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O. II drive three shots out OF
bounds before / get one that stays In
tho course, how many strokes have !
played7 w. D. "
A. Unless you are playing n course
that has n local rule changing the
penalty OF gtrokc and distance Tor
shot out Of bounds you will DO lying
seven and playing eight when you
come UP to your ball.
O. What is tho origin OF tho super
stitlous fear OF two-dollar bills, and
why is the corner torn away? i. -.
A. There is no national nor uni
versal superstition regarding tho two
dollar bill Probably the reason II IL
considered unlucky is that II In easily
mistaken for a one-dollar bill. Tear
ing tho corner off makes It more con-
spicuous and not 80 likely TO be paid
out instead OF one-dollar bill.
@. How was Rudyard Kipling's son
killed I'm tho war? Il. r.
A. A recent dispatch from London
saws that Mr.. and Mrs. Kipling have
given up hope OF learning the fate OF
their son who disappeared during the
war.
@. What Ia Industrial efficiency
NJ. K
a. Efficiency may be defined ms the
Industrial relation between what Is
and what ought TO be. between tho
actual and tho standard. Another
definition is that efficiency IL TO d.
tho standard performance in Tho
standafd time. at tho standard place
for the standard cost.
Q. When n buzzard sails agalns
a stiff wind. what propels II? w. A. G
A. The biological Survey says tina
the answer is not definitely known
Part OF the force OF tho wind ia usc'
by the feathers i'm turning up which
enables the bird TO use n forIn o
force OF gravity pulling the bird e
the ground also ASSISTS the bird.
q. Please give a list OF oil well
over 5000 feet deep. G.. A. a
A. The Geological Survey say
that II finds no record OF PRODUCING
wells with a depth Of 5000 or NOR
, feet There are wells Of this dept,
being drilled, but so far no pTOduc
ton has been recorded. In tho Rich
, field district there is a producing we
, Of 4.736 feet. and In tho Santa +
, Springs field ono Of 1852 feet.
q. Is the Salon Care named for
, French collector? II. ]
. A. The room is 80 called becaus
ii Is square.
: Q. What Is the dwarf language
!, w. -.
= A. In the old Morse the echo
. called the dwarf language. probabl
because it was thought 70 ne produce
= ny dwarfs within the mountains I'm
tating the sounds from without whic
they heard,
i, @. Does the time OF planting nal
:, any difference in the life OF A plan
q Il.
a. The same plant. such az whoa
may DO an annual II planted early AZ
biennial II planted late. Similar
plants such az tho castor oil hes
which are perennlals IN an equab
y climate are often ANIMALS where the
II IS a winter.
= q. Can a caterpillar sting? VI. F.
u The caterndiiar ao.s s.t,o ara
= Is found that It's netting hairs may
II blown through the air. lodge on
i person and produce rash. This a
a. counts for the stings people often =
y ceive when there has been no conta
~ with caterpillars.
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