Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-27
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New Questions
1. Why will hogs eat soft coal?
2. Has the actual date of creation
newer been fixed according to the
ology?
8. What Is the largest number of
children ever known in one family?
4. What is the relative death rate
in America as compared with other
nations?
S. What is the difference between
an iconoclast and an iconoplast?
6. How did the Adams apple get
it's name?
Z. Does President Harding play a
good game of golf?
g.. What is quicksand and In what
states is it found?
9. Which of the, three races
German, italian and Irish--1s most
numerous in the United States?
10. What states raise the most
beef cattle?
Questions Answered
1. @. Was there more than one
king named Midas?
A. Midas was common name OF
the more ancient Phrygian kings.
the Midas of the Golden Touch legend
being 5he West West f aoes the sealing sea-
son on the Pribilof islands close?
A. Heretofore, the season for TAX
ing fur7seaIs~ on the Pribilof islands
has closed on August 10; this year
it will close August 5.
3. Q: What is the quotation
about fathers burying their sons in
| A. s"In peace the sons bury their
fathers, kbut in war the fathers bury
their sons" is a saying attributed by
Herodotus to Croesus, King of, Lydia,
after he had been conquered by Cy-
rus.
| for. overtime been taken away from
railroad employees by the railway Ia
| Dor board?
system agreements to take the place
| of the old national agreement the
railroad labor board has suspended
payment of time and a half wage
rates for overtime, effective July /
If the board later decides to sustain
the time and half principle, rail-
| way employees will be given back pay
from that date.
5. @. What can be done to a
| person who marks an unpatented, ar
ticle "patented"?
A. A person so markiggan arti-
Gle is liable to penalty @fgnots less
| than 500 and costs; TO be recovered
| in a, qui tam action, half of the
amount going to the Informant and
half to the government.
6. @. Who was known as the
| man milliner?
| A.. This was Ia nickname given to
the French Monarch, Henry III, on
account of his effeminacy and fond
ness for dress.
| Z. @. Please tell me whether La
Paz or .Sucre is the capital of Bo-
livia?
A. The capital of Bolivia insofar
as the seat of government is concern
ed is La Paz. Sucre is the legal
capital Of the country. The business
! Of government is carried on at La
J Paz because this city is much more
: accessible.
s.. O.. Where was Jasmine first
| known?
A. Jasmine is native Of Persia
and was brought to England about
$500 A. D. The yellow variety came
from England in 1856.
9. O. Where is the new New
York City courthouse to be located
and what will lit cost?
A. This circular building, with E
diameter Of 500 feet, will be erected
at Worth, Lafayette and Center
streets. The estimated cost of the
site Is $6,000,000.
10. @. What meaning is attach
ed to the name. of the French town
Carcassone?
A. Carcassone is used to express
a place to which everyone has a par
ticular desire to go. It is kind o.
generic term, as 1t were. The &C
tual town has lured many visitors
since it ranks as lone Of the mos
remarkable monuments of the Middl'
Ages, existing. -