Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-10
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O. What is meant by capital ships2
N. ID.
A. The Navy Department says that
this term is more or less elastic and
il -ers to the lafgcr and more modern
naval vessels.
q. Is there any place in the universe
that light does not penetrate2 Il. NJ. $.
A. The Naval Observatory says
that no region Of space is known TO
astronomy so remote that light does
not penetrate it.
@. What is the original root word
from which the word intoxicating is
derived? e. r. T.
A.. The word Intoxicating" IL de-
rived from the Latin "Intoxicare"
which is a combination Of In and
"toxicum," the latter being poison
in which arrows were dipped.
O. What kind Of nuts are used
in pralines? G. /. c.
A. Pralines are confections made
of nut kernels. usually Of almonds
roasted in boiling sugar until brown
and crisp. In this country, pralines
usually contain pecan meats.
@. How fast do homing pigeons
fly? r. ID. T.
A. The fight of the honing pigeon
is steady, direct. and rapid. but the
rate Of speed has been exaggerated
and is now known 10 be on the aver.
age only about 80 miles an hour.
q. What state leads In manufac-
turing establishments? NJ. Med.
A. New York leads in number OF
manufacturing establishments. having
1888, according to the preliminary
lsummary of the Census Bureau. Penn.
sylvania is second with 27.974. Penn
s..vania, however, leads in amount OF
lcapital invested in such concerns. with
a total of 1925, $50, 900, New Yorh
ranking second with an investment OF
s5,99s, 1853 coo.
Q. What is the origin Of the worc
mother? X. r. C..
A. Sanskrit contained the worC
matr: Latin. mater; German changed
il to mutter; Anglo-Saxon, modor
Middle English. moder; modern En-
glish. mother.
Q. Please give recipe for spong
cake? j. d. F.
A. Separate the whites and yolk
of six eggs. Beat the yolks TO cream
to which add two teacups of powders
sugar, beating again from five TO tel
minutes. then add two tablespoonful
of milk or water. pinch of salt an
flayoring. Now add parts Of tn
beaten whites; then two cups of fiou
in which you have sifted two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder; mix graduall
into the above ingredients, stirrin
slowly and lightly, only enough I
mix them well: lastly add the remain
der Of the whites of the eggs. Lin
the tins with buttered paper and fl
. two thirds full.
Q. How are trees classed' in regar
TO their ability TO produce wood 10
certain purposes? j. ID.
: A. The trees that will produce WOO
for use as lumber in the shortest tim
are: White pine, red pine, ash an
y poplar, Eastwood and larch; excelsio
Eastwood: for pulp, Norway spruc
j bolts, basswood. poplar and willow
poles and posts, larch, red pine, re
=
red oak. jack pine and red pine.