The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-21

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q Il there a statue Of a woman
tn statuary han in tho capitol at
waahinstonf
4. rcs. fhei Of Frances y. UIu.
ard. placed there bV the sisio Of
Illinois
q. what are sivaparoua animals
4. AniHois that bring forth their
young nilrc.
Q What IL tho value % the rubber
manufactures of the United States?
4. ~ 1891 Uaicsf figures atail-
sbicj they tccre raiHcd at 80 a8s.-
its as against tL.isssi60is W 1919
and y5oo9p5.Te6 IN 1911
q When was the national park At
Hot springs Ark. created. and
what is is disiinctivc featurc7
T. ~ icas created ~ 1859. aud rs
dlsfincfire feature - IS hot springs
possessing carafirc properties
q. if one meets a find or rela-
tive In n public place Ia Il bad taste
70 kiss them7
4. Welt-brcd people rarely kiSs 81
public places. There arc. hotrcpcr.
exceptions 10 every Faic.
q. Is II not correct 10 use tho
words former and latter" in writ
ing.
4. This Il not irronp. but often
confusing. az The reader sometimes
must look back to find sciaf the
words mean: therefore. " is a good
general rule 70 rcopai the ,cords to
chich they refer.
q. what does "Rubalyat" mean?
4. Tic icord means a Persian
qnatrain or epieram. The original
"rn oaiyat" arc independent ~sfansas.
consisting Of four lines each. Of
equal. tho paricd. prosody. Some
times these lines oil rhymcd. bHt
oftcner tho third iiHn DID not.
@. who waa Scion?
4. An Aihcninu %l1icpcr. tcho, ac-
cordinD 10 tradition. said 10 Crocsus.
Count no man happy until nc 10
dead" Modern hisiorians question
his having made. this remark.
q. who was Giles Corey7
A. IN real NE ono Of those Pat 10
death IN Salem, Mass. during the
icitchcrnH trials. lie teas crushed
10 death under huge icciohts. lie
Is also The hero Of ono Of Long
feliotos "Neio England Tragedies"
and Of q historical drama bv Mary
WttkiIis Freeman.
Q. What gases combine with
water?
Il. There arc a number Of gases
that combine Nth iCoter; The fol-
iotcin0 arc a fcm Of The best
knoica: carbonic acid pas. orvOcn.
aroon. neon, sulphur diopido. sui
phur biorLde. ammonia. carbon dior
idc. chlorine, formdtdohvdc and
nitroDcn-pentozii.
@. Where did the Virgin islands
get their nnme7
a. When Columbus isoopcrc rcd
them he named them Las vir-
Dcncs IN honor Of 81. Ursula and
her companions.
@. When vas the planet Neptune
discovered?
A. Neptune. the most remote
knonn planet Of The solar system,
icas d%iscorercd September go. 1876,
by Gallo Of Berlin. Similar caicuin.
tions indicating The same results
had previously been made bp
adams. an English astronomer.
This planet Is invisible TO The naked
evc.
@. How arc the llfeboats OF the
U. $. Const Guard lnunched2
a. Trio methods arc emproycd
The boat "a either holstcd on siinos.
clear Of The mater, and loporcd, or
thc boat Is haHicd on a marine
rdiftcdU, iolich Is a track inclined
into The %icater. Nth a carriaoc on
". on tehich The boat Isl mounted
Tho oarriaoc holding nc boat Is
run into TIC tdicr. and Is then
ghIf Ia n Fa4 4gftr I. ~ t.L