Evening star., 1925-12-01
the old French "sas" from the Latin
"salix" meaning q willow tree.

the ola FrenCh saS LioiiA I44o @1o'.t
'salix" meaning a willow tree'
@. What was burned in fluid lamps
that we're used about Is years ago
q. f. l..
A. Different fluids were used in tks
old type Of lamp at different per!'as.
Fish oil. including crude, heavy whale
oil. was employed. and later laTd I'll
was substituted in certain Of these
lamps. The lamp burning petroleum
and kerosene came IN considerably
| later.
Q. How was the last anthraci,e
strike settled?-R. !.
A. The last anthracite coal strika
| was terminated on September g, 1923
An agreement between the United
| Mine Workers Of America ana the
| operators was as follows: The arar
| ators conceded an increase Uf ~ no..
| cent in the wage rates and the ,l,t,
ers dropped their demand for n cheo.-
! off.
| Q. How does the present u1mber
| Of civil service employees cgmnaYa
with the number Il year u.o,-
| G. ". T.
A. The Civil Service Commission
says the number Of Federal executive
! civil service employees on June 20.
1925, was 564,7lS. on June n 1925,
IT was 554, 98G.
@. Please give some information
| about the discovery and deveIoUTnel.t
| of tungSten-C. CI J
a. Tungsten or wolfram s. q mr. !
tallic element isolated by the hrotner
d'Elhujart in 1888 after Schoele hal
in 1771. isolated tungstI~ acid TuusL
! stem IS not found native. but o.cr..i is
! as the tungstate Of iron and ,u4sA-
/ ganese in the mineral wolframlfe. slS
! the calcium tungstatc or yheeIlte, as
I the trioNide or wolfram oaArc and il!
/ small quantities il other minerals
! Tungsten minerals are almost IN
variably found in tin ores Il is used
| to increase the hardness and tenaci
| of steel and thus improve IL as Is
material for hard tools. Coolidge ha
succeeded in rendering tungsten ma l.
! leable and duCtile, and ar preser-
| tungsten wire IS widely used for
making incandescent lamp tlaments.
Q. How fast must an automobile be
driven to pass the tests for entrance
! in races on a board speedway ?-J. X
| a. The speed necessary 70 pass the
trials is 120 miles per hour.
Q. Is Esteue Taylor Jack Dernp-
sey's first wife?-A. L.
A. Jack Dempsey had been mar
ried before.
Q, What foods besides green vege-
tables supply iron to the body ,
W. +. B.
y Foods which supply iron are
lean beef. eggs, oatmeal whole wheat.
dried lima beans, dried peas, navy
beans. spinach, prunes. apples
raisirs. milk. cornmeal, pearl barley,
dandeIon greens. dates and olives.
q. Can base ball PLAYER be given
an error on foul baI?-F r. p
\. He can, and in such case fl j.
recorded as an error With no de
scription of the play
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