Evening star., 1938-08-13
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader can get the cns,per to any
question Of fact By prittna The Epe-
ming Sta, Information Bureau, Frederic
j. Hdsktn, director. Warrington. D. c.
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q. Who said that national debt Is q
national blessing?-A. r.
A. Alexander Hamilton said: "A ma
tional debt, If 1t is not excessive, will be
to us q national blessing"
q. What became Of the Gjoa on which
Amundsen sailed through the Northwest
Passage from Norfolk to San Francisco7
p. j. M.
A. The boat is now on view near the
west exit Of Golden Cato Park, San
Francisco.
q. How large is the dome Of the
louisiana State Capitol at Baton Rouge?
&C. +. q.
IN height.
Q. How many dog cemeteries are there
In the United states?-F. C.L.
A. There are. approximately ~.
Q. Who invented the Hoop-La at
Coney 1sland?-T L.
A. This Amusement ride Is the inven.
tion OF George c. Tilyou, II.
@. How many kinds Of cattle brands
are there in Nevada ?-T. K. L.
A. There are more than $500.
Q. What is the Association of Men
With Wings?-E. H. G.
A. 1t Is group of prominent avia.
tors who have united for the purpose Of
bringing the Wright brothers plane back
to this country from England, where It
Is IN the Kensington Science Museum.
COL Charles w. Kerwood is president Of
the association and the vice presidents
are Frank M. Hawks and Charles Casey
Jones.
@. What causes devil. r. B.
A. Dew is produced by the condensa-
ton OF watery vapor from the atmos-
phere. The deposit Of dew Is caused
by the GOODNESS Of the bodies bedeved.
and this takes place In consequence of
the radiation Of heat into open space
without any equivalent return.
Q. What animal washes all Of It's food?
e. H.
A. The raccoon. Young raccoons in
confinement have been known almost to
starve because they had no water to wash
their food.
@. What percentage of American cars
are sold outside Of the United States?
j. G.
A. 1t is estimated that n per cent are
sold elsewhere.
g. What railroad is called the Ma &,
Pa"?-J. L. K.
A. The Maryland & Pennsylvania.
Q. Who originated the premium as a
form of advertising?-S L.
A. Printers Ink says: THE modern
premium goes back to B. T. Babbitt, the
soap manufacturer Before the Civil
War the laundry soap business was In
the same class as sugar. It was bought
and sold by the pound. When Babbitt
brought out soap in cake form (Bab-
bits Best Soap to overcome close com
petition. he found that the public, accus-
toned to buying by the pound. was unre-
sponsive. To gain the interest Of con-
sumers he conceived the idea Of putting
value on the wrappers. To any per-
son sending in Is of them he offered a
panel picture and the idea took on quick
ly. Editions OF some Of the pictures ran
into the hundreds Of thousands"
@. Where was Samuel rnNn. the
fnancier, burted?-H. L. K.
A. He was buried In Putney Vale
Cemetery, Putney, England.
@. Please give some information about
famous race horse named Tammany.
j. DR.
A. The Daily Racing Form says: "Tam-
many, foaled in 1889. was by Iroquois, out
OF Tullahoma. He was raced from 1891
to 1893. inclusive, under the silks of Mar
Gus DAILY. AS 2-year-old in 1891, Tam
many won the Great Eclipse Stakes and
Criterion Stakes, important fixtures of
that period. His four victories during
1892 were the Withers Stakes, Realiza-
tion Stakes Lorillard Stakes and Jerome
Stakes In 1893 he was undefeated In
three starts, including two stake VIC
tories"
Q. Are more expensive cigars manu.
factured than cheap ones?-W. 8. @.
A. OF the cigars manufactured during
the fiscal year 1878. 631 ,651 were made
to retail above cents. while 4,730, ,00o,-
600 were made to sell for cents or less.
@. Why do sailors have Is buttons
across the top of the trousers?-J. w. H.
A. They stand for the l3 original
States.
@. How many acres Of forest are re-
quired to furnish enough paper for a
Sunday edition of large newspaper?
Il. r. 8.
A. The Forest Products Laboratory of
Madison, Wis, says that 1873 cords of
spruce are required for one ton of news
print, allowing 10 per cent for shrinkage.
The Sunday edition for one Of New
York's newspapers requires the wood
from 80 acres Of forest.
q. VIII Whixer White play football
this fall or 60 to Oxford?-W. j. H.
A. It is announced that he will play
with the Pittsburgh Pirates ut Q salary
of $4,000. In January, 1889, he expects
to enter Oxford on his Rhodes Scholar