Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-18

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NEW QUESTIONS
when was the final destruction
of Jerusalem?
2-What can be done for prickly
heat?
81 $EHow many kinds of living ami
4-What are the worlds records
for running broad jump and run
ming high jump?
5-Please tell me how fast a clam
can travel?
6-What relation was the de Les
seps, who constructed the Suez canal,
to the one who was in the French
company that started the Panama
canal?....
What is French pastry?
8--What is the difference between
biting and sucking insects?
9-What determines the boundaries
of the earth's zones?
1O-Iow many schools are there
for Indian children?
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
10. Are the teeth of the human
race deteriorating?
A. The public health service says
that comparison of the teeth of civ
ilized white races with those of prim-
tive man, shows clearly the inferior
1ty of those of the present day. The
teeth of civilized people are deterior-
atlng at such rate that in a few
thousand years they will no longer
possess dental organs.
2-Q. Do pickerel and pike lose
their teeth in midsummer and is this
the reason they will not strike at this
season?
A. The bureau of fisheries says that
pike or pickerel do not shed or lose
their teeth at any time during the
year. The reason that they refrain
they find natural food in the water
and will not be attracted by artificial
lure.
80. Where does most of the
homegrown buckwheat come from?
A. BuckWheat is grown principally
IN the northeastern part of the United
States, New York and Pennsylvania
producing more than 60 per cent of
the crop.
4. Q.-How hard should syrup be
boiled for candy?
A. There are five stage recognized
In candy-making. The soft stage,
used for fondant; thread stage, used
O1/ e,%a
glace fruits and nuts; hard ball
stage, used for taffy; and caramel
stage, used in making peanut brittle.
.. Q.-When was the typewriter
invented?
A. The first typewriter of which
there is record was patented in
England, in 1714. In 1889 a machine
lean typewriter was invented by
w. A. Burt.
6. Q:-When do canaries mott?
A. Canaries renew their feathers
once a year. Adults mott late in the
summer. Young birds mott the jul
venal body plumage after leaving
the nest, but keep the first growth
Of wing and tail feathers for a year.
Canaries are somewhat dull and
stupid while melting and should be
disturbed as little as possible.
Z. els the Atlantic ocean saltier
than the Pacific?
A. The geological survey says that
there is practically no difference In
the saltiness of the two oceans.
8. Q.-Where did Limburger cheese
get its name?
A. The cheese bears the name Of
the town in which it was first made
-Limburg, Belgium.
9. Q-How can test fruit juice
to see whether it will jelly?
taaSnnnn FIJI
cooked fruit Juice, one-half tea
spoonful sugar, and one-fourth tea
spoonful of epson salts. Stir until
all are dissolved and let stand ff-
teen minutes. If the mixture sets
into a jelly, the fruit juice contains
the proper amount of pectin.
10. Q.-Are the Ten Command
ments divided in any special way?
A. The first four Commandments
relate to sacred duties, while the
other six refer to secular, or our
duties to our neighbors.