Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-11

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New Questions
!. How long is The length of the
life of common birds. especially
robins?
2. How much money is expended
in the United States for education?
3. What do the letters S. o. S.
stand for when used as wireless
signal?
4. Is it true that the famous
French Novelist, lola. cured him
self Of obesity by not drinking
water?
5. Is there any specific cure for
poison oak?
u. w HY Is OuICOII ullh SuppOoCd "
prolong human life?
Z. If a man files on q homestead
and oil in commercial quantities is
developed in the vicinity, how does
this fact affect his rights and title?
s. Which fraternal organization has
the largest membership?
9. Where do the best crabs come
from?
10. Are more automobiles owned in
the city or in the country?
1. Q.-Where can I secure an in
strument which will locate gold and
silver which has been buried for a
number of years?
A. Many inquiries have been re-
ceived regarding divining rods. min
eral rods. etc., with~reference to their
adaptability for locating buried
treasure, gold and silver ores. petro-
Ieum, etc. The extravagant claims set
forth by people who sell such con-
trivances have never been substan-
tiated. The United States geological
survey traces the history of the dl-
vining rod (as this is called) back
to the sixteenth century. Special in
struments. such as the dip needle,
the magnetometer and the dial COM
pass have been successfully used IN
prospecting for magnetic iron ores
in this and other countries. Such in
struments are not useful in prospect
ing for precious metals or ores tnal
have no magnetic effect.
2. Q.-What is the longest distance
that a telephone message has oeen
heard?
A. At the formal opening of tele-
phone communication between Cata-
lima. island. off the coast OF cantor
MIA and Cuba. on April II last. a
record of 5.603 miles for long dis
lance telephone communication over
70.
mony was arranged for the occasion
by the National Press club. OF Wash
ington. After the connections were
made and before the convention be-
gan, a sound was heard by the listen
ers-in on the line which was readlly
payne cork in Havana. rms part OF
the exhibition was intended to show
the perfection of the TRANSMISSION
rather than to remind the hearers
that the United States is dry;
8. Q.-Is Jacobs Well still In e&-
istence?
r. is claimed that it was hewn in
the rock by Jacob. A church built
over the we'll was DESTROYED during
the period of the Crusades.
4. O.-What causes train sickness
A. MANY cases of train sickness
are directly due to ast1g1natism, VIII ~
ametrapria or arrangement OF the
ocular muscle balance. Proper eye
glas usually help and often pre-
vent this ailment. .:.,,
O.-Please describe the Jewish
fac and tell when it originated? 4
A. The Jewish flag is composed O.
five horizontal stripes. The Two ouI.
white. the remaining two stripes
blue, In the center Of the flag IS the
star of David. The exact origin OF
lhe flag is not known. but 1t dates
from the eleventh or tV-el1th CEN
fury. ,. .lo oo,,,e of noller
ORIGINATE in the United States?
4 Poker is known as an Amer
can game, but it is undoubtedly an
adaptation of the Persian game a.
mas" It seems that this game came
to the United States by the way o.
similar to a game already in vogue
there which was peque, Varla-
tion of an italian game or It's Frencn
deriyative. Our present Word poker
is INSTRUMENTATION of the French
term, dividing it into two SylIdoie,s
"po-que" and adding the r., WHICH, 81
is sounded only in some sections OIL
n Z: O. Why were cocks put on
weather vanes?
A. The cock seemed an approprl-
ate emblem because a rooster in the
barnyard or on a fence will always IS
turn himself about in the direction
from which the wind is blowing
s, @. Why is Phoenix Arlz'' So
" A. According to an old legend the
phoenix was a bird which was con, con,
sumed by fire and rose in, youthful
freshness from it's own ashes. The
name seemed appropriate for Phoenix
Ariz., as this city was built on the
remains of a great pre-Columplan
900 acres of land were cultivated by