Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-09

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New Questions

New Questions
lis the hippopotamus of any use!
2-What is the value of the peanut
in this country?
/ 3-What is the archean layer of
the earth's crust?
What is the purpose Of pass
port?
Show many people are natural
lied in this country, and does any
! government notify other countries
when their subjects are naturalized
| here?
Chow many times does the word
"and" appear in the Bible?
governor has not the veto power?
(Which are the romance Ian
! guages?
9-Do the japanese wear wooden
shoes?
the same kind of cradle boards?
10. What is the best speed rec
| ord that a pigeon has ever made?
A. The bureau of animal indus
they have for a carrier pigeon was
made in 1919 by Bullet owned by
! o. w. Anderson, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
The bird flew 1000 miles in one day,
II hours, "a minutes, s seconds. The
long distance reoofs Is held 6y the he
i
Thomas B. Brouillette, of Spring
field, Mass. In 1915, this bird flew
j from Denver to Springfield, 1859
miles, in two days, hours, 20 min
| utes.
%. When and how did the po-
| litical phrase, looking after his
fences" originator?
A. In 1880 when General Grants
| friends made him candidate for a
third presidential nomination, Elihu
| B. Washburne, who has been one of
his supporters in the past, was
the opposition to Grant. On May 5
/ of that year great demonstration
| for Grant was staged at Springfield.
| Ill. Washburne, who was in Spring
| field that day, escaped the embar-
rassment of meeting Grant on such
an occasion by suddenly taking a
train for Maine. with the explana-
ton that he had to make the trip
to look after the fences" on a farm
he owned there.
60. Please tell me what run
ner" was in the war?
A. The war department says that
| a runner in the army is a soldier
who has been detailed from his reg
ular unit to carry messages from
one military headquarters to an
other. There We're number of run
ners to each company
10. Is the production Of petro-
leum IN the United States falling
| off?
A. The daily average production
in this country for June, 1920, was
| the. highest ever recorded for any
| one MONTH Oklahoma led all the
states with a daily increase of al
most $4,000 barrels.
So. I've heard the. EXPRESSION
! the worlds sugar bowl" What is
meant by it?
A. Cuba is sometimes designated
| this way because it produces one
third of the cane sugar of the world
Even when beet sugar is included in
| the total production, it is found that
Cuba furnishes eone-fourth of all the
sugar used.
60. How many religious de-
nominations have been represented
by the presidents of the United
A. There have been eight Episco-
palians, eight Presbyterians, four
| Unitarians. four Methodists, two Re-
| formed Dutch and one Disciples.
terrain. which church he attended:
Johnson as Methodist, his wffe's
church, and leaves Jefferson classed
as liberal, a biographer saying that
while Jefferson was not sectarian
he was believer in Christianity.
| formation concerning the life his
tory of the common household moth ?
A. The biological survey says
that the common clothes moth will
| fly about for a while if possible, bee
fore laying it's eggs. The mating
takes place after the moth has flown,
rather than Immediately after hatch
| ing The eggs are laid in various
and scattered places, but not neces-
sariy in dark ones ,n or in do WOODEN
eat. The span of a moths life is
but few days.
@. Is it correct to say 1--WE are
going to have company for dinner
A. This is incorrect. eve are
going to have company at dinner
is the proper expression.
60. Is it true that baseball
player was struck by lightning dur
ing ball game and was able to con-
| tinue?
A. This did happen to Ray cald-
well while pitching his first, game
as a member of the Cleveland team
on August 8, 1919. The Indians had
the Athletics to in the ninth
by lightning and fell to the ground.
He recovered, resumed pitching and
put out Dugan, the last man up, who
| was at bat when Caldwell was
struck
100. have heard it reported
that there was u giant airship built
by the Germans during the war to
A. The Lib" designed and con-
structed at the Zeppelin works at
/ Lewenthal, was made for the sole
purpose of bombing New York city,
| according to a report by Colonel
| William Hensley, of the balloon and
| airship division. of the air service.
This airship is 779 feet long, ninety
five feet high, has an eighty-nine-
foot beam; six Maybach engines of
eco horse power each, speed of
ninety-one miles per hour, a gas ca
pacity of 11,o00 gallons, a lifting
/ capacity of 2,470,O00 cubic feet, a
cruising distance of $500 miles and
carried five and one-half tons of
bombs in addition to the crew.
The pilot. of this machine had sue
cessfully bombed London ten times,
las we'll as Dunkirk at the Russian
! front