Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-06
Business Mews of Wilmington
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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q. How can nuts be cracked 20
that tho meats will come out whole?
G. r. r.
A. Putting the nuts In boiling
water for three 10 Ave minutes makes
Il possible to crack them when cool
and remove the meats whole
Q. who originated the expression
Say II with F1owers7" w. u.
A. The late N. p. hndbers Of
Rugby, N. D.. was credited with the
coming of the phrase.
O. Is allsplce a combination Of scv-
eral spices? -. II. S.
A. Allspice is a single spice which
has n flavor resembling a mixture OF
cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. II is
obtained by crushing the dry unripe
berry OF tho pimento. a small ever
green tree cultivated in the West
Indies.
O. What Ia a dealer in foreign
moneys called? J. r. u.
A. A dealer In. or manual on,
moneys Of foreign countries or bills Of
exchange is a cambist. A numlsmatist
in ono who studies the science Of coins
4 and makes collections of them.
O. What lg the food value Of
pickles? &. J. S.
A. Cucumber pickles are about 80
per cent water, and contain about 70
calorles per pound.
q. Is there any connection between
forest fires and the determination OF
nsh? y. Fl.
a. The practical extinction OF trout
followed n great forest fire in the
White Mountains II Is thought that
tho teaching out Of ash left by the
fire increased the alkalinity Of the
water in tho mountain streams unit
fish could not live in II.
q What is the log Of ship? r. A
a. An instrument towod by th'
vessel by which the distance Travelled
is ascertalned is called the log. The
record Of tho ships speed is Therefore
called the log and this report is offer
extended 70 a full nautical report o
tho voyage.
on What arc the primary colors
w. o.
\. The primary colors are thos
colors into which the spectrum o
light ls separated according to n
> scheme invented by Sir Isaac Newton
They art rcd. yellow. orange, green
blue. indigo. and violet.
Q. Who or what was the "ape-nsr
OF Java" r. a. H
A. In 1912. Dr. Eugene Dubois
OF Holland. while conducting geologi
cal explorations in central Java, IN
earthed a fossillzed skull cap o
calvaria. VITO molar teeth and a thigl
bone, ell clearly OF primate characte
: and presumably from a single indi
vidual. In 1894 DR.. Dubois publishes
careful study OF these remains 1
which he assigned the name Pithecan
thropus erectus, or erect -standin
apeman." and which he hailed as IN
long sought missing Ink between ap
and man. Great importance was al
! tached 10 this discovery. but author
q ties have never fully agreed that D
Dubois found the missing link. TIL
geological age OF the fossil Is uncei
tain. but = has been estima ted &
a 900. 900 years.
q Q. Is any unit of weight in Tro
II weight the same as avoirdupois?
+. 3.
a. The grain IS the same ar
originally vas probably the weight
q a grain Of wheat. An avoirdupo
:. pound contains 1000 grains and
II Troy pound $500 grains.
= Q. Were the "Sonnets from u
$ Portuguese" really translations? T.
S a. The title was used merely as
= disguise by Mrs. Browning. TT
n sonnets in reality relate 20 the tin
i Of her courtship when she hesitate
to accept Robert Browning because
the physical injury which re1dert
: her an invalid for many years.