The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-04-11

ground ! inCn oeeP "N
pounds.
Kindly tell me the definition o
blunderbuss.
A blunderbuss is a short gun. un
rifled and OF large bore. widening to
> wards the muzzle. 1t is not ranked
!. with arms OF precision. bu. is loade'
e with many balls OF slugs. which scat
! ter when fired so that there IS hop'
+, of some one OF them hitting the mark
A person who habitually blunders Is
sometimes referred to. disdainfully, as
"blunderbuss."
would like to know what CORN
THAN brass is composed OF.
Il IS an alloy OF gold. silver and
copper. So called from the fact that
at the burning of Corinth many stat
ues made OF these metals were melted
Together.
What are the symbols OF the Ev-
angelists, Matthew. Mark. Luke, and
John?
Matthew has A scroll before him
and holds a pen. Mark sits writing.
with a winged lion by his side. Luke
has a pen and scroll; near him is an
OK. John is a young man behind whom
is an eagle.
Can you give me a brief summary
OF the war losses OF American mer-
chant shipping during the war;
The number OF torpedoed boats was
81; mined, 7; gunfore. 81; or to'al OF
40. The number OF lives lost was TT.
The table does not include losses OF
vessels of the American army and navy
or lives sacrificed in connection there
with. recorded by the War and Navy |
Departments.
Where is "down-east"
This is New England. or the States
of Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont.
Massachusetts. Rhode Island. and
Connecticut But the traveller to Maine
will find that to those people New
Brunswick is "down-east"
When did the first Indians come
70 the United States and where from'
Indians did not come to the Unit
ID States. The United States came to
he Indians, who inhabited our Con-
inent and were found here by all
arly explorers. |,
What is the meaning of art and
art,"
art and part" is a Scotch law
hrase. 1t refers to an accessory be-
pre- and after the fact. A man is
aid to be "art and part" of a crime
Though he does not put his own
and to the actual execution OF it.
II 4 tree falls in a forest a hun
red miles from a human being, will !,
make a noise?
This question is an old-timcr and
ose who asked il got away with the \
cory that where there were no list III
ers there was no noise. But try it on III
new wave length, Station Air. III
'und has two definitions. Sounds is III
e impression made on the ear BY Ill
vibrations OF the air. Sound is al III
the cause OF vibratory sensations HI
| have been admiring a hornets II
stat a comfortable distance. OF Tx
lat material does a hornet make its III
ST. II
Hornets nests are made from drv
'od gathered from dead trees, or M
paper that has been chewed into ||||
Up and solicited by a gummy mois
e.
What is All Fools day and is il ~
nerally observed outside OF the I'm =
e States? ~
This is April first, and the Gus
n has long evailed of seeking vic
rs on that day for practical jokes.
origin unknown, but the observ-
&c is common in England, France.
rmany and other countries. in,..
otland the subject OF the trick is
led a gowk. in the United States
April Fool; in France an April
h.
What birds make the longest
yhts?
The Artic tern essays a migratory
'ht from South America to Alaska
distance of 10000 to 1900 miles
Why are the majority of people
ht-handed,
1t is largely a matter OF hereditv
'enile training also has a great deal
do with the preference OF using the
ut hand. Do you not remember a.
'hild how your parents insisted on
using your right hand for writ
: and for taking hold of various
ects'
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