Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-07
New Questions

1. OF what nationalities are most
of the criminals in this country?
2. Do all governors have the'pow-
er Of vetoing acts of state legisla-
lures?
8. How long may a motorist drive
his machine in another state with
out fee?
4. What was the message to Gar
cha?
5. What is the most effective
method of preventing fraudulent
voting?
6. What was the first encyclo-
pedia?
Z. How much real rubber is used
in making an automobile casing, BOX
3 1-2?
8. Is it true that there has been
an airplane marriage by radio?
9. In what city do people live
the longest?
10. How much water is required
on an ordinary farm?
Questions Answered
1. @. Are trees more apt to be
struck by lightning when it is rain
ing?
"A. During thunder showers trees
become drenched with rain. Accord
ing to some authorities, the more
thoroughly wet the tree is, the less
susceptible it becomes to lightning
strokes.
2. Q. What is meant by saying
a wine is dry?
A. Wines are referred to as dry
when completely fermented, only Oh
per cent of sugar remaining.
3. @. What song was sung at
the funeral of William Mckinley?
A. Lead Kindly Light" favor
tie song of President McKinley's,
was sung at his funeral.
4. @. Is there any trade where
the employees fix the price Of the
commodity sold?
A. The BARRIERS are organized in
a union which not only regulates
wages and hours of labor, but fixes
prices charged to patrons. Every
raise in BARRIERS wages must, un7
der union rules. be followed by a
corresponding increase in prices and
vice versa.
5. @. What is the total value
Of all the diamonds in the world?
A. 1t is estimated that the dia-
monds now owned in the world are
worth approximately $4,000, 100000,
Of which about one-half are in the
United States.
6. @. What was the origin Of the
Order of Elks?
A. The Benevolent and Protective
Order Of Ells was founded in 1868
in New York from an older social
and benevolent society, the jolly
Corks. The grand lodge was incor-
porated March 10, 1871.
Z. Q. What is the verse that in
cludes the line, eff 1 can't play,
why can owe?'
A. The line is from a stanza in
Heywood's BE Merry Friends"
which reads: LET the world slide,
let the world go; fig for care, and
a fig for woe! If I can't pay, why I
can owe, and death makes equal
the high and low"
8. Q. What is the best liquid to
use to prevent mosquito bites?
A. The de rtment of agriculture
says that spirits of camphor rubbed
on face and hands or on the pillow
at light will keep mosquitoes away
for a time, and that oil of penny
royal has this property. Citronella,
however, is one of the best substan-
CSS LUZ Tie use Ol InOS6 VINO 90 not
object to its odor. A good mixture
is: Oil of citronella, one ounce;
spirits IF camphor, one ounce; oil of
cedar one-half ounce
Q. @. How did the expression
"the four hundred originate?
A. The four hundred is defined as
the exclusive social set of city.
The phrase owes it's origin to Ward
McAllister, a New York society lead
err, who gave it as his opinion about
the year 1889 that only that number
of people were actually in society in
New York City.
10. @. Was Edgar Allen Poe
ever a soldier?
A. He enlisted as a private in the
United States army at the age of
IS. served two years and was honor
ably discharged. He entered West
Point in 1880, but was dismissed
from the academy at the end of six
months.