Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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q. Will any chemical melt or soften
glaas? p. c.
A. Glass can not be melted or soft-
ened by use OF = chemical.
Q. What is tho record for parachute
jumpins7 8. c. r..
| A. Captain A. w. Stevens OF Nc
Cook Field, in jumping 24.20o0 feet
with a parachute established d new
record.
Q. What are the fivc leading in
dustriee IN New York City? #. r.
A. In 1919 the clothing industry
ranked frst; tobacco. printing. milli-
merry and lace goods. and manufactured
furs following In tho order named.
q. In II necessary to have okra In
a soup in order to call II gumbo7
IL. Med
A. Since Gumbo Is derived from a
word of African origin. kfngombo
mean ming okra, II follows that gumbc
is soup which 10 thiokened with
ol<ra
q. why are there holes In cactu,
wood2 d. NJ. B
A. Scientists DO not agree upon thi.
subject. An explanation generally &C.
I cepted In that the cactus does not re-
ceive enough nourishnent 10 supper
J solid wood The holes represent al
r economy Of nature.
5 O. Who saad Now twilight let's he
r curtain down and pins It with star?
Y M. A. T
A. This Is the best known couple
written by Mcdonald Clarke al
American who was known as the Ma.
Poet because OF his eccentricity ant
o concelt.
q. What Is the principle which de
termines tho amount OF rent Ian
yields2 II. NJ
A. Authorities regard rent as du
10 preferential value. II we assum
that there u always freq land, that Il
land which can be had free of charg,
then the utmost which will be paid 10
the use OF a particular piece Of lagd
the equivalent OF the superiority {
this land over such free land as ma
be had.
Q. What n Gresham's Law
l. N. G.. ]
". A. Sir Thomas Gresham, direct<
ID of the Brftish mint. laid down the dit
l. tum bad money drives good none
TO out OF circulation" which has sine
In been known as Greshan's Law A
he an illustration OF It's application,
any considerable quantity OF tho 20
I'd coins Of a country should be clipp.
'n or sweated or Otherwise reduced
r their bullion vslus the good gold cot
y. those OF full bullion val,se--wou
70 speedily disappear from circulation.
ed Q. What does hoist by his ov
petard mean? c.
T. A. The petard was a half-cone
IN thick iron filled with powder and b,
al and firmly fastened 10 a plank whi
ps was attached TO the gate OF for
On ncation. II tho one whose duty
," was 20 ignite the elow match 70 eau
the explosion did not escape quick
''e enough. he was said TO BE- Hoist
HE own pctArd."
u @. Why can't man sustain life
'n eating gra07 !. D.
A. In 20 far - d3s& - concern.
the mAmnAj4A ara dividsd into tn,
classes-the carnivora, the herbivf
'o' and tho frugivora- Tho frugivcra,
"' which group man belongs. exhibit eh
superiority by their cleverness in
tanning food n concentrated form
consequently the digestive appnra
Is too small to digest sufficient grass
sustain life and Is not fitted TO
siniiate It.