Evening star., 1924-10-11

ed' Senator's and Representatives do
4 NOT receive mileage. The provision
is made that each member Of Con
Aress shall be furnished mileage at
! q cents a. mile to and from Wash
| iWston once each session Of Congress
q What was Nat Turner's Rebel
! lion.?-N. T. w
a., a negro insurrecti ION al south-
! anp6on, Va, in 1881 was kDeun -
1 Nat Turner's Rebellion, taxing the
name az its leader, a slave WHO CLAIM
cd to have been chosen by God q, free
| the copred race.
Q. pess electric current nou
through the wire or OH the outside
exclusivex:-LT T. N.
! "A The Bureau of Standards SAYS
| that in thn case Of direct current as
/ supplied frpm dry or storage bat
teries or a, firect current dynamo As
used in farrt-lighting plants and by
some ceutra4 stations the current
! flows uniformly throughout the en-
tire cross sect Aon of tie wire. With
alternating currents there is Il So
called skin en.art," which causes the
current to be crowded somew hat to-
ward the surface Of the wire. In the
| case Of radio current at very high
! frequency (of the order of a million
| cycles per second) and large wires
the current is practically all close To-
the surface OF the vim.
=. Can you tell me what cause
! the odor in a kitchen sink which
! seems clean ?--F'. s. G.
/ 4. one of the most prolific causes
! of defilement and offensive odors I'm
| kitchen sinks, and their outlets is tn"
| presence of decaying grease. This
| cor 7es fror - cmptyfni intties
! III y 1ich me- aaS been C1lsL into
| the dish water. and from tn. soap
| The grease lodges in every crevice
and catches at every obstruction. A
| remedy may be found in the use OF
the common afkalies instead of SOAP
aqua ammonia in washing clothes
and borax in washing lawns and
laces. and washing soda in cleaning
dishes. These alkaIies prevent a solid
| soap from forming in the sink ard
its pipes and neutralizes all effects
of decomposing fat
Q. ] have a blue spruce tree and
| wish to start several little tree
! When should the slips be planted .
J. V.
A. TIE Bureau OF Forestry ga v
that it is not possible to grow blue
| spruce from slips. It is necfssarr
to buy young trees from nurseric
and plant them early in the spring
@ What kind of a bird is the guild
guid4--H. r.
A. In tropical America this nam
is given to any small bird having .
| quickly repeated cry. particularly Il
those which seek their insect food or
the floor Of the forest.
Q. Wheo was the last religious cen
sus taken and when will the next one
! BEG. L. il
4. The ccrsus of religions in the
Cnited States is taken once in 30
Years The last enumeration wa
made in 1916 and the next VIII be H.
1926.
Q. Is it true that many o, the
forage crops originated and werc
brought over here from Africa
z: q. y.
a. Such grasses as Rhodes Grass,
Natal grass, Napier grass, Mcrkor
grass Guinea grass AND pearl mile
have been imported from Africa, arG
the list is constantly inc0>aSing.
Ht Is certain that yoL ps@2Ee dr1iy
opeT questions tkot toe run GASDe~ 20 :
you You arc confronted bp p -obiors.
grave TO gsu. s1Aich can -be, an strered
easily by rs. Our dttc-teo1t Is "a -rctfd
chiefly 70 matters OF fact. In matter
Irdt, MEDICAL ard f-tdnct1t az do tt,s
s.sjre strsNlr proteS stondl ddrtee. bta
ere,t sr these arc ecu often smooth po>
,rcy end provide the contact gou reca
rtth technGctGn-s. Moke q r~ort&cc Of
as king rs loh1t 1to,4 do not kro-1. .4d
dress The St1y Information BnreGe
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| first and c streets northwest. IrcLose
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