Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
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New Questions
1. What is the origin of fairs?
2. Who was the first woman ever
appointed to federal commission
by the president of the United
States?
8. How many federal land banks
are there?
4. Can German who has been in
this country seven years get his
naturalization papers here now?
5. How many retired army Off
GERS are there?
6. How did Gypsies get their
name?
Z. How many people left Russia
during the Bolshevist rule?
49, 8. How How did ST. Vitus' dance get
9. What is the motto of the state
of Missouri?
10. Who were the sect known as
the Nazarites?
Questions Answered
1. @. A bets that the sun is
nearer the earth in summer. says
not. Please settle this dispute.
A. The earth is at perihelion
about the first of January each year,
and on account of the eccentricity
of our orbit. we are about 100000
miles nearer the sun on the first OF
January than on the first of July.
2. @. When was the fifteenth
amendment, which gave the negroes
the right to vote, ratified?
A This amendment to the const1-
tuition was ratified March 80, 1870.
g. @. Can mice exist in a steel
granary if there is no water avail
able?
A. The bureau of biological sur
vey says mice can live for some time
in a steel granary without having
access to water except. the moisture
in the grain. House mice cannot get
along without water as easily as the
rat usually found in granaries. Some
desert rats never drink water.
4. @. Is alfalfa seed used for
dyeing purposes?
A. According to F. D. Coburn, OF
the Kansas department of agricul-
ture, it is a fallacy popular among
farmers and country seed dealers
that great quantities of alfalfa seed
are exported to be used for dyeing
purposes. There is no foundation, Ill
fact, for such a belief, and the ex-
portations made, like the 1mporta-
lions, are for seeding purposes ex-
S. Q. What was the Darien
A This was a scheme projected
by William Paterson in 1895, for the
purpose of setting a colony on the
Isthmus of Darien and thereby con-
trolling the trade between the east
ern and western hemispheres.
6. @. Has the tonnage of the
ships of the world come up to pre-
war staus?
A. The entire world tonnage of
vessels of 100 tons or more was 49,
100000 tons in 1914. In 1920 this
had risen to 57,314,O00 tons.
7. @. What is the longest rail
way tunnel in the world?
A. The Simplon tunnel, pro
nounced Sanplon, constructed through
the Alps, is nearly three miles longer
than any other tunnel in the world.
It's entire length is twelve miles,
8. Q, What is electricity used
for in oil fields?
A. Electricity is used in the oil
fields for drilling, motive power,
pumping water out of the wells,
pumping oil out of the wells, for
lighting, etc. The flood system of
lighting was used in the oil. fields
during the war, to prevent spies
from setting fire to tanks. By this
system the entire area was made so
bright that no one could approach
the tanks without being seen.
8. @. Can you mix kerosene and
grease to make substitute for sig
A. The bureau Of mines states
that it is not possible to make a sat
isfactory signal oil by mixing kero-
sene and grease. The. government
specifications for signal oil are from
% to 80 per cent prime winter strain
lard oil or sperm oil with 800 de-
grees mineral seal oil.
10. @. Is the Korean language
the same as the Chinese?
A The Korean language belongs
to the same class of language as the
Mongol-Tatar, Japanese and Chi
nese. Tt has borrowed many words
from the Chinese, since Chinese was
the diplomatic language of the coun-
try for many centuries. In sounds
it differs widely from modern Chi
nese, and in grammar is nearly iden-
teal with Japanese.
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