Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-09
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

ton Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. C. Please incIose stamp for reply.
@. Has horse ever won the English
Derby twice?-S. r. D.
A. That would be impossible, since 1t
Is a race for year olds.
@. How many homes in the country
are in disrepair and lacking proper SAM
tary equipment?-A. r.
A. Thirty-six per cent Of homes are
subStandard. Five million Of these are
farm homes and six million non-farm.
@. How can rust be kept from gun
barrels when they are not In uSe?-
w. H. S.
A. The barrel Of a gun should be
closed up when stored by filling It with
a good gun grease. This automatically
closes it and prevents rust.
@. Who invented the seismograph for
recording earthquakes?-M. s.
A. The first instrument Of the kind
was the SeismoScope of Chang Heng, a
Chinese scholar, made in AID. 1872.
@. OF what is the secretion that comes
from the f1ngertips compoSed?-E. J.
A. From 98.5 to 99.5 per cent water
and 0.5 to Is solid material comes from
the sweat pores on the fingertips. One
third of the solid material is composed
Of inorganic matter, usually salt, and
there are minute quantities Of fat.
@. How many Marines are stationed
at Quantico, Va?-G. A. w.
A. AS of June 81, 1895, there were
2,918 Marines stationed at Quantico, Va.
@. What Is the land In Ontario be-
tween Lakes Ontario and Erie called?
S. B.
A. That portion Of the Province of
Ontario situated directly between Lake
Erie and Lake Ontario comprising Well
and and Lincoln Counties, Is known
locally as the Niagara Peninsula.
@. Why was Schubert buried clad as
a hermit?-W. C.
A. 1t was in his day the custom for
one Of his class to be buried as a
hermit. This was the dress of the
great Schubert. His brow was crowned
with laurel.
@. How old was Daniel Defoe when
he started writing f1ction?-A. r.
A. Although he was prolific writer
in other lines for many years, Defoe
did not begin to write fiction until he
was nearly go.
@. Why was the Cut dug from Palm
Beach to Lake Tran?-E. A.
A. The Cut in Palm Beach, Fla. 10
Gated Immediately south of the Palm
Beach Country Club and running from
County road palm Beach avenue) to
Lake Trail, was dug in 1914 by the
Florida East Coast Hotel Co. This Cut
was made by a channeling machine
which is really huge circular saw
used extensively in cutting this type
Of rock on the Florida Keys. The pur-
pose of the Cut was two-fold: To
provide a wheel chair path connecting
County road with Lake Trail. To pro-
vide a run-of for water from the n.y.
draulic dredge used in filling the land
which is now the golf course Of the
Palm Beach Country Club. With the
passing of the years, the Cut has grown
more beautiful from year to year be-
cause of the vines and tropical foliage
which has been developed. 1t is still
used extensively for wheel chair traffic
particularly as there is now separate
wheel chair path on County road which
extends from the Cut south to Wells
road. 1t is, of course, also used by
bicycle riders, who have greatly increased
in number in the last two years.
@. Was John D. Rockefeller a soldier
during the Civil War?-R. E. G.
A. He did not serve.
@. For how long period has Benares
been celebrated in song and story?"-
E. S.
A. Since about 1900 BIC.
@. How many legions were stationed in
the Roman provinces in Augustus day?
H. F.
A. Tacitus says twenty-five.
@. For how long have the flags flown
day and night over the United States
Capitol?-C. A. B.
A. The Office of the Architect Of the
| Capitol says that the custom of flying
United States flag night and day at
all times from the east and west porti-
Goes of the United States Capitol orig
mated during the World War. It was
felt for patriotic reasons that there
should be one building over which the
flag never ceased to fly. The Capitol
was selected as being typical Of the
United States, and as being outside OF
military regulations, which, OF course,
demand the furling Of the flag at sun
set.
@. Where is Drake Well Memorial
| Park?-A. j.
A. 1t is situated on Oil Creek, Ven
| ango County, Pa, and marks the spot
| where Col. Edwin L. Drake drilled the
| first successful oil well in the world.
The 1881 Legislature accepted gift OF
land by the American Petroleum 1nsti-
tute and placed the reservation under
the care of the State Historical Com
| mission.
@. Please give a list of the so-called
universal languages.-A. r.
A. A partial list is as follows: Vola-
puk, Esperanto, Spelin, Mondolingue,
Universala, Kosmos, Novilatin, Idiom
Neutral, Ro, Spatari-Radio-Code, lido
and Anglic.
@. How many heavyweight champions
had the first name James and the mid.
die initial J.?-B. D.
A. Four. They were Corbett, Jeffries,
Tunney and Braddock.