Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. Is there opium in lettuce?-T
r. c.
A. Lettuce belongs to the poppy
family, but the amount Of opium In
lettuce is not appreciable. No amount
Of lettuce would produce drowsiness.
Q. How many Spiritualists are there
in this country?-W. NJ. S.
A. The National Spiritualist Asso
citation reports in the United States a
membership Of about 10000.
Q. How many prizes were given al
one time in the Louisiana lottery
c. G. Il.
A. AS the scheme was finally ar
ranged, there were 3,434 prizes al
each drawing.
/. v. e 10 ''A'i 0"'A grapes gu"
AThe distribution Of the I.abrusca
species of grapes is along the ALE
gheny Mountains from New England
to South Carolina.
Q. Is alcohol the hottest fuel?-T
II. c.
A. It is not the hottest. Oxy-hydro
gen and oXy-acetylene are hotter.
Q. Is clean. fresh, melted snow suit
able for use in storage batteries
c. 8. A
\. Rain water or that obtained from
melting snow compares with tai
water for batteries. Distilled water il
far better.
Q. What was the basis for the Billy
Mitchell trial?-T. W. +.
A. Col. Mitchell was charged with
violating the ninety sixth article o,
War: Though not mentioned in these
articles all disorders and neglects Il
the prejudice Of good order and mill
tary discipline, all conduct Of ma
ture To bring discredit upon the mill
tary service and all crimes or offenses
not capital. of which persons subject
TO military law may be guilty. shall
be taken cogniZance OF by a genera
or special or summary court-martial
according 70 the nature and degree
Of the offense and punished at the
discretion of such court
q. When was ostracism introduced
into Greece?-E. E. C.
A. 1t was instituted by Clisthenes
about 610 BIC. Elan says that ellis
themes was the first to be ostracized
In 48S-4S7 BE, Hipparchus was
exiled, and a few years later Kan
thippus and Aristides were banisheC
in this fashion
@. What kind of beans are used fol
sprouts in chop suey?-L. z. o.
A. The bean that is used in max
Ing chop suey is the mung bean. Ir
order TO sprout these beans place
them in a covered jar with a hole
broken through the bottom. This jaI
should be placed on some sort OF a
SllDDOrt and in
morning and evening. In ordinary
summer weather with this treatment
the sprouts are large enough 10 use
in about one-half weeks time.
Q. When was the Big Wind" in
Ireland?-T r. B.
A. The Big Wind occurred in Ire
land on the night OF January 6, 1899
In Limerick, Galway and Ath!one
hundreds of houses We're blown down
and hundreds more We're burned bv
the spreading of fires from those
blown down. 1t is called the Big
Wind because it is the worst of its
KIND known to the people of ireland
O. II ~" was made like w. in the
old alphabet, how was ~" made?-
l.. p
A. In the Latin alphabet, the vowe
~" (oo) and the consonant ~" CW
or W were both represented by the
capital "" and not until late in the
sixteenth century was the form W
restricted to the consonant element
Q. Which of the Presidents had nc
children?-R. s.
A. The Presidents OF the United
States who had no children were
Washington. Madison, Jackson, Polk
Buchanan and Harding
Q. Is blood red?-J. T.