Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-09
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New Questions
1. Is it true that blind men do
not enjoy smoking because they can
not see the smoke?
g How many children have the
different members of the presidents
cabinet?
8. Why is a grapefruit so called?
4. Is it true that lightning never
struck twice in the same place?
5. To settle an argument will you
please state which is the correct
pronunciation of the word, Arkansas?
6. Is the bite of the rattlesnake
often fatal?
z. How much coal does a fireman
on a railroad engine shovel an hour?
s. How should 1 go about chang
ing my name?
9. Can you tell me how many of
our soldier dead have been brought
back to this country and about whit
is the cost of bringing each body?
Questions Answered
10. Are there any birds in the
United States whose nests cannot be
found?
A. The biological survey says that
there are a few birds seen in this
country, the nests and eggs to which
no one has been able to locate. The
two best knowns of these are the
blue goose and the wandering tattler.
%. Are there more male babies
born than femade, and are there more
women than men in the United
States?
A. From the statistics on birth
rates it would seem that the number
of males born in a year is greater
than the number of females. In the
1910 census, the male population OF
the United States was 47,932,277; the
female, 44,639,989.
SO. Will the average man re-
member things better which he sees
or those which he hears?
A According to a statement is
sued recently by the Carnegie insti-
tute, an individual remembers three
ffths of what he sees and one-htth
of what h hears.
q. How is it that a street car
can get it's power through one wife,
while electricity that serves US in
our homes has two wires?
the track of street cars make
grounded return.
@. When was coal first used in
A. Coal was used for household
consumption in England as early as
$50 A. D.
@. How long has the theory of
evolution been advanced?
A. 1t is impossible to say when
this theory was first advanced, but
Empedocles, Greek who lived from
493-435 B. c., held this idea, as did
Aristotle.
@. What causes the putting
sound that locomotive makes?
A. The photographic office OF the
ing sound emitted by smoke
stack on a locomotive engine is
caused by the used up steam (technl-
cally known as the 'exhaust"D from
the cylinder which is fired into the
smokestack for the purpose of in
creasing the draught, and thus d.
verting from a more natural outlet.
1t is the firing of the steam in this
unusual way that causes the dep-es-
sion which makes the sound. Ex-
haust steam is also in some engines
condensed and carried into water
pipes.
Q. Is there such a thing as an
Irish language"
A. There is in existence a dis
tipcf Irish LANGUAGE Originally the
language was spoken almost uni
versally in Ireland, but gradually its
use died out, though it has OF late
been revived to a certain extent.
@. What is the income from the
Panama canal and the expense of
keeping it up?
A. The average yearly income Of
the Panama canal is $9,13O,OOO. The
receipt from tolls from the date of
350,04S. During the same period the
cost of operating and maintaining it
was $36,771,475. whether the Pan
ANA canal will pay for itself depends
upon commerce in the future.
Q. Is there such thing as
'black light?'
A. Major General George o.
Squier, chief signai officer of the
army, has made the discovery of
rays at each end of the spectrum
beyond the infra-red and ultra-vio
let rays. It is believed that if BLACK
light" can be made available for-ex-
tensive army signaling work it will
give the United States great advan-
tage over an enemy in time of war.
Extended conversations could be
carried on practically through the
enemy's lines without discovery. &,