Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-26
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New Questions


| /. How are motion pictures made
in which the action is so slowed
down that in games such as tennis
you can see every move made by the
players?
2. How did the expression, dead as
herring" come to be used?
3. Why is peace represented by a
dove?
4. How much of the building that
goes on is for the construction of
5. If'St, Patrick converted Ireland,
who converted England, since the an
c1ent Britons were pagans?
s. What is the best way to keep
piano Keys and keep them white?
T. What is inside the Lincoln me-
moral?
g, 8: Should one say IT feel bad" or
g., What is an Irish dividend?
~. Is it true that alien private
properly IN the hands of the alien
property custodian will shortly be re-
turned to the owners?
questions Answered
L. Q.-HoW many breeds of chick
ems are raised in the United States
l.: A;-There are eighty-seven
ceilaneous varieties of chickens in
this country. This includes general
purpose breeds, meat or table breeds,
eg-mak1ng breeds and ornamental
DTe6QS.
2. Q--What language is taught in
pines?
g. A.-English is taught exclu-
sively in the schools. Two million
natives ma speak English and there are
10000 EnG1is speaking children in
the public schools of the Philippines.
8. Q.-Would an unwitnessed will,
written in the handwriting of the
teStator, be accepted?
). A.-Such is not the general law
of the United States, England or
ireland, but the law in Scotland
Quebec, Montana and Louisiana, as
well as most of continental Europe
does not require that a Photographic
will be attested by witnesses
I. .Q.-zlDIo Pygmies still exist?
4. A.-There are races of pygmies
the islands of the Pacific ocean.
.. 81 was told the other day
that there are now more people in
Chicago than in the entire state OF
Iowa. Is this so?
5. A:-The census bureau states
that Chicago now has a population
of 2,701,212. The estimated popu
lation of Iowa in 1919 was 2,224,f71
s. Q.-Is the flag Of Ireland greer
or blue?
g.. A.-The flag that is generally
used today has a green ground will
standard of the British Empire, the
Irish portion is blue with a gol
harp.
I. Q.-Why are pearls considered
an emblem of tears?
Z. A.-There is an old supersti
ton that pearls are the concealed
tears of heaven. There was belle
! in the east that at the full moon
the pearl oyster rose to the surface
of the sea and opened to receive thu
falling dewdrops from heaven, which
| hardened into pearls.
s. Q.-Why does blotting paper alb
sorb ink?
s. A.-Because it is made of por
Gus material which is not pressed ant
rolled as hard as other paper stock
8. Q.-How much will the increas
in freight rates add to the price o
a pound of meat?
g. Abusing computations on 1
thQusand-mile haul of feed to stock
stock to Stockyard, and stocllyard t
consumer, the freight increase will
| add less than one cent to the cos
of a pound of meat.
10, Q.-When was the Mason an
Dixon line established?
10. A.-The Mason and Dixon lin
was first surveyed by two English
men, Charles Mason and Jeremia
| Dixon, between 1763-1767, in orde
| to establish a definite boundary lin
| between the states of Pennsylvani
and Maryland. It's establishment set
tied state controversies which Taste
more than eighty years, and its eXac
location is 80 degrees, 43 minutes
o6.3 seconds north latitude.