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

1. How long Is a motion picture
reel and how long does it take to
run 1t? r.. '.
2. Is there a demand for wireless
operators? ..-.
s. Please publish available facts
about the Lincoln highway.
4. I run a machine that has a belt
that slips a great deal. What should
be done?
s. Which river has the greatest
discharge, the Mississippi or the st.
Lawrence?
s. Are the residents of the District
Of Columbia allowed to vote in a ma
tional election?
Z. How many of our dead soldier
boys have been brought over from
France?
8. How many states employ con-
yict labor on the public roads?
3. What state Is nearest sea lev
10. How does the meat of deer
taste? >..~ ~. ~
Questions Answered
l. Q. Will lightning strike cement
CIR, brick houses.
A. Both cement and brick are non
conductors of electricity, so there is
little likelihood of lightning strik-
ing houses constructed of them.
| 2. Q. Why are there many Ian
| guages? r." =
A. Authorities believe that all Ian
guages had their origin in the dia-
| lects of one common language, whose
| home is conjectured to have been be-
tween the Baltic and Caspian seas.
The language spread with migrations
In the different places, and separa-
ton and race admixture increased
| the differences in the dialects until
they became distinct languages,
which in turn spread and broke up
inlu dialects. ....
8. Q. If pebble is thrown over
board from a ship will it sink to the
bottom of the ocean?
A. If stone be thrown overheard
from a ship it would pass to the bot
tom of the ocean and not remain sus-
pended This is due to the fact that
the specific gravity of the stone is
greater than the specific gravity of
the water. .'
4. @. Are natives of Porto ~sco
citizens of the United States?
| A. Citizenship was bestowed upon
Citizens of Porto Rico and certain
natives permanently residing in said
island" by an act which went into
effect March 2, 1917. 1t was posi-
BILE to claim exemption, but less
than 300 persons did SO.
| 5. Q. What country raises the most
tobacco? What one uses the most?
"A. In addition to being the leading
tobacco producer of the world, the
United States is also the greatest ex-
porter, the greatest importer and the
greatest consumer of tobacco. India
is the second largest producer, and
To-,
err, usl&s most of its own tobacco.
6. G. Why are little white soup
beans called Navy beans?
| A. The department of agriculture
says that the small white soup beans
were called navy beans because of
the enormous quantities purchased
by the navy department for use on
ships.
T.. Q. How can the differer e be-
tween wood alcohol and grain alco-
hol be told by simple method?
A. If burned in an alcohol lamp,
wood alcohol will burn with "a yell
low flame, while pure grain alcohol
produces blue flame.
S. @. What title is given students
at Annapolis before graduation?
A. The rank given a student at An
n'apolis is mioshipman. Upon gradu-
alton he becomes ar ensign.
9. Q. Please give the reason why
we. do not have the faces of living
ex-prest tents on our paper currency.
A. Section 1915 of the revised
statutes provides against placing por-
traits of any living person on paper
money. 1885,. ,,..
10. @. Is a veteran Of the Spanish
American war eligible for a pension?
A. The pension bureau states that
q former answer to this question
should have been that the act of June
5, 1920, provides that any soldier or
sailor who served so days during the
war with Spain, the Philippine insur-
rection or the China relief eXpedi-
ton, and who was honcrably dis
charged, who is suffering from any
disability not the result of vicious
habits, is entitled TO a pension of
from $12 to $50 per month, proper
toned to the degree of inability to
earn a support by manual labor. The
act also allows pensions to, such SOL
diers and sailors on account of age
as follows: So years, S12 per month
eS years, SIS; " years. $2A, and rs
years. $50. ~: 49,, y