Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-19
q III Z
New Questions

1-Do deer lose their antlers each
year?
2-Who designed the seal of the
United States?
3-How did the Bowery get its
name?
4-Into how many languages has
the Bible been translated? Are there
any countries in which the Gospel
has not been pres ched?
SLOW many of all the automo-
biles made are used in the United
States?
6-What is the meaning of Sam
uel Clemens pen-name, Mark Twain
What is the name of the poem
which begins, THE boy stood on the
burning deck?"
8-Who has been selected by the
Red Cross to pose as the canteen
girl?
(Which is the most active of the
American oil fields? That is, where
are the most wells being opened?
10-Which are the seven seas re-
ferred to in literature?
Questions Answered
1. @. Is President Wilson a sing
A. 1t is stated upon good author
ity that President Wilson has ten
or voice of unusual power and quail
ity, and that in his college days he
was in great demand as a singer.
2. @. AT the start of the world
war was Canada compelled to furnish
troops?
A. AS part of NSe British empire,
Canada was bounS 70 furnish troops,
but she did not wait to be asked for
soldiers, she volunteered them:
3. Q. What is bull batting?
a This snort once DODu-
lar in England, but declared illegal
in 1885. A bull was attacked by dogs
and sometimes the nostrils Of the
bull were blown full of pepper to in
crease his fury. Another form of
the sport was to fasten the bull to
bulldogs at him. one at time, which
were trained to seize the bull by the
nose. The bulldog seems to have
been developed for this sport from
a short-eared mastiff called "alaunt.'
4. @. How many strings has q
piano?
A. This differs, but the usual
number is 1870 strings in the treble
and forty-six in the bass.
5. @. How much does the blood
in a human body weigh?
A. The public health service says
man body is ~ per cent of the body
6. Q. Can you tell me how large
Saint Bernard dogs grow to be, and
how large Russian wolf hounds?
A. The 5 5fTgsst b Saint ncb Bernard ma
little more at the shoulder, and
weigh about $50 pounds. Russian
wolf hounds are from twenty eight
to thirty-one inches high at the
shoulder, and weigh from seventy
five to 105 pounds.
7. @. Where is the most power
full telescope in the United States?
Mount "Wilson observatory in Cali
fornia has this rank and is 100000
times as powerful as the human eye.
8. @. What are the dimensions of
the liberty bell?
A. The measurements Of the lib
erty bell in Independence hall are:
Length around the lip. twelve feet;
length around the crown, seven feet
six inches from lip to crown around
the in-curve, three feet; over the
crown, two feet three inches; length
of the clapper, three feet two inches;
weight, 1850 pounds.
9. @. Is it necessary to be an
American in order to get sea train
ing for merchant marine service?
A. The United States shipping
board says that only American citi-
zens will be accepted for training on
the ships of the sea training bureau,
as it is the policy and desire of the
government to have American ships
manned entirely by American crews.
10 @. How old is the office of
justice of peace?
A The institution Of justices of
peace is very old. They were known
in England prior to 1927 when they
were called conservators of the
peace, and were chosen in every
county by the freeholders from
among the principal men of the
county.