Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

| has TO nav postage on its letters?
| Why doesn't it enjoy Thanking privi-
i leges like the other Government de
| partmentS?-O. j.
| A. The justices of the Supreme
Court do enjoy the ranking privilege
when writing on official business. The
| clerk of the court handles most of
| the correspondence and his office is
supported by fees paid by litigants
and most of his correspondence is TO
| litigants about their cases. The fees
of the clerk are paid by litigants, and
| If the Government were to grant the
| franking privilege on such matters it
would amount TO paying postage on
| private cases.
! Q. How many automobile camps are
| there?-L. L. +.
a. The following is the number OF
camps of recognized standing by
! States: Town camps, 4,062; national
forest camps, 1000; national park
camps, 300; grand total. 1852.
@. Why Is the Latin Quarter of
| Paris so called?-S. n. w.
| A. This is the section of the city
| in which the University OF Paris Is
situated. Education in the univer-
sity was formerly given in Latin, and
| the students used TO so about the
town singing their songs in Latin.
| thus giving rise to the name which
| persists to the present day.
g. Which famous pass is open
| only two days a week?-A. r. A.
| A. The Khyber Pass, Il narrow detile
| in northwest India. connecting the
| Punjab with Afghanistan, is open to
| traffic only on Tuesdays and Fridays.
! The Amir of Afghanistan undertakes
| to police the pass for only two days n
week to protect travellers from attack
| by the lawless Afridi tribes.
| g. What per cent of water put on
cane sugar or corn sugar is necessary
| for fcrmentation?-T. T.
| A. Fermentation will take place in
| aqueous solutions of either cane sugar
or corn sugar of any concentration up
| to the SaturatiOn point or nearly so.
| For pra ctical purposes, 1t is customary
! to ferinent solutions of from Is to- %
! per cent sugar. Fermentation of more
concentrated solutions will proceed
| much more slowly.
@. What country has the most
miles of telephone wire in proportion
to the popula tion?-C. +. NJ.
| A. Canada stands first in this re
| spect, having "a miles to the 100 OF
| population United States stands first
| in number of telephones. with about
| II to the 100 of population.
@. Does the superintendent Of a
poor farm have a right to open the
mail of inmates?-G. G.
| A. The Post Office Department
| says that the sealed mail of persons
| living in a county home is as fuzzy
| protected from unlawful opening as
| the mail of any other citizen. The
mere fact that the inmates are so un
| fortunate as to have been compelled
to seek shelter in an institution main
tanned for the INDECENT gives the super
| intendent no license to interfere with
| their letters.
@. What position did Matthew Hen
son hold with Admiral Peary?-A
J. X.
A. Matthew Henson was Peary' :
colored servant. He was the only one
of Peary's men who stayed with him
on his perilous journeys. He Went
with Peary on the trips of 1898 and
1902, and had worked with Peary since
1884. He was as good a dog driver as
an Eskimo and acted as Waterman
Sledge maker and camp stove maker
unHer Peary'S supervision. IT is SAID
that he was more Eskimo than Afri
can. Henson and four ESkimOs Wert
with Peary when he reached the pole
The Government has not bestowed any
honor upon Henson for his work with
Peary.
q. What became of the MONITOR
]. W. ].
A. The Monitor was sunk in stormy
weather off Cape Hatteras, December
81, 1862. Four officers and II mer
were drowned.
@. Is vinegar fOOd?--L. 4.
A. 1t is not considered a food. II
is d food adjunct.
q. What is the record for team rae
ing marathons?-W. D. w.
A. marathon record Of 90 miles
385 yards was made in hours. min
utes and 16 ] 5 seconds by Hans Hol
mer and William Queal in New York
| November 20, 1910.
@. Where was the Liberty Bell TAX
| Ell to conceal ii from the British .
| y. W. NJ.
A. on September IA. f777. Congress
! ordered the bells of Philadelphia to
! he taken down and conveyed to a
| place of safety to prevent thei. fall
ing into the hands of the enemy. ON
! September "a the State House bell
was hauled by John Jacob Michlcy Ia
Bethlehem, and thence TO Allentown
by Frederick Leaser. 1t was secreted
| under the floor of the stone building
| erected by the Zion Reform Congre
| cation in 1874. Historians have diff
| fered regarding the place of conceal
ment. Trenton. Bethlehem and Ian
caster have been mentioned. The train
| went by way OF Trenton to Rethle
/ hem. but the honor of Sheltering the
bell belongs wholly to Allentown
where it reposed until the evacuation
of Philadelphia by the British 4
| tablet was erected on the Zion Reform
Church in memory of this event, Octo
| Der 10. 1908.
| @. What trees other than poplar
grow faSt?-C. T.. 3.
! A. Quick growing shade trees aside
from pOplars are red oaks, elm ant
tulip trees.
@. What does the expression r il
alt mean?-G. f.
A. 1t means in the octave mex
above the fifth line of the treble staff
| @. Is it true that the rates are very
low in Mills Hotels?-C. NJ. G.