Evening star., 1925-07-30

Q. How many times did William
Jennings Bryan deliver his speech
THE Prince of Peace"?- S.
A. Mr.. Bryan gave this lecture
about 200 times. He never commit
ted 1t to memory and, while the main
points were always stressed, the de-
livery of the lecture was never eX-
actly the same.
@. What is the value of the out
put of the motion pictures?-R. NJ.
A. establishments engaged primar-
| lily in producing motion pictures in the
| last census year reported a combined
output value of $86,41S,17O. OF the
So establishments reporting 48 were
located in California, 16 in New York,
t8 in New Jersey, Z in Illinois. in
Pennsylvania, in Michigan and the
remaining 10 in other States.
Q. How long has the questions of
| dancing, theater-going and card play
| ing been under discussion in the
councils of the Methodist Church,
A. Z. NJ.
A. The ruling against such amuse-
ments has been the subject of debate
at General Conferences of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church for So years.
Q. How much do naturalization
fees amount to in a year?-C. NJ. S.
A. During the fiscal year 1924 there
were 601,65 naturalization papers
filed and $S45, ,042.53 received. This
exceeded the business of any previous
year.
| q. Which of the tropical fruits at
tains the greatest size?-G. s.
A. The jack fruit Is probably the
largest. Some specimens are said to
weigh 80 pounds and be . feet in
length.
| Q. Who thought of making a
drink of coffee?-J. B. W.
A. The Arabians are given the
credit for discovering and promoting
the use of coffee as a beverage, and
also for the propagation of the plant
This was probably as early as
800 A. D. Certainly the drink has its
medicine, which dates from Rhazes
(s50-922).
@. How far north of the Equator
can the Southern Cross be SEEM
G. L. NJ.
A The Naval Observatory says il
the earth had. no atmosphere the
southernmost star of the cross could
be seen just above the horizon in lati
tude PIN, but, since the atmosphere
prevents stars from being seen at the
horizon, it would be necessary TO &c
few degrees farther south in order
to see it. How high a star has tc
be above the horizon in order to be
visible depends upon the brightness
OF the star and the conditions of the
latmosphere.
@. What is meant by a balanced
aquarium?-J. NJ.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries say:
that it is one that has sufficient plant
life to supply the oxygen so that i,
is not necessary to renew the water
frequently. In other words, the plan1
life and water are balanced.
q. Does the Pennsylvania Rail
road use electric engines going into
New York City except for the mill
trains?-W. c. c. =
A. The Pennsylvania Railroad
changes steam for electric locomo
tives at Manhattan Transfer. It has
no steam train running into Man
haitian Island for milk or any othel
traffic.
Q; What river is the swiftest?-
| 4. The River Rhone, which is gen
orally regarded as the swiftest rivel
in the world, attains a velocity O
nearly 40 miles an hour in certain
parts in it's course.
@. Is it against the law to use
stage money!. s.
A. The Treasury Department say
, there is no regulation against the US
: of stage money as such, but If a per
!, son attempted to pass such money a
, lawful currency he would be violating
the law.
@. Are guinea pigs used as food
if so how are they served?-W. w. I
A. They are baked whole, or ma
; be cut into pieces and fried o
| fricasseed. CAVES are excellent d
entrees in various stews and serve
! with mushrooms, with brown onions
peas, a Ia soubise and especially wit
! curry On account of the whitenes
of its skin the smooth h-haired whit
guinea pig is best adapted for tn
; table. The males become somewha
strong favored with age; but are fin
when or months old. F'e
males are tender and finely f1avore