Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-12
New Questions


1. Why doesn't it kill q bird to
alight on live wire?
2. How much does an egg weigh?
8. How much does it cost the
railroad to stop a train?
4. How can a fish hear?
S. Where were the ice pictures
taken for "Way Down East?'
6. What is the average size of a
family in the United States?
T. Do wild animals die Of old age?
8. Are gifts sent from abroad sub
ject to duty?
8. Are more or fewer children en-
ployed now than there were before
there was a crusade against child Ia
Dor?
10. What is meant by salad days?
Questions Answered
10. Is it true that the Japanese
did not invent the jinrikisha?
A. The jinrikisha was invented
in 1871 at Yokohama by the Rev.
Jonathan Goble, an American Bap-
fist missionary, who devised it as a
vehicle in which his invalid wife
might be taken out for air and ex-
ercise.
%. Who is the worlds first
woman diplomat?
A. Mile Nadeja Stancioff, the
eldest daughter of the Bulgarian
minister to London, was recently
appointed first secretary to the Bull
garian legation at Washington, D.
c., and will soon arrive to take up
her official duties.
SO. From what kind of turtle
is tortoise shell taken?
A. The hawkbill, marine turtle
found in tropical seas has the shell
used for ornamental purposes.
40. Is it true that women raid
ers are holding UP mail cars in Ire
land?
A. Girl raiders and dispatch rid
ers are numbered among Irish Re-
publican forces, and the photograph
On this page shows them searching
a "postcar" for government dis
patches.
30. Are falcons long-lived birds?
A. Falcons attain to a great age.
One is said to have been found in
France about 1890 with a collar of
gold dated 1910, showing it to have
belonged to James I of England.
Go. Can war risk insurance be
disposed of by will?
A. War risk insurance cannot be
willed or assigned. In the event o.
the death of the beneficiary of a war
risk insurance policy the benefits
will be divided among the next Of
the soldiers kin according to the
law OF the state in which he re-
sided.
10. Has it ever been contended
that Darwin did not originate the
theory of evolution that bears his
name?
A. Darwin originated the natural
selection theory of evolution, so far
as he himself was concerned, but it
is q curious fact that by an extraor-
binary coincidence Alfred Russell
wallace formulated the same theory
at the very same time of it's ut
terance by Darwin. Both men cub
lished articles presenting this theory
IN the same number of the Journal
of the Linnaean society in 1853.
60. What part Of the railroads
receipts are paid out for labor?
A. In 1920 the total operating
revenues of railways of Class i
amounted to $6,178,438,459. OF this
S3,424 ,O75,10 was paid in salaries
and wages, exclusive of that portion
Of the payroll chargeab1e to capita.
| account. In 1921 the corresponding
! figures were $6,51G $685. and ST.
| 585, 1929, 1877. In 1920, 55.4 cents in
each dollar went to labor and 1921.
400 cents.
60. What is the difference be-
tween an epoch and an era?
A. EOOch and ora aro ,II,,o1l1y
used anonymously. In history Ell
Their one denotes a fixed point of
time, commonly selected on accoun.
of some remarkable event by which
it has been distinguished, and which
is made the beginning or determinat-
ing point Of a particular year from
which all other years, whether pre-
ceding or ensuing, are computed
Some writer's distinguish between
the terms epoch ana era. Accord
ing to them, both mark important
events, but an era is an epoch which