ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 171, 21 July 1928, Page 2 (Supplement)

ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Jap. would like to know tr shrubs a:ul bushes can be dwarfed as the Japanese dwarf tr^cs. this can be dune, but only wiiii a tremendous amount or akin and patience. IHusno's posers ar»: >'a; Can you t-H all about Cesare Borgia? 'Id To which opera does a certain smu* belong*— /«. Cesare Borgia was the sou of Tope Alexander VI. lie was a maslert'ul and un.-cri.-piilous man, and paved liis way lu power by murdering- all who stood in his light. Assisted by Leiiis XII. of Krancu ho became ruler of Komagna. the Marshes and Lrnlma. Later he was banished rroin tfoni«» hy Julius 11,, and was imprisoned in Spain. He was fortunate in escaping. and, joining the army or .\avaire, was killed during tho invasion of Castillo in i (b> Queries such as this cannot be answered m my coiiuuu. Interrogator a=>k-: ;a* Would vui please tell mo in what year Harrow was rounded? <b) In what \ear Hon was founded.— ■;a > Harrow school was rounded 1571. (b) Eton was completed tr.i3. Supplejack wanls tu know: (a) We wero told at smool that all light canto from the sun. What connection has sunlight with electric light? (b« Ar« there such thinir--as fairies?— This is erroneous. Electric light is produced liv a current of electricity passing through a t:i:n wire, which, creating a resistance, {flow- white hot. (b> so lonff as you believe in them lairies exist. Economy inquires: (ai What breed of horse is the rastest in the world" (hi What is the approximate weigh; and length or a fully-grown whale?— The iasu-st horse to-day i S our beautiful racehorse— the result or years and years or breeding (b) .V. Uibbald wtiqln in one of the treat museums oi" England is about too feet lonj.". and when alive must have weitrheil something over luu tons. Maze? Byes a?k?: (a* How ts aluminium made. !b; Who is the greatest poet in the world? a> Aluminium can hardly bo said to be niad-\ tor it i> separated from a sudstance called t>»uxi;e hy means or heat from an electric lurnaee. <b> Perhaps tho moat riotabla

_ _ _ _ ItflMll^ Electric wishes to know: {a; How to niak-j a small wet battery about o volts to be chartred by a bicycle generator, (b) How to maKe a small soir-startiug electric motor.— v a) This is nune impossible, for, e\en should the bicycle s-rener-ati'T b.:- capable of making a current suitable ror cnaryinir batteries, n would bo mcessarv iij keep the ma<-huio wort IDS lor a clay and ;t iuirht to charge the bstt"r\*—quite an imposMb!-- !a~k. ',b> This i.- another '.cry hard task. and avoided where uo — ible by skilled eh-cti :e:anr; and t urtherino: e. a second-hand motor could be bought tor a lew pounds. Whiteye inquires: a; li,\v man*" stars are there in the skv.b- What race ol people live ill Central Africa-.'— a) The total number or stars visible to the naked eye is probably ahout IO.JvO. or these there are usually only about one-third visible, so that the usual numb-.r we can sec at any one tinu; is about .'j-j*. b> la Central Africa there are -oine TOeO l.uropeajn and a mixture or naf. e-. itantu, busumen, pig-nues, etc., who b\e m the fuiest Milages. Ping Pong's queries v;i 1 Lft a!.-\v-"ed when the writer s reH ] and address are received at this oHlc-j. Bookworm wonders: fa> Who Plogrnei was. t.b) What wire is made rr->m— t i) Diogenes \va- a Greek philosopher who lived iti a tub. This he (lid to show how simple were the needs of man. u> • \\ ; re is made- from almost all the mi-tals and takes its name from thes«. viz., corp'-r wire, sroid wire, etc. The most cuEim<.-a wire is made of iron. Doreen is anxious to km w why wind blow —lo understand wi;v" :ue • Wmd blows it must h nrst u:: r'rstuod that .hot a-r rise-. l'*-.e earth. „s \ou Know. Olivines ho:tt- r man tit-; s>-a when the sun is -hilling, an-J so the air the land i and the co.'J mr u er the sea rushes .n to take ::s plar<-. \! r trut time the pi '. ress i.- vjc.- ve.-i. T vailing- wi.id- folb.w the sane prm'"'pl<". only on a nn.ch bigir.-r x'-al". !ht- oiuct.ir. ui'i-ausa it ;< tile part rinj earth i.-ai -i tlie sun, b thus the hotte-: *..«■: of ih=> earth; so air abo;-- the L<nu'o<* is always rism* a.icf the- air Ji\.m the norrn a:iu south ; a.-lies to the Eo-s'or to take it* place. I«« Scout a=Vs: Wi, it •* I'n?* 1 * •: tho bar (jus Rewa?—lae Bewj ;V lon*.