Evening star., 1935-05-16

@. When was the name United
states OF America decided upon?--
A. p.
A. 1t was agreed to by the Consti.
tutional Convention on August z, 1877,
in considering the report Of the Com
mittee Of Detail. The selection of
this name was logical, since 1t was
composed Of States which were unit
ing, and the whole country was COM
monty termed America.
@. Please give O resume OF Rider
Haggard's "She."-M. L. C.
A. A young Englishman goes TO
Africa to avenge the death of an
Egyptian ancestor, whose strange his
tory has come down to him In an old
manuscript. The ancestor, q priest
Of Isis, had been slain by an immortal
white sorceress somewhere in Africa.
The sorceress. She, and the Eng
lishman, finally meet, recognize a
mysterious bond between them, and
at the climax Of the story visit place
where burns a mysterious fire which
gives thousands of years of life, love-
illness, strength and wisdom, or else
ANatA OAlC, AOI Vic 0COOtl0
time, passes into the fame and Is in
stantly consumed.
@. When was the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal constructed?-W. w. A..
A. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
originated in project formed by
George Washington as early as l774, TO
make the Potomac navigable from
tidewater to Cumberland, and to con-
meet 1t by common roads and portages
with the Ohio. The War OF the Revo-
luton postponed the scheme, but it
was taken up again in 1884, and the
company was incorporated. OF this
company Washington was president
until his election as President of the
United States. The project encoun-
tered many obstacles, and in 1920
was abandoned as impracticable. A
new company was later organized,
which constructed the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal from Georgetown to
Cumberland, completing it in 1850.
@. Why do butchers put salt on
their meat blocks?-H. E. M.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that butchers put salt on meat
blocks to keep down bacteria and
mold. This, however, is not done much
at the present time, since most butch
ers use a metal scraper and clean
the block of we'll.
@. How long ago was it believed
that curses would protect graves
from robbers?-A. T,
A. Egyptians believed In the eff
cacy of curses and engraved them on
tombs. One dates back to 270o BIC.
Q. Why are grapes used as SYM
Dol in the seal of Connecticut?-A. L.
A. The follwoing is an excerpt from
New Haven Historical Society Papers,
Volume VIII: The device of the seal
challenges curiosity. Why we're rows
Of vines selected as the prominent
feature? 1t may well be ="
that there was no special significance
in the arrangement of the vines in
three rows, but that it was merely
intended to depict vineyard. .
The wild grapes of this country lade
a strong impression upon the early
voyagers who came here from the
North of Europe in the tract
by Rev. Francis Higginson called New
England's Plantation written in 1880,
he says that excellent vines are here
up and doune in the woods. Our
Governour hath already planted
vineyard, with great hope of increase
This would sufficiently account for
the selection Of vines, rather than
any other form of vegetation"
@. Please tell what some labor
leader has said concerning the effect
Of music on workers.-G. N.
A. William Green, president OF the
American Federation Of Labor, has
said: Music is friend of labor, for
it lightens the task by refreshing the
nerves and spirit Of the worker and
makes work pleasanter as well as
profitable