Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-04-20
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Haskin.

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Hasktn, Director, Washington, D. C..
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Has any horse other than Reynolds.
town won the Grand National at Aintree
twice?-S. B. =
A. It had happened three times before.
Adb-el-Kader won this steeplechase in
1850 and 1851; The Colonel in 1859 and
1870, and PoethBn in 1918 and 1919.
O. When did a prohibition candidate
first appear on presidential ballot?-
s. T.
A. In 1872 James Black appeared on
the ballot as Temperance candidate,
polling $500 popular votes. In 1875
G.. G. Smith appeared on the ballot as a
Prohibition candidate, polling 9,522 votes.
In every subsequent campaign there was
Prohibition candidate. No Prohibition
candidate ever polled enough votes to
win any votes in the electoral college.
@. How long did Pasteur live after he
had paralytic stroke?-M. r.
A. Pasteur was stricken with semi
paralysis in October, 1853. He died on
September %, 1895.
Q. When did the British annex Malta?
w. M.
A. Great Britain annexed Malta in
1914 at the request of the Maltese. Her
ownership was confirmed by the treaty
of Paris, also of that year. Malta is
highly important base and is heavily
fortified. The area Of the island of Malta
is 81 square miles.
@. What is a colorscope?-W. B.
A. This is an electrical device for
matching colorS. Each of two colors to
be matched is placed before a photo
electric cell, which generates an electric
current proportional in intensity to the
light waves received by the CELL When
the colors are exactly matched. the two
currents are equal and register zero on a
galvanometer. The instrument was in
vented by DR.. H. H. Sheldon and ex-
hibited first in 1880.
Q. How many United States postage
stamps were issued last year?-E. e. H.
A. For the fiscal year ending June 80.
1885, there were l36l0,497, 4l0 stamps
issued.
Q. How often do people have colds?-
A. G..
A. They are so prevalent they average
a loss of 10 days activity to each person
yearly. .
O. How long is a parsec?-B. T.
A. 1t is l9,OOO,OOO,OOO ,OOO, 100000 miles
long.
O. What groups of corporations made
he 10 1ac z
A. Thirteen large chemical companies
averaged 14.7 per cent; Is large distilling
companies averaged 100 per cent, and Is
large automobile companies averaged
1912 per cent.
@. When did composite and trick pho
Biography begin?-T. P.
A. There probably were earlier expert
ments but the most notable examples
appeared after the assassination OF
President Lincoln. There was a great
demand for his pictures, but there was
none showing him in the heroic postures
which the American people wanted.
Earlier statesmen had been painted in
such poses. So photographers took pic
lures of the posed, draped figures Of such
men as John c. Calhoun and Henry Clay
and superimposed the head of Lincoln.
Currier g. Ives had issued Autograph
showing Lincoln's deathbed scene with
Vice President Andrew Johnson present.
Afterward when johnson became I'M
popular and was impeached. the head
of Gen. Halleck was substituted for
Johnsons.
O. What causes an oasis in a deSert?-
A. 1t is usually formed because Of
stream rising from subterranean spring.
A combination soil which holds water but
prevents evaporation is sometimes found
in a desert and favors the formation Of
GASES.
@. Why is the name Percy so often
regarded as effenlinate?-D. K.
A This is a mystery, as no name IN
history has more masculine associations.
A member of the Percy family was a
follower of William the Conqueror and
from then on the Percys were fighting
men. One was among the barons who
forced the Magma Charta from King John,
another took prisoner King David II OF
Scotland, another fought at Crecy, and
several were outstanding in the Wars OF
the Roses and other struggles. Sir Henry
Percy was such firebrapd he was given
The VI I1OboJtA' OS'SAoA SASSS
figure in Shakespeares plays. They be-
came Dukes of Northumberland.
@. Are the United States lighthouses
all the same color?-H. A.
A. The Lighthouse Service says that
all lighthouses are painted white.
O. Is the azalea now sold in pots at
Easter related to the native wild azalea?
w. H.
A. In colonial days, the flame-colored
azalea found in the Eastern United
States was taken to Europe and crossed
with the Dutch variety. The potted
azaleas of today are the descendants.
@. What is used to cement glass;
A. D. A.
A. A solution of casein in waterglass
or silicate of soda may be used to cement
glass mixture of waterglass and
aSbestine may also be used.
Magic Merit.
From the Hartford Courant.
A moratorium on oratory has been de-
clared in Germany which is likely to