Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-25
New Questions,

closing two-cenT stamp ZOE re-
turn postage.
New Questions,
AT what age are people most
apt to have appendicitis?
2-Is chop suey a native Chinese
dish?
3.-When was the big wind" in
Ireland and what damage did 1t do?
4. Was there ever Nick Carter?
5.-What is sake?
els it true that pennies need not
be accepted in amounts larger than
| rs cents?
7.-What is the derivation of the
word, "Pajama?"
8.-CaY1 birds Of paradise and al
grettes be sold and worn IN the
United States?
9.-What is seigniorage?
10.-What was the issue of paper
money that bore the picture of
woman?
Questions Answered
/. Q.-How deey is the deepest part
Of the ocean?
2. A.-The deepest point in the
ocean is probably near the Island of
Guam in the Pacific where the Unit
ed States ship Nero found bottom
at $3.50 fathoms, or about 6 miles.
2. Q-What is the salary of the
vice president of the United States?
A.-The salary attached to this Of
flee is $4,000 a year
8. Q.-PIease inform me as to the
origin of the dollar sign as we use
| 1t?
A.-Authorities differ as to its Or
| igin. A plausible explanation is that
ing United States, the connecting
curves of the "U" having been dis
carded.
4. Q.-When was the lottery game
| abolished in the United States?
Am act of congress, 1890, pro-
hibited the transmission through the
mails of lottery advertisements or
registered letters addressed to lot
teries or their agents. In 1894 con.
gress prohibited the importation Of
, lottery tickets or advertisements.
S. Q.-What is an atheist?
A-Lord Gladstone's definition of
the term was "By atheist, I upder-
stand a man who not only HOLDS Off,
like the skeptic, from the affirma-
tive but who drives himself. or is
driven, to the negative assertion in
regard to the whole unseen or to the
existence of God"
6. Q-Do women anywhere play
football?
game there is different from ours.
The ball is kicked more, and there
aren't the massed plays and scrim"
IMAGES we have. Quite a few girls
football teams have been organized
in Great Britain. Some even have
professional coaches, like out coll
leges
Q.-Are small airplanes being used
to carry passengers?
! A monoplane Of the Fokker
type made it's first passenger trip
/ T~11 N r10T,.
It carried seven passengers and their
| baggage, and reached a maximum
speed Of ninety-five miles an hour.
1t made the flight from Amsterdam.
in three hours on thirty gallons of
petrol
8. o.-How are immense sea tur-
ties, weighing 200 to 800 pounds
caught?N
A.-sometirnes in staked nets and
sometimes when they come ashore
to Law their eggs. That is what hap
pened to the one in the accompanying
ing nearly 800 pounds, was shipped
from the West Indies. Turtle soup is
made not only from the meat and
the fat, but also from the gelatine-
like tissue that lines the shells.
9. O.--Who IS the commander
of the Salvation Army?
| A.-General Bramwell Booth is SUI
preme head of the Salvation Army
all over the world. He recently ar
rived from England for tour of in
spection of the army in Canada and
the United States. Eva Booth is COM
mander of the Salvation Army in
| this country.
10. Q-Are many Liberty bonds
| lost?
A.-The treasury department says
| that official figures show that 1857
persons have lost bonds. Of these
more than 5000 were coupon bonds
Owners of these have little chance of
recovery since they cannot be identi-
fled.
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