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Evening star., 1923-10-15

Q, DO yoU have to have q license
to hunt In the District?--L II.
A. It IS not necessary to have q
license, but hunting is prohibited in
the District of Columbia by act of
June 80. 1906. except on the marshes
on the Eastern branch above Ana
costa bridge. and below the Aqueduct
bridge on the Virginia side of the Po-
tomac. In these areas no birds may
be shot within 200 yards Of any bridge
or dwelling.
Q. What is the depth Of the Poto-
mac river at Chain bridge?-C. F. s.
A. 1t has been reported that in
certain spots Of the Potomac river
near Chain bridge there is depth
Of from seventy-five to eighty feet.
Q. How many veterans OF the world
war have taken advantage of their
preferred standing for civil service
appointments?-F.D D.
A. At the close OF the last fiscal
year, $4,000 had taken civil service
examinations. OF these, 165, 900 quail
fed and became eligible for appoint
ment and more than $4,000 actually
received appointments.
O. Is American foot ball played in
Canadian colleges and high schools
10. N.
A. No Canadian high schools play
American foot ball. McGill Univer-
sity is the only Canadian college
which plays the game, and II does so
only when playing the American team
at Syracuse, n. y.
Q. Who was the first Of our Presi-
dents to have a valet?-A. +.
connected with the White House, says
in his memoirs that Arthur was prob
ably the first.
O. What is the object OF the or
ganization known as Scapa?-P. T.
This is the popular designation of
the Society for Checking the Abuses
of Public Advertising. II was founded
In London for the purpose of re-
straining through legislation and so
cial influence, the Disagreement of
towns and rural scenery by business
announcements.
the dizziness and nausea experienced
when one is high in the air?-D. c.
A. The scientific term applied to
the condition of becoming dizzy in
high places is ''acrophobia."
~. ftaS Sttl tIE GIdLLOl
at Gibraltar?-II c. T.
A 1t is reported that this huge
rock fortress is being tunneled for
hangar and repair space for a British
air station.
@. What was the last chemical
element discovered &C. y. K.
A. Hafnium was the last element
discovered. This brought the total of
known elements to eighty seven, five
having been discovered since 1918
Since scientists argue that there are
ninety-two clements, this leaves five
to be discovered.
O. Has the Library of Congress a
good collection of opera Hbrettos ?
L. d.
A. It's collection is thought to be
the largest and most important in the
world.
Q. How is Petoskey stone polished?
C. A. L.
A. Petoskey stone Is silicified fos-
sill and is polished like agate. Various
polishing powders such as tin-oxide,
chromium oxide and iron-oxide are
used.
Q. Does II rain every day in Pan
anna during the summer?-C. S.
A. The rainy season begins about
the goth of April and lasts until early
December. 1t does not rain con-
Evening star., 1923-10-15
IN TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT
BY PAUL y. COLLINS

inaccuracy was noted by the Coun-
ell OF Nicea, which found that the
feast days of the Christian church
were about three days wrong. By
the sixteenth century its dates were
about ten days too slow as compared
with sun time. 1t was at this time
that Pope Gregory became the head
OF the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1882 Pope Gregory decreed a
new adjustment of the calendar since
which time the Gregorian calendar
mas been in use in all Roman Catholic
countries. In 1852, this calendar was
adopted by Great Britain, though
prior TO that date both systems were
used jointly-with a double date.
X Il -
While all Roman Catholic and Prot
estant peoples have long since aban-
doned the use Of the Julian calendar
1t has been retained by the Greek
Orthodox Church. Greece, Russia and
most of the smaller European nations
adhering to the Greek Church have
clung to the Julian calendar, espe-
cially In ecclesiastical matters. though
being confused In political and diplo-
matte affairs.
cioNdhld En6 GF6ROrtan
calendar Immediately after the world
war; Russia, when the soviets gained
control. China had a lunar calendar
OF her own-354 days IN O year--until
the organization of the republic in
1911, when the Gregorian calendar
was adopted. Japan also has the
Gregorian system.
Greece, the last nation in the world
TO retain the Julian system, adopted d
the Gregorian calendar on Friday
October 49,. 1923.
y y n y
The inaccuracy OF the Julian cal =
endar year amounted to three days
every 400 years--a month In 1000
years. Pope Gregory attempted to
adjust that discrepancy by adding an
extra day every forty years, and drop
ping three OF these extra days every
400 years. But the year is still
twenty-six seconds too long. making
an error of one day In every 3,323
years.
When Cortez conquered the Aztecs
at the close of the fifteenth century.
tho Aztec calendar was measuring
from the year 46s Be, with an ac-
curacy which would require 5000
years to make a days error, when
compared with the sun.
!: How long is a SOAR year? Asked
at the United States Naval observa-
tory, this is the mathematical an
swer: 1t is decimally expressed as
3S5.242, ,1sS,7s0 days; but for real ac-
curacy il is to be diminished yearly
by 0.000, ,00o.961-4th Of a day. Students
Of mathematics will easily reduce to
minutes and seconds those millionths
of n day-and set their watches ac-
cordingly.
Bible students will be interested in
noting that a Hebrew year varied In
length. and was never 365L days.
The year. in Methuselah's day. was
''one moon" long. His $50 years
when he died was seventy-nine years.
lAbraham's It's years" (of five months
,each) were seventy-two years. Jacobs
l47 years (of six months each) were
seventy-three years. These dates are
according TO the calendars Of the va
rious periods referred to.
The Hebrew calendar was In use
prior to the Egyptian bondage of the
1sraelites. During their stay In
Egypt-two centurfes-they adopted
the Egyptian calendar. Not once
after the Exodus. is any age men
toned in the Bible beyond the modern
usual limits.
Copyright, 1923, by Paul " CoiIins)
Evening star., 1923-10-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. RASKIN

