Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

his satanic ma jesty and those ri
Niccolo Machiavelli, one of the great
est Flofentfne statesmen, born 1862.
He was crafty and assembling,
firm believer in the end justifies the
means" Samuel Bntler in his "Hudi-
bras" in writing Of Maehiavelli, saws
Nick MchiavelIi had neer trick
tho he gave his name to our old
Nick
@. Please complete the sianza ny
Alexa nder Pope. ~ little knowledge
is dangerous thing. IS. r. J..
a. This much quoted stanza reads:
"A little knowledge is dangerous
thing.
Drink deep or taste not Of the Pierisn
spring.
There shallow draughts intoxicste The
brain
And drinking largely sobers us again"
Q. What is the first case of a man
living after his heart had been stitched
up?-C. b. r.
A. The first surgeon who closed
with stitches q wound in mans
heart. with recovery of the patient.
was German surgeon by the name
of REIN. The operation was performed
in 1895. and was reported to the Ger
man Surgical Cong1%ss in 1897.
Q. Why doesn't it kill birds to roost
on an electric wire?-F. G.
A. The fact that birds can sit on an
electric wire is because there is not
complete circuit. Ii a bird were To
| alight on a wire and one of its wings
touch another wire il would be apt ~
cause death.
| Q. What sort of container is used
( for helium?-W. &. K.
A. Helium is usually placed in
| dirigible in inner gas cells OF gold
heaters skin. This is practically with
out pores and contains gas better
than any other material. The leakage
/ of the gas from this material is So
slight that il would not be noticed in
/ y period of six months
/ Q. Have gypsies been in This coun-
try very long?-G. p.
| A. Gypsies were brought 10 Amer
| ica at an early period as is shown by
n document dated February II. 1891.
They We're brought over and colonized
/ by the French in Louisiana.
! Q. What music is Used as an accom-
paniment to the Passion PLAY" Al
! OberammerSa u?-H. X. :.
A. No music is played as an accom-
| raniment.
! @. Is the mayor of Jerusalem a
I Christia Nj. H.
A. Musa Pasha al Busseini the
mayor of Jerusalem. is Moslem.
! Q. What is the diameter NJ tho
earth's shadow where the moon pass
, through it?-A. L. d.
A. In making calculation the
mean distances of the sun and moon
have been used. The earth's shadow
at such a distance is 5.724.54 miles
The moons diameter is 2,160 miles.
/ Q. What Louis of France was it
EwhO visited Bardstown. XVI. L. e.
I A II was Louis Philippe, who
while in exile before he became King
visited the United States. and because
of having made the acquaintance IF
bishop Flaget during the latter's resi-
dence in the West Indies he stopped
at Bardstown. where the bishop was
in charge Of the Catholic Church. and
made a visit. A number of very beau
tiful paintings, which may still he
seen in the little church. were the gift
of the King Of France.
@. What sort OF wages did labor re
ceive in early colonial days in this
| country?-P. T. D.
4. The rate for skilled labor in
| I1SInOuIf roichN III loob WAS ID r'Sl' -
per day. In 1888 master carpenters.
| sawyers, joiners, etc. were forbidden
wage in excess of shillinss pc
day. if they boarded themselves. or ! !
pence, if boarded by their employers.
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