South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-17

Q-What is Billy Burke s address
AIRS. Florenz ziegfeld, care
Famous Players. ASS Fifth az. New
/ York City. New York.
Q-How can one destroy the
stumps of trees without blasting?
A-The following method has been
recommended. In the autumn bore
in the center Of the stump a vertical
hole Of 1 TO ] 1-2 inches in diameter
and about Is inches deep. Put in 1t
TO IL ounces Of saltpetre and fill
with water and then plug the hole
/ tight In the ensuing spring take
out the plug and pour in abJut 10
! ounces of petroleum and Ignite IL.
/ The stump will shoulder away with
/ out blasting to the very extremities
I OF the roots, leaving nothing but
/ ashes.
O-Is there a cure for hookworm?
: A-According 20 Science Service.
/ thymol. chenOpOdium and carbon
tetrachloride have proved effective
\ in getting rid Of hookwOrms ia hu-
man beings. dogs, foxes and other
animals. Hookworm disease is.
/ however, essentially a sanitary
problem. Reinfestation may follow
/ any treatment, If unsanitary condl-
\ lions in which the hookwOrm
/ flourishes are not removed.
Q-who was the Father Of the
American Navy?
Accommodate John Barry has
/ been called The Father of the Amer
lean Navy.
Q-At what exact level is the pres
sure of the air just half that at sea-
! level?
A-This height varies with tenn
perature. latitude and storm condi-
/ tons and other circumstances. on
I the average this height is, roughly
/ $4,000 feet above sea level.
I Q-Is there any scientific basis
! for the statement that 1t IS always
darkest before dawn
According TO the L. S. Wealth
er Bureau, there is not
Q-What were Galileo's important
contributions TO science?
Al. The relation between space
and time in the case OF falling bod
/ les: .. the path of proiectiles is a
parabola. 8. the isochronism of the
pendulum: 4. the partial discovery
that suction is owing 10 the pressure
OF the atmosphere; 5. the reinven-
ton OF Aristotle's theory respecting
sound. 6. the invention or the tele-
scope; 7. the discovery OF the satel-
lites OF Jupiter, phases of Venus
and spots on the sun.
O-Who discovered alternating
currents in electricity
A-Michael Faraday.
o. Is II true that whales are not
fish but are mammals?
A. Yes.
o. Do any Of the lions found
native in North America have the
long names OF the true African lion ?
A. No.
O Is II true that there was once
an internal combustion engine that
used gunpowder for fuel?
A. Yes. the first internal COM
bustion engine on record used gun
powder. Such an engine was made
bv the French scientist Huygens. in
1890. This apparatus was nothing
more thar a philosophical TOY 20
demonstrate a scientific fact and was
not developed for the generation Of
mechanical power. The apparatus
consisted OF, an open cylinder with
piston. Gunpowder was .gnited
within the cylinder and pushed up
ward. then the cooling Of the air
within the cylinder created a vac
uum and the weight OF the air out
side OF the cylinder bearing on the
piston. moved IL downward.
Q. Is the Big Four railway under
the control OF the New York Cent
raj?
A. Yes. as the result OF a merger
OF the New York Central and the
Big -Four Railway System. the Big
Four IS now controlled by the New
York Central.
Q. Under the system Of Descar-