Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-03
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1. I have four tons of coal in my
basement which has been there three
years. Is there any danger of spon-
taneous combustion?
2. What is the SVerage daily at
tendance in the public schools of the
United States?
3. How many soldiers bodies are
still in Europe?
4. Is it true that a soldier in the
world war lost both legs and both
arms and recovered?
5. What is a "Black Book?'
6. How did Russia get possession
of Alaska? Did she discover this
land?
T. Was julius Caesar before or aft
err Christ and did he make a calen-
dar?
s. What is an active PARTNER"
9. How many rooms are there in
the White House? How large are the
grounds surrounding it?
10. If l subscribe and pay for a
magazine for one year, and at the
Il h. L.
to be sent, am [ obliged to pay for
Questions answered
/. .. Is there a soapfsh?
A The soapfish, which is so-called
from the unctuous skin due to
smooth scales, and an excessive flow
of mucus, is West Indian fish, re-
lated to the sea bass and locally
called jabon and jaboncillo. It is
of small value,
2. Q. Were the pyramids made by
man or are they natural?
A The pyramids of Egypt were not
natures work, but were laboriously
constructed by the Egyptians.
). Q. Is it true that if wheat is
planted in a cold. wet and clammy
soil it will degenerate into chess?
A. According to a scientist of the
New York State College of AgricuI-
ture: Probably the first settler who
PI"iiIS d WHedl ueIQ IN America
soWed some seeds of chess with it
and the practice still continues. Some
farmers believed that wheat changed
into chess as it grew, but it is need
less to say that such miracle never
happened. The two plants are not
even closely related, but belong to
quite different tribes in the grass
seed.'' '" Il
4. @. Who was the originator of
the expression, First in war, first
In peace, first in the hearts Of his
countrymen?"
A. Colonel Henry Lee, father of
General Robert E. Lee, used the ex-
preston when he delivered the fune-
raj Grafton upon the death of Wash,
ington.
8. @. Have seen the statement that
Is this true?
A. The bureau of biological survey
says that if a swan loses one mate it
usually takes another.
b. q. AT what temperature do cast
iron, steel, brass and aluminium melt:
A The bureau of standards says
cast iron and steel will melt at from
1000 degrees F. to 2,700 degrees F.
depending upon composition; brass
from 1900 degrees to 1850 degrees
depending upon composition; pure
aluminium melts at 1918 degrees F
4. W. is rural mall carrier sup
| posed to take the pennies out of 9
mail box when there is no stamp or
| letter?
A. The postoffice department says
| that a rural mail carrier has the
authority to take pennies from
| mail box when there is no stamr
| on. the letter. Be sure to see thai
| the nennies are carefully wrapped.
8. .. How many aliens were sen
! back to the old country by immigra.
| ton officials last year?
| A. During the fiscal year 1920
| 430,001 immigrant aliens were admit
| ted and 11,795 were debarred.
| 9. @. Is it true that De Valera is
an Italian and was once a Catholic
priest?
A. An official of the Friends O.
| Irish Freedom says that canon De
| Valera was born in the United States
! of a Spanish father and Irish mother
and is Roman Catholic. He is rot
| however, a member of the priesthood
and was professor il a university il
| Ireland.
10. @. Who first suggested the idea
| of a canal across Panama?
A. The project of a canaf cross the
Isthmus of Panama is about 40
years old. Balboa and other Spanisl
| explorers urged such constructor
before the emperor of Spain, an,
made surveys in search of feasibl
line as early as 1925.