Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-18
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New Questions
/. How long will q frame oulld-
z. Is it known how London got its
2. How long after a will is made
does it become void?
4. What building in New York CITY
was the first sky-scraper?
S. What is the longest road In the
6. Do beavers carry mud on their
tails to build their lodges?
Z, Does a pig have sweat glands?
8. Which Of the states bought an
other state?
9. How wide is the River Jordan?
10. What is the salary OF General
Pershing?
Questions Answered
1. @. Even when interested In the
sermon, 1 often get droWSy IN
church. Can you suggest a way OF
keeping awake?
A DroWssiness in church is often
caused by poor ventilation. Try to
choose a seat where fresh air is as
sured. To keep awake In church
when inclined to be drowsy, life one
foot little way from the floor ana
keep it there. 1t is Impossible TO go
to Sleep with the foot poised In the
air. This simple remedy is very ef-
3. Q. How long did it take Noah
to build the Ark?
A. There is no actual data as 10
the time it took Noah to build tne
| Ark. but Professor James Orr. edl'
| tor-in-chief of the International BIZ
Bile Encyclopedias. estimates the time
| at 100 years.
g.. Q. How many postof6ce safes
are blown open and how much money
| is lost in this way?,
| A. The postoffice department says
| that for the fiscal year ending June
| 80, 1921, $17,S65,23O was, allowed
| by it for postmasterS' claims FOL
| burglaries of their Offices. Fully u
| per cent Of these burglaries are the
result of safes being blown OPEN
40. Why is court plaster sc
| A. Court plaster was thus names
| because it was first applied by Ia
dies of the court as beauty patches
s.. q. The timers all say we
| will have hard winter because thu
1nuskrats have heavy pelts, tn
squirrels are laying up an unusual
ly large store of nuts, and duck
have been seen going south earlier
than usual, is this true?
A. The weather bureau says thai
none of these things is any indica.
ton of how severe the weather VII
be. The unusual thickness of the
muekrat's fur is probably due to :
good food supply this year. A
squirrel gathers all the nuts he. car
and the crop is good in man sections
6. @. Can the name Of farm b
trademarked?
A. The patent Office says that
trademark may be obtained for the
name of acfarm. If a farmer use
his farm name as a part of his sell
ing operation in marketing his prod
ucts, the trademark protects him Il
it's use in interstate commerce.
7. @. Why don't shooting star
fall on the earth and injure people
A. Some pieces of shooting star
(meteors) do fall on the earth ant
specimens are kept in various rnu
seums. But usually when a meteo
goes flying through the atmospher
the friction between the two is suf
ficient to melt it, and nothing bu
dust reaches the earth.
8. Q. Do both male and femal
mosquitoes bite?
4 A. 1t is the female that bites.
is doubted that the male ever does