Evening star., 1927-09-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. How old was Jack Johnson
when he fought Pat Lester in 1926?
IT. H.
A. He was then 4S and Lester was
"a. Johnson won the decision.
@. Were there ever buffalos east
of the Mississippi?-Z. w.
A. Buffalos existed east of the
Mississippi River at the time when
| the first explorers visited that part of
| the country. They were probably
killed off before the beginning of the
| nineteenth century, for by 1850 none
remained east of the dry plains.
@. Was the placing of the body of
| Christ in a sepulchre hewn from
rock in keeping with Jewish custom?
F. Fl. E.
A. The ancient Jews of Palestine
| buried their dead by placing the
corpse either in the earth or in caves
hewn out of the rock. Sometimes the
sepulchre was dug in the ground in
| the neighborhood of the family dwell
| ing. More frequently, however, rocks
were excavated so as to form COM
partments or galleries, with as many
vaults as desired. These vaults were
| known as "kokim." The burial
place was often in a garden situated
| at least so cubits distant from the
! city. The site was usually marked
| by a whitewashed stone.
@. What is meant by buckaroo?
r. w.
A. AS used in the West. it is cor
ruption of vaquero, which means
cowboy.
@. Please explain the term cloture.
%. X. f.
| A. Cloture is a method of ending
| debate and securing a vote in the
| Legislature. In the House of Repre-
sentatives no member may speak on
| question for more than one hour in
regular session, nor more than f1ve
| minutes in committee of the whole,
| without unanimous consent. Debate
| is generally ended by moving the pre-
vious question. In the United States
Senate there was no cloture rule un.
| til the prolongation of debate during
| the war compelled the adoption of a
| mild rule, which can be used In eX
| treme cases.
@. Does radio have any effect upon
| the weather?-B. w. S.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
radio waves have no effect on the
weather. How clouds are formed
and how lightning and thunder are
| produced are pretty we'll known III
| every particular. 1t is also known
that radio does not affect any one OF
the things that lead to the formation
of clouds or to the production OF
| lightning and thunder.
@. Does the owl, which is sup
| posed to be such wise old bird
| really live to a very old age?-N. N.
A. Carl w. Neumann, German
authority. says that the life expec
fancy of the owl is 68 years, but this
is not unusually long, compared with
that of other birds, such as the falcon
vulture, golden eagle, swan, goose
elder duck, raven and parrot.
O. What Is meant by Karma?-
M. II.
A. It means the whole ethical con
sequence of ones acts considered a.
fixing ones lot in the future state. II
theosophy Karma is the doctrine o
fate as the inflexible result of caus
and effect; the law of retribution.
O. How long has it taken Niagar;
Falls to cut it's way back to its pres
ent site? How far does it recede an
nually?-W. C.
A. Biologists differ in their esti
mates of the number of years requiret
to form the present Niagara cataract
these figures ranging from 1000 to TO-
900 years. Horseshoe Falls. the large
of the two cataracts, is now recedin:
at the rate of about five feet a year
the American Falls only a few inches
@. How large are the playground
swimming pools in the District?
A. Pools are located on the follow
ing Fairgrounds: Georgetown, Thirty
third and Volta place; Rosedale, Sew
eDteenth and Kramer streets north
east, and Howard at Fifth and v
streets northwest (colored). Each poo
will accommodate 100 bathers at
time. The pools are of the open-ai
type, % feet wide and rs feet long
with a sloping depth of 31a feet
61a feet. Each pool holds about $500
gallons of water, which is supple
from the city main. The water
. filtered and the pools are so construct
ed that an overflow is always goin