Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
NEW QUESTIONS

NEW QUESTIONS
1 Could a balloon go UP to height
Of $50 miles?
2. Is black the clor Of mourning in
all countries?
Why are the Appalachian noun
tains called the Polling Mountains?''
4. Wehave pieceof wood which
produces phodphorous glow? What
is the nameof this wood?
5 Isthere a prophecy anywhere in
the Bible that the Jews will yet in
habit Palestine?
s. Are there any Confederate SOL
diers buried at Arlington?
What does the census bureau
mean bymarried men or women; that
is, at what age are they so-called.
8 Define and describe an alligator
pear, which you mentioned some ago?
9. Where can I procure a copy OF
the national blue sky law?
10. How didethe term kaiser" orig
mate?
Questions Answered
l. @. Was a dinner served recently
in New York for charity at which
$1,000 a plate was charged for 22-
cent meals?
A. Such a dinner was held at the
Commodore hotel, December 20, to
raise funds for starving children in
Eastern and Central Europe. The
charged consisted of rice, Cruel. bread
and cocoa. A total of $2,011,221 was
contributed at the dinner. Herbert
Hoover was host, and among those
present was General Pershing.
2. @. Does Warren G. Harding have
the right to a senator and an elected
president at the same time?
A. 1t would not be possible for a
man to be a senator and president
of the United States at the same
time. At this time Mr.. Harding is
only president-elect, the office will
not expire until March 4th, 1921. By
that time Mr.. Harding's term as SEN
ator will also have expired.
3. Q. I saw in a guidebook to Mag
ara Falls the statement that in the
year 1848, thefalls ran dry. Please
give me the reason for this.
A. The winter of 1S47-184S was ex-
traordinary severe in this country.
Heavy ice formed in Lake Erie. When
it was broken up during the latter
part of March, the winds swept the
ice into the entrance of the Niagara
river at Buffalo, where it damned in
solid mass, completely choking the
outlet of Lake Erie, with the result
Niagara were practically dry.
4. @. When was kerosene first used
in lamps?
A. Abaout the middle Of the Nine
teenth century, kerosene was used in
lamps instead Of whale oil, or. some
suit Of the development OF the OIL
wells in the United States.
5, @. Would notch cut in tree
four feet from the ground, be higher
up in later years as the tree grows
A. The forest service says that a
growth upward is from the highest
noint of the tree Therefore, the
notch cut in the tree will remain the
same distance from the base.
6. Q. Has any woman ever motored
alone across the continent?
Miss Maude Younger, legislative
chairman of the National Woman's
party. She made the trip from the
Pacic coast to Washington, a distance
of $500 miles, in an automobile, her
only companion being dog.
Z. @. When will the new Pilgrim
anniversary stamps be on sale and
A. The postoffice department says
that the new Pilgrim anniversary
stamps can be secured from all the
principal postoffices in the Unlted
States. They were put on sale about
December Is.
8. @. What were the casualties OF
the A. E. F. in Siberia; killed, wound
ed, and deaths from disease?
A. The secretary Of wars report
for 1919 gives casualty statistics as !:
killed, %; died of wounds, s; died OF
disease, Al; died Of accident, ~; sui
cide,. 5.
9. @. I heard that duck-hunting in
Florida had been carried to the point
where huntsmen built floating is
land on which they went in search
of game.
A. That is a fact. A picture of the
island is shown on this page. AROUND
It areplaced a number of wooden de-
coys which serve to attract the quar-
nv. The hunters concealed on the is
land then have an easy target:
10. @. Are there tree dWellers In
the Philippines?
lures shows, someof the natives build
homes in the tree tops where they are
safe firm wild animals. They live
high at a low cost.