Evening star., 1934-11-14

on the continent q Europe where
officers of the army -pr navy, In
drinking q toast to the sovereign,
broke the glass sc that It might not
be used again. This was considered
special honor to the sovereign.
@. How fast has q four cylinder
car been driven2-A.B.
A. In 1880 CANTON made o record
which still stands. He drove q four
cylinder racing car at 14e miles an
hour.
@. How long has Gertrude stein
been away from the United states7-
r. NJ.
A. This is the authors first visit
to her native country in 81 years.
@. What Is the story concerning
an ancient philosopher and the ex-
clamation, Eureka?-R. D. G.
A. Eureka (Gr.. more correctly,
Heureka-I have found it}: An ex-
clamation Of delight at having made
discovery; originally that Of Ar
chimedes, the Syracusan philosopher.
when he discovered how to test the
purity Of Hieros crown. The tale
Is that Hero delivered q certain
weight Of gold to a smith to be made
into q votive crown, but, suspecting
that the gold had been alloyed with
an inferior metal, asked Archimedes
to test it. The philosopher did mot
know how to proceed but, in stepping
into his bath, which was quite fun,
observed that some Of the water ran
over. 1t Immediately struck him that
q body must remove its own bulk Of
water when 1t Isl immersed; silver 10
lighter than gold, therefore q pound
weight of silver Will be more bulky
than pound-weight Of gold, and
would consequently remove more
water. In this way he found that the
crown was deficient in gold; and
Vitruvius says: when the idea
flashed across his mind, the philoso-
pher jumped, out of the bath, ex-
claiming, 'Heure'kai Heure'kar and,
without waiting to dress himself, ran
home to try the experiment"
Q. When was copper nrst mined
in this country?-A. s.
country since the year 1924. The In
diaris wore beads Of copper. The first
copper mine was established in It'll
on the Ontonagon River, near Lake
Superior, and the venture proved very
successful. There was an attempt to
mine copper at mine called Ke-
weenaw in 1851, but with little or no
commercial success. sf,.
@. Do Americans eat as much nsh
as other people dom. G.
A. On an average, Americans eat
less fish than the inhabitants Of any
other country.
@. What is the object Of the Amer.
ican Liberty League?-H. @. r.
A. The leagues aims as embodied In
its articles of incorporation are az
follows: THE particular business and
objects Of the society shall be to de-
fend and uphold the Constitution Of
the United States and to gather and
disseminate information that a. will
teach the necessity Of respect for the
rights of persons and property as
fundamental to every successful form
Of government and ca will teach the
duty of government to encourage and
protect individual and group 'initia-
tive and enterprise, to foster tbs right
to work, earn, save and acquire prop
erty and to preserve the ownership
and lawful use Of property when ae-
quired."
@. What does the ending, "escu," 90
often seen in Rumanian names,
mean?-R. L.
A. 1t has the meaning, "son o."
@. How many times has Jerusalem
been in the hands Of the Christians
within the past 500 years?-H. G. N.
A. When the British occupied
Jerusalem in 1917 it was the first
time that the city had been IN the
hands of Christians since the cru
sades Of. the eleventh, twelfth and
thirteenth centuries.