Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-16
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New Questions
1. How many different languages
are spoken in the world?
2. Why is the sentence, He is like
me-" correct, instead Of He is like
II"
3. What is the history of the
Sword of Damocles?'
4. What is the caliber Of the
Springfield rifle now used in the u.
S. army?
5. What city was known as the
Mother of Russians?
6. What country exports the most
I. Who introduced cigarettes into
England?
s: What size az are the le,as sq Rn arm
ChaS6rS JndC are 10 DC SO1u. IL "1Ac"N
purpose can they be put?
9. Is the story of Damon and Pyth-
las, which friend left Syracuse, the
other becoming his hostage?
TO- What is the scientific term for
badness?
Questions Answered
1. O. How many different Ian
guages are spoken in the world?
A. Authorities differ widely as to
the number of languages and dia-
lects spoken in the world at the
present time. Some give the number
as 1 : GNG others as high as S'oOo
2: 9. Why is the. sentence, He
A. with ito. understood. like"
is often construed as a proposition
noun follows it.
8. @. What is the history of the
Sword of Damocles?"
A. Damocles was a courtier and
Dionysius, the tyrant Of Syracuse.
His praises of the lot of kings were
sung until Dionysius silenced him
by inviting him to a luxurious ban
quet, at which he found suspended
over his head by a single hair hair "a a
typify the actual status of kings.
4. @. What is the caliber of the
Springfield rifle now used in the
U. S. army?
A. The ordnance division Of the
war department says that the caliber
the United States army is :ov, and
it has a range Of about $500 yards.
The penetration of this gun at a
distance of SO feet is 60 inches in
6.3 inches in dry sand, 20 inches in
loan free from sand, and "a inches
in seasoned oak, cross grain. The
penetration of a .30-30 Winchester
rifle is 43.75 in pine board, Is feet
from the muzzle. The range is ap-
proXimately the same as that of the
80 Springfield.
5. q. What city was known as the
Mother of Russians?
A. Moscow, the former capital Of
Russia, was called the Holy Mother
of the Russians. This title is still
6. Q. What country exports the
| most silk?
J. A. The bureau of foreign domestic
| commerce says that a mistake was
| made in a previous answer on this
subject. Japan is the source of sup
ply for silk. The figures for 1920
have just been compiled and of $780,
100000 worth Of manufactured silk
S219, 1887 900 worth came from Japan.
Z. Q. Who introduced cigarettes
into. England?
A. Laurence Oliphant, author, tray
eler and mystic, is generally credited
| with the Introduction of the cigar
cite into English society.
s. q. What size are the submarine
chasers that are to be sold? To
| what purpose can they be put?
A. These submarine chasers, which
can be readily converted into yachts,
| are ITO feet in length, with a nor
NAL displacement of seVenty-seven
tons. They were manned by a crew
Of eighteen men in charge of two Of
ficers, but the crew could be reduced
to nine with safety.
9. @. In the story of Damon and
Pythias, which friend left Syracuse,
the other becoming his hostage?
A The story of Damon and
Pythias, more correctly Phintias, is
given in the history of Deodorus Sic
illus, 1889, in the Hygenus Fables
and later by Schiller, under different
names, in all of which Damon was
the one who took the place Of the
condemned man and Phintias the one
whose loyalty brought him back at
the time appointed.
10. @. What is thu scientific term
for badness?
A. Alapecia is the scientific term
for badness, or deficiency of hair
on the scalp.