Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-12
New Questions


What is the distinction be-
tween burglary and robbery?
2-When were roller skates in
vented?
3-Has Reno, New, any industries
besides it's divorce mill?
Ills it true that an American
girl has been adopted by a countess
Of French nobility?
5-Please settle a controversy by
stating whether the characters in
main Street" were taken from real
life?
elias an instance ever been
known of a person having more than
twelve ribs?
when was the word sweetheart
coined?
S-After resusticating a person
rescued from drowning is it safe to
let him walk?
9-Why is the cranberry so called?
10-What presidents Of the United
States were the sons of preachers?
Questions Answered
/. @. What makes Oriental rugs
crooked?
A. Most of these rugs have wool
en- warp. They are apt to be crooked
on account of the elasticity OF the
wool. For this reason, cotton is sup
planting wool, specially for the large
rugs made to order for the European
and American markets.
2. @. How deep can ducks dive?
A. Sea and bay ducks can dive
deeper than those Of the fresh water
group. They have been known, &C.
cording to Chapman, to descend to
a depth of $50 feet or more.
8. @. Did Russell Sage give the
money for the foundation that bears
his name?
A. At his death, Mrs. Sage received
Internationally a fortune OF more
than $5O,000,000 to be used as she
saw fit. Her greatest single bene-
faction was the gift Of $1O,OOO,O0O
in 1907 for the establishment of the
Russell Sage foundation.
4. @. What percentage Of criminals
are old offenders?
A. Statistics show that large per-
centage of persons convicted Of
crime are old offenders or recidivists,
the percentage varying in different
countries and in different parts of
the same country. The average is
about 40 per cent.
5. O.. Must the president of the
United States take the oath of Of
flee in Washington?
A. Customarily the president takes
the oath of office in Washington,
but there is no provision Of law to
that effect. For instance, when
Roosevelt, as vice president, succeed
ed Mckinley as president, the oath
Of office was administered to him
at the home of Ansley Wilcox, a
Buffalo attorney, on September IA,
1901.
6. @. Is maple sugar made any
place outside the United States?
A. The production of maple sugar
and maple syrup in purely an Ameri-
can industry, Canada being the only
country other than the United States
where they are made.
Z. Q. What is the quotation about
old friends, old wine, old books, etc?
A. II love everything that's old:
old friends, old times, old manners,
old books, old wine," is from Act 1
of Oliver Goldsmith's "She Stops to
Conquer"
8. @. Was Claude Duval, the high.
wayman, real or fictitious charac-
ter?
A. Claude Duval was born in Nor
mandy in 1913, went to England at
the restoration, soon became a
knight of the road, and was hanged
at Tyburn in 1870.
8. Q. What is the difference be.
tween raisins and grapes?
"A. The word raisin is generally
used to refer to the dried grape. The
principal and most valuable class of
raisin grape is the muscatel. The
seedless raisins of commerce are
largely Sultana grapes.
10. Q. What country keeps the
best vital statistics?
A. France has the most perfect sys-
tenn of registering births, marriages
and deaths. The United States has
no national system, but registration
requirements are made through
state laws in many states.
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