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Show Here's Your Answer By FREDERIC J. EIASKIIf A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Salt Lake Telegram Information Informa-tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Please inclose I cents for reply, - r .. ( s ,Q. What is mean by eatacousncsT E. H. . A. This Is the science which treats of reflected sounds, or that part of acoustics which considers the properties prop-erties of echoes. Q. How many states will present bills to their legislatures this winter win-ter to put civil service in state positions? posi-tions? P. M. A. Fourteen states will have such bills introduced this winter. Q. On what date did the famous ' editorial be sinning. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claua, first appear T E. I. A. Frank Church's editorial was originally printed in the New Tork Sun on September at, 1897. Q. How many log are there in the cabin in which Abraham Lincoln Lin-coln was bora? Ci P. - A. There are 143. The outside dimensions di-mensions of tha cabin are 12 feet by 17 feet Q. What la an Angstrom unit? R. K. A. It Is a measurement for light wsves. It is 250-miUionths of an inch, and was named for a Swedish phy- ( sicist i Q. In mythology, what god first uttered oracles? O. D. A. It was a goddess, Themis. She was ths goddess of justice. Q. What Is the temperature of a lightning flash? G. F. D. A. No actual measurements hsv been made of th temperature in ' lightning flashes, but the temperature tempera-ture is obviously very high as evidenced evi-denced by the fact that objects ar often set on fir when struck by lightning. Q. Why should cod liver oQ be i kept In a dark bottle In cold place? E. C B. A. Cod liver oil is kept in dark bottles in order to protect th vitamins. vita-mins. It is kept cold in order to avoid rancidity. Most people find it less objectionable if taken with or after meals as it mixes immediately imme-diately with foods. Q. What Is a sisar? T. H. K. A. A sizar is an undergraduate undergrad-uate of Cambridge or of Trinity college, Dublin, who receives a grant from th college to assist in paying his expenses. Formerly Former-ly sizars were expected to under- ( take certain menial duties now performed by college servants. Ths name is taken to show that ons so assisted received his sizes or sizings free. |