Evening star., 1932-11-30

smoked halibut whitensh, dried her.
ring, rice. sirup. salt, cream OF tartar.
beans, rye, coffee. peanuts, beef. veal
pork, lemon extract. onions. cabbare'
turnips. native nuts. II this store
keeper had other foods, they were nos
indicated on his charge account for two
years.
Q. How did the town OF Santa @-sus.
IND, get its name?-M. M.
A. Early settlers selected the name
OF santa re, which was rejected by the
Post ONCE Department because there
was another Indiana town so called
compromise was made whereby santa
was retained and Claus substituted =,
Fe.
@. When did Booker T. Washington.
Negro educator. dine at the White
House ?-M. s. G..
A. He was served with President
Roosevelt at the White House on Oc,o-
Der 10, 1901. There Is some dispute as
to whether the meal was luncheon or
dinner.
Q. Which are considered the arts
and which the sciences?-A. [. T.
A.. According to Jevons, science
teaches us to know and an art TO do.
Astronomy. for instance, Is the founda-
tion OF the art OF navigation; chemistry
Is the basis OF many useful arts. The
arts are distinguished as fine arts and
useful arts, the former including paint
ing, sculpturing, music, poetry, archi-
lecture; the latter (useful arts) includ-
ing the trades. The sciences have been
variously classified. The principal ones
are physics. chemistry, astronomy, me-
teorology. mathematics. geography, geol-
ogy. ethnology, anthropology, archeol-
ogy, biology and medicine.
Q. How do birds help to propagate
mtstletoe?-G. D.
A. The life history Of the mistletos
is just like that Of any Towering woody
plant. 1t bears flowers. In due time
the berries follow, each with its in
closed seed. The berries are deposited
by birds or beaten down by rains upon
the branches, where the seeds germi-
nate, and II the Seeding becomes estab-
lished upon the branch it grows again
to the age Of producing flowers and
seeds. and so on from generation to
generation.
@. Please give the story OF the shin
called Little Belt.-T s. S.
A. British cruisers hoverinE about
our coast had captured many American
vessels bound for France and had made
number Of impressments. In Nav.
1911, Commodore John Rodgers, COM
manding the American frigate Presi-
dent. was ordered to put to sea from
Chesapeake Bay and protect our COM
merce. When 80 miles of Cape Charles,
May 16, Rodgers deserted a vessel which
i he supposed tc be the British n-of-
war Guerrero. He approached her and
made inquiries regarding impressment.
This vessel was the Little Belt, q small
British frigate. She showed no colors
and sailed away, the President pursuing.
Overhauling her about 8 o'clock. Rod
gers declared she ran up colors which
could not be recognized for the dark
ness, and fired upon the President. The
fire was Immediately returned, and the
Little Belt was disabled in about 1s
minutes. The dispute as to which was
In fault was never settled.
@. How many Indians are there In
the United States?-P. T.
A. In the 1880 census 332, 1897 were
enumerated.
@. What was the name of the boy
who was the hero of the bus tragedy In
Colorado in 1931?-B. r.
A. On March ~, 1881, near Towney,
five school children and their bus driver
froze to death In . blizzard. Bryan Un.
tiedt saved Is Of the children by keep
ing them walking and active. He was
later invited to the White House by
President Hoover.