Evening star., 1925-02-11

from st. Louis Connty. Baltimore
was separated +. ON Baltimore
County in 1852.
Q. Please give arc easy way 10
clean bass drum heaeA r. L.
A. Art gum is a ,sil nple and eff
fective agent for clea. Etpg the SKIN
on bass drum.
Q. What language is spoken by
the Dutch in South Afr 10 Ak. N
A. There are many difya rent dia-
lects spoken by the Dutch iizl labitants
of South Africa, the most common
being Plat Deutsch or Low, Dutch,
similar to Low German.
Q. How large would a o1urch
bell be that weighs 500 poulais?-
B. Mes.
A. A bell of this weight measNres
% inches across the mouth, and the
frame in which it rests and swi pss
would measure feet by feet 10
inches. with a height including the
bell wheel of about feet inches.
O. What hours compose the quiet
period on the radio?-K. NJ. II.
A. According TO a new regulation,
amateurs operating on wave length
from $50 to 200 meters must not
broadcast between $3.50 and 1890
pm. daily and on Sundays during
church service hours.
Q. How much faster is atrPia-.o
service than dog team ?-P. T.
"A. In experimental service be-
tween Fairbanks and McGrath an
airplane covered a distance in
hours that a dog team had travelled
in S5 days under great difficulties
a
produced y. r. X.
A. The Department of Natural and
Experimental Philosophy says that
modern scientific methods are cap
able of producing an absolute
vacuum. With a temperature Of 10"
degrees below zero, the space above
the mercury in a barometer contains
no moisture nor gas and is called an
absolute vacuum. 1t is true that no
pump can be devised to abstract all
matter from a space. Scientists have
begun to experiment with tempera
lures near the absolute zero mark,
t-272 degrees c., and there are
| several methods now whereby all
gas can be remoyed from a space.
@. Who was the japanese states
man who was killed in 1909?-N. r.
A. The japanese statesman who
was assassinated in 1903 was Prince
Ito. murdered at Harbin. October 2s,
I at the railway station where he had
gone to confer with the Russian
Finance Commission on the Far East
question. Prince Ito was killed by
! a Korean student.
| @ What is the earliest Easter
Sunday on record w. W. E.
| A. The earliest date upon which
! Easter falls is March 81.
! c. How long will the natural re-
sources of the world, such as min
erals and oil, last?-C. c.
/ A Authorities on the conservation
/ of natural resources have estimated
the length Of time that IL will take
/ to exhaust the mineral and metal
resources of the United States and
other parts of the world. 1t is stated
that high grade iron ores will not
last beyond the middle of the present
century if consumption continues 10
| increase at the present rate. The
supply of the precious metals and of
copper, lead, zinc, silver etc, cannot
! be estimated closely, but il is clearly
exhaustible within, one to three cen
| turtles unless unexpected deposits be
! found. The known petroleum supply
| is $1,000. 0o0.00 barrIes. The supply
cannot be expected to last beyond 90
] years.
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