Evening star., 1926-01-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H1SKIN.

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| OF these. After extraction the beans
may be steam distilled to remove and
to recover any residual traces of sol
vent and then dried and roasted.
@. What great men were born in
January?--A. r. NJ
A. Among the sdisting uished men Of
1 history. who had January for a birth
month are: Edmund Burke. January l.
| 1890, statesman, orator and writer IA
nous for his speech concerning taxa
ton Of American colonies; Gen. Wolfe.
/ January 2, 1927. famous general:
ieero, January 3, 1O7 Be. noted
ftoman orator, suppressed the Catalipe
ieenspiracy; Benjamin Franklin, jam
airy 8, 1905; SYedenborg, January %.
! l6SS on 1888. noted philosopher:
Thomas Paine. January 90. 1877.
aGnostic. author of the age of Rea-
son; Mozart. January %. 1856 Robert
Eurns. January IS, 1859, Scottish poet:
Frederick the Great, January "A, i712.
King Of Prussia: Francis Bacon, Janu.
ary -. 1861; Byron. January %. 17sS.
a. When was the special delivery
stamp reduced to 10 cents?-R. G.
I A. The Post Office Department SAYS
that the special delivery stamp has
never been sold for more nor less than
10 cents.
Q. Can you tell me what is the most
delicate use Of the muscles that man
can make?-f,. J. ID.
A. 1t is said that the finest and most
delicate use that we make Of our
muscles is in speaking
O. Has lean Capart (author OF
book on Tut-ankh-Amen) first ha nd
knowledge of the tomb excavated by
Lord Carnarvon?-T. {.
A. Prof. Jean Capart is a distin-
Suished EGyptolo2ist. Lord carnarvon
iinvited Prof. Capart to accompany
Queen Elizabeth Of Belgium when her
majesty went 10 Egypt 10 be present
when the tomb of the King was
opened.
o. Were apartment houses or nats
built first in tho United States?-E.
NJ. Il.
A. Large buildings or flats have
been in existence in some European n
cities like Paris. Berlin and Rome for
many years. In Paris. great blocks
of apartments were erected under the
Second Empire GS5o-70l In Germany
and Austria. similar apartment houses
were built. generally of the French
model. In The United States. the
earliest apartments were built in New
York between 1870 and 1875. TO meet
the changed conditions following the
Civil War.
G What is meant by giant" and
dwarf" stars?-A. J.. l..
\. These words have reference TO
intensive brightness rather than to
mass. though differences in volume
are involved one theory Of star evo-
luton is that in the beginning all stars
are Of gas of extraordinarily low den
Sitl- and pf low and
face brightness. Such are the red
stars. They contract. grow cOptin-
ua1ly hotter and pass through success
sive stages toward the white hot state.
although not all stars reach that state.
The stars undergoing these changes in
the ascending branch are chiefly
giants" Afterward. the stars begin
t. fall off in temperature and lu
minosity, and gradually pass to the red
stage and then to inviSibility. The
} stars on this descending branch are
termed "dwarfs.'
O. What kind Of varnish should he
used on a bamboo fishing r"d?-
, G. NJ H.
A. Spar varnish would be most suit
able for d bamboo fishing rod.
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