Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
.SY FREDERIC ]. HAsKiN.

9. What Il : teIephone reDsAter7
A. A repeater Ii composed Of vac
uun t,Ibes and transformers and aug
menks the volume OF the voice and
makes It clear. Repeater instaila-
tons are used in iong-distance con-
nections.
@. How many dogs are there In
the United EtRtes?--Ns 4.
A. There are about 7,00o,000.
o. How much gas does gas well
produce In day1--D. NJ.
Al. II depends upon the pressure.
Some wells produce 30,000.000 TO
10000, 900 Cubic feet OF gas IN ~
hours, and some OF twice this ca
pacity have been known.
Q. What has become of Sergt.
Alvin G. York?--G. n.
A. Sergt. York is interesting him
self In an Industrial school for his
mountain neighbors in Tennessee. IT
Is TO be called the Alvin G. York In
dustriaI Institute. He started funds
Tor the project by giving $4,000
which he earned by occurring. Land
and funds have been donated, and
the school Is to be q vocational high
school with particular attention given
10 Industrial and agricultural sub
jects.
q. Is goats milk healthful'-
A. Goats are remarkably free from
tuberculosis (no trace IN over $4,000
goats slaughtered, and goats milk 10
therefore strongly recommended by
many people. The milk is fully AZ
digestibie as cows milk, and children
not doing well on other milk foods
have sometimes been greatly bene-
| fited by a change to goats milk.
| Many people could keep q goat who
| lack space for q COW; the goat is also
q cleaner animal than the cow.
| There is, however, one danger in
goat milk: Goats In the Mediterra-
mean countries frequently transfer
Malta fever through the milk, and the
wholesale use Of goats in this country
might be dangerous, although the
| disease Is not common In our goats
at present.
O. which has the larger sale-the
Bible or novels In general?--R z. l..
A. More Bibles are sold annually
than novels.
Q. Was the diamond valued by the
/ apcients?-P. J. IL.
"A. It Is problenlaticaI whether or
1 not the diamond was known to the
l ancienks. There are In the British
Museum some Roman rings OF the
/ fourth century, AID, set with dia-
mond crystals. Diamond points were
also used by the later Greek and
Roman engrayers.
Q. why il the petunia 80 named'
A. This plant is . species Of to-
hacco. The name Is derived from
petum or petun. an old name Tor
tobacco,
o. How many different causes of
death are there?-L. X.
A. Fifteen principal causes of death
l are listed by statisticians, as follows;
iPneumonia, consumption, heart dis
ease, diarrheal diseases. kidney dis
eases, apoplexy, cancer, old age,
bronchitis, cholera iIfantum, debility,
| Inflammation Of the brain and me-
mink, diphthefia. typhoid and pFelna'
fture birth,
Q. II there life on venus?--
C.. III. NJ.
4. The question cannot be answer
Cd definitely DR.. G. q. Abbot Of the
lSmithsouiRn Institution says that 1t
seems moFe probable that life core
spending ID life on the Elatfh exists
on Venus than on Mars The con
ditions on Venus are similar TO those
on Earth. while Mars probably differs
In many ways,
q. DO banks often act as execu,
tors for estates?--G, r. 8.
a. The practice 10 growing steadily
| for men whose estates consist OF
| MORTGAGES, stocks and bonds, real
estate and insurance to appoint 2
bank as executor and trustee IN
this way. q concern whose regular
/ business Ii the handling OF money
and investments takes charge Of the
i financial welfare Of the beneaciaries
| Of the estate.
q. IL the idea OF renta-car, drive
fit.yourself, gaining in popularity
p. g.
A. Almost all towns OF any size
have some service Of this sort! One
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