Evening star., 1924-11-11

cants should be between the ages Of
! IS and So years.
! Q. What is the system used in dis
/ tributing the players part OF the
money for the world series games?
! M. A. Il.
! A. The players money is so per
I cent of the receipts of the first four
games. 1t is divided so that rs per
cent goes to first place clubs and 25
per cent to second and third place
! clubs. The IS per cent is divided so
| that the winning team in the series
| gets so per cent and the losing team
| gets 40 per cent of this.
! Q. Where is the boulder commonly
| called "Braddock's Rock" and some
| times the Key of all keys"?-M.
/ 2. d.
! 4. 1t is in Washington in the south
! grounds Of the United States Naval
! Hospital.
! Q. What is meant by the express
! sion "On Il field sable the letter A,
| gules"?-C. G. w.
| A. This heraldic term means that
| on a background Of black there is
| superimposed the letter "A" colored
| red.
Q. How did Muddy Ruel get HI.
| nickname W.
A. We are advised that Muddy
| Ruel first received his nickname when
he was a schoolboy. II seems that
he played base ball and fell in the
| mud. From that time on he has been
| called Muddy Ruel.
! Q. When was the preparedness
I parade in which President Wilson
walked IS. NJ s.
! A President Wilson marched in the
parade on June Il, 1916.
/ @. Who was the first painter who
wrote words on his paintings
/ l. d. #.
A. vasari is said to have been the
| first.
! @. Why is it possible for a bird Il
! alight on an electric wire and not get
killed?-W. A C.
! A. The Bureau Of Biological Survey
says small birds are seldom killed b.
alighting on an electric wire even though
/ 1t carries heavy current of electricity
! This is because there is not a complete
circuit If a large bird were to alight
! on wire, and one of lis wings touched
/ another wire it would be apt to caust
! death. This has frequently been the
case Of large eagles in the West
+ Q. What was Coxey's army F
F A s.
a. Coxey's army was recruited by J
J s. Coxey, originally of Louisville, Ky
but who afterward moved to MassiloI
/ Ohio. He recruited an organization o.
industrial army for the purpose O.
marching to Washington, D. G.. to urge
! upon Congress the passage of two laws
which they believed would remedy the
I grievances Of the wage workers Of the
/ country. The army entered Washing
! ton on the 29th of April, 1895, number
! ing 336 men.
Q. What is the weight Of the Penn
/ sylvania locomotive which pulls the
Manhattan Limited ?-J. r. E.
| A. The Pennsylvania Railroad sys-
/ tenn says that its Manhattan Limited
I train is handled by locomotives Of the
/ Pacific type, its class K-4s, which
weigh in working order 30s,s9o; the
! tender loaded with coal and water
weighs 159, 600 pounds, making the
/ tender 467, $50.
! O. How many criminals are executed
in this country w. S.
! A. The Metropolitan Life Insuranca
Co. recently published that only ! il
( l4o convicted for homicide suffered the
death penalty.
! Q. Is there a bug which makes q
practice of burying dead animals
S. 3. G..
: A. Sexton-beet get their nam
from the fact that they bury sma,I
dead animals. such as mice or bird
in which they deposit their eggs
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