The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-07-25

recommends the use of a few drops
Of earbolic acid in water used IN
bathing as she says mosquitoes dc
not like this odor Personally my
experience has been that all remed-
les fail and that the mighty mosquito
is always king in camp.
Q. When was free mail delivery
established in citiess When was the
money order system adopted, When
was raral free delivery begun and
the parcel post put into operation
When was the air mail service start
ed?
Free mail delivery service began II
1903 The money order system was
adopted in 1904 Rural free delivery
service started in 1890. Parcel post
was adopted in 1918 Air mail ser
vice was started in 1918.
Q. Which institution in New York
gets the most visitors. the Aquir-
ium OF the Metropolitan Musem
OF Art?
According TO the National Geogra-
phic Society there are twice as many
visitors to see tn fish as there are to
look nj the pictures.
Q. Is real estate development in
he new town site of Harding, Flor
ida. successful
An official statement shows that
l2S lots were sold at auction recently
in this town site for $3.50. 400.
Q. Hw many kinds OF axes are
there in use in the United Sta,es'
The division of sympliiied practice
OF the United States Department of
commerce has ascertained that axe
manufacturers are making "a models
in four qualities. eleven finishes and
from five TO nineteen sizes. This
means that they are actually offering
in their catalogue over six thousand
varieties OF ordinary single bit axes
The Department in commenting adds
the following: The situation is even
worse. than this. however. for suifi-
GENTLY insistent purchaser could get
any one OF the thirty-four models
in any one OF the thirty-iive brands.
in any OF the eleven finishes. in any
OF the nineteen sizes" On the basis
of this calculation it is figured that
the wide range OF choice includes
994. $40 variiics OF axes.
O. How are magnets. which lift
iron and steel, and other articles
charged so that they do their work.
Magnets are of the metal family
OF the Magnetism stone. 1t is a
lodestone. The magnet qualities ex-
list in magnesia. magnetic. and parti-
cularly in lodcstone. Besides. these
natural minerals we have masses OF
iron and steel in which the properties
have been artihc;ally impaired.
Q. What are the sea ports OF the
Republics OF Paraguay and Bolivar
They have none. Both countries
are without a sea coast.
Q. When was CONSUMPTION first
used in connection with recruiting
armies?
The old Romans conscripted. but
France it appears to have been first
o make law upon that subject in
1850. when more than four million
Frenchmen were conscripted in the
succeeding years up to 1913. Con-
scription was used in the American
Civil War. 1t is n common method
Of recruiting armies in Europe.
Q. Are earth worms good for any
other purpose than fish bait'
Yes. Earth worms do a lot OF
good to the soil by creating their
small tunnels which aids the mois
,ure in finding its way through
around. and thereby helping the iert-
ilizaiion of crops producing soils.
Worms are considered rs valuable
aids to agriculture.
Q. In the theory OF evolution
where shall we place the clothes
moth9
The answer is not absolutely deiin-
tie but the inquirer can frd clothes
moths referred to in Book OF Job.
wherein the problem in evolution is
furnished in antiquity for the moth
that is several thousand years old.
Q. What book or chapter and
verse in the Bible says: 'When two
agree on any on thing. do whatsoever
Won will ar NAV Won Sin NOT "