Evening star., 1925-08-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. H4SKIN.

gaco" and is derived from a word
meaning, Sea of Little Grapes" The
reference is to the berry-like bladders
of the Sargassum bacciferum, the sea
weed that characterized this part of
the Atlantic Ocean.
Q. When and where was the first
railway in the world built?-A. G..
A. The Stockton and Darlington
Railway in England was the first pub
lie railway in the world. 1t was
George Stephenson's Locomotive
Number l. was the first steam driven
locomotive introduced to work public
traffic. Its speed was s miles an hour.
@. Where is the quotation, 1--WE
know what we are, but know not what
we may be-" from?-P. T. D.
a. Shakespeare's Hamlet" Act ",
scene 5.
Q. What novel is based on the
Armstrong case tried by Lincoln?-
f. w. r.
A. Edward Eggleston's THE Gray
sons is based on LincoIn's most ceIe-
brated case.
Q. Who is the father Of oratory?
M. II. X.
"a WI IA lIldN Dt given LHe title.
Greeks settled in Sicily found titles
TO their property in Syracuse unsT
tied, owing TO wholesale confiscatiorsr
Upon returning TO their country that
found 1t necessary to appear in p'~
son to appeal to the courts. Cor
drew up a few simple rules for ort---
ly presentation of such claims and
fixed the form of addressing the
courts.
O. When the claim is made that
New York is the largest city in the
world, how is this justified when Lon
don has larger population
a. New York City has the largest
population within equivalent boun-
daries.
@. Is the water at the bottom of
oceans very cold?-A. r.
A. Below 900 fathoms the water is
always within three or four degrees
of the freezing point of fresh water.
The warmth of the surface water at
the Equator extends only a few hun
dred feet.
Q. How does the delta of the
Mississippi compare in size with that
Of the Nile?- D. H.
a. The Mississippi delta has an
area of about 1880 square miles and
that OF the Nile about 10000 square
miles.
Q. An artificial lake on my premises
is covered with form of green algae.
What will eradicate the weeds with.
out poisoning the fsh?-L. II. B.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says
that this is a, natural growth which
usually appears at this time of year.
Il is natural food for the young. fish
and beneficial to them. However. If
you wish TO eradicate it, it should be
raked off or fioated off if the lake has
an outlet.
@. How did the custom of foot bind
ing originate in China?-O. y.
y. 1t is related that Nine. Chong,
a concubine Of the Emperor Ii, about
900 \. .. bound her feet with silk
when she danced and thus originated
the custom.
Q. What city in the United States
was referred to as Eden" by Dick
ens?-E. V. A
a. Cairo, III. was expected to be-
come a great commercial center and
is the place described as Eden" in
Dickens Martin Chuzzelwit."
Q. Is there a tree known as the tai
low tree2-G Z.
-. i ilS NdN lliN Iit II SOtlltllHl6S SO
called. Candles are made from its
berries, as are soap and sealing wax.
Q. What does Ukraine" mean?
B. S. T.
A. 1t is translated as borderland
or march-land, and applies TO a great
region in Europe embracing most of
the southern part of Russia, East
Galiciar Northwest Bukovina and East
CZechoslovakia.
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