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Evening star., 1924-07-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

Q. Can water be compressed?-W
B. c.
A. Liquids are almost imcompressi-
bic. A pressure of 100 pounds to the
square inch congresses water only
-.o0O33 on its original volume, and on
the removal Of this pressure that
volume is Immediately restored.
Q. Do locusts lay their eggs on ber-
RES and fruits. thereby poisoning
them?-H. II. -.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that locusts bore into the
branches TO lay eggs. Fruit is not
poisoned in this manner.
Q. How much did Germany realize
eign countries at the time there was
so much speculation in marks?-E
H. B.
A. Estimates have been made run
ming as high as $4,000. 900. 900. but
conservative computations indicate a
total of not more than half that
amount. Whatever the exact figure.
IT is recognized that the sale of paper
marks was a great aid to Germany
ooth In meeting reparation obIiga-
tions and in paying for foreign i'm
ports during the years 1892.
.: Has railroad consolidation such
as has been proposed here been tried
In any other country?-C. o. n
A. Under an act passed in 1921 the
10 railway systems of England have
been consolidated into four large
geographical systems. with a total mile :
age OF 1880 miles and an aggregate
capitalization OF about fss3,000, 900
q. Did James Whitcomb Riley ever
write under pseydonym2-D. J. W.
A. Riley at one time used the pen
name of benjamin F. Johnson"
q. When should an arbor vitae
hedge be trimmed ID. P. B.
A. The Department, of Agriculture
says that the proper time is soon
after the hedge begins growth in
the spring.
Q. What is the rank of Methodist
bishops?-L. :. P
A. Methodist bishops are the high
est prelates in the Methodist Church
or America. 1t is their duty to preside g
over the Methodist conferences, held
once "A year. in the different districts.
One layman from each district and
the minister of each Methodist church
IN that district attend these confer
ences. There are forty-five Methodist
bishops in the United States.
Q. When was ironstone china first
made M F. c.
A. 1t was made in England in the
eighteenth century.
Q. Was there really a gate in Jeru-
salem known as The Eye of the
Needle"?-T. c. L.
4. 1t is IL fact that there is in the
wall of Jerusa lem (. small gateway
built for the use of pedestrians and
known by a name which is transIat ed
as The Needles Eye" Through this
gate ii is quite possible for small
undernourished camei. divested of all
its equipment, harness. etc. by kneel-
ing, to work its way, though not
without difficulty. The gate is still in
existence.
t4ny reader cun get the an-stcer to
any question by tUritin0 The Star
Information Bureau. Frederic j. Has
kinS. director. 2Ist and c streets
northwest This offer applies strictly
to Information. The Bureau cannot
gire 0drice on legal. medical and
financial matters. 1t does not ATTEMPT
to settle domestic troubles, nor TO
undertake any exhaustive research
on any subject. Write Your question
plainly aud brietIy Gire tuU name
and address and inclose tpo cents in
. stamps for return postage. All re-
plies arc sent direct to the inquirer)
Evening star., 1924-07-12

Q. How many calls do the fire de-
partments of a city like Washington
answer in a day?-G. w. ii.
A. The chief fire engineers office
says that the average number of
runs made by fire engine companies
is eight day. This would probably
prove true of other cities of this size,
q. Did Walter Johnson ever pitch
a no-hit no-run game?--S. W. p.
A. Walter johnson pitched no.
hit no-run game against the Boston
team in the American League July
/, 1920. The score was 10.
Q. What is ordinary sheet tin
made of?-E. g. j.
A. The bureau of standards says
that tin sheet in ordinary CONNER
cial use is a base of iron coated with
tin by dipping in the molten metal
Real sheet tin Is ingot tin rolled
down to sheet form.
Q. What will keep bugs from
forming in a -four bin in kitchen
cabinet?--D. s.
A The only remedy is to keep the
-four cool and dry. In summer time
buy only half the quantity al a time
that you would in the winter.
@. What causes brown spots to
appear on steel cngravings and what
will remove them ?-J. &.
A. The brown spots that are found
on steel engravings are often due to
sulphur in the paper which becomes
brown with age. We do not know
of any method by which these spots
may be removed.
Q. When Benjamin Franklin dis
l !,
key UP in the air with the kite or
did he hold the key in his hand?-
w. g
A. In making his experiment with
electricity benjamin Franklin sent
up kite, TO the string of which
and to the key he had fastened a
short ribbon of non conducting silk.
which he held in his hand. The silk
was employed to prevent him from
receiving any shock.
@. What is the value of drugs sold
in the United States in a year,
l.. W. A.
A. The bureau of census gives fig
ures on value OF drugs manufactured.
but not on drugs sold. There would
probably be a close relation between
SUPPLY and demand. In 1921 the
value of manufactured drugs was
s340, ,222,s47
Q. Is Pawnee Bill still alive?--E. T.
A. He is still living. His name is
Gordon W. Tulley and he is sixty
four years old.
c.. Can one cell be called bat
tery?-C. l. p.
a. The bureau of standards SAYS
that an electric battery properly con-
sists of two or more cells connected
together, although the word battery
is often applied to a single cell
Q. How long have authors read
ings" been popular?-B. n G..
A. 1t is impossible to say definite
iy when this custom was esta bIished
but history records that Herodotus
gave authors readings" in Athens
about 446 B. c.
Q. Is there a tribe of Indians that
is not under the government of the
United States?-I. T. r.
A. The Croatan Indians in the
state of North Carolina are not under
the control of the United States gov
ernment. They have their owsn tribal
form of government. They are To-
Gated at Pembroke, about seventy
miles west of Wilmington, in Rober-
son County.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

