Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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may be, unless it be request for legal.
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Information Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin,
director, Washington, D. C.
@. How much money did Billy
Arnold, 1880 racing champion, receive
in prizes?-W. L.
A. His total winnings were about
SIS 900. They were: Indianapolis
classic, $4,000; lap prizes, $4,000; Al
toona, $4,000; Altoona, $4,000, and
about $4,000 bonus money for using
certain products.
@. What is the greatest weight at
tanned by a human being?-P. S.
A. Henry d'Antonio of Everett, Mass,
is believed to have been the heaviest
person in the civilized world. He died
in August. 1880, at the age Of II, and
weighed about 600 pounds.
Q. What was the most important
battle fought on German soil during
the World Warp. b. A.
IA II WdS UIIc DdlJle VI 4dLilcHDtIB.
September l. 1914, in which the Ger
mans under Won Hindenburg defeated
a Russian invading army.
O. What has been done with the
money appropriated by Congress to aid
the farmers who suffered from the
orought?-C. v. K.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that the $20,000,000 appropriated
by the last Congress has been divided
into two funds, the first Of which is to
be used fer loans to purchase stock III
agricultural credit corporations and
other like organizations. The second
fund is for the rehabilitation of farm
ers. 1t is to be used to supplement
the seed and fertilizer loan, to be
handled by the regular seed loan organ
ization under the Department OF Agri-
culture. About $3.50 900 has been spent
fer purchasing stock and about $4,000
900 for rehabilitation.
@. Please give the names of some
flowers which are amusing, such as
kiss over the garden-gate-F K
A. Here are some more: Dutchman's
breeches, bachelors button, Johnny
jump-up, painted lady, bleeding heart
old man, Venus chariot. Queen Anne's
lace. love-les-bleeding milk maid, Jack
in-the- pulpit, London pride, Venus fly
trap, Turk'S-cap lily, the Devils bit
queen-of- the meadows, Quaker ladies,
friars cap and cbedient plant.
@. How many mail clerks and car
riers are there in the United States?
B. l..
A. There are $3.50 city mail car
riers, 1909 mail clerks, 42,760 rural
mail carriers and 19,453 railway mail
clerks.
@. Is euthanasia drug or anes-
thetic?-F. W.
A. 1t is a term used for the alleged
practice of putting an end to the life
Of a person suffering from a painful
and incurable disease.
@. When did the Protestant EpiSco-
pal Church in America become a united
body?-J. P.
A. The General Convention, assem-
bled in Philadelphia in 1875, gave the
first expression of its existence in this
country as a single and united BODY.
At that time there were eight dioceses.
while at present there are 10 and 80
missionary districts.
@. When was the first cotton plant
ed in Georgia AN. L. B.
A. Cotton was first planted in
Georgia in 1857 from seed brought from
the Bahama Islands. The crop was