Evening star., 1928-10-31

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Write your question, your name and
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@. In which States is rice grown?-
A. The rice-growing States are Ne
vada. South Carolina, Georgia, Mlssis-
sippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and
California. Louisiana is the largest
rice-growing State. In 1927 its pro-
duction amounted to 17,316,000 bushels
@. Do bears have tails?-F. N.
A. They have rudimentary tails.
@. Is there a shrine to Charles OAR
win in England?-F. u.
A. Down House." in the county OF
Kent. where Darwin wrote the "Origin
VI ODCCICS, Has ICCClAOl1 OCCAA 5ANCA "
the British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science for this purpose
The house will become q library OF
works on evolution and on Darwin
Students will have the opportunity OF
consulting original manuscripts and
documents concerning Darwin and his
writings.
@. Have the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution more members than the
Sons of the American Revolution?-
Y. B. S.
A. A comparison between the two
organizations shows that the former
has 1863 900 members in 1900 chapters
while the latter has 10000 members in
1873 chapters.
@. What is the favorite vehicle in
Holland?-P. w.
A. The bicycle There is one bicycle
to every two and half persons.
@. How long are the longest days at
the equator?--J. T.
A. The Naval Observatory says the
length of the day at the equator varies
less than one minute throughout the
year, being slightly longer at the SOL
stices than at the equinoxes. The in
terval from rising to setting of the
suns upper limb at the equator is
about IL hours minutes.
@. What percentage of the total re.
tail grocery business in the United
States is done by chain stores?-S. R.
A. 1t is estimated that of the tota
grocery business in the United States
10 per cent is done by chain stores.
@. Please give me some information
regarding the origin of the parcel post
e. j. M.
A. Parcel post as now conducted ir
the United States by the Post Office
Department was established by law Au-
gust "a, 1912. redefining fourth-clas:
mail matter and the rates of postage
at which it is to be carried. 1t wa;
introduced to reduce the cost of mailing
small packages short distances. Diff.
ferent rates were made for packages o1
different weights going different dis.
tances. For the purpose of parcel pos
zones, to be measured from each point
of mailing as the radial center.
@. What is meant by the term
"heaviside layer"?-E w.
A. The heaviside layer is the layer
of ionized air in the supper atmosphere
1t was first described by Arthur w
Heaviside, British scientist, who was
experimenting with Sir william Preece
in 1892 with parallel telegraph lines.
@. Please give brief and compre-
hanSive definition of education.-E. S.
A. One of the prize winning defini-
tions of education, published in the
Forum, is as follows: Education is the
knowledge, acquired through the sys-
tematic and harmonious cultivation OF
ones natural powers, which gives one
the ability to adjust himself satisfac-
torily to his physical and intellectual
environment.
@. What happened to the origina