Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27

Of Lake Michigan and two north Of II.
II this ordinance had been adhered 10
strictly. Ohio. Indiana and Illinois
would have had no frontage on the
Great Lakes. These States, therefore,
induced Congress to violate the pro.
visions and grant them harbors. When
Michigan was formed there was much
dissatisfaction that Ohio had been
given Maumee Bay and the site Of
Toledo, and before Wisconsin was or
ganized Congress awarded to Mich
igan the upper peninsula as a recon-
penSe for having lost Maumee Bay tn
Ohio and A narrow strip on Lake
Michigan 10 Indiana.
o. When were large mirrors first
made?-A. IT. r.
A. 1t in said that the secret OF
making large mirrors from cylinders
OF blown glass, silvered with an
amalgam of tin and mercury, was
discovered in Murano in 1907. For
more than a century afterwaYd Venice
supplied the world with such mirrors.
o. Were Gov. Al. Smiths parents
Americans?-E. NJ.
A. He is OF American ancestry for
several generations. His distant an
cestors were German, Irish and Eng
lish.
O. When was the Metropolitan
Police Force created in the District
of Columbia IN. c.
A. This force was created by Con.
gress in 1882.
Q. How Is smoke for sky writing
made?--G. J. o.
A. The exact chemical process In
producing the smoke used for sky
writing is secret. Or. J. p. Simmons
of New York University has suggested
that the process Is simply one based
on a chemical combination, such as
that Of hydrOchloric acid and am
mOnia. producing smoke or solid
particles of ammonium chloride. Prof.
Simmons said that a tank placed in
the airplane would have to have two
containers. one Of the acid and one
of the ammonia, both in liquid form.
This tank would he connected to the
exhaust pipe OF the. engine and the
pipe carried to the tail of the airplane.
The engine exhaust would provide a
draught which would suck on the
hydroch1oric acid. The vapor OF the
acid would pass into the second con-
tainer and mix with the vapor OF am.
mona and the resulting ammonium
chloride would be carried off into the
exhaust pipe.
o. Recipe. Of tn: Pennsylvania
Dutch refer TO "Speck"-for instance.
cabbage with speck." What does
this mean?-G. II. r.
A. Among the German and Dutch
descendants in Pennsylvania the name
"speck" is the German word for
bacon. This term is especially used
in the titles Of such dishes as cab
bage with speck" and 'speck and ap-
pies"
@. When was tar pitch first used?
j. D. G..
A. We cannot say definitely when
tar pitch was first used. A reference
to it appears in fhe Epinal Glossary
az early as AID. 700. In 1744 Berke-
ley says that liquid pitch or tar was
obtained by setting fire to biliets OF
old fat pines or frs.
Q. May tea dust be used In max
ing tea M. L.
A. The Bureau Of Chemistry says
that. under the tea law, tea dust or
fannings, il up to the Government
standard in purity and quality. is ad-
n1itted 10 be used for human consump-
ton. Very often it is found that tea
dust taken from high-grade teas
makes an excellent beverage.
O. Where is the largest suspension
bridge in the world?-J. II. G.
4. The highway bridge over the
Delaware River, connecting Philadel.
phia. Pa. and Camden, y. j., was be-
gun January 6. 1922, and was opened
to the public by the Delaware River
Fridge Joint Commission OF Pennsyi.
vania and New Jersey on July 4. 1925.
1t is a toll bridge. 1t is the worlds
largest suspension bridge. Physical
construction was commenced Janu'
ary 3. 1922. Principal dimensions:
Main span, 1850 feet; length OF en-
tire bridge, 1.S1 miles; clearance above
mean high water, 1875 feet for S00-foot
channel. All exposed masonry is OF
granite.
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