stantiy: Usually rain does not fall
four. 80
! Q. Who wrote Sweet Alice, Fen
Bolt''?-A. W. NJ.
A. Thomas Dunn English, an
| American physician and man Of let
ters, published this poem in Willis
| music by Nelson Kneass 1T became@
| widely known both in England and
| America
Q. In connection with the obgerv-
ance OF the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the birth of Francis Parkman
| September 16. 1929. 1 sec reference
to his youthful motto" Can you
give 1t to me?-A. G.
! A. Not happiness. but achieve-
| ment" was the motto chosen by
| Parkman when young man. How
! well he exemplified it in his coura4
geous life is story in itself.
@. Who said on the eve of execuB
! ton, 81 hear the executioner is q good
one, and my neck is very Httle"?-R. $.
| A These words are attributed to-
Anne Boleyn.
! @. Would you advise Us what rail-
| road yards in the United States and
I Canada are largest and how many ,
| cars can be stored in them?-M. L. 1
A. The two yards of the CanadiarlM
| Pacific railway at Winnipeg, Mani
| toba, are the largest In Canada and
probably In the world. They contain
| respectively, 100 and 1873 miles. Thd@
| latter Is composed of seventy tracks.
Some of the large yards in the United
States are: Chicago clearing yards,
| standing car capacity $4,000; CONWAY,
Pa, yards, outside OF Pittsburgh.
| capacity 1857; Altoona, Pa. shops.
Pennsylvania yards at Enola, Pa,
have 100 miles of trackage and can
! also vast yard at Mitchell, S. ..
@. How many current magazines
| are received by the Library Of Con"
gress in year?-M. D. "A.
A Last year 7,4S1 different cur
rent periodicals were received. Count
ing all the issues Of these periodical
| received, q total OF 1854 copies
reached the Library.
Q. At what age should child's
training begin?-F. o. n.
! A. 1t should begin as soon as the
child is born. Regularity Is the first
| lesson. Feeding, bathing, airing and
putting a baby in It's bed at the Same
times daily inculcates its first habits.
Q. Is there nicotineless tobacco
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that so far as they know at the
| present time a nicotineless tobacco Is
an impossIbility. It is the nicotine
| content of tobacco that makes II 50
| entirely different from other products
| Q. Are as many turkeys raised a.
| there used to be?-C. P.
| a. In 1900 the census showed
! 6,594,695 turkeys in the United States.
! In 1910 there were 3,6S8.708, while in
! the 1920 census they stand at 3,627O2s.
| One of the reasons for this is that as
| farming becomes more intensive there
| is less space suitable for turkeys TO
range. In the middle west, where
most of them are raised, few f1ockS
| contain more than fifty. while in
! Texas focks of several hundred are
common.
! @. When were pensions first grant
! ed to civil war veterans?-C. G..
A. The first law pensioning civil
war veterans was a disability pension
| law of July Ii, 1862.
(Hnre you a qaestto1 yoH todftt
| dnsDeTedf Send it TO The Star III
| formation Bureau, Frederic J. Has
| Kin, director, 1870 North Ccpjtol
| street. Gfve your fun name and Gi-
| dress and inciose 2 cents III stamps
| for return p0StGge.)
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Versatile Diplomats.
rom the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
The British ambassador at Paris
has complained to the French foreign
office of q theatrical production in
which Britain Is criticized for its at
titude on the German reparations
question. It seems that. in the pres
ent state of national sensibilitfes,
ambassadors must not only be dipfo-
mats but dramatic critics IL they
are to successfully uphold the pres
tige Of the countries they represent.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

