Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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q. How much time do MT and Mrs
Martin johnson, the explorers, spend in
civilization?-S. N. q.
A. It is stated that the Johnsons
estimate that they have spent In civil
liGation about Of the 40 years that
they have been married. Their next
expedition Is to the pygmy country,
where they will live for years making
sound pictures.
q. Is there such q position as deputy
air sheriff?-N. M.
A. Charles O. Guy, representative
Of the Mason Dixon Airlines and in
charge Of it's port at Lima, Ohio, was
recently appointed q deputy air sheriff
Of Ohio.
q. Is the sole which Is q popular
edible Ash in England the same as the
sole in this country7--G. 8.
A. The two are not the same. Many
travellers think that the sole served in
England and on the continent Is Su-
perior to the fish of that name sold
In American markets
q. Please explain the expression
read the riot act"-G. N.
A. It means to warn or reprimand.
AS early Is IT'S England had q statute
for preventing tumultuous and riotous
assemblage. The act provided thai. in
case Of IL persons or more tl1lawfully
assembling and disturbing the peace,
an ofncer could make proclamation of
the general provisions Of the riot act
and call upon them to disperse. II
they failed to obey, they were guilty Of
felony.
@. How long does 1t take TO digest
bread?-O. W. g.
A. There has never been an accurate
experiment made for determining the
length Of time necessary to digest bread.
Different systems naturally require diff
ferent lengths Of time, and the age and
composition Of the bread must be taken
into consideration. At one recent ex-
pertinent . professor ate . certain
amount of bread on an absolutely empty
stomach. BY means Of certain tests
and X-ray pictures 1t was decided that
1t took him about two hours to digest
the bread.
q. Did Abraham Lincoln believe in
the Bible?-C. w. T.
A. The following statement was
made by Lincoln to friend: That the
Almighty does make use Of human
agencies and directly intervenes in hu-
man affairs is one of the plainest state
mentS Of the Bible. have 50 many
evidences of His direction, 50 many in
stances in which have been controlled
by some other power than by my own
will, that I cannot doubt that this
power comes from above-the character
Of the Bible is easily established. at
least to my satisfaction. The Bible is
the only one that claims to be Gods
Book. It describes q Governor omnip-
otent enough TO operate this great
machine and declares that He made It.
It states other facts that we cannot
comprehend. What shall We do with
them? Now let US treat the Bible fair
~. If we had witness on the stand
whose general story we knew was true,
we would believe him when he asserted
facts Of which we had no other evil
dence. decided long time ago that
IL was less difncult to believe that the