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
(meteors )do fall on the earth and
specimens are kept in various mu-
seums. But usually when a meteor
lgoes flying through the atmosphere
the friction between the two is suf-
| fcient t o melt it, and nothing but
dust reaches the earth.
Q. Were not the poets Keats and
Shelley contemporaries, and If sos
were they friends?-J. T. c.
A. These poets were contempora-
ries, but Keats did not take kindly
to Shelley. 1t is believed that this
was due t o the fact that Keats was
very sensitive because of his lowly
birth, while Shelley came from an
aristocratic and wealthy family.
@. Does the State Of Federal Gov
eminent keep up the roads in the
national forests.
A. AS the states have no jurisdic.
I ton over these roads, Uncle Sam
must see that they are kept in good
condition.
O. How often does the Weather
Man tell the truth Pc. H. 8.
A. The daily forecasts OF the
United States Weather Bureau are
1874 per cent correct.
O. 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 SUI.
cessfully from ashes and salt. Nuns
erous attempts rave been made to
do this but all Of them nave been
oooopIofa fai11reS
@. How many buffalo are there In
the game reservations in Montana3
il. r. w.
A. There are approximately 335
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 M
states adopted this law?-L. v. 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 hllin0
teeth ?-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.
@. Is there any general way OF
t specifying the birds of prey M.
e. R.
: A. The birds of prey include the
/ ~carrion feeding vultures the rapa.
! cious hawks and eagles and the fish,
{ loving osprey and owls of various
! habits.
} a temperature of 200 degrees or
: 1880 degrees F.?-W. C. H
: A. The Bureau of Standards says
there are 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.
2 sure of some kind to form a coms
2 pact mold.
:
: of miles eastward into the Pacific.
1 1.-The magnitude of Japan's pres.
: ent interests in the Pacific can bet.
ter be understood, perhaps, by i'm.
: agining her island territories
transferred to the more familiar At
! lantic and the directions reversed.
Y The various groups of Japanese is
lands would then extend from the
Shetland islands southwark along
the coasts of Europe and Africa for
: 2,7O0 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
: near the Cape Verde almost to
posed geography. would occupy
about the position Of Santa fe, New
4 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
l miles of territory and some $4,000
, PEOPLE to the Japanese empire. But
the scattered points Of land "fence
/. in approximately n million square
miles of the Pacific"
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