Evening star., 1925-06-06

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the canal.
@. Why will a girdIed tree uld-
mately die?-W. w. G..
A. Girdled trees die because the
inner bark or cambial layer and
living sapwood is severed. Vital con-
nection is thus cut off between the
roots, which take up water and raw
food material, and the leaves, which
transform water and raw material
into elaborated plant food.
Q. Which State had the first trav-
cling hbrary?-C. NJ. c.
A. The travelling library we know
today was begun in 1893 in the State
of New York under the leadership
of the great librarian, Melvil Dewey.
New York sent books largely TO sup
plement or strengthen Libraries already
in existence.
Q. Who was the original of Eva
in Uncle Toms Cabin?"-R. G.. L.
A. She was a Miss Letcher Of
Virginia-Kentucky family who mar
ried Gen. Kennedy.
@. Is the study of Latin increasing
or decreasing T. G.
A. In 1890 34.69 per cent of stu
dents studied Latin; in 1900, 50.61 per
cent, and in 1922, 27.52 per cent.
Q. Why is it that internal cancer
is more prevalent today than it was
years ago?-C. K. a.
A. Statistics show that there has
been but little increase, for example, in
cases of cancer of the skin, while the
occurrence of cancer of internal or
gans has apparently become more fire.
quent. This latter observation may
be due, in part, TO the fact that in
ternaI cancer is now more easily dag
nosed, owing to the use Of chemical
tests and of the X-ray. which fre-
quently reveal unsuspected cancer
from which the patient might other
wise have died before the disease was
discovered. The frequency of opera
tions also reveal cancers of which
physicians could not otherwise be car
tain.
@. Who were the three great gener-
ais who were never defeated?-Ws
S. T.
A. Alexander the Great died 900
B. c., Julius Caesar (assassinated AZ
B. c. and the Duke of Wellington
died 1852.
@. How many stones are in the
Washington Monument?-A. o. n.
a. 1t has been estimated that there
are $4,000.
Q. Why do horses eat bark off the
trees?-B. r.
A When either horses or cows
eat the bark of trees, it is usually q
sign of the deficiency of mineral mat
ter in their diets. 1t also has been
found to be due TO bad teeth.
Q. When is the dark of the
moon"?-D. c. H.
! A 1t is that part of the lunar
month when the moon is not visible.
| 1t may be considered as covering a
| period of approximately four days,
two days before and two days after
the time of the new moon. The rest
of the lunar month may be called the
light of the moon" These are pop
ular expressions and are not suscepti-
bic of precise definition.
Q. What is done with old tin cans?
| A. j.
| A Old tin cans which are collected
are usually sold to large companies
and retinned to be used over again.
| Q. What were the bank clearings
| in New York City in 1923?-W- W. d.
A Total bank clearings in New
York City in 1928 were S411, ,252 ,000.-
| 600; of this figure, S214,621, 100000 for
New York City.
Q. Is the earth fat at the poles?-
w M
| A 1t is slightly fiattened.
Q. Is Palmyra Island a British de-
tendency or American?-D. T.
| A. The island came under Amert-
can sovereignty with the annexation
| of the Hawaiian Islands in 1898. 1t
was originally known as ''Eamarang'
and was discovered by Capt. Sawle
of the American vessel Palmyra in
November, 1902. An expedition con-
Quoted by Capt. Zenas Bent took pos
session of it in the name Of the Ha-
waiian kingdom in 1852. 1t was an
nexed by Great Britain in May. 1889,
and later became a possession Of the
Hawaiian Islands. being included in
them when these islands, with all their
| dependencies, became a part Of the
territory of the United States.
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