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Show other Latin-American countries rigid fixtures fix-tures may not be used, as earthquakes break them off. Chains were first used in those countries and the idea was introduced in-troduced into the United States from there. Q. Is the raven the bird which lives longest? R. D. I. A. The biological survey states that the raven sometimes lives to be twenty-five twenty-five years of age. It Is by no means the longest lived bird, however, as the same authority states that eagles sometimes live to be seventy-five years old, and that geese and swans sometimes live to be a hundred. Q. What is mildew and how can I take it out of cloth? K. T. G. A. Mildew is a fungus growth. In the early stages of its development it may be washed out. In the secondary stage it may be bleached out with Ixivelle water, wa-ter, but in its final stage it lias become a part of the fabric and cannot be removed. re-moved. Q. What are the labor possibilities In Shantung? T. C. B. A. A quarter of a million coolies from Shantung province worked behind the lines in Franco during the war. The Shantung coolies are credited with being be-ing among the best laborers in the world. There are sixty millions of them, and they may he hired to go anywhere that they can be taken legally. Q. Who was the founder of Johns Hopkins Hop-kins university and hospital? C. G. C. A. Johns Hopkins was a Maryland er, born in Anne Arundel county in 1795. Tie attained wealth and when he died in Baltimore in 1S73 he left three and a half million dollars for the establishment of the university which bears his name. (Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Tribune Information Informa-tion Bureau, Frederick J. Haskin, Director, Direc-tor, Washington, D. C. Give full name and address and inclose two-cent sta nip for return postage. Be brief. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) Questions and Answers. Q. 7s there such a thing as a left-handed left-handed plow? T. S. C. A. Manufacturers make plows that throw the furrow to the left, and a few of them are bought by people who want to be odd. The war industries board, during dur-ing the war. stopped the making of left-handed left-handed plows, considering them a waste. Q. How long has a soldier in which to convert his war risk Insurance into some other kind of policy? B. D. A. He has five years. The classes of policy offered are ordinary life, twenty-payment twenty-payment life, thirty-payment life, twenty-year twenty-year endowment, and endowment maturing matur-ing al the a'e of C:'. Q. How large a body of water is the Strait of Magellan? M. B. A. This pp-ait, whieh cut.s Tierra de! Fuego from tile mainland of ivmth America, Amer-ica, is 30n miles In lonirih and varies in width from ten to fifteen miles. Q. Is there any practieal irlea back of the use of chains iu suspending lights? a. s.'n. A. There was a practical idea, back of the origin of this use. In lexico and |