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museum IN Washington?-D. p.
A. The Smithsonian Institution says
that 1t has a very fine collection Of
stuffed birds Of North American va
rieties. 1t also has a notable collec-
tion Of birds found in the District of
Columbia.
Q. Where Is the famous American
Flag that inspired The Star Spangled
Banner" d. F.
A. The Stars and Stripes which in
spired the writing of 'The Star
Spangled Banner is at present In the
old National Museum.
Q. Who was in charge of the all
American base ball team that went to
Japan in 1922? Who went and was
the trip financially SUCCESSFULLY. H.
A. Herbert Hunter was in charge
OF the base ball team that went to
Japan in 1922. Following are the
names Of the players: New York Ma
flonals; Em, George Kelly arthur Nefr
Joe Bush, Waite Hoyt. Fred Hoffman;
Brooklyn Nationals, Tom Griffith;
Cleveland American, Joe Sewell and
Stephenson; Philadelphia American,
Amos Strunk; Chicago American, Bib
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The wives Of the players, three or
four newspaper men and their wives,
were all guests of Mr.. Hunter. The
party left Chicago, October Is. 1922.
and returned early in February Of
1928 The venture was a financial
success.
+. Q. Why do floods follow the re-
moVal or many trees?-A. M.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that removal of forests destroy
the ground cover of leaf-mold, which
once absorbed rain and snow waters,
holding and distributing them to the
soil. Cleared of forest and its Spongy
ground cover, the barred soil absorbs
comparatively little water. most of
which runs off rapidly, swelling
streams and flooding and eroding the
lower ground
O.. Is the gnome owl identical with
the burrowing owl?-P. A. r.
A. The gnome owl Is a name ap-
piled both to the burrowing owl and
to the pygmy owl of the western
Q. What other plants belong to the
same family as potatoes?-A. r. S.
A. The potato belongs to the fam
ily solanAceae, or nightshade family,
which also includes tobacco, tomato.
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@. How long will a railroad spike
M. ]. r.
A The durability of railroad spikes
depends entirely on the type Of track
and traffic hauled: however. heavy
spikes should last about fifteen years
and light spikes from twenty-five to
twenty-five years. For general re-
pairs approximately thirty-six spikes
per mile per month may be used.
Q. What is a tontine agreement
F.. r. A.
a. This is an arrangement by which
a group of persons share certain BEN
tnts or moneys on such terms that in
the event of the death or default of
one or more members. these shares
are divided among the remaining
whole amount or advantage In most
modern insurance tontines. the whole
goes to those remaining in the group
on the expiration of the tontine pc
riod.
Q. How does the temuerature of
London compare with that of Paris
A. The mean annual temperature Of
Dotn cities is 30 degrees Fahrenheit
Ihe range of temperature Of Paris is
a little wtder-36 to 65-while in Lon
don the lowest is 80 and the highest
81 degrees.
.. Does the grapefruit belong to the
orange or lemon famiIy?-C. F.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that the grapefruit belongs to the
same family as the lemon and orange.
but represents distinct botanical
species.
Q. Where were the first state pri-
mar1es held?-N. l.. A.
A. The direct primary was first
adopted as legal for all nominations in
1903 by Wisconsin.
Q. What will clean the asbestos in
gas heater which has turned black ?
ID. L.
A. The bureau of standards saws
that when the asbestos in a gas heat
er becomes black 1t is generally be-
cause of an improperly adjusted burn
er, either the small holes from which
the flame issues have become clogeed
burner is cleaned and the air shutter
adjusted so that the fame burns blue
with distinct, blue inner cone there
should be no deposit of carbon. When
the burner is properly adjusted most
OF the carbon (sooD will probably burn
of. When a burner is depositing SCOT
combustion is incomplete and the burn
er is dangerous on account of the for
nation of the poisoning gas, carbon
monoxide. and should never be used
under such condition.
Q. In the Homestead strike were
federal troops called out?-L. w. 8.
A. In the Homestead strike of 1892
federal troops were not used, but prac-
tically the whole National Guard OF
Pennsylvania was called out.
Q. Did Robert Ingersoll advocate a
league of nations?-A. D.
A. Ingersoll was about the first. if
not the first. of our men Of prominence
to advocate a league or association of
nations. In his lecture, How to Re-
form Mankind" delivered in Chicago
in 1892, he advocated at length an in
ternational court of arbitration and an
army and navy to be placed at the
disposition of this court to carry it's
decisions into effect when necessary
the rest of Christendom to be disarm-
ed. This should be the only excuse
for an army or navy in the civilized
world"
Q. What became of the assignats,
the French paper money issued by the
revolutionary government between 1890
and 18OO2-A. L. M.
A The assignats were redeemed at
the rate OF ~ TO l In the new form of
paper money known as territorial man
date. As much as 1,400. 100000 Of this
money was issued. but it soon lost
value and was repudiated by the re-
fusal of the French government to re-
ceive it at its treasures: On May 21,
1897. all the outstanding assignats
were declared void.
Q. Which is the oldest royal resi-
dence- in the world IT. NJ
A. Probably Windsor Castle Is the
oldest royal residence. Windsor was a
residence of the Saxon kings before
the conquest, their palace being at
old Windsor. William the Conqueror
chose the present site, and built a
castle there, which was taken down
and the present one built in the time
Of Edward III. This has since been
extended and completely renovated