Evening star., 1924-08-08

| collect or discount the bountics
granted by it. The passage OF this
bin at this time Is Inconsistent with
manded by the necessities of the
| country.-U. S. Grant"
were smoothed out how much space
would it cover?-V. d. c.
A. The cerebellum, or brain proper
has covering known as the cortex,
one-fifth of an inch thick. This is
! composed of six layers, which are
is, closely packed in convolutions.
| which, if Strengthened out. would
cover a space of four square feet
O. In auction bridge which side
wins a rubber, the side that wins
two games or the side which makes
the most points?-I. c. N.
A The rules of the Whist Club OF
wins more points is the winner OF
the rubber. This is q change from
the rule in force until 1920, which
| was that the side winning two games
| expression winning a losing rubber
possible.
| Q. Who was manager of Jess Will
iard while he was champion?-E. o. a.
A. After Jess Willard became
champion he never had a manager.
Q. How were the people of the
United States divided as to national
ity at the time of the Revolutionary
War and in 1820?-R. l.
A. There is no record of the ma
tionalities of the inhabitants of the
colonies. There were, however, most
ly British. Irish, Dutch and German.
with a few French, Portuguese and
Swedes. In 1920 immigrants from the
United ingdom were 1924; Germans
S6S; French. 81; Spaniards. 139, with
small numbers of other nationalities.
o. What body of water is known as
the "Tideless Sea ?"-H. R.
A. This term is frequently applied
to the Mediterranean Sea, which has
but few inches of tide.
killed. wiggle till the sun goes down :.
+. H. C.
A. In lower animals such as the
snake and the frog, the spinal cord
is of more Importance than the spinal
cords in the higher orders Of animal
life, since in the former it influences
the body motions more than the brain
does. 1t is because OF this fact thai
the heart of the snake will continue
to beat after the head is severed from
the body. In fact there have beer
cases when the snake was kept in ii
cool moist place that the heart was
found TO be beating "a hours after the
head had been severed from the hody
On the other hand, If the snake were
to be left in the hot sum-, the hear
would stop beating within fe"
minutes.
Q. What did the bicycle policemar.
| of Brooklyn do to get the name Mile
a-Minute- Murphy y?"-H W. S.
A. Mile Minute Murphy was i
| M Nher pf fhe Motor Cycle Cnrns IN
Brooklyn, and was SO named because
| he was paced by railroad train,
riding a mile in 60 seconds.
Q. Is there anything to put on tools
that will keep the rust off?-W. E.
A. Dissolve one-half ounce of cam
phor in one pound of melted lard re-
| move scum, add enough fine black
| lead (graphite) to give an iron color
Clean the tools and smear with this
| mixture. After "a hours rub clean
| with soft linen cloth. In ordinary
! circumstances the tools will not rust
| for months.
Q. What was known as The crime
| of 1s73"?-M. ]. r.
| A. The so-called crime of 1873
was the demonetiZation of silver
Previous to this bimetalism had been
| the policy of the United States, vary
| ing little from that of Alexander
HamlltOn =, which was the Tree anu
| unlimited coinage of silver in the
| ratio of Is to l. 1t was cause of Il
great political split, some acclaiming
the measure and some denouncing il
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