Evening star., 1924-12-13

mushy. II the skull is very dry and
fragile, the best means of assisting in
its preservation IL to spray it thor
oughly or repeatedly through an
atoniiser or by application with q
Camel's hair brush with a warm,
weak solution of fish glue. Sleeping
the skull in melted paraffin helps,
also, but the specimen remains more
or less greasy"
Q. What is meant by the terms
/ Upper Lake Region" and Lower
Lake Region"?-C. T. B.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
the Upper Lake Region comprises
the territory surrounding Lake Michi-
gan, Lake Huron and Lake Superior
while the Lower Lake Region is Lake
Erie and Lake Ontario. --r
@. On what census is the new i'm
migration bill based?-E. S.
A. The recent immigration bill
limited the number of aliens who
might be admitted from any country
to per cent Of the number of
people from that country according
to the 1880 census.
@. When was the fiint-lock rife
invented and when superseded by the
percussion cap?-E, C. H.
In France in the year 1910. The per-
| cussion-lock rife was patented by a
Scotch clergyman named Alexander
Forsyth in 1897. and had been adopt
ed everywhere by 1920.
Q. How were the chains made in
old English watches? have one
SO hne that 1t takes a microscope to
examine it.-J. c. D.
A ho
English watches was manufactured
by hand. The little blanks for each
side OF the links and the connecting
pieces from link to link were knocked
out with a punch and die The pins
for rivets, the riveting and the
finishing of the finished chain by
stoning and polishing. were all done
| by hand. The use of fusee and chain
| as an equalizer of motive power is
now limited to marine chronometers.
Q. How long have gloves been
| worn?-R H. -,+N.
A. The use of gloves dates back to
remote times. Xenophon sneered at
the Persians for wearing gloves to
| keep their hands warm. The Greeks
and Romans also scorned the use of
| gloves. The glove appears TO have
become a well known article of
dress in England about the four
| teenth century. The materials used
| for making leather gloves are prin-
1 cipally the skin OF deer, sheep. and
| lambs. goats and kids, the latter be-
| ing the most important, though far
more kid gloves are made Of sheep
than of Kid leather.
| O.. Why is 1T that just before the
end of drought springs that have
been dry will begin to f1ow?-J. B.
| A. The Georlogical Survey says
| that there are no springs known TO
1 that Office which start flowing before
! a storm. Any such condition would
be caused by the air pressure on the
| outside of the spring lessening, due
to the change Of the barometer. How
! ever such aschange would hardly be-
noticed and few, If any, streams OF
this sort have been discovered.
Q. why was constantinople so
4 lnamed?-W. o. II.
| - A: The city derived Its name
| from Constantine the Great, who re
moved the seat of the Eastern EN-
pire there. dedicating 1T May IL. SSe
Q. What is the status of citizenship
In the following case: An English
| man came over to this country somt
65 or 20. years ago with his family
wife, two sons and three daughters
The children were then all under Is
years of age. He took out his first
naturalization papers. but died before
the second papers were applied for.
! The sons and daughters have lived in
| this country ever since. Are they
| American or Epglish-A. B. G.
! A. If the sons and daughters of the
Englishman to whom you refer haye
never been naturalized they are not
American citizens. since their fathe'
| died before taking out his final nat
| uralization papers. If any of tn
daughters married American citizen
prior to September %. 1922. they al
toma tically became American citizen:
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