Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4sKTN.

@. When did the Mark Hopkins as
sociated with c. p. Huntington In the
West dew. r. X.
A. Mark Hopkins, the real estate
maEnate. was born in Henderson,
n. Y. September ]. 1918. He went to
California in 1S49. and died in 1878.
O. Can one SCI ireland from Eng
lapd?--N. MGR.
A. 1t is possible to see the shores
Of ireland from England on a clear day
across the narrower parts of the Irish
Sea.
O. What parts of the United States
were originally palatinates?--C. M.
A. Maryland and South Carolina
were originally instituted as pa
latinates.
c. How did the canning industry
originate ?--N. b.
A. In the year 1875 France was in
revolution and at war with nearly all
Europe. The French government
needed some way of supplying fresh
provisions to it's sailors. For this rea.
son they announced that large sum
of money would be given to anybody
who could find a way OF supplying
fresh provisions to it's sailors The
successful inventor must also describe
his process in a book. This prize OF
IL 900 francs-eaual to approximately
IS ,000--was paid by the great Ma.
poleon to Nicolas Appert. He did not
use tins, but wide-mouthed glass bot.
ties, and made shoppers of cork. Ap
pert discovered that food in alright
packages could be steriliZed with heat
50 that it would keep. With his prize
/. ste f,ao
that is still maintained in France by
his descendants.
@. What is the average weight Of
the pack of camel, and how far does
he carry IT'D. l.. FL.
A. Marsh says that from 500 to 70C
pounds is the average weight for g
camel to carry. He usually carries
this on an average of 10 hours or q
miles a day. The average for the
Northern and the Southern species
varies somewhat In speed and the bur
den which they carry. but the above
is an average for both.
@. Do the Japanese Towering cherry
trees bear fruit?-M. ?. W.
A. They do not.
@. What is the significance of the
figure in the Chopin Memorial Monu.
ment unveiled in Warsaw last Fall?
lowering over the figure is a great
bird, or it may be the dropping
branches Of tree.-P. II.
A. The legation of Poland says that
this monument is a statue of Chopin
sitting beneath a willow tree, his
whole attitude showing enraptured
listening to the music of the wind
signing through the rustling willow
branches.
@. What is the device recently an
proved for the Chaplains' School, Fort
Leavenworth, Kans. m. d. M.
A. This device, which is to be used
on stationery, diplomas, mural dec
orations. and SO forth, has been de
scribed as follows: The shield is black
the color or the facings of the Chap
lains' Corps, and displays a torah
| the symbol of the old law, over which
is a gold cross, the symbol of the new
faith. The shield and motto are dis
played on a pointed oval, the early
shape of the church seals, produced
by the intersection of two equal cir
cles each of which passes through
the center of the other, producing thai
which is true" In the space in the
oval above the shield is a ribbon scroll
bearing the motto, 1.-THE fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
Around the edge of the oval is the
legend, THE Chaplains School Of the
United States Army
2. Who is called THE father Of Chi
nese Nationalism," and why?--K. j.
A. Sun Vat Sen. who set up an in
dependent government in Canton in
1918.
Q. What is a telegraphone?-C. NJ
A. The telegraphone is an instru
| ment for recording and reproducing
speech, in which vibrating tele
phone-diaphragm effects the magne
tization of moving wire or disk Of
steel beneath it. The magnetizatior
OF the wire or disk. varying from
point to point, persists indefinitely
and, when the wire or disk is passe,
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