Question: Now came great news! It came from a neighboring state, where the family's only surviving relative lived. It was Sally's relative -- a distant relative by the name of Tilbury Foster, seventy and single. Tilbury now wrote to Sally, saying he should shortly die, and should leave him thirty thousand dollars, cash; not for love, but because money had given him most of his troubles, and he wished to place it where there was good hope that it would continue its evil work. The _ would be found in his will, and would be officially handed over provided that Sally should be able to prove to the executors .

As soon as Aleck had partially recovered from the strong emotions created by the letter, she sent someone to the relative's home and subscribed for the local paper.

For the rest of the day Sally made confusion with his books, and Aleck could not keep her mind on her affairs, not even take up a flower-pot or book or a stick of wood without forgetting what she had intended to do with it. For both were dreaming.

"Thirty thousand dollars!"

All day long Aleck was absorbed in planning how to invest it, Sally in planning how to spend it.

There was no romance-reading that night. The children took themselves away early, for their parents were silent, disturbed, and strangely unentertaining. Two pencils had been busy during that hour -- note-making; in the way of plans. It was Sally who broke the stillness at last. He said, with excitement, "Ah, it'll be grand, Aleck! Out of the first thousand we'll have a horse and a buggy for summer, and a cutter and a skin lap-robe for winter."

Aleck responded with decision and calmness.

"You can spend a part of it. But the whole of the capital must be put right to work.

"Why, yes. Yes, of course. Have you got it invested yet?"

"No, there's no hurry about that; I must look around first, and think, er..., I've turned it over twice; once in oil and once in wheat."

"Why, Aleck, it's splendid! What does it amount to?"

"I think -- well, to be on the safe side, about a hundred and eighty thousand clear, though it will probably be more."

"My! Isn't it wonderful? Good heaven! Luck has come our way at last, Aleck!"

Then they went up to bed, but they left the candle burning in the sitting room. They did not remember until they were undressed; then Sally was for letting it burn; he said they could afford it, if it was a thousand. But Aleck went down and put it out.

A good job, too; for on her way back she hit on a scheme that would turn the hundred and eighty thousand into half a million before it had had time to get cold. 1. Whose relative was it?
2. Who was she a relative of?
3. Did they live in the same state?
4. What ws he going to give sally?
5. How old was he?
6. Had the money been good for him?
7. Did he hope the money would do good for Sally?
8. What did she want to read?
9. What did someone subscribe to?
10. What did Aleck think about all day?
11. And Sally? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Sally's
2. Tilbury Foster
3. No
4. thirty thousand dollars
5. seventy
6. no
7. No
8. his will
9. the local paper
10. how to invest it
11. how to spend it

Question: Zinc is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element of group 12 of the periodic table. In some respects zinc is chemically similar to magnesium: its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2. Zinc is the 24th most abundant element in Earth's crust and has five stable isotopes. The most common zinc ore is sphalerite (zinc blende), a zinc sulfide mineral. The largest mineable amounts are found in Australia, Asia, and the United States. Zinc production includes froth flotation of the ore, roasting, and final extraction using electricity (electrowinning).

Brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc, has been used since at least the 10th century BC in Judea and by the 7th century BC in Ancient Greece. Zinc metal was not produced on a large scale until the 12th century in India and was unknown to Europe until the end of the 16th century. The mines of Rajasthan have given definite evidence of zinc production going back to the 6th century BC. To date, the oldest evidence of pure zinc comes from Zawar, in Rajasthan, as early as the 9th century AD when a distillation process was employed to make pure zinc. Alchemists burned zinc in air to form what they called "philosopher's wool" or "white snow". 1. What does Zn symbolize?
2. what is it?
3. what is the atomic #?
4. which group is it found in an the chart?
5. what is the chart's title?
6. How is brass related to zinc?
7. when did people start using it?
8. where?
9. Was Zinc metal produced on a large scale?
10. when did it start?
11. when did Europe discover it?
12. How far back does zinc production date back?
13. where?
14. where is the oldest evidence of the element found?
15. what method was used in it's production?
16. why was zinc burned in air?
17. what was another name for it?
18. who burned it?
19. Is zinc the most abundant element found?
20. how does it rank? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Zinc
2. a chemical element
3. 30
4. group 12
5. the periodic table
6. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc
7. since at least the 10th century BC
8. in Judea
9. no
10. the 12th century in India
11. the end of the 16th century
12. the 9th century AD
13. Rajasthan
14. Zawar
15. distillation
16. o form what they called "philosopher's wool
17. white snow
18. Alchemists
19. no
20. 24th