Evening star., 1923-10-29

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| ao0'OOO'oe0 sheets of letter paper, 20O,-
\ oVo,ooo envelopes and 100000 post
@. Do more white people die of
sleeping sickness than negroes?-
! A. The census bureau says that in
| IsZo l,453 whites died of the disease
| and only ffty-two negroes. Among
the whites this was a rate of IS
per 100000 population, and among the
| negroes OF.
| Q. How far may dust be carried In
the air?-l. NJ. c.
| A. Dust from the eruption OF
! krakatoa in 1883 circled around the
J slope several times and for two years
~ gave rise to extraordinary sunset
gtows and other remarkable optical
believed to have been raised to an
attitude of fifty miles and to have
remained buoyed up by air currents
! for several years In 1901 dust from
| the Algerian desert was carried o
maximum distance of $500 miles.
Cinders from the Chicago fire reached
the Azores forty days after the out
break OF the coniagrasion.
@. What is the meaning Of tho
phrase due process Of law?
A. The constitutions of the va rfo,ys
states and the federal constitution
contain no description of those proc
| esses which IL was intended to allow
! or forbid by the various uses of tho
expression due process of law" IT
Is generally held to mean, however.
J law in its regular course OF admins
tration through courts of justice.
/. Q. What lis the smallest wire
known?-C. II. E.
A. By the device of coating q
platinum wire one-hundredth of an
! inch in diameter with silver, drawing
the two metals out together as fino
as possible, and then dissolying away
the silver coating with nitric acid. d.
platinum wire three one-hundredth-
| thousandths of an inch in diameter
has been secured-so fine that ono
/ mile OF it would weigh only one twenty
| fifth Of grain.
! Q. How many telephones are there
in North America?-G. N.
A. There are approximately 49,
100000 telephones on this continent.
@. What is the difference between
drilling and boring?-P. L.
4 A. In machine shop parlance. drill
ing is making a round hole through
metal or the like with a rotating
! POINTED tool that forces its way
/ through by pressure and rotation,
!" =
already exists. Cutting a circular
hole in wood with a brace and bit,
1 as done by carpenters, is boring, but
| a similar operation in metal is drill
| ing.
@. What is Dutch concert" p
NJ. w. W.
| A. A Dutch concert is a social en-
| tertainment in which every man sings
| his own song at the same time that
| his neighbor is singing his, or In
! which each person present sings IN
| turn one verse of any song he pleases.
| some well known chorus being used
/ as a burden after each verse.
Q. What makes the earth go on
| rotating on its axis?-T. NJ.
A The Naval Observatory says
| that the earth continues to rotate on
! it's axis because the only forces (such
| as friction by tides) tending to stop
1t are inadequate to produce an ap-
| preciable effect. The origin of this
! rotation Is a matter for specula ron
depending upon how the earth was
| separated from the primeval nebula
out Of which the solar system is be-
| lieved TO have been evolved
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| formation Bureau, Frederic j.
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