Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13

landing gear; cockpit, cabin and COM
troll arrangements; power plant and
power plant installation: eQuipment
and Instruments: propellers; httinga
materials and Workmanship: flying
characteristics and qualities.
Q. Is allsbice in reality q combinsh
ton OF spices? II not, why Is IT a
called?-H. T. B.
A. Allspice 10 the dried, unrip@
berry of an evergreen and has the
same flavor as a mixture of such
Q. What is a "cirque"?-w. d,
A. 1t is a deep, steep-walled. amphk
theatral recess in a mountain, gem
orally ascribed to glacial erosion.
O. What is "chaparral"?-D. r. a.
A. In general. it is any impene-
trable thicket composed OF stiff -
thorny shrubs or dwarf trees. II may
consist of single species, al the
chamisel of California. or II may in
Guide different types, as in Texas. II
is found especially in the Southwest
ern United States and in Mexico.
Q. How many hours a week are
librarians employed?-G. O. r.
A. A librarians schedule varies In
different libraries from IS to a. hours
a week. the median being az hours in
public libraries.
O. Who said Party honesty Is
party expediency"?-C. Fl.
A. This statement was made by
Grover Cleveland in an interview
granted September 10. 1899.
Q. What constituents are shown by
a chemical analysis OF tobacco?-H.
B. Nick.
A. Tobacco leaves, when submitted
to chemical analysis, yield nicotine,
which Is it's most characteristic con-
stituent; albumin, a gluten-like sub
stance; gum, resin, malic and citric
acids. and a large amount of inorganic
constituents, 100 parts of the dry leaf
yielding from about 10 to 81 per cent
of ash, in which potash, lime and
silica preponderate.
@. What was the dying statement
of Benedict Arnold?-P. s.
A. Charles Burr Todd says of Bene-
dict Arnold: LAS death drew near, II is
said his mind wandered and he was
again In America, fighting his battles
with Washington and his old COM
rades in arms. In a lucid interval he
asked that his Continental uniform of
a major general, in which he had es-
capped to the Vulture and which he
had ever cherished, might be brought
and put on him, with the epaulets and
sword knots which Washington had
given him as bravest of the brave.
Let me die in my old American uni
FORM he said, the uniform in which
fought my battles. God forgive me-
he added, for ever putting on an
other!"
O. In what size loaves does bread
usually come?-P. A.
A. The American pan bread loaf
usually Ia made in 20 and 20 ounce
sizes. Sometimes the loaves weigh "a
ounces. OF the 20-ounce loaves. a bar
rel of -four will make 225 loaves: of
the larger loaves proportionately
fewer.
Q. Did the kind and thickness of the
varnish have any effect on the fine old
violins?-J. p.
A. Modern authorities are OF the
opinion that varnish does not add to
the tonal value OF a violin. The beauty
and value of the violins of the old :
masters are believed to be due to their
construction rather than to the var
nish that was employed.
@. What has become of the star that
0lAIkeu INC piracy III tHS railway SLd-
ton where President Garfield was
shot?-F. r.
A. The tile is now in the National
Museum.
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