Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-16
New Questions


1. When will February have five
Sundays again?
2. What is a salaam?
8. Was it Washington who said
there was never such a thing as a
good war or a bad peace?
4. What are the present ranks or
General Pershing, March and Bliss?
5. What is the length Of the Pan
ana canal?
s. Did England loan money to her
allies, and then turned around and
borrow it from the United States?
z. Why is the book Of Revelations
called the Apocalypse?
8. Is it correct to pronounce lux
ury as though the word contained
"g'' instead of an "x"?
9. Was baseball game ever post
poned because there was no one to
witness it?
10. What states have two United
States senators from the same city?
Questions Answered
l. @. What do Chinese use gin
seng for?
A. The title yellow root of the
ginseng plant is used by the Chinese
as food and medicine. Specimens re.
sembling the human body often COM
mand their weight in gold because of
supposed occult virtues. Neither
species Of gingseng, however, Is con-
81 sered by the occidental physicians
to have any pronounced medicinal
qualities.
2. @. What is mean who 4 it is said
the a bill has been engrossed?
A. An engrossed bill is the final
certified copy of a statute which is
ready to be sighed by the president
of the United States, or by the gov
ernor Of a state.
8. Q. Has George Washington any
living descendants?
A. George Washington had no
children, and, therefore, no lineal de-
scendants.
4. @. What state leads in the manu-
facture of ice?
A. Altho~ Sh Texas has more es-
adjustments manufacturing ice,
New York state leads in the value of
manufactured ice. In Texas there
are 265 establishments and 1872 in
New York. The value Of ice man
ufactured i New York is $13,309, 900;
in Texas, $9,811,00
5. @. Who first used the blunt hit"
in baseball?
A. The bunt was invested by Dick
ey Pearce of the Atlantics of Brook
lyn in 1856. He also invented the
fair FOUL hit in 1871.
6. Q. When ulaying a double head
er, which game is considered the
regular days ball game?
A. Whenever necessity demands
that two games be played in one
afternoon, the first game shall be
the regularly scheduled game for
that day.
z. Q. Can eggs that have been put
down in waterglass be moved from
one place to another in an automo-
bile?
A. The poultry division says that
eggs which have been preserved in
waterglass may be moved from place
to place provided you are very care.
full not to crack any Of the eggs, as
the broken ones will spoil the solu-
ton.
8. Q. What is a lowboy?
A. This is a small table with one
or two rows Of drawers so called in
contradiction to the tallbov or dou-
bic chest of drawers. Both were ia
Vorite pieces of furniture in the
eighteenth century in England and
America. The lowboy was gener-
ally used as a dressing table, but
occasionally as a side table.
10. Q. In sending wedding invita-
tons is it correct to include a whole
family in one invitation?
A. This is not the proper proceed
ure. If the parents and Unmarried
sons and daughters are to be asked,
one inner envelope should be ad-
dressed to the parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith, one, The Misses Smith, and
one The Messrs. Smith. These
should all be inclosed in one outer
envelope, which is addressed to the
mother, Mrs. James Smith.
10. Q. Did Captin Amundsen take
a radio outfit on his trip to the pole?
A. Capt. N Amundsen and his COM
panions left Seattle on June 8. Their
equipment included an airplane, car
rier pigeons and a radio set. It is