ent and just participation in contribu.
ton (by bond issue or through loans or
advances by nation to District OF tax
payers of the near future, who will
profit more than anybody else from the
completion and utilization OF great per.
rnanent public improveydcnts.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

A volume Of "reminiscences is ex-
pected from Ambassador Harvey. It is
early for him to begin reverting to the
past. Despite an exceptional career
he Is still regarded as a young man
with great future: one in whose
biography the most interesting chap
ters are still to be created.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

The attitude of the French is de.
fined as a willingness to let Germany
suffer anarchy and chaos for time as
a matter Of discipline. Chaos is dan
gerous neighbor, and anarchy an ex-
tremely infectious mental ailmeut.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Girl in Baltimore charged with q
minor offense said she would rather
go to Jail than go home to her par
ents. Again fears arise that philan-
thropy is making prison life too attrac-
tive and interesting.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Disinterested and expert observation
may reveal to Germany more re-
sources that she has overlooked in the
excitement. Her present mood might
easily be one Of exaggerated financial
pessimism.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Clemenceau says his political life is
finished forever. His impression may
prove fallacious owing to the fact that
there is no crisis at the moment Of a
kind that fits his particular personal.
ity and power so closely as to make
him appear indispensable. However
content a statesman may be with re-
tirement, there is no resisting n genu.
inc case Of overwhelming demand.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

So much protest has been raised
against the selection of zev to race
Papyrus that It almost looks like a
demand for a referendum in turf mat.
ters.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

The Ruhr has right to regard any
thing It stood to win in the war as all
out Of proportion to its particular
share in the penalties of defeat.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
The Housing Problem.

From the Boston Transcript.
''The Possibilities OF a Small House"
makes an interesting subject. but more
people, perhaps, are seriously con-
cerned about the impossibilfty Of even
O small house.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

A dictatorship suggests complete
and arbitrary authority, but under
some circumstances it may mean only
an extremely delicate responsibility.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Fixing prices is recognized as an ex.
pertinent Of great difficulty. Even the
Standard Oil could not make the
same price for gas all over the coun-
try.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Here's to More of 'Em, Cal!

From the Portland Express.
The CooIidges celebrated their
eighteenth wedding anniversary at
the White House on Thursday. We
trust that they will also celebrate
their twenty-second anniversary in
the same domicile.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Rate by Mail-PayabIe i'm Advance.
Maryland and Virginia,
All Other States.
Member of tbe Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
To the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to 1t OF not otherwise credited
in this paper and also the local news pub
lished herein. All rights of publication OF
special dispatches herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Hugo SHINES is described as tug.
ging at his beard while sitting in the
refchstag. The hair-pulling will come
later.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

The Evening Star with the Sunday morning
edition. is delivered by carriers within the city
at 60 cents per month: daily only, 40 cents per
month: Sunday only. 70 cents per month. or
ders may be sent by mail telephone Main
5000 Collection is made by carriers at the
end Of each month.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Coal. Twenty Per Ton.

your wife tells me she prefers Gre
nation to interment.'
"Yes." replied Mr.. Meekton. "Hen.
riettas tastes were always the most
extravagant possible"
Evening star., 1923-10-15
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

Business Office, IIth ST. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Office: 40 East s2nd st.
Chicago ONCE: Tower building.
European Office: 16 Regent St, London, England.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Simple Calculation.
Avaiiabnity

"of course, I like him." said the am
bitious girl; "but why should I marry
him? He has neither fame nor for.
tune"
You mustn't forget one thing"
mildly suggested Miss Cayenne. "If
he had either he might be entirely too
busy to fall in love and propose"
Evening star., 1923-10-15

II admires education an refine
ment," said Uncle Eben, ''but dar is
times when plain talk is necessary.
Tain no use recitin' poetry to q
mule
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Menu Reform.

