Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25
Query and
Answer

n R., Muscoda-In electricity what
is watt and what is a kilowatt?
Ans. A watt in electricity is unit
of power, and kilowatt is 1000
watts.
! P. D., Avoca-What are the dates of
the earliest and latest Easter Sun
day we have ever had?
1 Ans The earliest Easter Sunday
in the last two hundred years was
Marcn %, 1918. The latest was April
%, 1886.
F. c., Excelsior-Will you please
answer in your questions which is the
heaviest metal?
Ans Platina is the heaviest metal
with specific gravity of 2,15O as
compared with water at 100. Gold is
next with 1926.
| r. A, Spring Green-Can you tell
me in your paper how many years
will outlaw notes and accounts in
Wisconsin and Ohio?
! Ans. In Wisconsin the statutes of
limitation on both notes and accounts
is six years; in Ohio note is out
lawed in Is years and an account is
dead in six years.
F. J., ngton-Which is the
deepest ocean-the Atlantic, Pacific
or the Indian ocean?
Ans. The Pacific. Its average
depth is 1850 feet The Atlantic is
1920 feet, and the Indian is ll,136
feet.
D. B., Goodwin you kindly answer
| if there is any state in the Union that
has no divorce law?
Ans. South Carolina has no divorce
law, but marriages may be annulled
I by law in that state.
Reader, Lancaster-Is Decoration
Day a national holiday?
| Ans. There are no national holl-
DAYS. The Federal Decoration Day is
May 80, and the Confederate Memoir
| ial Day is April 26, except for North
| and South Carolina, which is May l0.
| B. NJ, Arena-My physician mas
recommended that / take more exer-
| else. How can l do 1t when am
! hard working house mover?
Ans. Easy enough-move two at
| time.
Reader. Mt Hope want to ask
Won how to write 1925 in Roman num-
erals?
! Ans. MCMXXV.
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nlease will YOU state in the question
column if the Metropolitan Life In
surance building in New York, with
it's so stories. is the highest building
in the world?
Ans It is not. The Woolworth
building in New York is the highest.
If has 81 stories and is 85 feet higher
than the Metropolitan building.
e. d.. Blue River-How high is the
Eiffal Tower in France? Is it the
highest structure in the world?
Ans. The Eiffel Tower in France
is 9S4 feet high and is the highest
structure in the world. The Wash
i in eton monument at Washington, ID.
c., is next, 556 feet high.
| RI G.. Avoca-To settle bet can
Won tell us which is the greatest num-
Der of foreign-born people that come
! to the United States-Germans OF
! Irish?
Ans. The greatest number OF I'M
migrants to this country are Ger
mans. The Italians are second, Rus
slams are third, Poles fourth and irish
! fifth. 81,
r B.. Blue River-I want to ask
| in vour question column what are the
colors of the German flag since the
! empire has fallen. and republic es-
tablished?
Ans, The flag of Germany since
the fall of the monarchy is black, req
and gold. These cOlOrS were adopteu
when the republic was established.
= H. Platteville-Is it true tnat
fruit is displayed at automobile SHOWS
as I have heard it said?
Ans. No. They say sometimes lem
ons" are seen there.
S. R., Fennimore-Would you please
answer if a two-stage ampllner may
he used with a siX-tube radio! Ii So
how many miles will it reach with
the aid of headphones?
| Ans. An amplifier does nothing
except to make the sound louder
not carry farther. If you have SIX
tube radio you had better let 1t alone
and not use a two-stage ampllher II
Won don't want distortion beyond all
recognition. For further information
write to the manufacturers.
a R.. Boscobel-Is there broad
casting station anywhere in southern
wisconsin? If so. where and when 90
they broadcast?
Ans Yes. There is one at Madison.
See the daily papers for the programs
and time of broadcastlng
]. H., Livingston would like TO
know who invented the first car? Al
so what year and how many GYM
ders?
Ans. The first automobile known
as the "horseless carriage" made its
appearance in 1896. 1t had one
cylinder gasoline engine. The gaso-
line engine was invented by Otto W
KEEL Otto, of Germany, in 1877.-Pro-
gressive.