El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-17
QUESTIONS AND. ANSWERS

rising $40 feet IN the air, has been
built in japan at Sagauosekis by an
American firm The chimney is OF
mammoth proportions. At the base
Il has an outside diameter OF ~ feet
S inches, which narrows at the top
to an inside diameter Of IS feet 3
inches. The wall has a thickness OF
% inches az the base OF the shaft.
O. Why has February only = days
while the other months have more :
Z. T. :.
A. February originally had % days
every year and 80 in Leap Year. The
emperor Augustus OF Rome resented
the fact that August. which was MS
birth month, had only 80 days while
some OF the other months had 81, and
he decreed that one day be taken
from February and added TO the
month OF August.
O. Is a. necessary 10 have = pass
port TO 20 TO Cubaf Is American
money in use theref G. D. II.
A. 1t is necessary TO obtain a pass
port American money can be used
in Cuba but It has coinage Of Its
q. what have beer the lowest and
the highest prices OF wheat since
a. The bureau Of crop estimates
says that in February, 1855, No. 2 red
winter wheat sold in Chicago for 80
cents per busheL This is the lowest
AAaAA AGaIllEA Since AN"Ma ms Ms II E1
price was reached IN Nay. 1917, when
the same grade OF wheat brought
1915 in Chicago
O. How many species Of Insects are
theref A ~. w
A The most conservative estimate
places the number Of species OF in
sects IN existence at 100000, while
the estimate OF Riley, the famous en-
t0mologist. Is l0.o00,000-
G. What are the transeontinentai
h.
a. There are six railroads that
come under this designation: North
ern Pacific; southern Pacific; Union
Pacific Great Northern Chicago, Nil
waukee and St Paul. and AtchisOn.
Topeka and Santa Fe-
g. What kind Of EaH = used in
dlriEibles and bnIloonsf VI. l..
A. Dirigibles and balloons have
used hydrogen and Illuminating gas
chiefly, but helium viii probably be
used extensively in the future. Il has
less lifting power than hydrogen. but
IS uoninflammable, and Is now icing
made on a commercial scale
q Please explain the movements
Of the @Big Dipper." J. F. G..
A. The naval observatory says that
the Big Dipper- moves IN a circle
around the Pole star once In every
% hours. Sc minutes; this being the
length OF sidereal day When above
the pole. the constellation moves from
east to west; when below the pole.
from west to east The motion IS
apparent only, being due 70 the actual
rotation Of the earth. and like the
diurnal motion Of the sun and moon,
takes place in the opposite direction
to that OF the earth's rotation
O. What birds rob other birdss
A. Birds which make a practice Of
robbinE others OF their food include
the Jaegerss the Frigate Birds and
the Bald Eagle.
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