Evening star., 1925-04-27

with them whenever possible. Meat
grayies may be fed over potatoes end
other vegetables when the cat is from
6 weeks to 2 months old. At the
age of months, a small amount
Of thoroughly cooked meat, minced
fine, may be given once a day. Raw
meat should never be given house
cats.
O.. If l wind a watch spring and
place'it in some kind of an acid while
still wound up, what happens to the
energy of the spring? We have a law
in physics that we cannot create or
destroy energy. What can become of
1t in this case?-y. A. G..
A. The energy Is turned into heat.
Q. What kind of money came into
use during the Revolutionary War;
NJ. B. f.
A During the Revolutionary War
new Kind of paper money was issued
by authority of the Continental Con
gress for the purpose of carrying on
war with England. This was known
as Continental currency. Most of this
became worthless.
Q. Is there such word as prevent
ative?"-J NJ
A. Although it is often heard instead
of preventive" it is not in good
usage.
Q. Who was the first person to pre-
dict an eclipse ?-B. r. H.
A. The first man, so far as historical
records show, to calculate the time of
an eclipse in advance was Thales of
Miletus, who lived $40 to 568 B. C. He
prophesied an eclipse which, accord
ing to modern reckoning, took place
March %, 5S5 B. c.
@. From what animal does the fur
come which is called ''mouffion PC.
c. NJ.
A. "Mouffion" is the name applied to
wild sheep restricted to the high
lands of Corsica and Sardinia. The
name Of these animals in ashy gray
and the rest of the body rusty red,
and lighter on the sides and stern
and with dark line along the spine.
The belly, sides of the tail, feet and
nose are white. The females are
more dun colored.
Q. Do the British colonies pay taxes
to the mother country?-C. w. l..
A. The British colonial possessions
are not required to pay any direct tax
or other fund toward the support of
the mother country. The main bene-
fit derived by England from her colo
nies is in the way of preferential
trade.
Q. Give some information about
the tailless cat-M. S.
A. In most Manx cats the tails
are represented merely by a tuft of
| hair without any remnant of bone
| This strain is met with in many parts
of Russia and there is a very general
opinion that IL originally came from
Japan or some other Far Eastern
country. Unless the jungle cat, which
is a nearly whole-colored species, can
claim the position, the ancestry of
these ManxMalay cats is still un.
known. (
Q. How long has Northern Island
off the west coast belonged to the
United States Government?-M. ]. G.
A. Northern Island, San Diego
County. Calf, was taken over by the
Government under act of Congress
| dated July 27. 1917. Provision was
made under this act that the District
Court of southern California determine
the ownership and compensation. The
| award made by the court and jury
was $4,000, 900 with interest from date.
upon which the island was taken over
by the Government. The full amount
paid was $6.09S,033.33.
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