Evening star., 1926-04-06

is any part of a. herbaceous plant con-
monty used for culinary purposes. and
may consist Of the root, as in the beef
and turnip: the stem, as in the as
paragus, celery and rhubarb Tor pie
plant; a tuber, or underground stem,
as in the potato; the foliage. as In
cabbage and spinach. or Of that which
is bOtanically the fruit. as in the
tomato, bean, pea and eggplant.
@. Are vessels required to SOUND
foghorns?-J. J.
A. In fog. mist or falling snow,
steamers under way must sound
blasts of to 6 seconds duration
at intervals not to exceed minutes
when at sea. On inland waters the
foghorn must sound once a minute.
Should the steamer stop. she must
sound two such blasts about a sec
ond apart. Sailing vessels when under
way sound one blast each minute
when on the starboard tack, two
blasts when on the port track and
three blasts when the wind is abafg
the beam. Vessels at anchor ring the
bell for about ) seconds once :.
minute.
Q. Why are CAP drivers called
jehus?-D. II.
A. Jehu as a coiloquial name for d
coaChman, or for one who drives
recklessiy, is derived from u biblical
source III. Kings, ix.20):. THE driving
is like the driving of Jehu, the Son
Of Nimsht, for he driyeth fur1ously.'
O. Is there more or less chewing.
tobacco. pipe-smokinG tobacco, cigar
tobacco and cigarette tobacco pro
duced today than forTnerly?-A. Il. :.
A. The maximum production ot
chewing tobaccoS was virtually reach
cd as early as 1897. On the othe'
hand, production OF pipe-smoking to
hacco increased ripidly until about
1910, while the subsequent rate of IL
crease las been much slower. Manu-
facture of cigars increased rapidly
until about 1906. but since that time
the rate of increase has fallen of.
Beginning with about 1910, the pr,:-
duction Of machine made cigarettes
began to increase with remarkable
rapidity, and this rate of increase
has been steadily maintained.
@. In which zone, torrid, temperaL-
or frigid, is the average Of human
life the longest?-M. l.. W.
A. One authority says that the hu-
man life is the longest in the civilized
part OF the temperate zone, and the
shortest IN the tropics.
@. When was the name Fifth ave
nue., New York City, given TO thsr
street?-B. V. j..
A. The name Fifth avenue first
appears on what is known as the
commissioners map of New York,
which was published by William
Bridges and dated March -, 1911.
n - . H. Fr,-a
element discovered?-E. s. NJ.
A. Element No. G1, recently dis
covered by Dr. B. S. Hopkins Of the
University OF Illinois. has been named
illiniun III compliment 10 the uni
versity.
@. Was There's a Long, Long
Trail" originally written as q war
song?-N. D.
A. Elliott's song was written while
he was still a Yale senior. for use
at a fraternity banquet. This was
some time before the war.
Q. What became Of Pearys ship,
the Roosevelt?-G. IT, X.
A. The Roosevelt was converted
into a sea-going tug and is owned by
the Washington Barge and Tug Co.
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