Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC i. HASKIN.

level Is the same all the sROfi0 over.
The land masses rising above the ocean
basins tend to attract the waters and
alter the sea level. For example, the
Andes Mountains pull up the water
adjacent TO them, as do also the
Himalayas in India. 1t has been found
that the sea water at the mouth Of the
Indus is 800 feet higher than around
the Island of Ceylon. In addition to
this attraction by land masses there are
also temporary and slight inequalities.
@. Has there been a change in the
organization since the name Of the
Bureau of Education has been changed
to United States ONCE of Educstiop2-
E. N
A. There has been an internal re-
organization. The new plan calls for 6
administrative divisions 70 take the
place of 10 which were functiontpg.
They are: Administration, Educational
Research and Investigations, PlIhIicae
tions, Library Service, Educational
Service, Major Educational Surveys.
@. Please give some records of long
freight trains. How many cars are
there in the average freight train?
M. @. go 4
A. The average number of cars carr
r1ed by freight trains in 1928 was 4S
per train, The Erie Railroad ran = t-ain
of 25l cars, S,547 feet long, on July 23,
| 1914. The train weighed 1912, tons,
In November, 1914, the New Haven ran
train from Victoria, Va, to Roanoke
of 201 cars, 6,4S2 feet long, weighing
| 4,573 tons and making the 1913 miles in
hours and IS minutes. Both the New
Haven and Virginian trains had only
| four loaded cars. Last October the
Canadian Pacific ran wheat train Of
1875 cars, weighing SITS tons. This Is
al he In N1Ia fnr thai
number of cars.
@. What is the PFix Femina 2--L. H.
A. The Prix Femina is an annual
award by two French magazines for the
best novel selected by jury OF women.
q. When was the Seminary OF st.
Sulpice established in Montreal?-
p. c. o.
A. The site of the first Manor House
7 in Montreal bears a tablet with the
! inscription, Upon this foundation stood
! the first Manor House of Montreal
| built 1861, burnt 1882, rebuilt 1888"
| 1t was the Seminary of st. Sulpice from
| 1861 to 1712. The present seminary
building was erected in ITO.
@. How long did the Cubans fight
| for Internationally. p.
| A. The struggle of the CubanS for
! independence began in 1863 and con-
! tinued until 1899.
@. Who gave Maymont to the city OF
| Richmond?-N. T.
| A. Maymont was the home of Maj
and Mrs. James H. Dooley. BY the pro~
visions of the will of Mai. Deolsy it be-
came q city park at the death of his
wife and the house became the Dooley
Museum. The gardens are considered
1 . H. AxI H.
house is filled with beautiful rugs, fur-
niture and art gems.
@. How long is moment?-F. w. 81
| A. In modern times no exact inter-
| probation has been made of the length
of time employed in a moment. In
medieval reckoning it was fortieth or
| fiftieth part of an hour. In the Seven-
tenth and eighteenth centuries it was
often regarded as equivalent to sec
ond.
@. What kind of roses are in the
| park located at Georgia avenue and
Upshur street?-C. S.
A. They are Ophelia roses.
@. What causes a dimple?-K. NJ
A. A dimple is q slight depression or
dent In the surface of the human body
caused by the adherence of the skin to
| the deeper tissues, most frequently on
the cheek or Chin. 4
@. When was Niagara River near
the Falls first used for power? How
far away Is this power now used?-s
j. w. p.
A. The first application Of Niagars
power was to q sawmill built by .
FFenchman in 1725 on the New YerK
bank near the rapids. At present Nls
agara power is used in Syracuse, 165
miles from its source, and also IN
Windsor. Ontario, 240 miles away. BY
treaty the amount of water that may
be diverted from Niagara for power
purposes has been limited to 36,00u
cubic feet per second on the Canadian
side and 10000 cubic feet per seconu
on the United States side. The
power is used nearby in electro
chemical industries, in the manufacture
of aluminium, ferre-silieon. carborun-
dun, artificial graphite, liquid chlorina.
calcium carbide, cyanamids and other
products.