Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-14
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Questions Answered
What is diamond dust worth
and what is it used for?
2.-Is there an Indian tribe that
had a government, based on con-
stitution. If so, does it still oper-
ate?
3. What is Fools Gold and how
can il be told from genuine gold?
4.-What is She origin and mean
ing of COOLER"
5.-Why was John Bunyan i'm
prisoned?
6.-Are there any twins, one of
whom is a brunette and the other, a
7.-When did American agriculture
reach it's lowest point?
S.-Has the Chinese writing on
the Chinese life-saving stamps any
9.-Who originated the name,
'dreadnaught," and what does it
mean?
1o-Iow many colleges are there
in this country?
Questions Answered
A-"CIeaVe" is such a word. 1t
means both to !cut asunder" and to
cling together"
1.-Q. Is Il stalk Of corn growing
by Itself a weed?
A-The department of agriculture
says that when a stalk of corn Games
up ont of it's row, or in such a Way
as to crowd crop, or be disfigur-
mig, the stalk is a weed.
90. When was the steam shovel
invented?
A-The steam shovel was invented
in 1910 by an American named Otis,
but did not come into general use
till 1855.
tin or of some other material?
Atm cans are made of sheet
steel with thin coating of tin.
About one per cent of the total of
the sheet is tin.
4. Q.-Who is in command of our
forces III DGlIlldIS
A.-The war department. says that
the commanding officer of the Amer
lean forces in Germany is Brigadier
General Henry T. Allen.
Gin migrating, which bird
travels farthest?
A.-The Golden Plover travels far
ther than any other bird. 1t breeds
as far north as Labrador, and goes
as far south as Brazil.
6. Q.-Is hair pulled from per-
sons head by the root, ever replaced
by new oGe?
Aft hair is pulled out by the
root it is replaced by a new one in
the course of time.
(. Q.-Was there ever a Christian
religion that believed in daily bap-
tiSm?
A-The Hemerobaptists were an
early Christian Sect which practiced
daily ceremonial ablution. This name
has also been applied to an ancient
Jewish sect.
So, What does Sans Souci mean?
A.--Sans Souci means without
care or freedom from care or IAN
was tn ename of a famous palace
built in Potsdam. Prussia, by F'reder-
ck the Great.
90 Is it true that at Fort Yu-
kon, Alaska, the sun sets at mid
light and rises Immediately in mid
summer?
A.-The laval Observatory says
Fort Yukon, Alaska, is situated very
nearly on the Arctic Circle, and TO
an observer at that place at the time
of the summer solstice (June 21) if
there were no defraction, the sun
would appear to descend uuti1 its
center reached the horizon, and then
rise again. Owing to the effect of
refraction, however, the entnre disk
of the sun would be visible through
out the entire "a hours, for several
days before and after June 81.
10.-Q. Give an example of a
word which has two directly opposite
meanings.