fort to the sorrowing father and
mother at Washington" Another
thought occurs which the Boston
Transcript hopes may bring consola-
tion TO the parents. that is. I'm a very
direct sense, the boy Calvin Coolidge
has died for other children. since the
conspfcuousness of his position and
the centering of the attention of a
whoie great people upon his tragical
case will be sure to serve as an ad-
monition to parents to guard their
children against accidents similar to
that which befell him.
The Springfield Republican recalls
that Calvin. jr. was working on a
tobacco farm at the time his father
was elevated to the presidency, and
when the farmer said to him. Well,
l see your father is President of the
United States he simply answered,
Yes, 1 suppose he is. Where do you
want me OF put the tobacco To
young Calvin's way of thinking there
was nothing extraordinary in his IA
ther becoming President of the
United States which illustrates the
beautiful simplicity and sterling di-
with the essential democracy of his
breeding that gave such a delightful
touch of the best American tradition
to his youthful reaction to the sudden
change in the family fortunes"
The Pittsburgh Sun adds, 'it did
up his job because Of the exalted po-
sition to which his father had been
raised. There was no thought in his
mind that he was too good for rough
labor. and this freedom from snob-
bishiness and conceit remained with
him. We liked him the better, per-
haps, on that account"
1T is national loss" the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer believes, when
death takes such youth, whether he
be the son Of President or the son
Of humble citizen who has trained
him to future useful service; no ma
tion has SO many boys of the promise
of Calvin Coolidge, jr., that it can
spare a single one The Savannah
Press agrees ut is a tragedy at all
times to lose so fine boy as Calvin
Coolidge. jr., was. The sons of the
President were typical, manly Ameri-
can boys, reared in home typically
American in the best sense, boys in
whose training parental love and par
entail wisdom were ideally mingled"
and the Philadelphia Bulletin adds
that "it is always a cruel thing when
death invades such a home"
The Cincinnati Times-Star also
notes that "it has been the old-fash-
ioned American family relationship
which the American people, for all
the inroads of modernism, still under
stand and like best: and 1t is because
the Coolidge family is what 1t is that
the sympathy of the people for the
President and his wife is today so
deep and genuine"
Evening star., 1924-07-12
Sympathy of Whole Country
For Coolid &c Shown in Press

