Evening star., 1924-07-18

with the expectation or securing
| large penalty-the greater the weak
ness the more essential the take-out."
@. Has Rudyard Kiplng any sur
viving children?-H. X. X.
A Mr. and Mrs. Kipling have one
| daughter. Her engagement TO an Of
! fcer of the Irish Guards has just
been announced. When the kipling
family lived in this country one child
died A son of Kipling is listed as
! Missing in action"
=. How many pounds does bunch
of dates weigh?-O NJ. y.
A. The fruit grows in punches of
from 10 to 40 pounds each. An av
erage crop for a tree in full bearing
is propably about 500 pounds. Date
trees begin to yield in from to
years. according to variety and other
conditions, and they continue to yield
for a long period.
Q. How many times is the Mount Of
Olives mentioned in the Old TeSta-
ment?--O. T. j.
A. The Old Testament mentions the
mountain by name only once (Zecha-
riah, xiv, A.
q. What kinds of plants are best to
plant in a graveyard?-E. =.
\. Spirea (Van Houtter), hydran
=
anonymous radicans, are satisfactory.
AS a ground cover myrtle might be
very we'll used.
Q. Is il true that a tribe of In
dams really own the Chicago water
frout?-A. T. -.
\ A. AT the date of the Treaty of
Greenville, August 3, 1895, statute 40,
| the right Of the Pottawatomie nation
in lands on and near the shore Of
Lake Michigan now in Illinois was no
more than a right of occupation. IL
the occupancy ever extended to lands
formerly submerged in the lake such
as are the subject of this litigation,
the court notices historically that IT
was long ago abandoned and that for
more than half century no pretenSe
of such occupancy has been made by
the tribe. The treaty did no more
than confirm the tribal right OF occu-
pancy, and when that was abandoned
all interest of the tribe and its mem
bers was terminated" decision
242-C. S. 4S4D
Q. Were there any African blacks.
Arabs and Turks, trained with mod
ern weapons used in the World
War?-T. :. G..
A. In the World War the Turks
were trained to be efficient soldiers,
using the Mauser rifle. The African
blacks were trained by the French
! taken out of the ranks and put INTO
the transport division The Arabs
are skilled rif1emen, but they did not
take part in the World War
Q. How does Holland rank in
colonial possessions?-C. j. H
A. In point of population Holland
has the second largest colonial en-
pire.
Q. Where or how did the strike"
originate?-E. II. r
A The first appearance of the
strike in history was the strike of
secession of the plebeians against the
patricianS in ancient Rome, 494 Il. &.
.. How can / be sure jelly is done
without using d thermometer?-A.
NJ. 5.
A. Dip a spoon in the boiling juice,
raise it above the liquid and let the
contents run off the side of the spoon.
When jelly is done. the last portions
will leave the spoon in sheet, in
stead of in drops When this stage
is reached. remove the jelly from the
fire at once.
Q. How many gallons are there in
barrel of crude oil?-R. w. W.
A. In the United States a pc
troleum barrel contains AZ gallons.
Q. Where can the lines "A thing of
beauty is a joy forever" be found:-
II. F..
A. "A thing of beauty is a joy for
ever is the opening line of Keats
"Endymion."
@. What was the Marriage of
Europe and Asia?"-E. w.
A. When Alexander the Great held
a great marriage feast and 80 of his
generals and friends were married
to Persian brides, he himself marry
| ing a daughter of Darius. the whole
sale wedding was called the marriage
of Europe and Asia; as Plutarch
| wrote of it the two continents were
| to be joined lin lawful wedlock and
| by community of offspring.
Q. Why are electric lights kept
| burning around pianos at the sea
shore?-M. E. A
A. The electric lights counteract
the effect on the piano of the damp
salt air.
O. When was the "Knights of
Columbus" organized?-J. d. X
| A. The knights Of Columbus was
| incorporated in 1862 under the laws
of the State of Connecticut.
Q. Was Mary. Queen of Scots. a
woman Of great personal charm?-
I. w.
A. She was reputed to be the most
beautiful woman of her time. She
was a woman of varied accomplish
ments and great ability, and her life
was filled with dramatic events.
@. Where does lightning come
from?-C. McC.
A. "The Weather" by E. B. Dunn.
saws in part: "In clear weather the
| atnosphere is almost invariably
charged with positive electricity; in
| cloudy or rainy weather the condi-
/ tions may change with the greatest
| The electrical discharge may take
place between two clouds, or between
a charged cloud and the earth, in
which case the path of least resist
ance is taken between the objects.
| The lightning is luminously heated
air along the path of the discharge"
@. What does Ruskin say about
/ money-E. A.
! A. Ruskin says that money is not
| a medium of exchange, but is a power
over men. If this were not true men
| wouldn't want money, but would be
willing to exchange labor.
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| t1ho Ouesses. The person tch0 gets on Is
al,1ays the one toho acts upon reliable
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