Evening star., 1924-09-16
Answers to Questions
By FREDERIC ). HASKIy

Q. What is the size Of an ele-
plants foot?-F. L. B.
A. The average size of an ele-
plants foot for an animal 8 feet in
height is about feet for the cir
cumference of the fore foot. There is
a record Of an African elephant 10
feet 3 inches high with a fore foot 5
feet l inch in circumference.
Q. What percentage of the money
received from games played in the
National League does the visiting
club get?-F. A. r.
A. The ratio Of the gate receipts
between home and visiting teams
used to be 6o-40, but at present time
since taxes and commissions are fig
ured in the ratio it Is approximately
65-35.
Q. Kindly inform me why my Ger
man police dog who is five months
old does not keep his ears upo-J. r..
A. A local veterinarian says that
as a rule Gelman police puppies do
not keep their ears up until after
they are six months old and some
dogs never do. 1t is advised that you
massage your dogs ears once or
twice a day with cocoanut oil.
C. 6 r
A. Lobsters arc verys active and
may, if transported several miles
from their original habitat, find their
way back. They can shoot backward
very rapidly and it has been stated
that they can go "25 feet in less than
a second"
Q. Did Indians kill Sitting Built
Fl. d. +.
A. An Indian agent sent out In
dian policemen to bring Sitting Bull
to the agency. Some of Sitting Bull :
followers raised a disturbance and in
the fight Sitting Bull was shot by
Indians named Bull Head and Tom
ahawh. This took place at the
Standing Rock Agency near Fort
Yates, Y. D., December 10, 1880.
Q. Was Gen. De Kalb of EeYolu-
tienary fame a German or a French
mans.
A. Baron Johann De Kalb was born
in Bavaria, Germany, but was trained
in the French army and accompanied
Lafayette to America
Q. Which has the most food value.
a pound loaf of whole grain wheat
bread, or a pound loaf of bread made
from white four?-W. II. T.
A. Whole wheat bread. as pur-
chased, contains 1,114 calories per
pound. whereas ordinary wheat bread.
as purchased, contains 1,le2 caiories
per pound
Q. May a man who has been out of
the active service for several years
inspect his record which is on file in
the Navy Department?-E.h l.
\ The Navy Department says that
any man may obtain information he
desires from his record on file in the
Navy Department, but he is not al
lowed to look through it personally.
9. How much Portland cement is
used in a year?-W. J. e.
\. The Portland cement industry
his grown from a production in 1885
of 10000 barrels to a consumption in
1929 Of 1ST,377,0o0 barrels.
Q. What is meant by raw sugar !:
+. r. c.
A. Raw sugar means dirty sugar.
1t must have been subjected to heat
to be in a sugar state, but it has not
yet been refined. SO is known as
raw"
Q. What is flake white?-R L. F.
\. Flake white is composed of pure
white lead in scales ground up with
oil or gum water into a pigment.
Q. What was the Battle of the
Rosebud?-R. w. y.
a. The Battle of the Rosebud was
battle between Federal troops and
the Indians, fought shortly before the
Custer massacre. The Sioux We're vic
torious in this encounter. which oc-
CURED July Il. 1876, on the banks of
the Rosebud River
Q. What relation do the channel
catfish and the blue catfish bear to
each other?-H. J. c..
\. The Bureau Of Fisheries says
that the channel catfish. the blue cat
fish and the white catfish are all the
same. The names probably differ in
the various sections of the country.
Q. If a foreigner becomes natural
ized after his children have reached
their majority do the children become
citizens by virtue of their fathers
naturalization?-E.C c. l.
A They do not 1t will be neces-
sary for them to take out naturaliza-
tion papers if they wish to become
citizens. If, on the other hand, the
father of children born outside the
United States becomes naturalized be-
fore the children are 81 years of age,
those children automatically become
citizens.
Q. What portion of the land of
the earth is in forests?-. L. o.
A Twenty-seven per cent OF the
land Of the earth Is in forests OF
the total land area Of 52,372,000
square miles. 14,140,440 square miles
are forest land.
Q. How long would it take to count
billion,-W. D. c.
A. Counting continuously at the
rate of 200 a minute, 1900 could be
counted in an hour, 2sS,00O in a "a
hour day, 105.12O.000 in a year and q
billion in a fraction over nine and
one-half years.
Q. Why is the present time said to
be the twentieth century when this
is only 1924?-A. X.
A The twentieth century is the
period beginning with 1901 and eX-
tending to the year 2,001. The first
century comprised the year 1 to
100 inclusive; the second century the
years 101 to zoo inclusive, and so on.
Q. What city of the United States
has the greatest percentage of Jewso
&C. a. Q.
A. The town of Woodbine. n. j.,
has a population Of 1900 and is 100
per cent Jewish. Chelsea, Mass, with
a population of 43,426 has $4,000 Jews.
Q. How old is osteopathy?-N.
B. u.
A. The principles Of osteopathy
were discovered and formulated by
DR.. Andrew T. Still in 1874. The first
college of osteopathy was opened in
kirksville, Mo-, in 1892.
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