Sympathy without distinction of class
or party goes out from the nation to
President and Mrs. Coolidge. Although
death has visited the White House be-
fore, editors recall that this is the Sec
ond time it has come to youth The
first occurred when Tad Lincoln
passed away at the age of twelve sixty
years ago. The apparently trivial orig
in of Calvin Coolidge, jr.'s illness and
the suddenness of of his passing make
this particularly poignant tragedy
over which the world bows it's head in
grief and sympathy for the father and
mother in the White House.
1.-The low. prolonged moan, almost a
sob, that filled Madison Square Garden
when the announcement of the death
of the Presidents son was made to the
Democratic convention told of some
thing deeper in the hearts of that null
titude than partisan feeling" which
suggests. the New York Times says,
mot only the kinship of all in an hour
of sorrow, but also the nearness of
the White House to every American
home, and of the solicitious regard in
which all the people hold their Presi-
dent. The appeal to the public's SYM
pathy is heightened by the fact that
he who died was boy with the world
before him. AS such he personified the
hope. the promise of hundreds of thou
sands of American households. The
parents of every one Of the others lost
in imagination their own"
Many Of the problems of Presi-
dent we cannot really understand -
continues the Milwaukee Journal, but
this is something we know" Not SO
much because he was the President s
son, and therefore entitled to more
than ordinary distinction suggests the
Dayton News, "but because he was
his fathers and his mothers boy, whose
future was prideful thing for them
to plan-all America bows its head nor
attempts to hide back the tears"
This Is not the first time that
death has come to youth at the White
House, but never heretofore has it
struck so suddenly and so painfully"
according to the Baltimore Sun, nor
could it have come to any man labor
ing under greater burden of re-
sponsibilities or facing greater de-
mands for public activities than Mr..
Coolidge; but, after all, 1t is not to
Mr.. Coolidge that the widest and deep
est sympathy will go, but to his wife" :"
campaign will prove to him helpful,
IL not healing, but what every woman
knows is that there is no anodyne
for a mothers heart"
In fact, the New York Evening
World declares "the whole nation Is
just neighbor, wishing with all its
heart ii could bring some slight COM
Evening star., 1924-07-12

ton runs west, parallel to p street
as far as 26th street, for soon after
passing under the bridge the creek
makes turn to the west. Within the
west line Of condemnation, between
the P street and Pennsylvania avenue
bridges. are quite a number Of build
ings. The land is being cleared Of
these structures. and substantial
part of the Rock Creek parkway will
soon be brought into being.
Evening star., 1924-07-12
SHOOTING STARS.
RY PHIIANDER JOHNSON.
Receptivity.

ReceptIritv.
When you're seeking to be happy
And you've heard the cheering loud
Where the atmosphere grew scrappy
In an agitated crowd:
When you're weary of the measures
In the haunts of song and smile.
Have you ever tried the pleasures
OF just sitting stin awhile?
Looking out upon the skylands
In the twilight-colored west.
Through the mists that touch the high
lands
AS the daytime sinks to rest
If the moments that can cheer you
Shun the gayety and guile,
You will find them drawing near you
If you'll Just sit still awhile.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

1t is asserted that both presidential
tickets are satisfactory to j. p. Nor
gan. AS d fair minded man. the
eminent tinancier may feel constrained
to withhold from both parties the i'm
piled advantage of his disapproval
Evening star., 1924-07-12

There is another old song that the
Democratic harmonistS. in Difference
10 the suggestion of w. j Bryan, add
played even in Alabama, There's d
Name That's Never Spoken--a Picture
That Is Turned Toward the Wall"
Evening star., 1924-07-12

Possibly many people. would like to
have Mr.. J. P Morgan express his
exact opinion of the presidential cam
paign at its present stage of develop
ment, but no practical journalist will
believe there is a chance Of inducing
him to do So
Evening star., 1924-07-12

Contention has often been made that
this country's primary system ia un-
reliable and unsatisfactory. 1t may
reasonably he assumed that just at
Adoo.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

The following Hsss rsbsesy dsleassd Prssdssf Coolidge
asd fsmUy In memory Of Capis Coolidge, j..
The Heart of the Nation
The nation with thee brave father heart
That in thy of enhance;
There lives snd lnsws deep in thy silent self
The grief that finds in uttersnce
The nation weeps with thee, Oh mother love,
That thou dost thy of tender years.
Thy cherished hopes for him in manhoods prime
Thus bIehted and halowed with thy
The nation pleads its deepest sympathy
For thee, boon life companion, brother
And fci6n would lift this shadow from thy youth,
This grief, before reached mans full
But list, oh, father mother brother love;
God speaks through with divines breath:
Tis but the form that changes thus
The life and soul live there is no death!
NELLIE E. DASHIELL.
Evening star., 1924-07-12
S~N~-

A book written by w. II. Anderson
entitled Behind the Bars for Banish
ing Bars" will have to be censored
The warden of Sing Sing is expected
to be man of varied and tactful at
tainmentS.
Evening star., 1924-07-12
- 49,

After listening to the reading of the
Declaration of Independence. dele
OF the noble document. were doubtless
relieved to note that it could not sug-
gest any complications as to the busi-
ness Immediately in hand.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

