Evening star., 1932-09-01

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@. Are more women drowned than
men every year?-T. 8.
A. Usually about 5000 men and 2,50O
women are drowned during the year.
@. When did James Wyllie checker
champion, play his last important game
of checkers?-E. A. S.
A. James Wyllies last battle OF any
consequence was played with Robert
Martin, former chancellor Of Great
Britain, in 1899.
O. Is there tunnel from the Eads
Bridge in st. Louis?-O. !. v.
A. There Is tunnel from Eads
Bridge. The length of the bridge and
tunnel is 6,220 feet. The tunnel passes
under the retail business district and
opens on the Mill Greek Valley, a wide
/ depression extending westward from the
river to the city limits. About one
third Of the city is south Of Mill Greek
Valley.
O. Do migratory birds breed during
migration?-O. r. T.
A. They do not.
O. When was slavery abandoned In
the Northern States?-W. M. F.
A Very early after the coming into
effect of the Constitution the effort to
abolish slavery in the Northern States
took active form. Previous to this Yer
| mont. in 1777, was the first colony to
abolish slavery by statute. Massa-
| chuSetts in 1880, New York in 1927,
p, New Jersey in 1846 and Connecticut in
| 1857 passed legislation. While slavery
was not abolished entirely in many Of
the Northern States until the emanci-
! patton proclamation. it had become OBJ
solete and there were stringent regula-
tions against any importation or sale
of slaves in various States.
| @. How much money is spent yearly
| by the average person for medicine and
medical care?-M. e.
| A. The Committee on the Cost of
Medical Care says that the average
amount is s21.32
@. What is the scientific explanation
Of the ice mine near Coudersport, Pa.?-
M C.
| A. The Chamber of Commerce Of
Coudersport, Pa, says that a great
many different scientists have visited
the ice mine and each Of them has ex-
! hibited his own individual scientific ex-
PLANTATION for the cause of this phe-
nomenon. No two Of them agree.
| q whan u,ere diaponds discovered
| in ArkansaS?-J. w. Nj.
A. Diamonds were discovered in Muir
| freesboro, Pike County, Ark, in 1905
and over 10000 have been found.
@. Please describe an intaglio carv-
| ing-L. B.
A. Intaglio is a term applied to any
recessed carving. in which no part
f, projects beyond the original face Of the
material. In some cases, as in gem
cutting, the entire relief is reversed
In others. as in some Egyptian wall
! carvings. the outline IS sufficiently in
| cised so as to allow normal relief
! This type IL sometimes known as cave
! rilievo or sunk relief.
| @. Please give land areas Of New
York City, Philadelphia, Los Angeles
and Chicago. T.
A. New York City embraces l9l, 500
acres. Philadelphia. 81 $40 acres; Los
Angeles 281,412 acre., and Chicago
126, 704 acres.
@ How long has the poppy beel
known?-C. B.
A. Fred Richards says: Since the
days of the Sumerians. some i've CT
six thousand years before the birth oi
Christ, the poppy was known, and II,
700 or 800 B. c. it was not altogethe,
ignored as a medicine. BY 100 b. G
knowledge of the narcotic qualities ol
the drug was no longer a. secreS anC
Vergil writes Of the ep-giving
poppy
@. What caused the Johnstowr
foods. E. D.
A. It OCCURRED the 3lst of May. 1889