Evening star., 1924-02-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. H1SKIN

Q. Do animals sense beforehand
that an earthquake is coming "A. NJ
A. 1t is generally believed that an
imals do detect the coming of an
earthquake long before men are
aware Of the danger. They exhibit
extreme terror and seem to seek the
companionship of man.
Q. Are the mountains on the moon
higher than those on the earth?-
6. ]. r.
A: If the deductions OF most as
| trononers ire correct, some OF the
mountains Of the moon are higher
than earth mountains. In the Lieb-
ritz range Of the south polar region
is one mountain with an altitude of
$4,000 feet. or 1000 feet higher than
the earth's highest mountain--Mount
Everest.
q. Has Maud Adams retired from
the stagc?---O. p. III.
\. Miss Adams retired about five
years ago. Since then she has de-
voted much time to experiments in
projecting moving pictures in broad
daylight and in natural colors. Her
methods have met with sufficient sue
cess to warrant their use in picture
making.
q: Can a street be paved with rub
ber"-D. r. c.
A. =. +. Spurrell has invented q
with its installation in Holborn
street. London. England. The bricks
are 9 by AZ by 3 inches, and it is
supposed that n pavement built Of
them Will last about fifteen Years.
z. Wig are the Virgin Islands so
called?--G. y. II
! A. The Virgin Islands were dis
covered by Columbus in his second
voyage, in 1894. and named Las yir-
Giiles. in honor OF 81. Ursula and her
companions.
q WHAT was the day and the mum
Der or cattle that comprised the high
est receipts in Chicago?-l. MEG.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says the following are the largest
yards: On November 1G. 1903, Chicago
received 49.12S cattle; the three next
largest one days receipts are De-
cember 9. 1913, when 46.111 were re-
ceived; December 13, 1909, $3.50. and
September 28 1aoS. when 4l,445 eat
tie were received.
, .. Please explain the operation If
the black bah method of voting in
, secret organiZations"-H. E.
\. Formerly white and black balls
about the size of pigeons eggs were
used. respectively. to represent votes
for and against a candidate for such
election, and. although this method
is now generally obsolete, the term
! "Dlach BALI survives both as noun
and verb. The rules of most clubs
provide that stated proportion of
'nlack halis' shall exclude candidates
proposed for election. and the can
didates so excluded are said TO have
been black-balled; but the ballot is
, now usually conducted by a method
| in which the favorable and adverse
votes are not distinguished by differ
ent colored balls at all. Either vot-
ing papers are employed or balls
of which the color has no significance
are cast into different cornpart-
ments of a ballot box according as
. they are favorable or adverse to the
candidate.
q. Give name and pepula tion of
smallest city in the United States
which has street cars.-M. J. L.
A. The American Electric Railway
.1ESoclatioH says tldJ information m
dicates that the smallest city in the
United States which has street car
! service is Carrollton, Mo. with a
population of 3.21S in 1920, and a
street car service provided by the
oansas City Power and Light Com
pany.
q. How many students attend the
University OF Santo Tomas in Ma
Mia &C. G.. B.
A. This university. which was
founded twenty-five years before
Harvard, has at present about 1000
students.