These three suns are named Al
i waid, Etanin and Xi, the body and
- tail of Draoo being formed by eight
- other suns, extending in a general
’ northwardly direction. Alwaid, Eta
- nln and XI are distant from us trll
t lions and trillion* of miles, that Is, it
takes raye of light, speeding very
• swiftly, many year* to travel from
them to our earth.
• CHARLES NEVERS HOLMES.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J, H ASK IN.
Q. Wm there any particular slg- ]
nlficanc* In the fact that aome of the
arrow potnta used by tha Indiana
wara white?- -M. F.
A. Whlta flint arrow polnta ware
quite common in aome parta of the.
country. The Indiana were mote
concerned with the workable char
acter of the material than with Its :
color.
Q. What causes explosions of kero- j
sene stoves? —E. T. H.
A. The Department, of Commerce
says /that explosions of kerosene ,
stoves are usually due to overheat- j
lng the stove to a point above the
vaporizing: temperature of the kero- !
sene, or using as fuel some mixture
which has an evaporating point near
room temperatures. By carefully j
cleaning the stove so that the air
passages are open, and by \ising a
good grade of kerosene, explosions
can be avoided.
Q.. When cannon balls were flred 1
during the ar the soldiers
hear the hiss or sound of them in i
time to avoid them? —E. H. L.
A. When a cannon is discharged,
the speed of the shell is so rapid that
It gives no warning of Its approach
until it strikes an object, when an
explosion occurs. The modern shells j
travel faster than sound.
