Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-03
New Questions

1. What is rap when we say
that a thing is not worth a rap?
2. When was butter first used as
food?
3. Who determines the size, shape
and color of postal stamps?
4. Where did the waltz originate?
5. How far can a rattleSnake jump?
6. Who wrote There was a little
girl that had little curl?
7. How many different religions
has the world had?
8. When was the longest game
played in big league baseball?
8. Why is the raven regarded as
a bird of i'll omen?
10. How can a pipe organ be kept
clean?
Questions Answered
1. c. Who wrote Now I Lay Me
Down to Sleep"
A. Bartlett does not ascribe this
prayer to any author, merely saying
that a version of it was included in
the New England primer. A reprint
of the primer made in 1884 contained
| the words as we know them today.
| The prayer hymn, however, of which
| the prayer is the first stanZa, was
published by the Rev. M. w. Stryker
| in 1884.
Q. @. Was "Rasputin" the real
name of the Russian monk who at
| tracted so much attention a few
years ago?
| A. Rasputin is from the Russian
word rasputny, meaning dissolute,
profligate, hbertine, licentious; and
was an opprobrious nickname con-
| ferred upon the NOTORIOUS Russian
monk whose real name was Gregor
| NoVikh.
! 8. q. What is the difference be-
tween the Far Eastern and the East.
ern questions?
| A. The Eastern question is the
rivalry between the great powers for
the control of the Balkans and the
| political struggle among the Balkan
! states themselves, while the Far
| Eastern question relates to China,
| japan, India and other Far Eastern
countries.
4. @. What is the derivation Of
! the word grocer?
A. This was originally grosser, one
who sold by the gross.
5. O. If a man commits crime
and his wife hides him does she be-
come equally guilty of the crime?
A. A husband or wife giving har-
Dor, aid and comfort to a spouse
who has committed a crime does
not thereby become guilty as an
accessory after the fact. 1t is also
held that the duty of a husband
to protect implies his right to defend
his wife from personal injury; and
battery committed by either IN de-
! Tense of the other is not action
able.
6. @. Of what king is there no
record Of his birth, death or either
| parent?
A. Of Me1chizedek, king of Salem,
| it is said: He was without father
| without mother, without genealogy,
| having neither beginning OF days
nor end of life"
7. @. Is East Chicago a part OF
! Chicago?
/ A. East Chicago is located in Lake
| county, Indiara, nineteen miles from
! the central business district OF chi
cago, and two miles from the east
line of Chicago's city limits.
8. @. Where did the Punch and
Judy show originate?
A. The puppet show Of Punch and
judy derives it's origin from the
Neapolitan Punchinello, but many
of it's features are purely English
Puppet shows, however, were com
mon among the Greeks, from whom
the Romans received them
9. @. When a buzzard sails against
a stiff wind, what propels 1t?
A. The biological survey says that
the answer is not definitely known
Part of the force of the wind is
used by the feathers in turning up
which enables, the bird to use form
of coasting. 1t is also supposed thar
the force of gravity pulling the bird
to the ground also assists the bird
10. @. Can any bequest in Will
be annulled or must a new Will be
made?
A. A bequest in a will may be an
nulled and made absolutely void and
of no effect by a codicll.