Menu Reform.
"1 PROPOSE" exclaimed Senator Sor-
ghum, Ito lend my influence to any
movement to end this pernicious prac.
tice Of printing menus In Frenchg'
What for?"
MY daughter is the only one in the
family who has studied French, and I
can't get anything to eat except what
she happens to know the name of.
And the way 1t sounds always makes
me feel as IL Pm not going to be able
to eat It,"
Jud Tunkins says music has got so
queer a man can't say he likes a new
song without feeling called on to
apologize.
Simple Calculation.
''1n ten little years prohibition will
thrive
Undisputed," the lecturer said.
''Those who shun the bad liquor will
still be alive,
And those who do not will be dead"
Evening star., 1923-10-15

@. When were pensions first grant
ed to civil war veterans?-C. G.
A. The first law pensioning civil
war veterans was a disability pension
law of July II, 1862.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

(Rare you a question you todrt
dnsDeTedf Send it to The Star III
formation Bureau, Frederic J. Has
Kin, director, 1870 North Ccpitol
street Gfve your fun name and GG-
dress ard Enciose cents III stamps
for return poStaGe)
Evening star., 1923-10-15

@. Who said on the eve of execu y
ton, 81 hear the executioner Is a good
A These words are attributed to-
Anne BoIeyn.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

A. Not happiness. but achieve
ment" was the motto chosen by
Parkman when a young man. How
well he exemplified il in his coura 3
geous life is a story in itself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-12-14
Fake Daylight for Hens
Y Favored BY Specialists

With the price OF eggs rising stead
lily poultrymen are taking every means
Of increasing their; egg production. The
use of lights, now generally accepted
as good management If used in mod
GRAFTON, makes for this larger income,
says q leahet, sUse of Lights in Poul-
try House." published by the Ohio
State university
The lights make possible proper
feeding, when the shortened fall and
winter. days make full feeding diff
;'by using lights and making the
day longer it is possible for hen
to get her full ration and produce
her full quota Of eggs.
Lights may be turned on for the
pullets from early October on, but it
is best to withhold them from the old
hens until they are well through the
mott and in good flesh. Electric lights
are most generally used, but any light
which is convenient, moderate in cost
and does not constitute a fire hazard
will do.
A full feeding of grain should be
available when lights are on. Unless
there is good mash and something to
drink before the birds at all times,
the lights are worthless.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-12-14
Satisfactory Scheme to
Destroy Stomach Worms

Perhaps the most satisfactory way
of eliminating stomach worms is to
give the horse twice daily with his
grain feed a heaping tablespoon Of a
mixture consisting of equal parts of
powdered gentian and ferrous sui
phate. Continue this treatment for
five or six days. At the end of this
period purge the horse, either by
means of physic ball, which you can
obtain from your veterinarian, or give
him bran mash and some legume
hay without the usual allowance of
grain. If this treatment fails to pro-
duce the desired results during the
first period, repeat it after an interval
Of three or four days Give. the horse
a comfortable bed, and do not per-
NIT him to eat too much hay.
A grain ration consisting of five
parts of oats, two parts of cornmeal
with sprinkling of linseed meal. two
parts of bran, makes useful mixture
for horses. The grain should be de-
creased on idle days and increased on
working days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-12-14
Causes of Poor Results
in Feeding of Poultry

sE b
A st. Louis concern, in it's house or
gan, gives the following reasons as
causes of poor results in the feeding
of poultry:
l. Croppy condition of poultry as
purchased.
2. Not starting on feed properly.
3. Low vigor and vitality of stock.
a. Not mixing feed to right consist
ency.
3. Not enough buttermilk.
8. Not feeding enough solids.
z. Lack of proper ventilation.
8. Over-crowding.
8. Season of year.
10. Unsanitary condition of pans,
tanks and troughs.
IL. Feeding sour feed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-12-14
Use Best Type of Boar
to Increase Hog Profits

One of the quickest and most effec-
tive means of increasing profits in pro-
ducing market hogs is by the selection
of better type boars. says DR.. c. w. Nc
Campbell, Kansas State Agricultural
college. Some interesting records on
boars have been kept at the agri-
cultural college where boars are
sold each year. The practice is fol-
lowed of allowing purchasers to
select boar from the entire lot,
and with a few exceptions the type
of boar that will sire the most profit
able market hogs is left until the last.
The kind of boar to select is the
one that will produce market pigs that
will make the greatest gain in the
quickest time on the least amount Of
feed and have enough quality and con-
dition to meet the requirements of the
packer buyer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-12-14
High Wages Changing
Methods of Farmers
Tools and Machinery Now
Repaired in Idle Period.

