Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-18
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New Questions
1.-When a train is going around
a curve, is most of the weight on
the high rail Or the low rail?
eminent hospitals whore disabled
soldiers of the late war can receive
treatment?
8.-When was rural free delivery
instituted?
4-What is the winter season as
recorded by the weather bureau?
5.-How many ounces of silver
bullion has the government pur-
chased under the Pittman act?
6.-Are there any states where
children do have to go to school?
7.-When was the subway built in
8.-Why was the maple leaf chos-
en- as the emblem of Canada?
9:-What is a White City? o,,,o
heating value? How does heat
value of wood compare with that
Of coal?
n,5o+ Q fry gyoJTD 2s the IS t f05aScS
mentioned in the Bible?
A-The tobacco plant is a ma
tive of the Western Hemisphere,
where the abOrgines cultivated
and used it from remote times.
There is no reference to this plant
2. of vessels are raised which
were sunk durin the war, to whom
do they belong?
A.-The United States shipping
sunk have been declared losses;
and the underwriters have settled
the loss, they therefore become
the property of the underwriters.
Any contracts for the raising of
the Underwriters. If the vessels are
raised without contract, settlement
must be made with the under
writer's.
8. Q.-In what country have can
2Cannibals have been found in
historic times in both North and
South America, Africa, India, Aus
tralia, New Zealand and the Poly
nesian islands.
"a. T. o;-Wbat is meant by "single
A.-The single tax idea is that a
tax should be levied on the value
of land, irrespective of improve
ments, and this to be the only tax
lSNI leu Ou Tie lH6OEN IIldC II would
make it impossible for capitalists
land, which are capable of produc-
ing, if divided among many peo-
pie. THE Single Tax" by Horny
George, is the great authority on
5. Q.-What are the names of the
Three Wise Monkeys %
so A.I The Little Little Apes Of NIiIk5ko,"
T T%3meti mes ,l known as the Three
secs no evil, Kikazaru. who hears no
evil, and Mazaru, who speaks no
8. o-when and where was the
first Sunday school started?
3. A-Robert Raikes organized the
first Sunday school in Plymouth.
England, in 1880.
7. Q;-Please state the number of
federal officeholders in the United
A.-The civil service commission
says that on July 50, 1920 5,l'l there here
was approximately 691,0O0 federal
officeholders in the United States
8. Q.-How did the chinchilla set
A.-The chinchtlla derives it's
name from the Spanish chinche,
bedbug, on account of a similar
odor which it gives off. This de-
rivation must not be COMPOUNDED
With that of the name of the town
9, Q.-What is an oriel window?
Am oriel window is bay
window of an upper story, support
ed by brackets. In France and
England the oriel window is a fea-
ture of late Gothic or early Renais-
sance style of architecture.
10. Q.--W hat is the name of the
Siamese prince who recently ar
rived ir America?
A.-Prince Purachatra. He is the
brother of the T1I1ar X
and is the Siamese commissioner
of railroads. He is in the United
States inspecting our railroad sys-
tenn.