Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

trim" were first published ON the othe.
side of the Atlantic in 1900 and re-
vised with More Songs of this Glen
of Antrim" in the United States -
1922. The poems are simple, spontane-
Gus and eXquisitely musical.
@. Are the pictures of Columbus
we see genuine ~. r. B..
A. To Paulus Jorius we owe the
earliest presentation of the likeness of
Columbus. So far as we know. no ex
listing portrait of the navigator was
painted from life.
q. What American river carries the
most sediment to the sea?-H. T. n.
4. II is generally believed that the
amount of sediment carried down by
the Mississippi River Is greater than
that of any other river in the United
States. \ vast amount of this sedi-
ment Is brought into the Mississippi
by the Missouri. 1t is estimated that
flood of SOC. 900 cubic feet per second
carries into the Mississippi about fch
cubic yards of sediment per second. or
more than 100000 cubic yards per
day. 1t ia estimated that 400 900 900
cubic yards per annum are carried
INTO the Mississippi from the Missouri
and that approximately the sam.
amount passes QUE into the Gulf.
q. Were aneSthetics known to The
ancients?- T.. l..
y. No perfect anesthetic such is
! known in modern times was known.
The Greeks and Romans, however,
used mandragora to annual the pain
and the Chinese used hashish for the
I same purpose.
Q. Was the lion rampant originally
/ the En- 1ljSh emblem p I. ID
! 4. Previous TO the union Of FL =
land and Scotland the shield of Eng
| land was upheld by TWO lions. The
| shield of Scotland was upheld by TWO
! unicorns After the union the lion
appeared on one side and the unicorn
on the other. Before the union The
! English shield contained three lions
( PEASANT twalkinG) on field Of gold.
/ The Scotch shield contained the lion
! rampant (standing on its hind iecs)
/ on q field OF gold
/ Q. Which language is easiest IN
/ learn French, German or English =
/ j. &.
/ \. French is possibly the simplest.
! The German grammar is extremely
complicated and English pronunci-
alton is difficult for certain foreigners.
/ The English language also contains q
/ great number of colloquialisms used in
everyday speech, which take some
time to acquire. All languages do not
/ contain the same number of words.
/ The English language contains ap-
/ proximately 10000 words: German
! dictionaries contain about 500 600
words; French. 10000 words.
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