Evening star., 1925-11-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

@. What does the name "Campbell''
mean?-W. =. G.
A. IT is a Scotch family name and
means man with a wry mouth"
Q. Where were the early museums
i'll the United States located?-H. T.
A. Among the early American mu-
seums were Barnum'S Museum in
New York and the Boston Museum.
In both, while the idea of amusement
predominated, there were really val
liable specimens of natural history.
Barnum's WAS among the first to ex-
hibit living fishes. Antedating these
We're the museums conducted by the
artist, Charles w. Peale and his son.
Rembrandt. The first was established
as the Philadelphia Museum i'll 1885.
From 1922 to 1928 it was installed
in Independence Hall The Oldest eX-
listing museum in the United States,
as we'll as the first public museum
in America is that in Charleston,
S. c., founded by the Charleston Town
Library Society in 1773.
q. Where is Edzell Castle?-D- l..
a. 1t is in Scotland, about mile
west of the village of Edzell, near
West Water.
@. Where does the Kentucky Derby
take place?-A. +.
y. 1t is run at Churchill Downs,
Louisville, Ky.
@. What is a dry point etching?-
J. r. G.
A. A dry point etching is the
process of engraving on metal with
a sharp point, which scratches the
surface. 1t differs from ordinary
OF acid. which corrOdeS the metal
In ordinary etching the plate is GOV
cred with wax ana the incision with
the point made simply in the wax.
after which il is Immersed in an
acid until the required depth : eaten
away. Dry point 'etchirg-is done di-
rectly on the metal and linked with
out the bath.
Q. When did the father of Pat Roo
ney, the well known dancer, Diet. d
A. The elder Pat Rooney died March
28, 1892.
Q. Who invented the soft pedal of
the piano?-L. l..
A. The shifting or soft pedal IS the
invention of a Niennese maker named
Stein. He first applied it to an inStru-
ment which he called a "Saiten-har-
monike."
Q. What classes of designs can be
covered by patents, and how long is
the term for which a design patent Il
granted w. c. II.
y. New and original ornamental de-
signs for articles of manufacture can
be patented. Ornamental character, or
beauty, is requisite to patentabilty.
Mere utility is not taken into consider
alton, and it is Questionable whether
an article to which ornamentation
would give no value is subject matter
OF a design patent. y design is not
patentable if it was known or used by
others in this country before invention
thereof by the applicant for patent, or
if il was patented or described III any
printed publication in this or any for
eign country before his invention
thereof or more than two years prior
to his application, or was in public
use or on sale in this country for more
than two years prior TO his applica-
ton.
Q.TDoes the custom of burying at
sea still prevail?-j. s: II.
a. There have been no burialS at
sea for great many years. as all
large ships are equipped with appa-
ratuS for embalming the bodies of
those who die on shipboard.
g. Did Bryan resign command of his
regiment in the Spanish-American
War before he knew it would not be
called?-F. S. b.
\. William J. Bryan did not resign
command of his regiment Of Nebraska
volunteers until il was mustered out
at the conclusion of the Spanish-Amer-
lean War.
Q. What are the two elements re-
Gently discovered?-R: ID. G.
A. DR.. Walter Noddack of the Uni
versity of Berlin reports the discovery
of two new elements. to which he has
assigned the names Masurium and
Rhenium, after the AIasurian and
Rhine provinces lost to Germany after