Evening star., 1928-03-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HISKJN.

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| @. What hoios the charcoal together
In briquettes2--K. s. H.
| A. In briquetting charcoal II has
been found necessary to use certain
binders. such as gums or starches
Briquetting has also been accomplished
by using tar or pitch as a binder and
then subjecting the briquettes to a low
temperature distillation in order to
drive off the volatile material from the
| tar or pitch.
@. Who was the first book agent?-
S. A. p.
A. Parson Mason Locke Weems, first
| hiographer Of George Washington. was
Americas first itinerant book agent A
biography OF Weems. just published.
reveals that with a copy Of his Life Of
! Washington" under one arm and tracts
/ on morality under the other he made
| house-to-house canvaSses of the citizens
| OF the young Nation.
O. How Is artificial lace manufac-
| tured?-N. l.. G.
A. There Is no weaving employed In
| the production Of artificial lace. The
manufacturing is done by machine.
which consists in It's essential parts OF
? receptacle containing cupro-
ammoniacal solution Of cellulose a
metallic cylinder upon which is en-
graved the negative OF the design and
coagulation vat. A rotary motion Is
given the cylinder, over which flows
the solution. which. entering the inter-
| stices Of the engraved pattern. fixes
itself Immediately In the coagulative
liquid, out of which emerges the
| texture ready to be dyed and dressed.
Artificial lace Is both beautiful and
unalterable. 1t will wear we'll and is
less combustible than ordinary lace and
is waterproof.
Q. How long will shinsle roof
! iast?-N. NJ
n.
from Is to 40 or more years
@. When did Ingersoll make. the
statement that whisky was the finest
beverage that ever painted landscapes
in the brains of men?-R. L. D.
| A. In letter TO his son-in-law in
New York. April. 1857. at a time when
he was Ill with pneumonia. and when
whisky in small doses had been pre-
scrtbed. he wrote: My dear friend: ]
send you some of the most wonderful
F! whisky that ever drove a skeleton from
a feast or painted landscapes in the
brain OF man
Q. Where was John the Baptist
born?-M. r. T.
A. Dr. Henry van Dyke. writing Of a
trip TO the Holy Land. speaks Of Ain
| Karin. as the village where John the
Baptist was born.
! G. Isn't oil usually found In pools?-
N. V. H
A. Poor as used In oil field Language
does not mean an open hole filed with
oil. Gil Is contained in the formation
between the sand grains or small cracks
tn limestone, A pool means definite
area within whose limits oil may be
found In commercial. quantities.
! @. During what tim. did Benvenuto
Cellini, the noted sculptor and gold
smith. liyc3-H I. H.
A. He vas born In 1900 and died ir
/ 1871.
q. What Is 1cbgass?-R. c. N.
+, A. II Is hybrid offspring between a