Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-19
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New Questions
1. Kindly tell me in what year
was the rain of stars?
2. What is meant by the initials,
A. M, after a date?
3. Who is the author of Abe Mar
tin?
4. Is any organization still COL
lecting knitted garments?
5. Is there any means of soft
ening the bristles of a toothbrush
that see mhard enough to injure
the skin?
6. What place is known as 'The
7. who first made pocket
watches?
s. Is there a goIden-eyes IS?
8. How many Boy Scouts are
there IN America!
10. Are the gray moths that gath
er outdoors at night the ones which
eat clothing?
Questions Answered
1. @. Is it true that elephants
can carry tree trunks in their own
A Over at Kobo, on the banks
of the Brahmaputra river, in As
sam, elephants are accomplishing
very remarkable work Of this sort.
They not only carry the tree in
their trunks, but use their trunks
to push the tree down.
that American children attend
A. The bureau Of education says
that the average length of time
spent by American children in
Is What ah S0 is the Se Correct name
Of the bug commonly called red
bug?"
A. The red bug, a very small
larva mite, which attacks man, has
no other name. The red bug which
attacks trees is of the genus pyr-
rhoeris.
1. 9; How many monographs
A. The bureau Of census says
that in 1919 there were 2,226,000
monographs, graphophones and talk
ing machines made in the 166 estab-
lishments in the United States which
made returns to the bureau.
5. @. Do corn, wheat and oats
all belong to the cereal family?
A. The word cereal refers to any
grass yielding farinaceous seeds
suitable for food Therefore, corn,
wheat and oats, all belong to this
1dLuIly; 49, ,, 1,
seventeen years old get the free
training at camp offered by the
government? What is the nearest
camp to New York city, and when
does it open?
A. The war department says the
civilian training camps in all parts
of the country offer one month of
free camp, life to all physically fit
men and boys between the ages of
sixteen and thirty-five years. All
equipment, food and recreations, in
GLIDING moving pictures, sports and
dances, are paid for by the govern
ment. Your nearest camp is Platts-
burg, N. Y, which opens August T..
We are sending you an application
blank giving further data. -.
7. @. What" is the origin Of the
name Portland cement?
A. Portland cement was so called
because it resembled a sort of build
ing stone found on the Isle of Port
land.
s. @. Are bullbats and whippoor-
wills the same?
A. Bullbat is a local name given
to the nighthawk. Both the night
hawk and whippoorwil lare night
Jars. The markings on the throat
of the nighthawk make it easily dis
tinguished from the whippoorwill.
This white mark is shaped like the
letter V, a broad white bar, which
extends across the first primary
wing feathers. This is plainly Wis
ible when the bird is near by and
flying.
"robbing Peter to pay Paul. come
from?
A. The phrase is said to have
originated when, in the reign of Ed
ward VI, the lands of Saint Peter
at Westminster were appropriated
to raise money for the repair Of
Saint Paul's in London.
TO- @. Can't frost 24SH2ar when
the temperature is above the freez-
ing point?
frost cannot occur when the tenn
perature is above 80 degrees F'ahren-
heit at the point where it is de-
posted. 1t frequently happens that
frost occurs when the reported tenn
peratures are number OF degrees
above the freezing point, but this IS
due to the fact that temperatures sew
eral feet above the ground may be
number of degrees warmer than at
the surface.