Evening star., 1924-10-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.
Q. Which was the first club to win
a National League championship

@. Which was the first club to win
National League championship
d. T
A. Chicago won the first National
League championship in 1876. They
won SO and lost Ia games, ending
with a percentage Of .7SS
Q. Where are weather forecast
centers located?-N. S. G..
A. Forecast centers have been es-
tablished at Chicago. Ill; New Or
leans. La; Denver, Colo, and San
Francisco, Calf, at which both morn
ing and even forecasts are prepared.
@. In my stamp album there is
white line drawn through the pic
lures of stamps. What is the reason
for this?-M r.
A. The law requires that pictures
of all postage stamps have a line
drawn through them to prevent
counterfeiting.
Q. Where was the word Gentle"
first used?-T. T. D.
A. Isaac Landman, writing on the
subject, We Jews" says that the
term Gentle" was first used in the
Vulgate edition Of the Bible to trans
late the Hebrew word 'Goyyim"
Q. Why is 1t that in cities where
soft coal is burned and there is much
coal dust in the air, all trees suffer.
and evergreen trees in particular find
it very difficult to Iive?-A s. G.
A The Department of Agriculture
says soft coal deposits a coating of
carbon and coal ash upon the leaves
of trees, which interferes with nat
ural functioning of the breathing
pores of leaves. Smooth-Ieaved trees,
such as evergreens suffer most be-
cause of the deposit that lies in close
contact with the leaf surface The
hairy or woody leaf coverings of some
other trees prevent the forming of
compact coating over the leaf sur
faces. Such trees endure a smoky
atmosphere much longer.
Q. Who were the Kaw Indians?-
T B.
A The Kaw Indians, or Kansas In
dians, were a Siouan tribe, speaking
| dialect of the Usage language. They
formerly lived in several villages on
| the lower Kansas River and were
estimated. about a century ago to
| number 1900. In 1886 they were re-
moved to a reservation west of the
Usage in the present Oklahoma At
present the tribe is nearly extinct.
Q. What is broom corn ?-B. E. F.
A Broom corn is a plant of the
order of Gramineae, generally re-
! garded as a native of the East Indies
and cultivated for the manufacture
! of brooms' and whisk brushes from
the open-rayed panicles.
Q BY whom were forks first intro
duced into England?-D. X w
A Into England forks are said to
have been introduced by Thomas Cor
yate; but as late as the revolution of
1858 few English noblemen owned
more than a dozen.
@. Did the Pope ever nominate his
successor?-B. +.
A. History records that Benedict II
meditated upon nominating a success
sor. but decided that this was un-
wise, and burned the document which
he had prepared on the subject.
Q. Where are the Laramie Noun
tains?-A NJ E.
A The Laramie Mountains are a
range of the Rocky Mountains in
southeastern Wyoming. 1t begins on
the south bank of the North Platte
River in Natrona County. some what
southeast of the center of the State,
and extends in a southeasterly di-
rection across Albany and Laramie
Counties, being cut by the Laramie
River. The range is mostly a broad
upland from 1000 to 5000 feet ele-
walton with no outstanding SUBMITS.
0. What is meant by Yankee
Rail?"-G. NJ.
A. The general foreign-particu-
larly London-name for the United
States railway shares. AS rule,
however, the railway shares referred
to are those traded in. upon the New
York Stock Exchange.