IF high wages for farmhands have
done nothing else, they have at least
taught many farmers to take better
care of their farm machinery" says
Henry Keller, Jr., professor of rural
economics, New York State College Of
Agriculture.
Heretofore it was the practice Of
most farmers to leave their machinery
all winter, rusting and unrepaired.
Then when the rush of spring work
came, everything was delayed and in
confusion
"Now progressive farmers find that
the idle period of fall and winter is
good time to inspect and repair all
the tools and machinery used on the
farm. Such simple thing as greas-
ing the plowshare and iointer after
the last time the pillow is used in the
summer or fall has been found to
avoid in the spring several hours Of
the slow. tedious blowing that would
be necessary if the pillow were rusty.
Several farmers claim that it reduces
their time of blowing whole day,
thus saving them five dollars at least.
'By spending a little lime each day
tinllering in the woodshe,l. these farm
ers not only work UP good appetite
but are able to make careful repairs
that win stand up when the test
comes. When necessary 10 send away
for spare parts wait of a week or
two does not cause the concern that
it would in spring.
'"To these provident farmers it must
be a fine feeling to walk out to the
shed when winter ends and know that
plows, harrows, harness. axes-all-
are ready for business"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-12-14
Pure Bred Gifts
to Improve Hogs
illinois Expert Says Farmers
Can Well Afford to Buy
at Present Prices.

Seldom have farmers had such a
splendid opportunity to improve their
herds of hogs, points out E. 7. Rob-
bins, of the Illinois University extern
sion service, who suggests that at
present prices farmers can well afford
to buy pure bred gifts for breeding
purposes, even though they do not ex-
peet to go into the pedigreed hog bust
ness. ait So
Pure bred gifts are selling at bar
gain prices" says Mr.. Robbins. Zone
can buy them for trifie more than
the market value of grade hogs. There
Is the best opportunity ever presented
to replace common sows with pure
breds. The grade gifts can be fat
tened and shipped to market and the
proceeds will buy nearly as many
good pure bred females. In some
cases, a drove of old sows can be sold
and the money received will buy more
than the same number of registered
gifts.
Bring Top Prices. b
"If the farmers generally appreci-
ated the genuine value of pure bred
hogs, such bargains would not be pos
sible. Most of the ton litters are pure
breds and all the others are high
grades. The hogs which secure top
market prices are usually pure bred
or nearly so. Pure breds are credited
with being fully 40 per cent more eff
cient money makers than grades and
scrubs, according to. reports sent to
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture by hundreds of stockmen. In
face of these facts it is astounding
to note any indifference to pure breds
on the part of farmers.
seven though one does not plan to
engage in pedigree breeding, an in
vestment in pure bred females at
present prices will pay handsomely.
In the last three years, many hard
headed, experienced pork producers
have bought pure bred sows and gifts,
and turned them out to raise pigs for
the stockyards market. They merely
regarded the pedlgrees as guarantee
of inherited excellence. and made no
further use OF the registry certifi-
Gates. Gifts were bought at $40 to SIS
per head more than the price Of
grades, and handled in this way. ]
Period Of Depression.
"The hog business is passing through
period of depression. A revival Of
business and higher prices has al
ways followed in few years, A
farmer can establish fine foundation
herd now at moderate cost and, be
ready to reap profits by the sale Of
the offspring in years to come. This is
much wiser policy than buying pure
breds at the crest of boom and then
in disgust shipping the offspring onto
the stockyards market in time of de.
preston such as the present"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-12-14
Great Health Builder Being Pushed b
Drug Stores for All Sorts Of
Stomach Trouble.

Many people go through life suffer
ing with stomach trouble that makes
their life one of misery. 1t is unnec-
essary to suffer this way as thousands
are finding out every day. Hypo-Cod,
the great health builder, will relieve
your stomach troubles and put you in
shape to eat when and what you want
without suffering with any i'll effects
afterwards. Mrs. Francis Wheeler of
4611 n. Warnock ST., Philadelphia,
writes, Il suffered win Indigestion.