Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-24

mer Emperor Of Germany, william II,
on June IS, 1901, in an address at HAM
burg while referring to Germany's ac-
QUESTION of the Chinese harbor at Kiao-
chow and other valuable commercial
concessions in China. The idea was
expressed many years before, however.
Pascal. who lived from 1923 to 1862, in
his Les Pensees" said: THAT dog of
mine, said those poor children; that
place in the sun is mine; such Is the
beginning and type of usurpation
throughout the earth
9. Please describe baron's coronet.
r. C.
A. The coronet worn by baron has
six large pearls fixed to golden circlet.
@. How much money is spent in agri-
cultural experimentation?--L. K. G.
A. About $20,000,0o0 is spent annu-
ally by the State and Federal govern
ments for research activities on agri-
cultural subjects. Contrasting with this
We find that $3.50, 000,0 900 is spent in re-
search activities on the same subject by
private corporations. The Hatch and
Adams act gave $4,000 to each State
annually and the Purnell act increased
this by $4,000 for each year between
1925 and 1880, and provided for an
increase of $780, 900 thereafter, making
a total of $4,000 per State annually.
@. How many hundred-calorie por-
tons are contained in pound Of sugar,
sirupS, jellieS, etc. PM. T. P.
A. Sugar provides IL hundred-calorie
portions per pound and average candy
about the same number. Thick sirupS
provide about 1872 hundred-calorie por-
| tionS, and jelly, jam, marmalade and
rich preserves about hundred-calorie
portions per pound
@. How did Scott happen to write
"Lochinvar"?-D. S. d.
A. 1t was part of the metrical ro-
nance, "Marmion." For this romance
in verse Scott was offered FL 900 before
| it was begun.
Q. Is Charley Chaplin an American
citizen?-S. G.
A. Charles Chaplin is not citizen of
the United States. He is British sub
ject. born in London, April Is, 1889.
@. Where and when was the first
poll tax levied?-F. L.
A. The first poll tax was levied In
| 1877 In England. The amount was 4
pence on every head above ID years.
The poll tax continued in England for
many years, and was an important form
of taxation in the New England Colo
MES. It originated with the idea that
| all able-bodies men should go out for
at least few days each year to work
on the roads Those who could not
or did not want to do so could pay a
tax in lieu of work. There was also the
idea that everybody should pay little,
be it only 81 a year, to support the
Government under which he lived.
@. What is the meaning of the word
Mazda" in connection with an electric
| lightsbulb?--A. M.
A. The followers of Zoroaster believed
that Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord) was, to
quote from their Ayesta. or Bible, "the
Supreme Deity, the All-Father, existent
before the world arose. and from whom
the world emanated, its course governed
by His all-seeing eye" The good spirit,
Mazda, or Armazd, represented light and
life, and created all that was good and
pure. All other gods we're subordinate
to Mazda. According to the Westing-
house Lamp Co., "just as the original
Ahura Mazda typified supremacy and
beneficence, so the word Mazda today
is understood to mean standard OF
quality and of helpfulness, and has been
frequently mentioned as not the name
of a thing but the mark of a service"