Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-12

strictly TO Information. Thc bureau can.
not glys advice on legal. medical and
tinspefsl matters, II does not attompt 70
exhaustive research on any subject. Write
your questions plainly and brieHy. Give
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replies are sent direct To the inquirer.
Q. When brokers speak OF carry
Ing charges" what do they mean2
u f. B.
a. Carrying charges are the inter-
est paid by those buying stocks on
margin. OH the difference between the
market price at which the stock was
bought and the amount OF margin de-
posted by tho purchaser Thus II 10
shares of stock are purchased NJ 100
share and 5000 deposited as margin,
tho carrying charge would be the in
,srest on $500
q, What ie sapssgo cheese favored
WITH NJ S.
A. Sapsago is kind OF Swiss
cheese favored with malliot
q. Ia it true that rivers wash their
western banks 10 n greater extent
than the EASTERN ID r.
A. Rivers do not wash western
banks more than eastern banks as a
general rule. Other factors determine
what land In washed away.
| .. Is any great portion OF the tt0.-
100000 appropriated for the enforce
ment of tho Volstead law offset by
taxes on Illegal liquor saies7 O. M. A.
!, A. The Internal Revenue Bureau
says that fines and special taxes i'm
!, posed against liquor law violators
I have brought revenue 10 the govern
{ ment two and one-half times az great
, as tho S1o,000000 appropriation foi
7 the enforcement of the Eighteenth
) Amendment
? q. When was the Cobalt mininf
, country opened up2 H. O. S
d A. Silver was discovered in tn,
] Cobalt region IN 1908. but / was no
a until 1906 that tho Cobalt boom
I reached It's height.
, q. what percentage of farm crop
are cereals7 ~. N. =
!, A. During 1921 The value Of cereal
= produced was t2,5es. 100000 or ass pc
n cent of the crop total.
{ q Is there any way that color mn,
\ he restored TO an article which ha
70 been affected by scid? I. r. r
Q A. Dip tho article which is fade
{ into n weak, solution Of baking sod
- and water. This is particularly ef
r fectlve for shades OF yellow.
II q. How much bottled In bon
= whisky Is stored in warehouses; In m
J. United States? r. "
h A At tho present time about 3s
:. 100000 gallons Of such whisky
10 stored in warehouses; throughout III
Z United States as compared with 90
'e 100000 gallons 1S months ago.
20 q. Is there an artist by the nan
II OF Charles Chaplin do not refer
N the movie actor. G. r.
" A. Charles Chaplin. a painter ar
~ engraver Of English parentage. vi
~ born June 3. 1895. at Les Andeiy
Eure-Fance. He became a naturali
y cd citizen ~ France and died in Par
In 1891. One Of his best picture
Souvenirs" is in the t.lixenobour
~ and another. 'Taides.' is In tho Me
- ropoihan Museum. New York City.
-, 2. Does tho government own m,
~ cars7 II.
a. Tho PostofTlce Department sa
that the railroads own the mail ca,
Tho hauling of the mails s paid
space basis, and according to &
frequency OF tho service and nsilea.
q. Can you give the names of I,
=, men whose friendship rivals that
Damon and Pythias? p.
&c A. II would be hard to find a me
= beautiful story OF friendship than III
r. related of David and Jonathan.
be lst Samuel, 18th Chapter. 1st verse.
10 is stated That the soul Of Jonath
." was knit with the soul of David. n
be ''''" ''Neu h'ih az ms own sou