Encouraging intimations are in cir
culation that w. j. Bryan does not re-
gard Wall street as beyond hope of
regeneration if given the benefit of
proper influences.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

No more birthday parties are desired
by Mr.. John d. Rockefeller. The senti-
ment of appreciation has been so fire.
quently expressed that it may go with
out saying.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

Democrats are SO strong in their
approval of John w. Davis that they
are wondering why the convention
should have hesitated 80 long.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

After all. the New York convention
may be regarded as having taken no
unreasonable amount of time to bring
tough problem 10 a satisfactory
Asolution.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

Controversies of our own for mo-
ment took the attention of America
away from the fact that France and
England are still discussing the matter
of reparations.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

In order to recuperate, Samuel
Gompers will remain for a while at
Coney Island. Mr.. Gompers is ener-
getic even in his convalescences.
Evening star., 1924-07-12
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Evening star., 1924-07-12

Madison Square Garden will have a
swimming pool. Its most recent serv-
ice was that of a political fishing pond.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

a deadlock is like sea sickness. very
much resented but soon forgotten.
Evening star., 1924-07-12
In a Few Words.

Democracy is a folly, as is shown
by the fact that it. is discarded at
once when the nation is in danger.
When the supreme interests of the
people are at stake, even the most
democratic governments take care not
to submit them to the judgment of the
people.
Evening star., 1924-07-12
PREMIER MUSSOLINI.

In this country nothing has gone on
at such a pace in recent years as the
determined organization of amuse-
ment. Keeping people entertained
has taken it's place as the foremost
industry of America.
AJED1
Evening star., 1924-07-12

The Evening Star with the Sunday morning
edition, is delivered by carriers within the
city at 60 cents per month; daily only -
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n1month. Orders may he sent by mail or tele-
" aihone Main 5000. Collection is made by car
,rlers at the end of each month.
Evening star., 1924-07-12
Expecting to Travel.

Are you going to spend the sum.
mer in Crimson Gulch?''
"'Tain't likely answered Cactus
Joe. Somebody's got to make sacri-
fees. I've accepted an invitation to
umpire ball game between the Gulch.
ers and the Snake Ridgers.''
Evening star., 1924-07-12
An .Anti-GaInbler.

DO you think our candidate will
VIM
Would you bet On him.
Certainly not. Why should | stimu-
late anybody favoring the opposition
by Offering a pecuniary inducement?"
Evening star., 1924-07-12

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
business Office. 1lth st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
3 G New York Ofhce: 110 East And st.
80 Chicago Office: Tower Building.
European Once: 10 Regent st. London. England.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

1T don't make no diffunce how good
a talker a man is,' said Uncle Eben,
IF whut he says still leaves you
guessin' bout whut he's gineter ito
do" 4.
Evening star., 1924-07-12
DeStinieS,

DeStlnleS.
The steed selected for the race
Forsakes his ease and hits the pace
The old dark horse that got no votes
Goes back in peace to home and oats.
Jud Tunkins says there may still be
sea serpents. only nobody looks far
enough past the bathing suits to notice
em.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

War is only indirectly the result Of
national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or of ag-
gression or national envy. Directly
it is the result of overpopulation.
This biological fact will be found at
the root of all of the wars of the
twentieth century.
Evening star., 1924-07-12
Helping u Little

We are making preparations
For a European trip.
If we can't relieve the nations,
We can give the walters tips.
Evening star., 1924-07-12

/ cannot recall a case in the history
of the last 100 years where any inn
portant nation deliberately set out to
provoke and wage war of saggres-
sion Vars are provoked by distrust,
envy and misunderstanding. but the
efficient cause is never a deliberate
design on the part of a responsible
government to create war.
IIIQGE EDWIN r PARKER
Evening star., 1924-07-12

AS q rule, intelligent men and
women, are the most moral. Fine
minds and fine characters go to-
DIR. FRANK P. GRAVES.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-19
NOTICE

All persons concerned may take notice,
that the Subscriber. guardian. ETC.. Of John
Francis Quinlan, intends to exhibit his
Intermediates account to tho Orphans
Court for the County Of Middlesex on
Friday, the twenty seventh day Of June
1924. at 10 A. NJ. In the Term OF April
1924. Tor settlement apd allowance; the
same being ifrst audited and stated BY the
Surrogate.
Dated. May II. fs2A
JOHN oUiNLAN. sR.,
sss2--s-22-st COW Thurs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-19

