Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-03
New Questions

heard?
2.-When will the. postoffice put
the Martin Luther stamps on sale?
SIS passport still necessary
for travel in Europe?
4. What percentage of the
words found in our dictionary are
of English origin?
5.-How many members each have
England, Ireland, Wales and Scot
| land in parliament?
6-Please tell me how scientists
measure the depth of the ocean?
WAS the tone of the Liberty
Bell changed when it was re-cast?
S.-When altitude is quoted as SO
many feet above sea level does 1t
mean low tide or high tide?
9.-What is the range of a French
horn?
1o.-Where are the Thousand Us
lands and to whom do they belong?
Questions Answered
1. GA says that snakes dying
do not meet death until the sun goes
down. Is this true?
A.-The biological survey says
that there is no foundation in fact
for the superstition that snakes do
not die until the sun sets.
2. Q.-What is the duration Of a
dream?
A.-Authorities are not agreed on
the exact duration of dream. Some
assert that we dream with great
rapidity; others say that dream
trial recorded by j. Claviere, the
duration of dream was fixed at %
seconds.
8. Q.-What is the origin of the
name "cop' for a policeman?
A.-The origin of this slang word
is uncertain, but quite possibly it 1s
formed from the initials for Central
4. Q.-What causes the earth to
A.eThe naval observatory says
the earth turns on it's axis in ac-
eordance with the first law of mo-
tion, i. e., having received an orig
tinue to rotate uniformly unless act
ed on by some external force.
5. Q.-Are Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson the same
person?
A.-These are two entirely different
persons. One is the wife of former
President Wilson. the other is Mrs
Nancy Mann Waddel Woodrow, a
writer of novels and short stories.
6. Q.-Please name the Presidents
cabinet, giving the religious affilia-
ton of each member.
kt.--hSIiIDGIS VI II6SIu6HI mar
ding's cabinet and their religious af-
filiations are as follows: Secre-
tary of state, Charles E. Huohes,
Baptist; Secretary of Treasury,
Andrew W. Mellon, Presbyterian;
Secretary Of War; John w. Weeks,
M. Daugherty, Methodist; Postmas-
ter General, Will H. Hays Presbyter-
ian; Secretary of Navy edwin Den
by, EpiscopaIian; Secretary of In
terror, Albert B. Fall, no particular
church, but likes a good sermon;
Secretary Of Agriculture, Henry c..
Wallace, Presbyterian; Secretary of
Commerce, Herbert G. Hoover. Quak-
er; Secretary of Labor, James J.
Davis, Baptist.
| Z. Q.-What President was the last
| before Woodrow Wilson to deliver
his message before congress?
A.-Before former President Will
| son revived the custom. Thomas JEFF
ferson was the last president to de-
liver his message before assembled
| congress.
| the world?
A.-The sacred DO tree. at Anurad-
hapura in northwestern. Ceylon, is
said to be the oldest historically au-
| thenticated tree in the world. 1t
grew from a branch of the original
bo tree at Gaya, which was brought
TO Anuradhapura and planted in 245
| 3. G.
q. Q.-How did the horseshoe come
| to be looked upon as an emblem of
| luck?
A.-The superstitution regarding
| the horseshoe as an emblem of luck
is believed to be connected with GUS
| toms of the ancient Romans. They
| drove nails into the walls of their
! houses as a means of preventing the
| plague, and in the middle ages, horse
| shoes were used over the doorWays
| OF houses in order to keep out
| witches.
10. Q.-Please tell me why cham
| payne is used in christening ships
An olden times it was the Gus
| tom for a priest to bless a ship and
| its crew setting out on voyage,
particularly a maiden voyage. In
these ceremonies, wine was used and
champagne, being one of the finest
of wines, became popular for such
| occasions. The date when this Gus
| tom originated is not recorded.