Evening star., 1934-11-01

even claim that it was already current
in Colonial days.
@. Has much building been going
on in Jerusalem?-H. w.
A. There has been considerable
building activity in Jerusalem during
the period since the close of the World
War. Through the efforts of the Brit
ish government the old city has been
greatly improved, cleaned up and in
part reconstructed. 1t is still sur
rounded by broad stone walls with
numerous massive gates. The Jafa
gate leads into the new city, which
has been paved, has new roads, elec-
trio lights and other modern conven-
fences.
@. On Monroe Hall, University of
Virginia, is the inscription, Work as
Nature Works in Fire" What does it
mean?-W. B. w.
A. 1t is a translation from Dante.
| Longfellow'S translation makes the
meaning clear: For will is never
| quenched unless 1t will, but operates
as nature doth in fire, if violence a
thousand times distort it." The flame
always mounts. Occasionally diverted
by winds, nature causes it to rise again
eventually.
@. How much crude oil Is being pro.
duced in this country?-G. M.
A. For October the national allow
able production was 1925 300 barrels.
In November the production is to be
increased to 2,340, 300 barrels.
@. How will documents in the Ma
tional Archives Building be protected
from temperature changes?-H. M.
A. The National Bureau of Stand
ards has made studies of the kinds of
paper and how to preserve them. The
building will have the air washed with
an alkaline solution to prevent acidic
contamination. The temperature will
be kept within a degree of 80 F. in
Summer and 10 F. in Winter. The
humidity will be kept at IS per cent
in storage places and As per cent In
work rooms.
@. Is succession to the Italian
throne strictly hereditary?-G. F.
A. 1t is no longer strictly hereditary
through primogeniture. The Fascist
Grand Council has announced its right
to select future monarchs.
Q. What will be done with the
ground after the Chicago Fair closes?
"A. E. T.
A. The area of A Century Of Prog
ress Exposition is 424 acres, which
was rescued from the lake front. After
the fair closes it reverts to the city
as public park.
@. Please give some information
about the school in the East that
teaches how to raise game BIRDS
L. F.
A. The Game Conservation Insti-
tute Is located on 1,600-acre tract at
Clinton, N. j. The school conducts
research in connection with a general
program Of game farm management.
The subjects taught include agronomy.
forestry, predatory control, game bird
feeding. diseases, and botany.
@. What price is Manchoukuo to
pay for the Russian rights in the Chi
nese Eastern Railway?-W. r.
A. Current History Magazine says:
After is months of argument, dead
locks, outburSts Of mutual recrimina-
ton and general i'll feeling the Jap
aneSe foreign minister and the Rus
sian Ambassador to Japan have finally
agreed that Manchoukuo should pay
170,000,000 yen (about S56, ,0o0, ,00O)
for all the Russian rights in the Chi
nese Eastern Railway. Available re-
ports do not state exactly when the
agreement was reached; the news was
published in Toxic papers on Septem-
Der %. but press reports from the
Manchoukuo capital indicated that 1t
was received there with a good deal
of surprise, since it had been assumed
that the deadlock which was reached
In August still held"