Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-17
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New Questions
1. What is the Rialto of New
York?
I 2. When one calls a telephone
number and gets a response is it
inpolite to say who is this?'
$. What are the four largest cities
in the United States, according to
area?
4. How can ergandy be made stiff
and crisp? -
5. How long did it take to revise
the Bible?
C. What degree of heat is attained
by acetylene cutting and welding
torches?
:. What denomination is the Little
! Church Around the Corner?
8. Will any chemical melt or soft
en- glass?
9. Of whom was it said that che
found the constitution skeleton and
clothed it with flesh and blood?"
10. Has it ever been held or sus
pected that the electrical disturb.
ances accompanying the aurora bo
reals might be attempted communi-
cations from Mars?
Questions Answered
1. Is there any snake that has
legs?
A. The cylinder snake retains yes
tiges of pelvis and hind limbs, the
latter showing in claW-like spurs
! protruding between the scales on
each side of the vent. It is found
.. If a lobster loses a leg will a
new one grow in it's place?
A. An antenna or leg is gradually
renewed, growing at every mott. This
!: is also true of the crawfish.
3. What was the origin of the term
"Woodenhead?"
A. The exact origin Of the epithet
"woodenhead" is not known, but per.
haps it is derived from Pope's char
acterization of the bOokful block
head, ignorantly read, with loads Of
learned lumber i'm his head"
4. How was rice introduced into
the United States?
A. In 1894, through a freak in the
weather, a vessel bound TO Liverpool
from Madagascar was driven into
the harbor of Charleston, S. G.. The
captain gave the inhabitants a few
sacks of seed rice as an EXPRESSION
of appreciation of their hospitality.
S. Is every state in the Union di-
vided into counties?
A. All the states have local dis
tricts known as counties, except
Louisiana, where the corresponding
district is known as the parish.
6. Why is piano called a piano
forte?
A. The original name was piano
forte. 1t is an adaptation of two
italian words, piano meaning soft
and forte meaning loud or strong.
1t was evidently applied to the in
strument because it describes it's pos
sibilities of tone.
Z. What is a business cycle?
A. The sequence Of phenomena
| known as a business cycle has been
| Of
cence, improvement, growing conf
dence, prosperity, excitement, over
[ trading, commissions, pressure, stag
| alton, distress ending again in qui-
| eScenCe."
| IS. When were the first banks es-
! tahlislled?
| A. Activities similar to banking of
| the present day were known to the
ancients. In Athens and Rome sew
| eral hundred years before Christ,
| there were men who would now be
called bankers. The rise CT modern
| banking really dates from the estab-
lishment of the Banco di Rialto, in
! Venice, in 1887.
9. Where was cotton first raised?
A. The country in which cotton
was first used or produced has not
been definitely determined. 1t was
known in India before the conquest
of that country by Alexander, was
used Ky the early Greeks and Ro-
mans, and Columbus found it in use
| blythe natives of the new world.
10. Why was Henry Clay's wife
| buried crosswise at his feet?
| A. The superintendent Of Lexing
I ton cemetery says that owing to
the space in the vault and in accord
ance with the wishes of the family,
! the body of Mrs. Clay was placed in