Evening star., 1934-01-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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Q. Is Fatty Arbuckle dead or alive2-
A. He died in June. 1898.
O. Who estimated that Senators
brains are two ounces heavier than
Representatives and how?-F. B.
A. This report was made by DR..
Arthur Macdonald Of Washington to
the anthropology section Of the Amer
lean Association for the Advancement
OF Science. The weights of eighteen
Senators and seventeen Representatives
brains were estimated In the study. This
Is done by formula called the Lee
Pearson equation, which estimates the
weight from measurements Of length,
height and width Of skull.
9; Is Believe 1t or Not Ripley mar
ried?-H. D.
A. He is not married. He was 40
years old on Christmas day.
Q. How many people visit the shrine
at Lourdes each year? How many are
cured?-L. M.
A. A million visitors now 60 to this
shrine In France every year. Since 1858.
when the first miracle was reported
there, $4,000, 900 persons Of all denomi-
nations have visited the grotto of the
Lady Of Lourdes. One per cent of the
pilgrims come in search Of a cure. OF
these, Is per cent profess to be cured.
@. Are hogs purchased direct from
farmers equally subject upon slaughter
to the processing tax with hogs pur-
| chased at the terminal markets?-T T.
A. The tax must be paid on all hogs
slaughtered for market. regardless OF
where and in what manner the hogs
were acquired.
@. Where Is the Great Smoky Noun
tain National Park?-L. D. S.
A. 1t Is to be located on the Tennes-
seeNorth Carolina boundary. almost
equally distant between Asheville, N. c..
highest peaks In the Great Smoky
Mountains are included within its pro-
posed boundaries. The act Of Congress
OF May %, 1926, which contains au-
thority for the establishment of the
park provides than when a minimum
of 10000 acres in this area has been
| accepted by the Secretary of the In
| terror II rendered to the United States
in fee simple for park purposes, admin
istration and protection may be under
taken, but that no general development
may be undertaken until a minimum OF
427 900 acres has been rendered anc
accepted At the latest available writ
ing 297, 900 acres are under administra-
ton and protection OF the Office of Ma
tional Parks, Buildings and Reserva-
tions.
Q. How is the Unemployment Of the
last year classified?-T. S.
A. Largely as a result Of the N. r. A
codes. general industrial re-employ-
ment has absorbed 1,800,000 and 4.600,-
der the Civil Works Administration
Public Works Administration and Civ.
ilian Conservation Camps.
@ Please give list of the 10 most
intelligent animalS?-R w. C.
A. While there Is q diversity of opin-
ion on this subject. DR.. w. Reid Blair
director Of the New York Geological
Park, has rated the animals Of most in
telligence on a graduated scale as fol.
lows: The chimpanzee, the orang -utan
the elephant, the gorilla, the domestic