Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

question by writing Every Evening InfDr- |
mation ~. on gsI,racu ts,r., Frederic Hassin, Dlrw.
strictly TO Information. The bureau car |
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replies are sent direct To tho inquirer
q. When was the Twentieth Cen
try Limited put In service7 /. w. II.
A. The Twentieth Century Limited
made It's first trip to accommodate
travel TO the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position In 1893.
Q. Please tell me when the first Union
depot was built. II. w. r.
A. So far as we can ascertain the
earliest record Of n Union depot in the
United States Is that built at Erie I'm
1865, which was followed by the one
in san Diego built about 1866
@. What is the probable life OF a
cottonwood log used to make log
cabin? r. r.. NJ.
A. The Forest Service says that the
probable life Of n cottonwood log is
| from two TO three years. They say
| that this wood is not advisable for use
for the purpose you mention. They
suggest that you use either oak, pine
or aspen.
! q Please describe guillotine and
| tell why Il Ia so-called. y. +. f.
A. The gulllotlne consists Of two
posts united at the top by n cross
beam, and furnished with grooves in
| A. - l.. a..
weighted with lead Is fixed. Machinery
ls set in motion and the blade de-
scends by the impetus of It's own
weight on the neck of the criminal,
who is fastened TO a plank beneath.
Death In this manner is instantaneous
The quillotine was SO named because
the bli' for installing such method
Of capital punishment was proposed
by DR.. Joseph 1gnace Guillotine In the
French Legislature. 1880.
@. When was the first railroad
opened in Italy and who owned III
II. V.
A. The first railroad In Italy, n line
l6 miles long. from Naples to Castel-
lamare, was opened in 1S40 and be
longed to what was then the Kingdom
OF Naples.
: @. Is there any toll charged a
Gibraltar S. II. w.
! a. There Is no toll charged a
! Gibraltar. Vessels passing through tn
/ Straits are not obliged to make cal
! at the port.
, @. When was the first dictionar,
published? r. l.. D.
, A. The earliest record ~ dictionar
, | IL that made in Ninevah in the Sew
enth Century. Il. c. The dictionary IL
, its moderu form dates back 20 tn
, work of the Greek Sophist Appoiloniui
|. who lived at the time Of Augustus.
q. DO any charitable organization
send workers to Ellis Island? NJ X.
A. We are informed that there ar
In all 80 organizations interested j
charitable work on Ellis Island. Thir
teen of them have active workers o
: the isand and one is engaged in kin
dergarten work there.
II Q. Why Is soap bubble round
A. ". p.
i "A soap bubble assumes thi
shape becauSs sphere has the leas
possible surface area for its volum'
o Surface tension causes the bubble
assume the form which has the lea'
n surface area.
q. what is panic grass? F. r.
e 4. Panic grass is defined as an
grass of the genus Panicum, or Of on
IL OF several closely related genera, a
Echinochloa. The Department Of Agr
culture says that practically all {
e these grseses can be used FOR. feedin
cattle and are ANNALS. They belon
to the millet family.