Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-12
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lis the number Of silos in use
increasing?
2-How long will it be before there
will be a comet that can be seen with
the naked eye?
3-Would like to know the date the
first A. E. F. troops landed In Eu-
rope, and at what point.
Al would like to know how many
miles an hour a homing pigeon will
average in flying ITO miles.
SIN speaking of a pine forest, Is
it understood that all the trees are
pine? .,
GLOW does kerosene compare
with coal for heating?
How many acres are under con-
tract with factories for the raising
of corn, peas, tomatoes and snap
beans?
8-What kind of constitution was
drawn up by the southern Confed-
eracy?
Show many anarchists were de-
ported last year?
10--Are thunderstorns more likely
to occur at certain hours?
Questions Answered
1. O. To settle an argument please
state whether the American Indians
shaved their faces as men do now.
A. The bureau of ethnology says
that the Indians never shaved their
faces as they had no means Of do
ing so. They pulled the hairs out
with sharp stones, with oyster shells,
or with their fingers.
2. O. Whose sepulcher was the
great pyramid of Egypt?
A. This pyramid is the tomb Of
Cheops, second king of the fourth
dynasty. It's original height was Az
feet and it covers thirteen acres OF
ground.
3. Q. Who discovered x-rays?.
A. X-rays were discovered and so
called by Prof. Rontgen, of the Uni
versity of Wurzburg, Germany, in
4. @. What is Spanish Town." and
where is it located?
A. This name is applied to a town
in Jamaica, otherwise known as San
tiago de Ia Vega. 1t Is on the River
Cobre about ten miles west of King
stOn.
5. @. Can you tell me the race and
nationality of Jack Dempsey?
A. william Harrison Dempsey is
an American citizen. He was born
in Manassas, Colo, and is of Irish
ancestry with trace OF Indian
s. Q. When did people begin paying
rent?
A. We find no exact records of the
first rent paid. 1t is said that when
the Germans conquered parts Of Gaul,
the land was parceled out to chiefs,
lieutenants and private soldiers. In
return the holders of the lands prom
Used military service when needed.
Some of the land was given to IA
vorites who were allowed to pay
in money instead of service, and the
system was established. Rent was
certainly known in the days that
Rome f1ourished there being Latin
names for rent under long leasehold
tenure; rent Of a farm, ground rent,
rent of state lands, and the annual
rent payable for the right to the per-
petQsl enjoyment Of Of anything inyt built
7. O.. Can you tell me who wrote
But the man worth while is the
man who can smile when everything
goes dead wrong?"
A. The lines are from the poem
1Worth While" by Ella wheeler ne er
pleasant when life flows by like a
song, but the man worth while is
the one who will smile when every
thing goes dead wrong"
8. Q; How do they lay cables in the
ocean?
A. The usual method is the one
used in laying the transatlantic ca
bles. These were, for the most part,
laid by two vessels. They Joined the
cable in mid-ocean, then steamed in
opposite directions, landing the other
ends of the cable on the two coasts.
9. Q. What is a nautical mile?
A. The photographic office says
that a nautical mile is defined to
be one-sixtieth part of the length of
a degree of great circle of sphere
whose surface is equal In area to the
area of the surface of the earth This
distance is about 6.OSO.27 feet.
10. @. What percentage on an in
vestment would be yielded by Vic
tory Liberty Loan bonds, and when
do these bonds mature?
A. The actuary Of the treasury de-
partment states that money invested
in Victory Liberty ga per cent
notes of 19221923 at the price of
1913, which was being quoted at the
time the question was asked. would
yield, if held until maturity, sass
per cent interest. These bonds may
be redeemed at the option of the
government on June Is or December
Is. 1922, and they must be redeemed
by June Is, 1923.