Evening star., 1925-02-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

There are now $500 claims without
adjustment.
Q. In Hadrian's -eign, how many
aqueducts carried water to Rome?-
NJ. S.
A. At that dste there were nine
such aqueducts. Two more were
constructed later
Q. Will burning zinc in a furnace
! remove SCOT from the chimney
B. ]. r.
A. The Bureau of Mines experI-
| ments have failed to remove SCOT By
use of zinc or other chemical prepa-
-ations. SCOT formation can be pre-
vented by manipulating drafts and
firing properly.
deere. j. s.
A. The Department Of Agriculture
says the most reliable way to de
termine the age of deer IS by thu
teeth. They get their permanent
| teeth around the age of three and
| these gradually wear off with age.
| Some havo been known to wear down
! to the gums. Another way is by the
| horns. but this is not always ac-
one antler a year.
Q. Did Magellan circumnavigate
| the globe A. T. T.
! A. Magellan was killed in the
| Philippine Islands on his voyage
around the world. The trip started
! in 1919 and was completed in 1929,
but without its leader. However, on
/ this voyage he had sailed westward
| to longitude 124 degrees east OF
| Greenwich, while on an earlier trip
! he had sailed eastward to 130 degrees
east of Greenwich, so it can truth
| fully be said that Magellan circum-
navigated the globe.
O. What use is gelatin as food?
A. H. S.
A. The potential energy Of gels-
| tin is calculated to be even more than
| that of some fats and illuminate, and
| yet in the body it is very inferior IN
| the production of energy 1t cannot
| therefore. take the place OF proteins
| for growth and repair and must be
regarded solely as an albumin sparer.
Neither can it replace albumin, the
loss of which still goes on to some
extent even when gelatin is eaten IN
large quantities. 1t is used in the
body very much like the carbohy-
drates and fats. i.e., not as tissue
builder, but as fuel food
O. Are there many automobiles in
Queensland?-T. G.
| A. In 1924 new registrations list
ed 1864 motor cars. 737 motor trucks
and 1880 motor cycles.
! O. How many workers are repre-
sented by the demands recently made
| by the National Union of Railway
men and the Railway Clerks Asso-
citation of England?-M. D.
A. There are $4,000 workers rep
resented These are in turn divided
into $50 grades.
4 O. Is there chemical liquid that
| will give additional heat to ray Of
light after entering the fiuid2-". Z.
A. There is no such liquid cheml-
cal.
Q. Who are the -Four Horsemen
of Notre Dame?"-L- c.
A. Grantland Rice gave the back
felders of the Notre Dame team the
name -Four Horsemen." This in
cluded StuhIeeher, Don Miller, Crow
lev and Leyden. This name was given
them after they defeated Princeton
this year
O. Is dollar bird" a slang name
Ifor the American eagle?-H. c. L
A. While the term may be used IN
1 ehlS sense jH AilItTiSc, hiic VIVA "a
is an Australian roller. prevailing
blue and black in plumage- 1t is so
called from the large roundish spot
of white on its wings, shown in
dight.
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