Evening star., 1926-08-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. Is MY Wild Irish Rose" from
an opera?-T. r. s.
a. The song is from Romano Ath
| lone" the words and music of which
were written by Chauncey Alcott.
@. Did the railroads ever use day
light-savinS time?-A. f. w
a. The railroads of the United
! States used daylight-saving time dur
| ing the war period AT present day
| light saving is employed in several
States and in a number of cities. hut
is not used for the railroads,
@. What is seiche?-A. G.. w.
a. 1t is sudden change of atmos
! pheric pressure on one part of large
| lake which causes changes of leveI
everywhere. If the pressure is in
creased in one place, the surface OF
the water there is lowered, and else
where correspondence raised. If the
! change is one which lessons the pres
sure locally the water surface beneath
the lessened pressure rises while il
falls elsewhere. Once these changes
are set up, there is some pulsatior
of the water level before equilibrium
is established again.
Q. How long n term was the Presi
dent 10 serve in the Southern Confed
eracy?-A. +.
~ The presidential term, according
to the constitution of the COnfederacy
was s years. This is the length of
the term for a United States Presi
dent in a recent amendment proposed
TO the United States Constitution.
@. When did Job live?-B. 3.
A. The authorship and date of the
| Book of Job are controversial matters
great many students of Scripture
being of the opinion that the book
! dates back TO the patriarchal age
making Job cotemporary with Abra
ham. possibly being Jonah the Edom
ite, alluded to in Genesis, tenth chap
| ter. twenty ninth verse. Others
aScribe the book to Moses. and still
others to Solemn 1t is said that the
animals mentioned in the book would
be better known in the Assyrial
Mountains than in the plains of Pales
tine. while the leviathan or crocodile
was native of Egypt. The spirit OF
the book. however. undoubtedly is
that of the Hebrew race. combining
| faith. endurance and tenacity of pur
pose. which are characteristics of the
race today.
G. Will coke and hard coal mixed TO-
gether burn in a. base burner?-
J. II. II.
a. The Bureau of Mines saws that
coke and hard coal will burn satisfar
toriy. 1t is preferable 10 use small
sized anthracite.
@ How tall is President Coolidge
| and how much does he weigh?-C. A
a. His height is feet 10 inches
and last reported weight was Is.
pounds.
G. Is there fish known as a horse
| fish ?-F. r.
A. There Is a small fish known n,
! the seahorse, belonging to the hippo
campus. Different species are fo1nt
on the Atlantic coast from Florida tc
Massachusetts
g Please send me the names of al
! Indian chiefs.-M s.
y. The Indian Office Saws that ther.
are no Indian chiefs recognized II
these times and it knows of no list q
names that YOU could obtain
| Q. is Adrian College a church IN
stitution?-G. A. NJ.
A. Adrian College Of Adrian. Mich
J" under Methodist Protestant control
but non.sectarian.
@ What is geffering iron?-E
| a. It Is another name for a f1utine
iron Goffering irons were used .tc
| flute ruffS and laces.
@ Why isn't uranium used fo,
jewelry"--C. r. IT.
| A. II is hard tn separate and alb
serbs the moisture of the skin anc
turns very dark
q. Are Cauls and CeIts the sameo-
| J. II.
. A. Caesar and subsequent his
torianS identify the Gauls with the
telts of northern Gaul. but SONS
ethnologists now distinguish the two
| peoples at least so far as to make tb,
| Beigic GaulS Of Caesars time only one
type or branch of the Celtic. speaking
| population of Gau1.
| q. What precedent did WASHINGTON
follow in addressing Congress in per
Son"--A r. NJ.
a. He followed tho custom Of the
| British Kings.