Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

, impurities becomes sludge acid. This
| sludge acid is then used with phoS-
plate rock to make acid phosphate.
Q. Who invented the jinrikisha?
Il. T. NJ.
A. The Rev. Jonathan Goble. an
American Baptist missionary. invented
the time and devised 1t a. a vehicle
in which his invalid wife might take
the air.
@. What was the first farm paper
| published in this cOuntry?-S. r.
A. Agricultural journalism in the
United States is usually dated from
, the establishment of the American
Farmer In Baltimore. This eight-page
weekly was started in 1919.
@. Who discovered that the friction
of phosphorus and iron would make
fire?-B. G..
| A. The discovery was made and first
applied commercially by Godfrey
| Hankivitz in the latter part of the
seventeenth century, but his method
was so crude and costly that the
| match was not success. The fric-
| ton match was invented and success
| fully marketed more than a century
| later.
Q. Are postmasters often reap
| pointed?
A. They are often reappointed. Dur
| ing the last session of Congress, In 20
per cent of the vacancies in prestden-
| tial postmasterships. reappointment
was made when possible.
O. Please give ranks Of British po-
lice forced. A.
A. At the head of the British police
force is a commissioner or superin-
| tendent, with an advising committee.
The ranks under the commissioners
are chief of police, captains. lieuten-
| ants, sergeants, roundsmen and patrol
men.
Q. Please give a brief history of
Lon Chaney's career-R. +. X.
A. Lon CLANCY was horn in Colo
RADIO Springs, Colo. lie made hts
| debut on the stage as 81 comedian in
a play produced by his brother and
himself. His screen career began in
| 1912 as a slapsticl comedian in
Universal production.
Q. How long have tiles been used
| for drainage?-M. T.. G..
A. The use of drain tile began many
| centuries ago in France, but its manu-.
| facture became a lost art. Drain tiles
were first used in England in 1910
and introduced into the United States
jim 1885 by John Johnston, who used
handmade tile on his farm near Ge-
neva, n. Y. The first drain tile ma
chine was imported into this country
in 1913.
| Q. What is the temperature of the
| moOn?-C. p. NJ.
A. The Naval Observatory says the
| temperature of the moon is believed
| to vary from about 200 degrees above
zero. Fahrenheit, in the daytime to
at least 200 below at night. the large
| variation being due to absence OF
| atmosphere and to the great length
| of the lunar days and nights.
@. Who was the first actress in
America to receive the honorary de-
gree of doctor of letters?-A. ID. T..
A. George Washington University
bestowed this degree upon Julia Mar
lowe, the first actress to receive it In
this country.
Q. How much do mosquitoes cost
| this cOuntry?-S. G..
A. Statisticians say that last year
the national mOsquito-bite bill was
100000, 900. Every man. woman and
child paid, on the average, the sum Of
81 cents Just for the privilege of being
| bitten. This sum represents the dam
age done by malaria mosquitoes in
bringing on some 100000 cases Of
chillS and fever.
Q. What kind of paper was used for
Confederate money?-B. A.
a. The paper on which Confederate
currency was printed was not distinc-
tive paper. 1t was comparatively
good quality paper with q grayish
tint and was printed on both sides
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