Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
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BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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@. What was considered the best Of
the Roman wineS?-A. o.
A. Horace said that Falernian, ia
vorite wine Of the Romans, surpassed
all wines.
@. Do animals distinguish colors?
For instance, can a bull tell red from
any other color?--D. S.
A. With the exception of birds the
eyesight of animals is poorer than that
of man, and most of them in the or
binary course of life do not make much
use OF color vision. In the case of the
bull any conspicuous object waved IN
front of him would have the same effect
of attracting his attention.
@. How long has canned pineapple
been used in this country?-B. Z:
A. The canning of pineapple began
in this country about the early 3Os, the
supply of fruit being brought chiefly
from the West Indies and delivered IN
Baltimore, where, for the most part.
the canning was done. The canning
of pineapple in the Hawaiian Islands
began about 10 years later.
O. Does the solar system as whole
have motion?-A. N.
A. Astronomers agree on the fact that
the sun is moving through space to-
ward a point in Lyra with velocity
of about IL miles a second. The whole
solar system is necessarily involved IN
this motion.
@. What is the difference between
denatured alcohol and wood alcohol?-
C. OBJ.
A. Denatured alcohol is grain alco-
hol to which some poisonous substance
has been added to prevent It's use as q
beverage. but not to interfere with It's
commercial use. Wood alcohol IS Cd
taired by distillation of wood. 1t Is
highly poisonous and is entirely sepa-
rate and distinct from grain alcohoi.
@. How far did the Question Marx
f1y while being refueIed and at what
speed?-E. N. K.
A, The approximate flying distance OF
the Question Mark while refueiing was
going on was 100000 feet. 1t required,
three minutes for the transfer OF OH
and gasoline. The planes were nylng
at approximately 85 miles an hour.
@. How much money did JUDAS get
for betraying Christ?-E. q.
A. The 80 pieces of silver Tor Wnlcn
Judas betrayed Jesus Christ III oul
money would be about $ll.
O. What is meant by eating the an
A. 1t means bringing it up to the cat
head. The cathead is a piece OF tlIn-
her or iron near the bow OF a vessel,
to which the anchor is fastened.
@. When was Texas first known as a
republic?-L. G.
A. Texas won her independence from
Mexico and became known as the Re-
public of Texas" In 1886. In the years
Immediately following there were re-
peated invasions and massacres by the
Mexicans. who never abandoned tnelr
claims to the Texas territory. They
advanced lHTee tllileS do iaA do SoAA 90.
tonic. but in each case were repelled.
Statehood was offered to Texas, but the
question of annexation brought up the
difficulties of the slave question, which
became the national issue of the Polk
campaign. However, he won the pres
icency by favoring the annexation OF
Texas, Before he took the oath of
office, Congress passed a joint resolu-
ton again offering statehood to Texas,
which she accepted and the territory
became a part Of the United States in
1845.
@. What is meant by coup de grace?
p. E. c.
A. It means finishing stroke. Cen
orally the term is applied to the thrust
of the dagger which kills.