N CHaNcERy OF NEW JERSEY
10 the Cfe<ii1ors and Stockholders Of the
EaHlo Garage Company. a corpoFa-
tioD Of New Jersey
=. n pf1fapanc9 Of 40 order Of the Court
tc>ia hancefy Of the State Of New Jersey
male On the 23nd day Of MAY. 1924. IN a
caaaa wherein joseph saisman, Tillis Seis-
MaD and Sarah chaFHaek are complain
nnf4 and Eaxle Garage Company. a cor
1o[ation of Nav IsHsey. IL defendant
Hotice - hereby given to the orsditoEa
= the nforem ent,onsd corporation TO pre-
s 11mt ~ MQffia MaE9aretten, receiver Of
11|1 ooEtof4tioH st BIZ ofkies. karitan
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-19

& Sealed bids and proposals will be re-
esIysd oy the Board Of Education Of the
City Of Perth Amooy. n. =, at the High
school 10 said City on Monday afternoon.
june 23rd, 1924 at 1;30 2. NJ. daylight
saving time. for the painting Of the Audi
torium at the High school
+ Specihcations may be obtained from the
secretary at his Ofics In the High school
The Board OF Education reserves the
right to reject any or all bids
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
ARTHUR y, GRAHAM
secretary.
e573-~s-fz-1s-17-1s-21
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-19

Building. smith street, Perth Amboy,
New Jersey. their several claims and ds-
mands against the said corporation within
one month from the date Of said order,
or they will be excluded from, the bepet,t
Of such dividends as may hereafter be
made and declared by said court from
the estate Of che said corporation.
MORRIS MARGARErTEN.
Receiver for Eagle Garage Company. a
corporation Of New Jersey. RaritaD
Building, smith St.. Perth Amboy n u.
MORRIS 1SERMAN
solicitor for Receiver.
f90 Broad Street
Newark n. y.
s0s2---5-2s-3a-s-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-12-19
CHE PUBLISHERS

TO Tower, a distance of SO miles,
to serve the new iron mine which
was being developed there and
which is now known as the Soudan.
The promoters of that line, yirtu-
ally the same crowd that promoted
the Minnesota Iron Co., were en-
of vision and courage, for at the
time the road was under construc-
ton there was not to exceed $4,000
tons of merchantable ore But these
promoters had faith that the several
test pits, and open cuts for mining,
were the beginning of great mine,
and they also had faith that a dis
trict which would produce one good
mine would in all probability pro-
duce other mines. They builded bet
ter, even then, than they knew
In 1886 ore was discovered near
the present TOWNSHIP of Ely, on the
Vermilion range, by H. R. Harvey,
James Sheridan and A. C. Camp,
and the railroad was extended to
that point in 1867. This seemed
to justify to the full the faith of
the promoters of the Duluth & Iron
Range Rail Road. for the Ely group
of mines provided very large tom
mage in due time, and they continue
to produce heavily, with large re-
serves for the future years. But
mere justification of their faith was
not all that Dame Fortune held in
store for the builders of the Duluth
& Iron Range. There was still
other wealth of ore tonnage, wholly
unsuspected at the time-the great
Mesabi. In 1890 commercial ore
was discovered on the Mesabi range,
and the Duluth & Iron Range Rail
Road was extended west from Allen
Junction to the present site of the
City of Virginia to serve the mines
of the intermediate territory.
Joseph Sellwood and Harry Rob-
erts figured prominently in the de-
velopment Of the first iron mine at
the present TOWNSHIP of Ely, the
discovery of Sheridan and Camp.
It was the original Chandler. They
developed this property for the
Chicago and Minnesota Ore Co.,
and it later was acquired by the
Minnesota Iron Co.
Build First Minnesota Ore Dock.
The promoters of the Minnesota
Iron Company and the Duluth &
Iron Range Rail Road also furnished
the money to build the first ore
dock in Minnesota, at Two Harbors.
This initial ore dock was A feet in
height and contained 46 pockets
1t had a storage capacity Of about
/ :, 900 gross tons, sufficient to load
any two OF the Lake boats Of the
early eighties. There are plenty OF
boats IN the Lake trade today thai
carry 10000 to $4,000 tons in Z
single cargo. depending on ths
draft at Sault Ste. Marie.
On the site occupied by the initia
ore dock at Two Harbors nov
stands a steel and concrete ore docl
so feet high, containing 2S8 pocket
and having q storage capacity o