Evening star., 1939-02-20
Hoskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. H1skin.

10 NeOOeTS QueStlOnS
By Frederic J. Hasktn.
reader can get the dns,oer to am
question OF fact by 1Driting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Haskin. director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Please give the prayer by Robert
Louis Stevenson beginning, "The day re-
turns and brings us its pretty round Of
lrritations and duties"-W. H.H,
A. 1t Is as follows: "The day returns
and brings US the petty round of irritat-
ing concerns and duties Help us to play
the man, help us to perform them with
| laughter and kind faces. Let cheerful
ness abound with industry. Give US to
go blithely on our business all this dav.
| Bring us to our resting beds weary and
| content and undishonored and grant US
in the end the gift of Sleep"
@. How much mail of all kinds was
| handled last year?-E. j. r.
A. The total number of pieces of mail
| of all classes handled In 1898 was 26..
| O41 ,979,142.
@. When were the first press bulletins
| given on the air?-T. H. M.
A. On November @ 1920, press bulle.
tins on the Harding-Cox election were
broadcast over Station KDKA in Pitts
burgh.
| q. What was the result of recording
the heart action of the criminal who was
shot to death in some Western prison?-
j. H. w.
A. While John w. Deering, a convicted
slayer, stood before firing squad in Salt
Lake City, his heart action was recorded
by an electro-cardograph film. The
heart beat jumped from a normal u to
loO and maintained that during the sew
eral minutes required to complete pre-
Hmlnarles for the execution. When
Deerlng was asked for a last statement
mis- heart fiuttered wildly, then calmed
after he spoke until bullets ended his life.
The heart beat stopped 1876 seconds
alter the fatal bullet was fired, but Deer
ing was not pronounced dead until 2a
minutes after the shots.
Q. How many Jews were there in our
forces in the World War?-H. B.
A. More than 100000 Jews served in
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of
the United States during the World war.
@. Is there an animal that souirts
blood from its eyes?-S. &C.
A. The horned toad, found in the
Southwest desert country, will, when an
noyed, squirt stream of blood from its
eye.
@. What is the maximum speed of
New York City subway express train?--
E. w. ..
A. The approximate actual speed at
tanned by the New York City subway
express trains is 40 miles per hour.
@. What famous American humorist
started the Arkansas Traveler?-E. J.H,
A. Opie Read established the humor-
Gus paper called the Arkansas Traveller
in 1888 and conducted it until 1891.
@. Who were the first settlers in
Alaska?-A. T.
A. The region now known as Alaska
was visited by the Russian officers Ber.
ing and Chirkov in l741. Other Rus
slams had undoubtedly preceded them.
Russian traders and trappers soon en-
tered the country, and through their ac-
tlvlty other nations became interested
IN this region. Spanish expeditions in
l774 and IT'S visited the southeastern
shore, and in l778 the English explorer,
Capt. James Cook, made extensive sur.
veys OF the coast for the British govern
ment The first settlement was made
by the Russians at Three Saints. on Ko-
dlak Island, in 1884, and in 1904 the
Russian American Co. founded Sitka.
making it the seat of government in
1905.
@. Please give complete list of tho
encyclopedias that are to be deposited
IN the Crypt of Civilization at Oglethorpe
University.-J. H. G..
A. The university is microfilming the
following encyclopedias to be deposited: !:
Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia. the
Encyclopedia Britannica, the World Book
Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Larousse,
Gyldendals Lexicon, the Encyclopedia of
Music, Ploetz's Encyclopedia of Dates. the
Modern Encyclopedia of Photography,
Macfadden's Encyclopedia of Health,
GernsbackS Radio Encyclopedia, brakes
Encyclopedia of Radio and Electronics,
the Modern Drug Encyclopedia. the
scientific American Encyclopedia of Rec
ipes. Encyclopedia Reference Handbook
OF the Medical Sciences. the Pageant Of
America, the Wonder World, Who's Who
eng. and America, Dictionary of Euro
pean Literature, Larned's History (encyD,
Encyclopedia Sexualis, Jewish Encyclo-
pedia, dictionaries :. in English and all
modern languages, both European and
Asiatic, and reference books of all kinds.
In addition to these approximately 1000
separate works covering the entire range
OF human knowledge will be deposited.
Q. How many Buffalo and Jefferson
five-cent pieces were coined last.year?-
A. R.
A. In 1888 there were 100000 Buffalo