Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-20


perature on the Isle Of Pines?-J. ID.
IS A. The Isle of Pines has one con-
tfnuous Summer, the variations of
temperature throughout the entire
year being scarcely as great as often
occur in a single Summer month in
many of the Northern States. 1t is
rare, indeed, when the thermometer
in Summer on the island registers as
high as so degrees, and in Winter the
mercury never falls below SO degrees
@. How many crops of alfalfa are
raised in year in the Salt River
Valley?-T. S.
A. Alfalfa is cut from six to eight
times a year in this Arizona valley.
Q. Why do some people call whisky
hooch w. H. o.
A. Hoocheno-or KootZnahoo-was
a spirituous liquor concocted by ma
tives of Alaska 1t was named after
tracted into hooch. The term was
afterward used as a synonym for ar
dent spirits.
Q. Are there more people in Chi
cago than in the State of Wisconsin?
w. r.
A. The population of the State of
" lSCOISlIl LOT l5lU was S,OoS,Uoi. he
population of Chicago for 1920 was
2,7o1.7O5.
Q. Are the Belgians a Latin or
Semitic people?-G. A. NJ.
A. The Belgians are neither a
Latin nor a Semitic people. They are
the descendants of German and Celtic
tribes with an admixture of Latin.
Q. Is there any law against wear
ing the feathers of any bird?-D.
w. B.
A. There is no law in this country
against the wearing of feathers.
There is law prohibiting the sale of
aigrettes. the plumage of the white
egret, but no law to prevent one
from wearing these feathers who al
ready owns them. The tariff act of
1913 prohibits the importation of the
feathers of wild birds into the United
States for commercial purposes. This
law is said to have caused much
smuggling, especially of bird-of-p para
disc feathers.
Q. What is the Queens Pipe
G. c. NJ.
A. The Queens Tobacco Pipe, also
known as Kings Tobacco Pipe, is
nickname popularity given to kiln
of peculiar shape in a-corner of the
London dock warehouses. Formerly
contraband goods. such as tea, cigars
and tobacco, which had been Snug
gled in were burned. Now only dam
aged or worthless goods are burned,
but unclaimed or seized goods are
sold periodically.
@. What is the verdict of scien-
lists in regard TO the wv hite In
dians?'-L. S.
A. Three of the white Indians"
have been brought to New York and
examined by distinguished anthro-
biologists and ethnologists. Although
the men of science are not entirely
agreed on an explanation of the
strange blondness of these people,
the weight of opinion is that they
are probably albinos-or, as Mr..
Marsh, who brought them to New
York, puts it, pseudo albnos. Apart
from their color they are like the
San Bias Indians among whom they
were found and show no Indication of
any Caucasian blood. That blond
ness of the sort should be common
in Darien seems improbable, for al
binism is nowhere common: but there
is no other solution of the problem
that seems SO likely.
Q. Is there any record TO show
when clocks first came into uSe?-
NJ. Z. A.
A. 1t is uncertain when the first
clock was constructed. It's invention
is claimed by many nations. There
is a tradition that the first clock
was invented by the Chinese in the
year 1000 B. c.. and another that it
was invented in Germany in the
eleventh century. The first clock of
which we have any description is the
one which was set in the tower of the
palace of Charles V of France in
1879 by a German named Henry De
Wick.