Evening star., 1924-11-03
Q. How much freight is hauled by

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motorHQ. 8.
A. 1t is estimated that 1000, 900
motor trucks in service in the United
States today haul annually a matter
Of 1,430,000,000 tons of freight. OF
this amount 134,400,000 tons represent
farm products.
@. Must one lead in auction bridge
before Dummy's hand is put down.
M. o.
A. Law Al of auction bridge says
"As soon as the initial lead Is legally
made, Declarers partner places his
cards face upward on the table and
becomes Dummy" 1t is therefore an
infraction of the rules to. place
trumps on the table before the lead
Is made.
Q. How many States have State
libraries?-J. C. NJ.
A. All the States with the excep-
tion of Arkansas and New Mexico
have State Libraries Of some sort,
according to a bulletin published by
the Bureau OF Education.
@. Are there any statistics to show
how many matches are used daily in
output Of matches?-G.R.H.
"A The United States uses more
than 100000 100000 matches made
out of wood every year. This is
about 81 matches a day for every
man, woman and child in the country
based on a population Of 100000,
or 1000, 100000 daily. Recent sta
tistics from Europe have placed the
per capita consumption there at IA
matches a day. The world output
costs S200,000,000 and reaches total
xohn
Q. Is it true that one should not
indulge in mental work directly after
eating?-E. NJ.
A. The Public Health Service says
it is more or less injurious to indulge
in mental work directly after eating
a meal, because of the fact that the
blood is taken away from the abdom-
inal organs to the brain, and this
arrests the process of digestion.
Q. 1 intend to start a nursery busi-
ness on a small scale. Will l have
to have the nursery inspected?-C.
n. G.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that If you wish to start nur-
sery business it will be necessary for
you to have your premises inspected
every year.
Q. What method shall I use in
cleaning my home steam-heating
plant?-F. +. b.
A. The Bureau of Mines submits
the following in regard to cleaning
the boiler of small home steam
heating plant: Close all radiator
supply valves on steam supply and
return valves at boiler. Blow down
boiler through bottom blow-off under
water pressure of at least five pounds
Fill boiler to operating level with
clean water. Add about three gallons
of acid vinegar, and operate entire
plant-boiler and all radiators-for
from "a to 4S hours. Then blow off
through top by replacing safety valve
with a full sized pipe connection to
sewer having valve in the line
by which escape of steam can be
regulated. Build up as hot a fire as
possible, maintain a pressure of to
10 pounds, with water at normal level
feeding makeup water as the steam
blows off for period of six or eight
hours, then for two hours feed water
as rapidly as possible into bottom OF
boiler and let it escape through top
blowoff. Finally, wash out boiler
again through bottom. Blow off as
at beginning.
.. What is the highest salary for
a postmaster?-J. K. NJ.
A. When the receipts of an office
reach $4,000 it goes into the first
class. The salary in this class begins
at $4,000 and increases by statutory
gradations until it arrives at $4,000
the statutory maximum. This is
reached when the receipts are $1,000
600 and upward.
Q. I have piece of cloth in a gun
barrel. How can / get it QUIT. NJ
A. One way of getting a piece OF
cloth out of a gun is to burn it out
by inserting a hot wire. 1t requires
a great deal of patience and care
however, in order not to overhead the
barrel of the gun.
@. When a word sounds the same
as another, but is spelled differently
and has a different meaning, what is
it called?-C. H
A Such a word is called a homo
nym-