Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-06

@. Why don't shooting stars fall
on the earth and injure people?-
c. A. A.
A. Some pieces of shooting stars
(moteors lido fall on the earth and
specimens are kept in various mu-
seums. But usually when a meteor
goes flying through the atmosphere
the friction between the two Is suf-
ficient to melt 1t, and nothing but
dust reaches the earth.
Q. Were not the poets Keats and
Shelley contemporaries. and IL so,
were they friends ?-J. T. G.
A. These poets were contempora-
ries, but Keats did not take kindly
to Shelley. 1t is believed that this
was due to the fact hat Keats was
very sensitive because of his lowly
birth, while Shelley came from an
~aristocratic and wealthy family.
Q. Does the State of Federal Gov
eminent keep up the roads in the
national forests.
A. AS the states have no jurisdic.
| ton owe these roads. Uncle Sam
must see that they are kept In good
condition.
@. How often does the Weather
Man tell the TRUTH re. H. 8.
A. The daily forecasts of tho
United States Weather Bureau are
1874 per CEN correct.
Q. Please give me directions for
making fire bricks from ashes and
salt.-C. E. l..
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that fire brick cannot be made suc.
cessfully from ashes and salt. Mum.
erous attempts nave been made to
do this but all Of them have been
| omplete failures.
O. How many buffalo are there In
the game reservations in Montana2
j. r. w.
A. There are approximately 3s5
head of buffalo on the National
Bison Range at Moiese, Montana.
@. Our state has adopted the
model of law for the protection OF
birds as suggested by the American
Ornithologists' Union. Have all the
states adopted this law?lL. ". B.
A. This law has been accepted by
all states except Montana. Idahos
Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mex.
leo, Nebraska and Kansas.
@. What do dentists use for filing
teeth I'D. c.
A. The Bureau of Stanrads says
dentists use an amalgamated alloy
for filling teeth. This alloy is made
by melting and casting silver. tin,
copper and sometimes zinc in the
approximate ratio of 67:27:5:1. This
material is next filed to chips. These
chips are then amalgamated with
mercury and later ~crystallized into
a solid mass.
Q. Is there any general way OF
specifying the birds Of prey M.
Z. r.
A. The birds of prey include the
80 r-s4 faA1f~~ xr1frtrAc fha 10
cious hawks and eagles and the fish.
loving osprey and owls of various
habits.
Q. Will any materials Withstand
a temperature of 200 degrees or
1900 degrees F.?-W. G.. H.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
there arc a number of materials
that will Withstand this temperature
Among these may be mentioned
magnesite alundum, graphite any
brand of good molding sand. For
the first three substances mentioned
1t would be necessary to use a pres.
sure of some kind to form a COM.
pact mold.
Of miles eastward into the Pacific.
1.-THE magnitude of Japan's pres.
ent interests in the Pacific can bet.
ter be understood, perhaps. by im-
agining her island territories
transferred to the more familiar ATT
lantic and the directions reversed.
The various groups of Japanese is-
lands would then extend from the
Shetland islands southwark along
the coasts of Europe and Africa for
400 miles. Formosa would be sit
uated just north of the Cape Verde
Islands. The Marianne or Ladrone
Islands of. the mandate would oc-
cupy a position near the Azores:
and the hundreds of islands of the
caroline and Marshall groups (the
remaining mandate islands) would
string out across the Atlantic from
Cuba. Honolulu, under this trans
posed geography. would occupy
about the position of Santa fe, New
Mexico.
"As direct outlets for emigration
Japan's mandate islands, because of
their restricted area ARE Of little
importance. But as bases to facili-
tate naval operations and trading
activities to the south and east they
are comparable in importance to
Hawaii as bases for the westward
activities of the United States. And
Japan means to make the islands
pay for their keep She Is stimu.
lating the systematic planting of CO.
ccanut groves, and her traders are
fast replacing foreign goods in the
islands with those of Japan. The
islands add only a few thousand
miles of territory and some SO, 900
PEOPLE to the Japanese empire. But
the scattered points Of land "fence
in approximately one million square
miles of the Pacific"