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Show Questions and Answers. Q. Do you know of a town that has no doctor? C. T. P. A. We have a report from Canadensis. Pa., to the effect that it is a community without a doctor. Q. Do you have to get a passport to go to the Philippines or Java? R. C. A. Tho Philippines are a part of the ' United States and no passport is required re-quired in visiting them. Java is a Dutch possession. Before going there, apply for a passport through the clerk of your nearest United States district court. Q. Why are nails called "eight penny" or "ten penny" nails? G. R. A. A ten penny nail was originally a size of which a hundred could be bought for ten pence. An eight penny nail was, , logically, a nail of a smaller size. Q. Does Uncle Sam run boarding houses for war workers, and how ;uuch does he charge? J. H. G. A. Opposite the Union station in Washington are twelve dormitories occupied oc-cupied by nearly 200 girls In tho gov- , ernmenl service. They pay $45 a month for room, laundry, two meals on week days and three meals on Sunday. It is : officially known as the Government hotel. Q. How large aro the original draw- ; ings of cartoons that appear In the news- : papers? C. P. ' A. Cartoons are usually drawn two or three times as large as they appear in : the paper, but this depends on the method meth-od of the artist. If he wishes Ids lines 1 to appear fine, and if he works in a great 1 deal of detail, he will make his drawing ' on a larger scale than if he uses a few lines. It will then reduce and present i the effect he desires. ( Q. How were the United States and Great Britain able to control tiie ship- , ping of the Atlantic after we entered . the war? T. D. ; A. They controlled the coal supply. The ships of no nation could cross the Atlantic from Europe without, getting 1 bunker coal. This coal was denied them unless they gave proof that their cargoes 1 would not rea'h the cue no-. t Q. What can be done to prevent the 1 hands from perspiring? P. S. A. Th following lotion is highly rec- I ommended: Cologne, 4 ounces; tincture of belladonna. U ounce. When this has been rubbed in and absorbed, powder the e hands with orris root or talcum powder. i Q. In preserving eggs, must they all i be put in the solution at the same time? j P. E. W. i A. Eggs may he added from time' to i lime art is convenient. Care must be ; taken that thev are absolutely fresh t when put in and that they are entirely i covered by tho solution. I Q. How much taxes do tho railways 1 pay? G. C. G. ' A. The bureau of railway economics i states that !n 1918 tho railroads paid taxes amounting to $214,000,000 on a valuation of 521,000,000,000. Ki. Who was the heroic sailor who died on the U. S. S. C'assin when pho was torpedoed? H. J. W. A. Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram of the Cassin saw the torpedo coming and that it would strike aft where there were depth bombs on deck. He hurried aft and threw the depth bombs overboard that the ship might not be blown to pieces by them. He succeeded in doing this, but when the torpedo struck ho was killed. Q. If a bullet is shot from a machine gun in an airplane a mile up, tho gun pointing parallel with the surface of tho parth, and another bullet is dropped front the hand at the same time, which will reach the earth first? J. P. M. A. The bullets will roach the earth at. Lhe same time. Gravity pulls equally on !'ah, and this is tho force that causes L-ach to fall. Q. Out in tspace, where there are no "lanr-ts. is there any north and south? 0. F. D. A. North and south are terms used with relation to the earth's poles. In PHce, beyond the influence of the earth, ihose designations would not hold good. Q. Why is th sun hotter at noon than i"ive hours later? It. U. A. When tho sun's rays strike directly :h-y produce more heat than when they itrike indirectly, just as a direct blow las more force than an indirect blow. At noon these blows from the sun are noat direct. (Any reader can get the answer to any lucstlon by writing Tho Tribune infor-Tiaiion infor-Tiaiion bureau, Frederic J. Haskln director, di-rector, Washington. D. C. This offer applies ap-plies strictly to information. The bu--eau canon t give advice on legal, medici-lal medici-lal and financial matters. it dnos not Utenipt to settle domestic troubles nor o undertake exhaustive research on anv subject. Write your question plainly and inefly. Give full name and iiddraua and tu-Iosb a 2-cnnt stamp for return powt-mo. powt-mo. All replies aro sent direct to tho nquirer |