Evening star., 1926-09-17

Q. VIII you kindly tell me which
is correct, Il am angry at you.' or
Il am angry with you"?-A. S. I.
a. The choice of the proposition
to use after the word angry" de-
pends upon the word which is to fol-
low The speaker is angry at an OBJ
ject and with a person.
Q. Was any station in communi-
cation with the ship Arctic?-A. S.
a. During the period from August
8 to September "a, 1924, the West
inghouse station (kDKA) maintain
ed communication with the ship
Arctic while on it's expedition to
the Arctic regions. Upon the ships
return, 1t was reported that messages
sent on short waves by the East
, Pittsburgh station were received at
Cape Sabine. within IL degrees of
the North Pole. This is the farthest
north radio messages have been re-
ceived.
Q. How many cubic feet of natural
air will it take to make one cubic
foot of liquid air?-W. o. u.
y. About 500 cubic feet of air at
ordinary temperature and pressure
are required to produce one cubic
foot of liquid air.
Q. What proportion of the average
American family allowance for food
is spent for dairy products ?-R. J. X.
a. Studies made by the Depart
ment of Agriculture show that out
| of each dollar expended for food by
the people of the United States. ap-
proXimately 20 cents is applied 10
| dairy products.
Q. Do the royalties to the Gov
ernment under the mineral-leasinG
policy go into the Federal Treasury?
E. l.. S.
A. This is an erroneous impression
which many have. Under the present
laws 3712 per cent of the royalties
and per cent of the net proceeds
from sales of public lands are turned
back to the State government in
which these lands are located. Fifty
two and hall per cent of the royal
ties and approximately 60 per cent
of the receipts from the disposal of
public lands are diverted to the
reclamation fund to be used In the
West. Only 10 per cent of the royal
ties and about 35 per cent of the
land receipts revert to the United
States Treasury.
@. Which is the older college, OK
ford or Cambridge? ! mean the Eng
lish colleges.--T. G. N.
A. oxford. 1t is said to have been
founded by King Alfred in S72 Cam
bridge dates from 1851.
O. Will you please tell me why
eggs are sometimes so hard to take
out of the shell when bOiled?-I. II. r.
A. 1t has been found that when Il
fresh egg is taken Immediately from
the nest and boiled the white sub
stance sticks to the shell. However,
I,r ie Tn J,,
frigerator or in cold water before
boiling, the shell should peel off easily.
@. Is there any uniform speed regu-
lation throughout the United States?
j. f. c..
"A. Not at the present time. There
has been much discussion of the sub
iect and the Bureau of Standards sug-
gests that the following law he
adopted, and that all conflicting laws
or regulations be repealed: mo vehi-
Gle shall be operated at a speed such
that it cannot be stopped within
the assured course ahead" It is said
that this suggestion is meeting with
general favor among traffic author-
ties.
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