Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-07
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Q. Who originated the term
dark horse?" q. ID. Il.
a. This has been attributed to
Sam Flynn, q horse trader of Ten
nessee. His horse "Dusky Pete, ,
was quietly entered in a country
race meet, and Unexpectedly won
the purse.
@. How much glass is used in
the manufacture of automobiles?
p. +.
A. There was 16,500 square feet
of glass consumed in 1921 in the
manufacture of passenger cars and
trucks. The greater part of this
was plate glass.
Q. Please describe the condition
of corn when it is ready to be cut
for the silo. G. G. A.
+, A. The Department of Agricul-
ture says that when corn Is ready
to be cut for ensilage the lower
| leaves will be dead, some OF the
husks will have turned down, and
the ears will be hard, but the stalks
and upper leaves of the plants Will
still be green and succulent.
Q. HOW is the hydogrcn gas used
In airships stored? Il. L.
A. The Air Service says that
the following three methods are
used in storing hydrogen gas after
generation: First, storage in a gas
holder fabric or metaD at pres
sure of from one to 8 pounds
greater than atmospheric pressure;
second, storage in medium pressure
tanks at 300 to 600 pounds per
square inch pressure; third, stor-
age in portable cylinders at from
1900 to 1000 pounds per square
inch pressure. The selection of the
type of storage system is dependent
on local conditions. Most British
air stations have all three systems
installed, but the medium-pressure
system is not in favor.
Q. What are the Janissaries?
+. l.. A.
A. In 1880, the Turkish ruler
Urkhan or Orkhan issued an edict
compelling each city or town to
contribute quota OF male chill
dren, usually about years of age,
for the service of the Sultan, Req
uisitions were made about every
four years, and from four to seven
taken from each city or town. The
children were given special train
ingand the troops thus formed US
ually constituted the Sultan's body
guard and were known as the Jan
issaries. They were also recruited
from captaive Christian children.
The troops mutinied in 1925 and
the force was suppressed,
Q. Please state some of the SUI
perstitions connected with toads.
NJ. IL.
A. The toad is not an attractive
animal and it has always been the
object of curious beliefs or super
stitions. Small boys believe that
If one As killed and turned on its
back there will be rain before night.
For ages the general public has
held to the belief that warts were
produced by handling toads. Other
traditions credit the toad with the
power of poisoning infants with
its breath; of bringing good for
tune to the house in the new-made
cellar of which one is found; of
curing children of stammerlng II
rubbed on the back Of the neck;
and of causing COW to dry or
give bloody milk, If she accident
ally kills a toad while being driven
home from the pasture. The works
of the early writer's on natural his
tory TEEN with vague unsubstan-
tiated accounts of the yenomous
qualities of the breath and sputum
of the toad, the medicinal value of
toad skins for treating certain all
ments, and the valuable toadstone
or jewel to be found in it's head.
@. What IS ticker coil? II.
A. N.
A. This is a coil placed in the
plates circuit of a vacuum tube re-
ceiver to transfer part of the en-
ergy of the oscillating plate cur
rent back into the grid circuit in
order to produce amplification and
to enable the tube to generate os-
citations of high frequency.