Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-11
New Questions
turn postage.

What is the longest road in the
world?
2-Is an I. o. U. a promissory
note?
9-What is known as the recent
period in geology?
Al wish to drive into Canada for
visit. Would I have to pay a fee?
5-How should l proceed to get a
copyright on a book?
6--What qualifications are neces-
sary to become a mail plane pilot?
What material is used in the
dome Of the capital?
81 understand that the senior
senator accompanies and introduces
a new senator when he is sworn in.
Who performs this office for repre-
sentatives?
9-What are some Of the new
fruits and grains that the depart
ment Of agriculture is importing
from Afgrica?
10-Is the number of deaths in rail-
road accidents growing smaller or
does it only seem so in comparison
with fatalities caused by automo-
biles?
Questions Answered
/. O.-What voltage is necessary
to produce death in an electric chair?
A.-Probably 1000 volts of electro
motive force Of continuous current
is sufficient to produce death. and an
alternating current of one-half this
voltage would usually prove fatal.
From experiments conducted at Sing
Sing it is determined that no human
body can stand an alternating sur
rent of 1900 volts, and 300 have
produced death; while over 3,OOU VOLTS
of direct current may be necessary.
2. Q.-What' medicines are or use
in cases Of tuberculosis?
A.-The public health service says
that no known medicine has any ten
dency to destroy the germ In the
body The treatment consists OF
building up the general health OF the
body, so that its own forces may
overcome the infection.
ing Spanish-American war pensions:
A,-The pension bureau says that
the number of pensioners or the
Spanish American war on the rolls
now is 22,S14.
4. O.-Just where is Armenia ana
who are the Armenians? kran,.
A.-The boundaries or armenia
have not been fixed as yet, but IN
a general way 1t is the region south
of the Caucasus and north or Meso-
notamia and Syria. touching the
Black sea on the north, the Caspian
sea on the east. and the Med1terran.
can on the southwest. Forty a1st inc,
Armenians, Turks. Kurds and TAR
tars predominating.- i.
s. O.-Was Theodore Roosevelt a
particularly large man?
A.-Theodore Roosevelt was &
feet inches tall and his usual
weight was 1875 pounds.
6. Q-Where is the original copy
of the Declaration Of Independence?
A.-The original copy Of the Dec
1aration of Independence is kept in
the archives Of the state department
During the summer Of 1919 this
document was on exhibition to the
public for several weeks at Wash
ington, d. c. :.
7. O.-How can write on paper
and have the writing disappear and
reappear?
paper with a solution OF chloride or
cobalt, the invisible writing Will be-
come blue through heat and Will dis
appear on cooling.
5. O-To what extent have the
devastated farm lands of France been
restored to agricultural purposes?
A.-Tke French commission says
that of the 100000 acres which
were rendered unfit for cultivation
by the war, only 100000 will not be
in a condition to permit Of sowing
next spring.
8. O.-Did Lincoln ever say that
he would prefer not to destroy slav-
cry in the struggle to prevent the
secession Of the southern states?
Am a letter to Horace Greeley
dated at Washington, August ~.
1852, Lincoln said: MY paramount
object in this struggle is to save
the Union, and IS not either to save
or to destroy slavery. II L coulo
save the Union without freeing any
slave, I would do it; and II l could
save it by freeing all the slaves
7 would do 1T; and If I could save
it by freeing some and leaving others
alone, l would do that"
9. Q.-Where were postage stamps
A'NThe history Of postage stamps
begins with the issues made by
Great Britain in 1910 under the az
ministration of Sir Rowland Hill.
The successful use of stamps IN the
postal service of Great Britain re-
suited in the adoption of stamps py
Brazil, France, Switzerland' and the
United States, before 1850. The ex-
ample was followed by many other
countries, and since 1850 nearly all
have adopted the postage stamp as
the most convenient means OF 1nol-
eating the prepayment OF postage
on mail matter.