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O. OF what materials can gas be
made in Central America? r. Y.
! A! The Bureau OF Mines says that
as there is no coal or oil in Central
America II is necessary 10 make H.
Illuminating gases out of imported gas
coal. and imported oil.
+ O. Who invented the first type
writer? c. S. NJ.
A. The earliest record of patent
for writing machine Is found in the
records OF the British Patent Office
for 1714: In this year a patent was
granted to Henry Mil. a London engi-
neer. In Amesica. the first writing
machine was made by w. A. Burt in
1929.
@. Is special oil used in the ad-
ministration Of Ext@eme Unction? f.
TX. c.
A. The holy oil used In the Saera-
ment OF the Extreme Junction must
be blessed by the bHhop. This cers-
mony is performed once a year and
the oil so blessed is reserved for this
use only.
q. WHICH way does-a nail hold
L.
ed? NJ. v.
A. A nail driven on a down slant
: holds better than driven straight.
q. How large is Palestine? B.
C. F.
A. The country OF Palestine, south
west Of. Syria, on the Mediterranean
Sea, extends about $50 miles north
and south, the breadth rahging from
sabout 35 miles at the extreme north
to 110 in the south. The west Jordan
portion varies in breadth from % tC
: so miles. and COMPRISES something
. over 5000 square Mules, that east o
the Jordan, somewhat more than
|, 1000 miles.
!" @. Where did Guy de Maupassan
q die2 II. J..
A. De Maupassant died in al
. asyinm for the insane at Passy
: France, in 1903. AS early as 1887
traces OF insanity appeared in hi
:, writing and caused a practical sus
pension of his literary work in 1880.
=. q. What is meant by the expression
:. "a kiss three feet long?" J. X.
= A. This expression probably refer
,F .T
while the kiss is being portrayed in
motion picture.
9. What per cent of opium i
=, morphine? n. b. c.
! a. Morphine constitutes from one
!, eighth TO one-sixteenth Of the weigh
{, of opium. Good opium will assay a
10 least nine per cent morphine. Gas
10 drug one-fourth of a grain of NOR
10 phine has as muSh effect upon tn
a system as one grain of opium.
60 Q. How many movie theatres az
there in the United. States? l.. G..
"a a. There are 1924 theatres in tn
m United States devoted exclusively I
,a the showing of motion pictures.
- @. Are there floating islands? j. n
of I.
~ A. There are many floating island.
These are sometimes formed by IN
10 detachment of portions of the banl
= in which roots form a strong enoug
"A network TO hold the earth togethe
% Others are formed by accumulate
os Iof driftwood in tropical rivers an
a. bays. Many lakes in Prussia, Franc
or and England are noted for their fioat
as ing islands.
of 6. How closely will marin
u chronometer keep time? II. w.
o. a. Some chronometers viii kee
no correct time within second a da
90 Some may gain or lose Is seconds
day. If this is done regularly, Il
chronometer should not be regulate
=, since a constant rate is the main O
-, ject, the variation being easily cor
sa,. puted.
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