Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01

from the latter geographically by
being more rugged and eroded with
deeper river valleys and geologically
py consisting OF much older and harder
rock strata: The change from the hard
to the soft and recent formation is
marked by definite line of escarp-
merits over which nearly all the
Atlantic rivers fall in rapids or cat
aracts, and the line is known as the
Fall Line" The Piedmont Plain is
less defined in New England than in
the southern States. It is narroWest
IN New York and broadens southwark,
being about 300 miles wide in North
Carolina.
@. Upon the ruins of what city was
Phoenix, Ariz., built that it should
have been given this name?-M. v,
A. Jack Swilling with an outfit of
about two dozen men and an eight
mule team and wagon loaded with
provisions and tools, in 1867 started to
construct a ditch from the river about
opposite point where Tempe now
stands. This work failed because of
the rocky formation and the outfit
moved down the river to a point one
mile below where Joint Head is now
situated, and close by were the well
deflned ruins of an ancient pueblo,
Darrell Duppa, scholar who was with
the SWilling outfit, said, Let us call it
Phoenix, for here upon the old a new
city Will rise" and he told Of the bird
which rose from its ashes, as set down
in mythology.
@. What are the habits and appear
ance of Jackals?-D. D.
A. JackalS are any of several wild
dogs In the Old World, especially CAMS
Aureus of Southeastern Europe, South
ern Asia and Northern Africa. They
are smaller, usually more yellowish and
much more cowardly than wolves, and
hunt in packs at night Jackals feed
on carrlon and small animals including
poultry. They can be tanned and by
some are believed to be the progenitors
of domestic dogs.
@. In what month do the peach
trees bloom in Georgia?-R. S.
A. Peach trees bloom in Georgia any
time from the latter part of February
10 tne latter part OF March, depending
upon the season.
@. Should room be darkened for
a child'S nap in the daytime?-C. M. S.
A. 1t IS not necessary. The windows
should be opened, and a child can easily
become accustomed to light room.
9. Can lightning ever strike upward?
C. McC.
A. The Weather Bureau SAYS that
when lightning is about to occur be-
tween cloud and the earth cit usually
occurs between different parts of the
same cloud there is a great accumu-
latlon OF electricity of one kind, usually
the negative, at the surface of the
earth and of the opposite kind in the
lower portion Of the cloud. This i'm
poses an electric strain on the medium
between the two. The break, or dis
charge, consisting essentially of a flow
OF negative electricity, or electronS, to-
ward the positive charge, may begin at
any point in midair along the path and
progress (this break progresS) in both
directions at the same time or it may
begin at either end and from there
progress toward the other.
Q. When did Diamond Jim Brady
live?-W. J. M.
A. The real name of Diamond Jim
Brady was James Buchanan Brady. He
was born in 1855 and died in 1917.
@. Did Sicily ever belong to Greece?
"A. A.
A. The Island of Sicily was first COL
oniZed by the Greeks during the eighth
century BIC. In the fourth century
Syracuse was the leading Greek power.
In 535 AID. the island was conquered
by Belisarius and annexed to the By
Zantine empre