Evening star., 1934-06-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

opposite winds Of different tempera-
lures meet In the upper atmosphere.
whereby a greater amount of vapor
is condensed into a thick, black cloud,
to which a vertical motion is given.
A partial vacuum is created In the
center, which draws up the water in
its vortex. When the waterspout has
played itself out it commences to dis
appear at the base, gradually travel
ing upward.
@. Please give a list OF the dis
tingushed men who have edited the
Atlantic Monthly.-H. K. r.
A. James Russell Lowell, James T.
Fields, William Dean Howells, Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, Horace Elisha Scudder,
Walter Hines Page, Bliss Perry and
Ellery Sedgwick comprise the editors
of the Atlantic from its founding to
date.
@. Please describe hypnotism.-
J. G. J.. -
A. Hypnotism may be described as
condition Of artificial sleep. Differ
ent stages Of hypnosis have been de-
Scribed by different authorities; three
are best known. In very light hypnosis
there Is complete passivity and relaxa-
ton with an inability to open the
eyes or resist simple commands con-
cerning the voluntary muscles. The
individual is quite conscious Of all
that goes on. In the next stage fur
ther phenomena can be produced, but
still there is recollection of the hyp-
n0fIP lprinI Tho
subjects may pass into a deep sleep
known as artificial somnambulism.
While in it they respond to all or
most suggestions made by the op-
orator, and on awakening they have
no recollection of anything they
heard, said, or did, while in that state.
@. How many licensed amateur
radio operators are there in this coun-
try?-R. A. S.
A. There are about $4,000. The
number is increasing rapidly.
! @ Was paper handmade in the
/ seventeenth and eighteenth centu-
/ ries?-A. D.
A. Paper during the early seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries was
largely made of rags, either cotton
| or linen. There are records Of nu-
merous appeals to the women to save
their rags. Until late in the eight
zenith century all paper was hand
made. Before 1887 all paper in Eng
land was brown in color White paper
was first manufactured in that year.
: O. How many banks are now men,
berS of the Federal Reserve System,
and how many are not? What do
/ their deposits total?-J. K. B.
! A. As of March 81, 1894, there were
6,5I4 member banks, only 269 of which
were not licensed. Their deposits to-
tailed s27,7l0,l99,00 as Of December
30. 1888. The total of non-member
banks, exclusive of mutual savings
banks, was 1929 with deposits of
S., ,588, ,095 900.
@. Has it always been customary
/ for Congress to adjourn out of respect
on the occasion of the death of
member?-F T.
A. 1t has been and also in the first
so years of Congress all members
wore crepe band on the left arm
for 80 days.
! @. When is the exposition in Rio
de Janeiro to be held?-C. S.
A. It is scheduled for August II to
November IS, 1884.
@. Where was the Kentucky rife
first made?-G. c.
A. Lancaster, Pa, is considered by
! authorities 70 be the birthplace Of the
Kentucky rife. 1t is here are found
many of the early riflemakers or
gunsmithS who produced this type Of
rife. Martin Meylan was reported to
have erected in l719 mill to bore
out gun barrels. Philip LIE Fevre
located at Big Spring, Beaver Valley.
about 4 miles from Lancaster, made
rifles from 1871 to 1886. Matthew
Roesser and Henry Albrecht were two
other rif1emakers.