Evening star., 1925-09-28

, name for dark bluish-gray fields
pathic sandstone or arkose. The color
is due to fine grains of black and dark
green minerals, chiefly hornblende
and chlorite. The rock is extensively
quarried in New York. It's tough
ness, due to slight metamorphism,
and the ease with which it may be
split into thin slabs especially adapt
it for use as fiagstone. The term has
been locally applied to other rocks.
among which are dark-blue slate and
blue limestone. It is used for curb
ing, tagging, building, crushed stone
and paving.
q. What was the name given in old
tales to men who were believed to
change into wolves2-k. G.. B.
A. They were known as were
wolves.
@. When was the first steam tur-
bine made?-F. II. X.
A. The earliest known steam tuf-
bine was invented by Hero about 10
p. G.
@. When did Edwin Booth make
his last appearance on the stage?-F.
f. NJ.
A. Edwin Booth made his last APP
pearance on the stage al the Brooklyn
Academy of Music on Saturday after
noon. April T. 1891, in the role q
Hamlet.
@. Is it true that persons afflicted
with rabies fear water, bark, snar!s
eIC?-H. A. 5.
A. No, the sufferer from rabies
does not show these symptoms. a
! person thus affected is suffering from
an overworked imagination known as
| lyssophia or pseudorables.
O. Why is the fruit Of the durian
| tree not popular with foreigners 2
! s. i. l..
| A. Some Americans, for example
| cultivate taste for this tropical trult
! but the odor of the durian, which II
| almost indescribable. makes it practi-
! cally impossible to enjoy the custaro
| like pulp.
Q. What musical composer IN,
/ agined that certain note sounoed
| in his ears?-T. T. B.
! A. Robert Schumann QS1o-18561 suf-
| fered perpetually from imagining tha
| he had the note A sounding IN MS
ears. He was for many years suDJeci
| TO melancholia and on February =.
1854, attempted suicide. He died In
| sane in d private asylum.
O. What is the sonic depth-fnder'
II. r.
! A. This instrument. invented by d
/ Harvey c. HAYES. research physicist
! Of the Navy, is used to determine the
! contours of the bottom OF the ocean.
| Sound. sent out by the lnstrun1enL
/ below the water line of the vessel
| strikes the bottom of the ocean and
| is reflected 10 a receiver. The time
| interval between the sending out of
| the sound and its return indicates
the depth.
Q. I recently heard selections from
| Fra Diavolo." Was there really
such a person?-T. NJ. b
A. Fra Diavolo was cele-
brated Italian brigand born about
177O. whose real name was Michaei
Pezza. His atrocious cruelty and the
fact that he had originally been
! monk gained him the name Fra
! DiavoIo." He was eventually cap
tured and hanged in sos.
O. Are many of the educational as
sociations and organizations support
ing the proposed educational BILL
l. c.
A. The Towner-Sterling bill is sup
ported by % national organizations
! such as the National Education As
sociation. American Library Associa
| ton. American Federation OF Labor
| American Federation OF Teachers,
! National Vocational Educational AS
| sociation. National Society of Daugh-
! ters of the American Revolution ana
/ the General Federation of Nomens s
! Clubs.
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| tHeU lronder more aud ask more. Some
are not concerned and stay in 1rhdt-
/ erer little rut circumstances marc
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