Evening star., 1924-03-17

northward- flowing ocean current and
Ii ne nearby mountains temper the
Stn 70 such degree that thr
hottest days of summer rarely regis
ter above so degrees FahIenbeit an
III coiaest days OF winter are seldom
oeiow % degrees Fahrenheit.
@. What is the best halt IN tran
mink?--M. P. '' ~ 'i"P
A. A very successful bal. ;s fresh
Hsn, the trap being scented with
muskrat musk. The most imnortant
thing Is for the trapper to leave no
scent. The bait should be handled
with gloves that have been dipped in
paraffin. a.
Q. Is commercial catgut prepared
B. c. r.
tines of sheep and rarely from horses
or mules and never from cats.
9. Please tell me whether there is
any country in the world named
Eeivetia-H. S. K.
name for what corresponds to mod
ern Switzerland. The name is still
used POLITICALLY in reference to this
country.
C; What is shadow boxinga-
A Shadow boxing is boxing with
out an opponent.
@. What kind of a gas is laughing
gas? When were anesthetics dis
covered?-H. T.
A. Laughing gas is nitrous oxide
In 1880 Sir Humphrey Davy Sug-
geSted its use an an anesthetic, but
ii was in 1874 that Dr. Horace Wells
demonstrated its use for painless
extraction of teeth DR.. Crawford
Long used ether for an operation ir
in 1916. Chloroform began TO be used
about a year later.
Q. What is the disease called the
pip?-J. X.
A. Pip is condition OF the tongue
caused by some such -ailment as
cold, which compels a bird to breathe
through the mouth. The continual
passing of air over the tongue causes
1t to become dry, hard and scaly
especially about the tip.
Q. Are the red corpuscles really
red when viewed singly?-C. B.
4. So-called red" blood corpuscles
are in reality straw color when seen
sinGly, but when seen in mass they
appear red and do give the blood its
red color, bright red when full OF
oxygen, dark red. almost purple, whel.
deprived of their oxygen through
tissue absorption.
G. What is word or sentence
which reads the same back or for
ward?--A- .. II.
A. Such a word. or sentence. OF
verse, is called a palindrome.
@. Please give some information
about dorado Taft?-D. 6.
A. dorado Taft was born at Elm
wood, ILL.,. 1860. He studied at North
western University and at the Ecoie
des Beaux Arts. Paris. He is repre-
sented in Washington by his Colum-
bus Memorial, erected before tht
Union Station. His first work of con
siderable note was the figure OF
Black Hawk at Oregon, Ill. Prob
ably Mr.. Taft's greatest work is his
Fountain Of Time, on the campus OF
the University Of Chicago. 1t is made
of concrete, composed or red anG
yellow gravel mixed with Portland
white cement. a hundred figures pass
before the huge shrouded figure of
Time. The motif of the work is
found in two lines from poem by
Austin Dobson: Time goes. you say.
All, no! Time stays; we 60" j. j.
ming and turning it into energy use
Did you ercr aorite q letter TO
Frederic J. HaskiH! You cun ask oar
Information Buren,I any question OF
fact aud get the Gnstoer in q PERSONA
letter. This Is u part Of that best ptT-
pose of this 1terspdpr-SERVTCE
stamps for return posto1e. Get the
habit of asking questions OF Frederic >.
HGshSh, director. The Stdr Information
Bure1g, 1890 North C0pttol StTcet)