Evening star., 1925-08-27
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASE.IN.

purpose of building Tenderden steeple,
so that in 1899 the unprotected island
was inundated.
@. Who was Vice President with
Washington2-F. n. NJ.
A. John Adams, who received the
second highest number of votes, be
came Vice President in the first and
second administrations. In the same
way jefferson was elected Vice Presi
dent in 1896 when Adams was elected
President, and Aaron Burr took sec
ond place in 1900 when Jefferson was
elected President BY the twelfth
amendment to the Constitution, ef-
fective September IS, 1904, the cleo
tors were instructed to ballot sepa
rately for President and Vice Presi
dent. George Clinton was the first
man nominated and elected to the Of
fee of Vice President, being elected
in November, 1904, when jefferson
was reelected President.
@. Was it the same King Herod
that is spoken of by st. Matthew al
the time of Jesus birth that is named
by St. Luke at Jerusalem when PLATE
sent Christ back to Herod?-R. u.
A. The King Herod who reigned a.
the time of the birth of Jesus Christ
was known as Herod the Great, and
was actual King of Judea. The
Herod who reigned as Tetrarch of
Judea Subsidiary king only was Herod
Antipas, the youngest son of Herod
the Great This was the Herod before
whom Christ was brought for trial.
Q. What reasons are advanced for
| making the columbine our national
| lower?-V. w. l..
A. Among the reasons are: First.
| forms of the columbine grow wild in
| all States of the Union, with possible
exception of louisiana: second, il can
be cultivated easily in any garden;
| third, it lends itself admirably TO con.
| ventional design; fourth, the name
| comes from the same root word 2
\ Columbus; fifth, the technical name,
| aqua legia, comes from the same root
/ word as eagle, our national emblem
/ Q. What does a vitamin look
| iike?-W. F. c.
! A. The Bureau Of Chemistry SAYS
that no one, as yet, has been able 10
| locate vitanin in a pure form. We
know very little regarding their
! physical or chemical properties. We
do not know what they look like
whether they are crystalline or amor
phous substances: whether they have
color or taste. In fact, the question
has been raised with reference TO one
of the vitamins that it may be a form
of energy, and not substance at all
| Most that is known about Yitamins
has been learned from the effects they
produce upon animals. Their function
has been nkened to that of the spark
plug in gas engine.
Q. Do snakes make holes in the
ground and live in them in the Winter
time?-M. L. r.
I a. There is a class of snakes known
as burrowing snakes which live under,
ground. They have cylindrical
rigid body covered with generally
smooth and polished scales: A short
strong tail; a short rounded or pointed
head with narrow mouth. Some
species of snakes bury themselves in
the ground and hibernate throughout
the Winter.
Q. What is the smallest county in
the United States?-G. B.
4. Bristol County, Rhode Island Is
the smallest. having an area OF :"
square miles.
Q. Please explain the word ''junto.
H. B. K.
A. 1t is derived from the Latin word
''juncta," meaning Joined. 1t was
first applied TO a group of WhiS
politicians in the reigns of William
| and Mary and Ann of England. and
mas come TO mean secret cOnIel-
ence," especially a political one.
10. Why isn't Crossing the Bar" in
cluded in many collections of Tenny-
| sons poems?-L. A.
a. Tennyson did not write Gross
ing the Bar" until he was over 50
years old, so ii is not included in
works published before that time.
(He tcho kno,rs but little Of epery-
thing and nothing com pletely remoins
a little being to the end of his ddBS.
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