Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN.

@. What percentage of farms nave
telephones -. II.
A. Approximately ~ per cent nave
telephones. There are 2,SoO,0OU teie-
phones on farms.
@ WHY do the following words
begin with ok: knot, knee, know,
kna We w. w. II.
A. The words about Whlch you
have inquired are Anglo Saxon de-
rivatives. Originally the initial letter
was pronounced AS late as Chau-
GERS day, the word knight was
pronounced as If spelled * NIGHT.
@. Is it true that the Barney
Stone is so hard to reach that no
one can kiss it?-C. y. n.
4. The Barney Stone has been
kissed by hundreds. if not thousands,
of tourists. The sport of KISSING IL
depends largely upon the fact That IL
is almost inaccessible.
O. Please give description OF
mole crickets.-R. b.
4. Mole crickets combine the char
acteristics of the cricket with the
habits of a mole. They dig WindlnS
burrows in the loose soil on the
borders of ponds and bitches. raising
ridges like miniature molehllls. III
their subterranean WanderlnSS tney
cut the roots of plants upon Whlcn,
as well as upon earthWormS ana
larvae, they feed. A Porto R1can
species does serious damage to crops
The species occurring In the eastern
! United States are Gryllotalpa koreans
and G. longipennis. They may
be recognized by their large. brown
x,aIxFofIiL-a covering
of fine. close hair. short wing COW
ers and fossorial front legs, not I'M
like the paws of ii mole. The ear
of the mole cricket is situated on
the front leg below the knee. Two
pairs of wings are found. the smali
upper wings and lower wings. 1hese
crickets are not poisonous.
O. Where did speed ball originate
II. J.
A. There are two games played
under the name of speed bail. one
is PLAYED in Maryland and another
in Michigan. Speed bali. as played IN
Michigan. originate ed with u. Mitchell,
in charge of intramural sports
at the University of Michigan. Speed
ball in Maryland originated with the
Playground Athletic League as q
result of suggestions from Harry =.
Clarke. game expert of Winnetka, Ill
@. What color are the aborignes
of Australia and New Zealand
A II.
A. The aborigines of Australi liza and
New Zealand vary from light coffee
color TO coal black. They have many
negro characteristics and are con-
nected with the negro stock.
o. How many American cigarettes
are exported IN. L.
A. Last year cigarettes We're eX-
ported to the number of S,145.63s. oOC
and value of $10,042,794. More than
half of them went to China.
@. How many teaching hours dc
high school teachers have?-C. F.. h
A. Five hours a day is the average
number of hours required for teaching
high schools. This time varies, how
ever.
@. How many letters are there In
the Chinese alphabet?-J. Y.
l A. The Chinese writing is not reck
oned in this fashion. There are ap
proximately 5000 characters in the
Chinese language.
q. How many Colonial, Ffench anC
| British soldiers were there at York
| town?--T. M. M.
| A. There were $4,000 allied Ameri
can and French soldiers and 7.50(
| British at the encounter at Yorktown
@. Are. people born in Nova Scotia
and Newfoundland considered for
eigners?-A. ".
A. In the United States they are
| considered foreigners as the people
of all other countries are foreigners
| to us.
| O. Why was Atlanta, Ga, $,
| named?-L. V. 3.
| A. Atlanta, Ga, was named 10 des
| ignate it's relationship to the Atlantic
Ocean by means of railway runnin,
to the coast. The Atlantic Ocean wa