Evening star., 1924-09-27
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

something toward quieting the rising
discontent but the office-seekers demand
all MY time | am like a man 50 busy
letting rooms in end OF his house
that he cannot stop put out the fire
that is burning in the other
Q. Please tell me how to frost win.
dows on the inside so they will be
opaque-I L. p
A, Clean the windows thoroughly and
moisten with hydrofuoric acid When
frosted enough, wash thoroughly.
.. What is a man-mile?-J. T. NJ
A. Man-mile is aeronautical tern
BY man-mile is meant the number Of
miles flown by each man in any one
plane For instance, a plane carrying
two people to a station so miles distant
and return will carry out 200 man miles
of cross-country flight
Q. Who formerly owned the site that
is now Arlington Cemetery?-C. H.
A Arlington. across the Potomac
from Washington. was formerly the
home of Robert E. Lee This property
was seized by the Government during
the Civil War, and is now the site az
the national cemetery. in which officene
and men of the Army and Navy arS
buried. At the present time there are
about $4,000 graves, 4,609 Of which
contain unknown dead The Lee Man
sion, with its stately portico, still stand
| ing in the very heart. of the cemetery,
is an excellent specimen of colonial
architecture.
Q. What is the average annual
rainfall and snowfall in Washing
ton, D. CIV. r. 5.
a. The average annual precipita-
tion is 1924 inches and the average
annual snowfall is 22.s inches.
Q. Does the King of England re-
ceive a salary?-H. NJ r
A. The King of England receives
a certain amount of money which
might be construed as a salary, but
is known as the civil list, allowing
him sum of f470.000. OF this sum
100000 is to be used for the privy
purse Of the King and Queen, f125,80o
pounds for the salaries of the royal
household and retired allowances,
1893, 900 for household expenses.
f20, 900 for general works, f13,200 for
aims and bounty and $4,000 unappro-
priated.
Q. Is there any such thing as a
Mexican jumping bean?-Q. q.
A The Mexican jumping bean is
the seed of several species of plants
of the genus of Sebastiana. The
movements of the seed are caused
by the larvae of d small gray moth
which inhabit the bean and which
move in the interior of the shell OF
the seed, causing it to roll and
tumble. The beans are natives of
Central and South America, and IN
Mexico are called bronco beans.
When the larva is ready to emerge
it cuts d small circular hole In one
end OF the bean.
Q. How long did it take the shells
of the German 75-mile gun to reach
Paris?-L X.
a. The 75-mile gun which bonn
barded Paris had striking velocity
of 2.62S feet per second, which IS
| more than twice as great as the
velocity of sound; therefore, it took
it about three minutes TO reach
Paris
@. How did Indians get this name?
r.. l. J.
A. When the first discovery of
American was made it was thought
by the explorers that they had
reached the shores of India in ASIA.
Therefore. they gave the name In
dian" to the inhabitants of the new
country and they have been known
as the North American Indians ever
since.
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