Evening star., 1925-09-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

q. How many gold and silver mines
are there in the United States?-
G. A. S.
A There are 1853 placer and 2.2O6
deep gold and silver mines in this
country.
Q. Why were there no generals"
between Washington and Grant,
G. e.
A. The rank was created bv Con.
gress March 3, 1899, for George Wash.
ington. He died soon after. the office
remained vacant and in 1902 was
abolished. 1t was not revived until
1865 for u. s. Grant. Upon his acces-
sion to the presidency, in 1859, w. r
Sherman was made general" When
he retired in 1883 the rank lapsed un-
til it was revived for p r. Sheridan
in 1888 and again In 1917 for J. j.
Pershing.
Q. What is the name given to Au-
gust | by the English H H.
A. 1t is called L4ammas day. It was
an Anglo-SaXon loaf-mass or wheat
harvest festival celebrated on August
j, old-style calendar. sr August IL,
modern calendar. In the Roman Cath
olic Church the feast is celebrated on
August ] in commemoration of the i'm
Q. Is the soldiers compensation fig
ured on the basis of 81 per day or
IS125?-E P McC
A. A veteran may receive adjusted
service credit" for each day in excess
of so days of active service after April
S, 1917, and before July l. 1919 (serv.
ice must have commenced November
/. 1918, or earlierI computed at 81 for
each day of home service and Sl.25
for each day of overseas service.
Q. What are Florida s most valua ble
|cropsNS. r. s.
4. The 1924 estimates show oranges
leading, with a value of $4,000 900.
Corn ranks second. valued at sl3,722,.
600.
Q. Is there an Institute of Psychol.
ogy in this country?-O. 3.
A. The first institute of this kind
has recently been established at Yale
University.
q. How many hours was Annette
kellerman in the water in her attempt
10 swim the English Channel?-K
&c. V.
A. Previous to this Summer three
notable attempts to swim the Channel
have been made by women: Baroness
|. Won Isacescu of Austria. 10 hours
Miss Lily Smith of England. 6 hours,
and Annette Kellerman, hours
q. What statue of an English King
was melted into bullets TO fight against
him ?-E. B. /.
A. The equestrian statue of George
III which stood at Bowling Green,
y. Y. was dragged from its pedestal
July Q. 1916, and laid PROSTATE in the
dust. The statue being composed of
lead was afterward melted and run
into bullets and in 1902 the first statue
of Washington was placed on the
pedestal it formerly occupied.
O. What was the Bobs case u.
D 3.
a. Bobs was a South London fox
terrier. In 1919 two policemen pulled
him out of dog fight and he snapped
at one of them. A Clerkenwell magis-
trate sentenced him to death as a
ferocious animal The National Canine
Animal Defense League thereupon re-
tanned one of the foremost barristers
of London, Sir Henry Curtis Bennett.
X. g.. TO defend Bobs. Petitions were
sent out and 10000 signatures OBJ
tanned asking for Clemency for the
'children's friend" The conviction
Q. How many words a minute are
spoken in ordinary conversation and
how does the number correspond to
the number used in speechmakinS ?
X. c.
A. Ordinary conversation is about
us words a minute, but is variable.
Billy Sunday in his addresses uses
$50 words minute, William ]. Bryan
used 200. Theodore Roosevelt spoke
110 William Howard Taft and Charles
Evans Hughes each use about 100.
O. OF what is fire damp composed
M. s. &.
A. The term is applied to mixtures
! OF methane and air in which the pro-
/ portion of methane is from TO 80
! per cent Pure methane is not ex-
| plosive, because a large amount OF
| oxygen is required for its combustion
! The proportion of methane in the all
| in a mine depends not so much on
! the amount given off by the coal AZ