Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-05

l. How many automobiles are
there in the United States?
2. Do ivy and woodbine injure
the trees to which they cling?
8. Were the bodies Of the Span
ish-American dead left in other
countries?
4. What salary does the governor
of a state receive?
S. Is it true that Abraham Lin
coin had two wives?
g. Is there any invisible ink which
becomes red upon subsection to-
heat?
7. What is the best kind of hunt
ing knife?
s. Will butter made of sweet cream
keep better than that which is made
from sour cream?
8. What is egg-shell china?
10. What is the authorized peace
strength of a regiment?
Questions Answered
1. @. What portion Of mans
life is spent in eating and drinking?
In dressing?
A 1t has been estimated that,
taking 70 years as basis. the av-
erage civilized human being spends
| six years and ten months in eat
ing and drinking, and two years in
dressing.
2. @. How did Death Valley get
it's name? -
lister name from the fact that IN
1850 a party of gold seekers. with
their families. made a one-day camp
| in the valley and less than half OF
them survived, the remainder being
overcome by heat and thirst. A Few
| escaped over the Panam1nts to the
bountiful California plains: the 9TH
| ers returned to the east. Ten years
later party of pr4 pros ct sva came snn e
and chains. yokes, camp equipment
and children's toys; even the tracks
made in the sand by the little ones
could still be traced.
8. O.. Have scientists decided
whether babies can see when first
born?
A. One writer on pediatrics. says:
'"The baby does not see very much
at birth, although he seems to be
able to distinguish between light
and darkness. Probably he recognizes
objects at the age of six or eight
weeks and can definitely focus his
At this time he recognizes people"
| 4. Q. How is the British army
distributed at the present time?
A. The approximate numbers and
distribution of the British army
| throughout the world in December,
1920, as noted in the Army and
Navy Gazette, Of London, were as
100; Danzig, (troops~ en- route to
United Kingdom), 1000; Egypt, Pal
estine Black Sea, Mesopotamia and
northeast Persia 43,400; colonies,
$500; France and Flanders. 3,400;
India and Alden, $4,000; miscellane-
Gus, $500; total, 295,000.
5. @. What is the fastest time
ever made in an automobile?
A. When Tommy Milton drove a
car at the terrific speed of $50
miles an hour, he was going faster
than any human being had ever
travelled before in a wheeled We
hicle. He also established a new
mile record of 23.07 seconds.
6. @. What is an Irish dividend?
A. This is humorous term
meaning an assessment.
z. @. Can government insurance
be attached for the nonpayment of
debts?
A. Government insurance cannot
be attached nor garnisheed.
8. Q. What part of the human
| body is water?
A. Water forms over so per cent of
the weight of the body of the, av-
| erage man. ..-..-.-'.
8: @. Why is New York called
| "A. Lie ISILl SOIudHl Is dppllGu
to New York satirically. The allu-
sion is to a parish by this name in
England, noted for the simplicity
of it's inhabitants. In the sixteenth
century a collection Of stories, said
to be by DR.. Andrew Borde, was made
about them, including the hymn
about the '"rhree Wise Men of
Gotham" The term was first used
by Washington Irving in "Salma-
gundi' in 1907.
10. @. What have wire corsets got
to do with telegraph service in Bor-
neo?
A. For long time the British
government had a lot of trouble
with it's telegraph lines in north
Borneo, because short sections of
the wire were constantly disappear
| ing. Then it was discovered that
young men of the native tribes were
| stealing the wire to give their sweet
hearts for corsets, such as can be
seen in one of the accompanying
pictures. Even today, wire corsets
are still one of the chief obstacles
to Geographic communication in
north Borneo.