Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-23
New Questions

1. When was concrete first used
in building boats or ships?
2. What is meant by the phrase,
free ships make free goods?"
8. What is the total value Of the
commerce between all countries in
the course Of a year?
4. Which two prizefighters have
the longest reach? How is the
reach determined?
8 What was the total value of the
C6mstock lode?
6. How much bottled in bond
whisky is stored in warehouses in
the United States?
7. What is solloidal chemistry?
8. What is a dodo?
8. What were the names Of the
three ships that sailed on the ex
petition when Columbus discovered
America.
Questions Answered
l. @. Why are the upper parts Of
many lamp globes frosted?
A The effect of frosting the upper
part of a lamp is to diffuse the light
which would ordinarily go through
tho glass without alternating Of di-
rection. BY this the light is sent
out more uniformly in all directions,
the frosted glass becoming a second
airy source of light. There is also o
small increase in the light sent
downward through the clear part Of
the bulb due to this diffusion.
2. @. Are Englishmen taller than
the Scotch and Irish?
A. A compilation of heights of
men in the United Kingdom shows
that the average height of Scotsmen
is feet s ga inches; of Irishmen
feet inches; of Englishmen, 5
feet IA inches; and of Welshmen,
feet IL inches.
8. @. What is meant by gold re-
serves?"
A. The gold reserve is the amount
OF gold held in the United States
treasury for the redemption of
United States notes (greenbacks)
fixed at $152, 100000. Should this
reserve fall below 100,000,000 the
secretary of the treasury may sell
government bonds to repIenish it.
4. @. What is the derivation of the
word "cabal?"
A. "CabaI' is coined word. In
1911, five persons in the English
cainet, Clifford, Arlington, Bucking
ham, Ashley and Lauderdale, signed
a treaty with France against Hol-
land. The initial letters Of the
names of these five men united
came to signify a group organized
in opposition to someone or to
another group.
5. @. Was Andrew Jackson ever
governor of Florida?
A. Andrew Jackson was the first
territorial governor Of Florida,
serving in 1821-1822.
C. @. How many Florence Critten-
den Homes are there?
A. There are sixty eight Florence
Crittenden homes and schools in the
United States and five abroad.
7. @. What is head money!"
A. Head money was an immigra-
ton tax of so cents levied by act of
congress. August 8, 1882. on every
foreigner brought to the United
States.
s. @. Is there an artist by the
name OF Charles Chaplin. I do not
refer to the movie actor.
A. Charles Chaplin, painter and
engraver, of English parentage, was
born June 8, 1925, at Les Andelys,
Eure, France. He became a natur-
allied citizen Of France and died in
HdTlS III 1891. one OIL his pest PIC
lures Souvenirs" is in the Luxem-
bourg and another, "Haidee," is in
the Metropolitan museum, of New
York City.
9 G. Please give names of Amer
lean cemeteries abroad established
for World war dead.
A The war department says that
the following are the American
cemeteries in Europe that will be
permanent: Aisne- Marine at Bel1eau
Wood (Aisne); Suresnes at Paris;
NJ e GA gonne Romagne-sous-
Montfaucon); Somme at Bony; Disc
Aisne (Sering es-et-Nesles); st. Mihiel
at Thieucourt; Brookwood in Eng
land near London; and Flanders
Field at Waerighem. Belgium.
10. Q. When were Populists first
elected TO congress?
a. The first Populists were elected