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ticles which fly in all directions and
are capable of wounding or killing any
one nearby the same as bullet.
o. What Spanish queen wove and
made her husbands shirts?-W. u. S.
A. Father Florenz, writing OF lsa-
bel of CASTLE. says, Her husband
never wore shirt she hersen dld not
weave and work"
O. What percentage of deaf-mutes
are employed?-M. E. r.
A. OF 1875 deaf-mutes 10 years
of age or over, reporting on the sub
ject in 1920, 10,190 were gaintully
occupied.
O. When Is the iceberg season? Who
watches for them on steamship lines?
N. c.
A. The International Ice Patrol was
organized on an international basis
as a result of the International Con-
ference for the Safety of Life at Sea,
in London. 1918. 1t resulted from
universal demand for. protection
Of steamships against icebergs in the
North Atlantic area and after the loss
of the Titanic in April, 1912. The
| United States was asked to undertake
| the management of the service and
agreed to send two vessels to patrol
| the danger area during iceberg sea-
| son, March l to July l. Each OF the
contra citing parties consented to bear
| a share of the cost in proportion to
| its shipping tonnage.
O. How should a huckster's scale
| be hung?-A. G. T.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
! that a hanging scale used by buck
| s.I,<., fln AZ
parts of the scale will hang free when
a load is placed upon the load-receiV-
| ing element. 1t should be unneces-
| sary for the operator to hold the scale
| in any way during the weighing OPP
Grafton.
Q. Can snakes be trained?-V. VI.
A. Training snakes is not usually
successfully done. although boas can
be made to obey orders.
O. Who wrote "Give me men to
match my mountains"?-W.R r.
A. Samuel Foss wrote the poem
about which you have inquired.
@. Can you tell me where the thick
est vein of coal in the world is, and in
the United States?-A. B.
A. The Bureau of Mines says that
the thickest coal seam in the world
is the Fortuna Mine, near Cologne,
which is 100 meters, or $50 feet thick.
The thickest seam in the United States
of high-grade coal is in the Mammoth
Seam, near Wilkes Barre, Pa. This
seam is so feet thick, some folds run
I ming as high as go to 80 feet.
Q. Is it possible for an aviator to
fly upside down at a high altitude and
4 l.
A. The Army Air Service says that
it is not possible for the aviator to be
upside down without knowing it.
@. How far is it through Death
I Valley?-G. NJ. T.
A. The distance through Death
Valley is about $50 miles. The width
varies from 10 to IS miles.
@. How would the brightness Of
the sun compare with that of the star
Sirius if it were the same distance
away?-S. S. C.
A. The Naval Observatory says
that Sirius is 81 to 80 times as
bright as the sun would appear at
the same distance. This distance is
9 AS light years. light travels $3.50
billion miles in year,
Q. What cities are the largest to-
bacco centers in the United States?-
j. T. P.
A. The Department of Agriculture
SAYS that the three largest tobacco
centers in the United States are Lex
ingon. KY; Wilson, n. c., and Win
ston-Salem, n. c.
@. In what year did the first
steamer cross the Atlantic?-E. G. L.
A. The steamship Savannah was
the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean,
partly under steam, in 1919. She
sailed from Savannah to Liverpool In
20 days II hours, using steam power
for IS days.
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