Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-03
New Questions

J.. What portion Of a mans life
is spent in eating and drinking? In
dressing?
2. How did Death Valley get its
name?
8. Have scientists decided wheth.
4. How is the British army dis.
tributed at the present time?
5. What is the fastest time ever
made by an automobile?
6. What is an Irish dividend?
Z. Can government insurance be
attached for the non-payment OF
debts?
8. What part of the human body is
8. why is New York called Goth
am?
10. What have wire corsets got
to do with telegraph service in Bor-
neo?
Questions Answered
1. @. Is the government in the
market for any particular inventions
A. The navy department says that
it will hold competition for designs
of airplanes which will be capable
ships, but that will have a flotation
gear providing insurance in event Of
landing on water, also.
2. @. How many books and pam
phlets, ETC., are contained in the Ii
brary of congress? ..
congress contained 2,S31,333 books
and pamphlets, 16S,448 maps, S74,40O
pieces of music, and 418,976 photo
graphs. prints. engravings and lith-
ographs.
8. Q. Are many residents leaving
Ireland in the present trouble?
A. Unofficial statement says that
1882 persons left the island in ten
months in 1920.
4. @, Who said BE good and let
who will be clever?"
A. The quotation Is from the poem,
"a Farewell" by Charles Kingsley,
the verse from which the words are
"Be good, my dear, and let who will
be clever;
= Do noble things, not dream them
all day long;
I And SO make life, death and the vast
4 80 forever,
1 One grand sweet song"
5. @. How do the Chinese cook
A. "The Chinese Cook Book" by
Shin Wong Chang, says: ITO one
cup of rice add two and one-halt
cups of water. Cook in covered pan
over hot fire until the water has
eva porated. Remove to back of stove
for few minutes, then take from
stove, keeping pan covered for ten
minutes. The flavor of rice is great
ly improved by adding butter and
salt"
6. @. What was the earliest known
adding machine?
A, The earliest known adding ma
chine or instrument of calculation OF
any Importance is said to be the aba
Gus. The Chinese lay claim to its
invention. Herodotus stated that this
machine was used by the Egyptians
as early as $50 B. c.. Through the
Greeks and Romans the use of the
machine spread over all Europe.
7. @. What does "sine die" mean
A. It's literal meaning is without
a day" and is used to indicate that an
adjournment has been taken without
day being fixed for converting the
body.
A. The gauge of the track, name.
Nv. the distance apart of the rails
measured between the inner edges OF
their heads, is 4 feet IL inches
This standard became general in Eng
land and America and is referred t!
Narrow gauge, width of feet Il
inches, is used to some extent in the
United States, especially in noun
famous districts.
9. Q. Where is the race horse
| "M3n-o-War?"
A. He has been retired by his own
err, Samuel D. Riddle, without losing
race, and is now head of farm
| where future "super-horses" of tn
race track are being bred.
TO- @. Who is the nine-year-ol
boy now hailed as the acrobatic mar
| vel of Europe?
| A. Franz Urbani, Of the Urban
Troup of acrobats, is astonishing
crowds in Europe by his athleti
feats. Although only nine years old
he lies on his back and supports ;
140-pound man, while the latter jug
| giles a barrel.