Evening star., 1932-09-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

tionary soldier, member Of Congress
and Governor Of Northwest Territory
from 1889 to 1902, died near his old
home, the Hermitage, near Youngs-
town, Westmoreland County, Pa, Au-
gust 81. 1918, and was buried in the
Gen. Arthur st. Clair Cemetery at
Greensburg, Pa.
@. What does the slang term, dead
duck, mean?-R. N.
A. This is an old term used on the
London Stock Exchange. It refers to
a person who is absolutely bankrupt.
If he continues to operate IN stocks
it is only as curbstone broker.
G. Where is the great singer. Adeiina
Patti, buried?-L. A.
A. She is buried in Pere Ia Chaise
Cemetery, Paris, France.
@. What is the oath of allegiance
which an applicant must take when
applying for American citizenship
K. E. 2.
A. hereby declare on oath that.
absolutely and entirely renounce and
abjure all allegiance and fidelity to
any foreign prince. potentate, State. or
sovereignty and particularly to - Of
whom (which) have heretofore been
subject (or citizen, that will support
Dnd defend the Constitution and laws
of the United States of America
against all enemies-foreign and do
mestic-that I will bear truth, faith
and allegiance to the same, and that I
take this obligation freely without any
mental reservation or purpose Of
evasion, so help me God. In acknowl-
edgment whereof, I have hereunto af-
fixed my signature.
Q. Are the sequoia trees of California
all OF one species?-P. T.
A. They are of two species, Seuuoia
Gigantea and Sequoia Sempervirens
The first Is known as the Big Tree and
the other as the California redwood
These trees are not found outside of
California, and in limited area within
that State
A. How does the electric needle re-
move hair?-C. G.
A. 1t passes a current of electricity
through the root of the hair and kills
it, just as a person is killed when
enough electricity is passed through his
body.
@. Where is the largest Indian
mound in the United States?-A. P.
A. Cakohia, or Monks Mound, In
historic artificial earth work in the
United States. It Is estimated that it
would have AIKEN 1000 men five years to
build this mound. 1t is evident that
the earth obtained to build the mound
was taken from that immediate neigh
bcrhood.
@. What causes the heat which is
generated in a hay stack and sometimes
aTdc in nc Z
A. The most logical explanation
known today, though by no means the
most universally accepted, and the one
scientific observations of actual cases
seems to support is as follows: When
hay is stacked in a moist condition,
plant tissue engines are able to con-
tinue their activities and micro
organisms are enabled to grow. Both
OF these reactions may, and probably
do, produce heat. The plant tissue
cells and some of the micro-organiSmS
may be assumed to be killed at 1I5o-
1852 Fahrenheit. Here highly heat re-
Sistant organisms, known as
thermophiles, may begin to grow and
also to iberate heat. Just how high
they might carry the temperature Is not
known, but probably not high as 212'
Fahrenheit. However, temperatures as
high as 680o Fahrenheit have been re-
corded in hay stacks before fire broke
out. What the reaction Is that pro-
duces this temperature Is not known,
though it is undoubtedly some oxidative
reaction.
@. Which industries invest the most
money in newspaper advertising?-P A.
A. The tobacco industry leads. It
Is followed by the automobile industry,
food industry and toilet goods in the
order named