Evening star., 1926-12-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. How many lakes are there in
Lake County, Fla.?-A. z. w.
A. There are 1.400 lakes In Lake
County, Fla, large enough to be
named.
@. Who said zone crowded hour of
glorious life is worth an age without
a name"?-E. F. Men.
A. Sir Walter Scott's novel called
"Old Mortality uses the lines "One
crowded hour of glorious life is worth
an age without a name" as the intro
ductory stanza. The words were re-
Gently discovered in the Bee. pub
lished in Edinburgh October IL, 1871.
They were said to have been written
by Maj. Mordaunt.
@. If an engineer started a survey
at sea level at San Francisco and ran
it East to New York, would he still
be at sea level when he reached New
York;. r. r.
A. The Geological Survey says that
assuming a surveyor, or engineer. did
not make any errors he would still be
at sea level, as the Atlantic and the
Pacific sea levels have the same
elevations.
@. Are there horses that are really
wild?-E. S.
A. AS a wild animal, the horse is
found only in the open arid or desert
plains of central Asia and Africa.
Those found in North and South
America and Australia are not true
wild horses. The mustangs and bron-
cos of our West and of South Amer
lea are domesticated animals that
will those descended
from them.
@. Is the River Thames in Eng
land known by any other name?-
N. L.
A. Caesar says that at the time of
his invasion of Britain it was called
"Tamesis.' Other early writer's call it
"Tamesa." In early Saxon times the
river was called "Thamis.' The
Thames above oxford often is called
isis"
@. How much did the brain Of Ana
tole France weigh?-D. w. T.
A. The brain Of Anatole France,
author, who died in 1924, weighed only
i ,O17 grams, but its convolutions were
deep and numerous.
O. Is a cupboard under a kitchen
sink a satisfactory arrangement?-E.
C.. M.
A. In some places local regulations
prohibit them, since they make plumb
ing difficult to inspect. They also are
likely to be damp and provide breed
ing place for waterbugs. They also
interfere with the placing of stools so
that workers may sit at their tasks.
@. Was Buckingham Palace built
as a royal residence?-A. +. NJ.
A. Buckingham House was built in
1905 for the Duke of buckingham and
purchased in 1862 by King George III.
The present structure was finished
by John Nash in 1885, but was remod-
eled during the reign of Queen Vic
toria.
@. What Is certified milk p
A. w. d.
A. Certified milk is produced on
a farm approved by the milk COM
of the medical society of the
city in which it is to be distributed.
1t is put into special bottles and
sealed with special caps, which are
furnished to the farmer who has
been given a permit to sell certified
milk. The certified milk permit is
awarded a farmer only after a COM
mittee of the milk commission has
visited and inspected his buildings,
his cattle, his help and his utensils.
AS a result Of the eXacting care
given to the production of certified
milk it does not have to be pasteur-
lied.
@. What other cog railroads are
there besides the one that ascends
Pixies Peak?-F. r. e.
A. A cog wheel or pinion engaged
in a toothed rack on the track was
patented in England in 1911. In
1912 a locomotive on this plan hauled
coal from Middleton to Leeds, a dis
tance of 3A miles. A half century
later, Sylvester Marsh adopted this
system for the Mount Washington