIL field and tell how It can be
found?
A. The Bible mentions oil many
times, but not IN the specific man
ner you ask for. The following IS an
example. Job %, s: When I washed
my steps with butter. and the rock
poured me out rivers OF Oil"
.. What are the last words OF
Cyrano in the play Cyrano de Ber-
gerac?
A His last words are mon pam
ache" which mean. My plume"
Q. Were the years before Christ
as long as those OF the present time ?
a. There have been many modes
OF adjusting the calendar. In the be
ginning OF counting time. woodland
I tribes inscribed rude symbols on the
| trunks OF trees. The ancient Eyyp-
tians had a year OF Sos days. divi-
ded into u months OF thirty DAYS
each. with five supplementary days
| at the end OF each year. The Jew
ISL year consisted, in the early per-
iod before Christ. as II does today.