Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-06
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New Questions
l.. Is there any way Of predict
ing a frost?
2. What is, the size Of the worlds
wheat crop this year?
8. How old is the city of Toronto
CanadaG
4, How can scratches be taken
out of a vanished floor?
S. When will there be an ecllpse
of the moon?
6. Does the state or the federal
government keep up the roads in
the national forests?
! Z. How often does thA weather
man tell the truth?
8: Please give me directions for
making fire bricks from ashes and
clay.
8. How many buffalo are there
IN the game reservation in Monta-
ma?
10. Our state has adopted the
model law for the protection of
birds as suggested by the, American
Ornithologists union. Have all the
states adopted this law?
Questions Answered
l.. o. Is if trua that 9nV mart of
the ocean, is fresh water?
A. The photographic Office says
that there are several places in the
different oceans Of the world where
fresh water may /be found. One of
the best known of these places s
T TSe ca,, the C eoa IT. Of Miami, Fla.
the. midst of the salt ocean is a
spring formed by a subterranean
river.
2. O.. Please advise me the per
cent OF marriages that go on the
rock of the divorce court.
A. In 1916 it was estimated that
the number of divorces was 1905.
Of these 31.1 per cent were grant
ed to husband. $50 per cent grant
ed to the wife. The marriages num-
bered 1,040,778.
8. Q. What religion has the most
followers?
A. The religion which has the
most followers is Confucianism or
Taoism. The members number 310,-
$4,000.
4. O. Does the Hickory Horned
Devil turn into butterfly?
A. This worm turns, not into a
butterfly, but into the Royal moth.
5. 9. How did camel coal get it's
A. Camel coal burns with
bright, cand1e-1ike flame, and it is
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found in Kentucky, Ohio, and In
diana, and some believe that it is
a product Of an accumulation of ami
NAL as we'll as plant remains. The
same kind Of coal is found in
Scotland where it is called parrot
danelies of American"
A. Probably this is another nick
name for the Detroit river, which
has been called 1.-THE Dardanelles of
the New World"
Z. @. Does the skull keep on grow
ing until a person is fun grown? =
A. The skull increases very little
in size after the seventh. year and
after about the twentieth year
ceases growing.
8. @. Is the fish whose eggs are
sold as caviar, a large fish?
A. The Russian sturgeon, known
as beluga or husco. is very large.
It has been known to grow to the
length of 20 to 25 feet and to weigh
5000 pounds. At spawning time. a
female produces from two. to three
million eggs, constituting from one
fifth to one-third of the entire
Weight of the fish.
8. @. Where do the martin birds
winter? They are leaving Ohio al
A. The biological survey says mar
make the entire journey at one time,
going part of the way and form
ish their trip. The birds winter in
South America.
10. Q. How many persons were
guillotined during the Reign of Ter
ror of the French Revolution?
A. There are no exact figures, but
up to June, 1894, there had been
1920 executions and during the
next seven weeks there were 1;s o0o
persons lost their lives in this man
ner during the entire period.