Evening star., 1924-12-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

sition the concave side of the arc for
ward, 1t Is hurled little to the right
OF the thrower. being given revolv-
ing motion at the same time.
@. Are there such phenomena as
singing sands"?-J. p. NJ.
A. Beaches which emit musical
tones or other sounds when the sands
are pressed under foot or struck to-
gether in a bag occur throughout the
world, notably in the Peninsula or
Sinai, on the great musical mountain
Of Jebel Eagous, near Colberg, ir
Pomerania, on the East Prussian
coast, beaches on the Atlantic. on
Wisconsin River (near Kilbourn City,
Wis.). on the Mississippi opposite Ca
rondelet and on the Pacific coast
Barking sands, where the sand Is a
mere squeak unless the sand is very
dry, occurs in Hawaii, on the south
west coatst of Kauai, in Africa Oil
IBERIA and West Criqualand), Botony
Bay, New South Wales, and Browns
River Bay. Tasmania.
Q. What length Of time Is "a moon"
SO often referred to by Indfans?-
]. z. D.
A. "A moon" is the time from a
given phase Of the moon to the same
phase preceding or. following. This
time is about 2s days.
Q. What do they mean when they
say that a race was hippodromed?-
g. r. H.
A. A race with all the appearance
of real contest, but IN which tho
winner is prearranged, as in circus
chariot race, is said TO be hippo
dromed.
Q. What is the involuntary wink
ing or quivering of the eye called?-
T. ].
A. Involuntary winkipg Of. the aye
is called meditation. from the Latin
word nictare, to beckon.
Q. Who was Peter Funk?-S. h H.
A. While there may have been men
in real life named Peter Funk, the
name Is generally associated with tho
custom of using IT for a person en-
ployed at an auction to offer bogus
bids In order to raise the price.
Q. What will keep silver knives
with steel blades from rusting2-C.
n. V
A All steel articles can be pre-
served from rust by putting a lump
of freshly burnt lime in the drawer
or case in which they are kept.
Q. What Is the Significance of the
term original package" L. T.
A. In American constitutional law
this means the package in which
goods are shipped from one State ito
another. The United States courts
held that where an article Is imported
into one State from another II does
not lose the protection OF the inter
state commerce clause while the
original package remains .unbroken
and is the property of the importer.
Interpretation OF these decisions
made II possible to evade State laws
by selling direct to the customers in
original packages" The importance
Of this is in its bearing on the sale
of cigarettes and other commodities
about which State laws differ.
Q. What is meant by average con-
ditions" as noted in the New York
bank statement on the financial pages
of newspapers?-H C.
A. The New York Clearing House
says that the average condition is
taken for the six working days end
ing with Friday of each week. ~
Q. In the Homestead strike were
Federal troops called out?-L. w. S,
A. In the Homestead strike OF 1892
Federal troops were not used, but
practically the whole National Guard
of Pennsylvania was called out.
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