Evening star., 1934-04-24

gradual withdrawal Of TOO Marines by
December 81, 1884, unless unforeseen
difficulties arise:
@. What expressionS were used In
the gay '90s rs great, swell, and hot
are used today?-J. OD.
A. The slang expression swell first
appeared in 1900, but was used in
England much earlier than that,
meaning q wen-dreSsed man or
gentleman. Other slang phrases used
in the period Of the gay 90s ex-
pressing the same idea were bully,
dandy and sometimes jim-dandy.
Q. Who selected the route for the
C. & o. Railroad?-M. s.
A. According to a booklet pub
ished by the Chesapeake g. Ohio
Railroad, George Washington selected
the route of the Chesapeake a. Ohio,
although steam locomotives and rail-
roads did not appear until more than
100 years later. Washington sur
veyed and set afoot construction Of q
midland trail. 1t was a rough wagon
road winding from the lowlands Of
Virginia colonies along the Blue
Ridge Mountains and through the
Allegheny Mountains and into the
Ohio River Basin. The route Of the
midland trail Is the route OF the main
line Of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad.
@. What is olericulture?-N. M.
A. The science Of growing esculent
vegetables.
@. Do college graduates who spe-
cialize in chemical engineering stick
to this line of work?-M. S. K.
A. Prof. Alfred H. White, University
of Michigan, 1881, found in his study
Of occupations and earnings of chemi-
cal engineering graduates that more
| than 70 per cent of the chemical engi-
neering graduates from 1920 to 1880
were employed by industrial organiza-
tions: IS per cent were teachers, en-
ployes of Government bureaus, or in
research institutes, and less than 10
per cent, after 10 years, we're in fields
other than chemical engineering. OF
the industrial group more than 40 per
cent were directly connected with the
plant either in the development,
operating or general engineering diH-
sions; 20 per cent were in research
laboratories: nearly IA per cent have
become connected with the sales diH.
sions, and less than per cent are in
analytical work.
@. Between what two countries is
travel the heaviest?-B. G.
A. Travel between the United States
and Canada is greater than over any
other international boundary in the
world. During 1888 the number Of
automobiles from the United States
which entered Canada for touring
purposes was 3,096,88 OF these, o.
233,4l8 we're admitted for a period not
exceeding "a hours; S63.136 for a pc
riod not exceeding go days; and 333
for period not exceeding six months.
@. What is the Ernulphian curse?-
C. B. S.
A. 1t Is form Of accommodation
Of the Church of Rome which will be
found in the Textus Offensis of Ernul-
phus, Bishop Of Rochester, England
Q114 ADJ.
@. What was~the length of the nu-
merals and hands of the floral clock
at the st. Louis Worlds Fair, 1s04?-
r. A. H.
A On the floral clock at the st.
Louis Worlds Fair, 1904, the dial was
100 feet in diameter, and the minute
hand was about so feet in length. The
numerals, marking the hour were Is
feet in length In the circle surround
ing the numerals were collections of
twelve distinct plants. each collection
being twenty-five feet long and fifteen
feet wide. The hands of the clock,
made Of steel. had wooden troughs for
the soil. At night the clock was illu-
minated by 1000 tncandescent lamps.
| Q. How do American wheat exports
compare with ten years ago?-L. H.
A. Wheat exports in 1923 amounted
to ITS. .190, 900 bushels In 1888 they
! amounted to only 27,5l2 900 bushels.