Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10

ton Of the locks of the canal undcr
traffic \ rise also takes place when
the ships are locked downward.
Q. In auction bridge. when tire.
persons have played. may the fourth
player ask that each player indicato
the card he played?-H. L. Il.
A. This may be done and the play
ers must respond.
Q. In which of our States are noun
tain lions still found?-W. j.
A. The Bureau of Biological Survey
says that the 167 mountain lions de
stroyed during the year were dis
tributed as follows: Arizona. SIS; Cali
fornia. 6; Colorado, 6: Montana,
Nevada. ]: New Mexico. a; oregon,
=; Utah, I; Washington, 4.
Q. How much did Jefferson spend
on wine during his presidency?
ID. ID.
A. T. Z. Watson In his biography
of Jefferson says that he and his
guests drank $10.S55 worth of wine
while Jefferson was in office.
@ OF what is goats milk composed
r. Fl. s
a. The average composition Of
goats milk is S5.7 per cent water, A.
per cent protein tcasein and Albumin
~ per cent fat. A per cent milk
sugar and about s per cent mineral
matter.
Q. Who was Johann F'aust?-J. ID
y. Faustus ID. Johann FAUST was
a person born at Kundling, Wurttem.
| berg. or at Roda., near Weimar. He
is said to have died i'm 1898. He was
a magician, sOothSayer and aStrologer
and boosted of having performed thu
miracles of Christ. 1t was believed
that the magician was carried off by
the devil, who had lived with him IT.
the form of Il black dog. Legends
say that this event occurred on the
night between the 23d and oath OF
October. 1888 Goethe's tragedy (puh
Iished 1S0Sl is based on the Faust
legends.
@. Must a tax be paid on postage
stamps bought from people overseas.
r. NJ. o.
A. The Treasury Department say
that. according to the custom law.
"all Cancelled or uncanceled stamps
are free of duty"
Q. Who is the greatest chimes play
er?-L. r.
A. The American Library Associa
ton is quoted as referring to "thc
greatest of living carilloneurs, Joseph
Denyn of Mechlin."
Q. Where was Edgar Guest BORN
NJ. A.
A. He was born in Birmingham.
England.
O. What is the kind of Chinese or
Japanese chicken that has the long
tail feather?-M. G. w.
A. 1t is the Japanese Yokohama.
1t has been said that the long tail
feather of this bird has reached from
I to feet.
@. Why is Christmas sometimes
written Nina" ?-J. s. l..
A. What appears to be the letter
'"X' in the form Xmas" is in reality
the Greek symbol which forms the
first letters of Christs name when
written in Greek.
@. How many people died durin@
the influenza epidemic in 1918 and
1919?-T. II. s.
A. An estimate of the deaths caused
by the influenza epidemic. 1918 and
1919, was made by Laumonier in the
Gazette des HopitauX, September 50
and October .. 1919. He says that
for the total of IL months. allowing
for analogous mortalities in Central
Asia and the Far East, the world
mortality could easily have exceeded
% ,000, 900.
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