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

1. In how many languages is the
Bible printed?
2. Why are Popeiin rooms in no.
tells so called?
8. Is water fattening?
4. Why doesn't the price Of gold
fiuctuate?
s.. Did the Indians understand
fertilizing of land?
6. When was water power at Nj
agara Falls first used?
7. What is the difference between
lido and Esperanto?
8. How many governors Of I'LL
nois have been Democrats?
8. Why was Beacon Hill. Boston,
so called?
10. How much ground should be
allowed for a baseball diamond in a
playground?
Questions Answered.
10. When was the recall first
practiced in American politics?
A. Contrary to general opinion,
the recall is not an innovation of
modern politics, but has been known
since Revolutionary times. Penn
sylvania's delegates to the continent
al congress who refused to sign the
Declaration Of Independence were
recalled and others sent in their
places. Los Angeles was the first
city to adopt the recall, the amend
ment to it's charter in 1903 being
modelled after the cantonal law of
Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
20: Where do we get the term
lynch law?
A, The origin of this name is un.
certain. One explanation is that
Charles Lynch, Virginia planter
who lived from 1889 to 1896, punish
ed thievery by catching the culprit.
tying him to tree and flogging him.
In England, lynch law was prac-
ticed under the name of Lyford law,
while in Scotland it was called Cow
per law.
SO. Is there a fire department
in the United States manned" by
women?
A. Yes, in Fairfax, Cal, a village
near San Francisco, there is fire de-
partment managed entirely by won.-
en-, and the chief is Miss Madylinn
Fisher, the only girl fire chief in
the country.
90. How was Rudyard Kipling's
son killed in the war?
A. A recent dispatch from Lon
don says that Mr.. and Mrs. Kipling
nav r0AFSAA W AASPO VI ACCL LILLE I1IS
fate of their son who disappeared
during the war.
60. What is coalition cabinet?
A. A coalition cabinet lis one in
which members of all parties are
represented.
Go. When were income taxes
first levied?
A. Income taxes were developed
in Florence in the fifteenth century
ard in France in the eighteenth cen
fury. In England, the first income
tax in the modern sense of the term
was originated by William Pitt in
1889.
TO. What is the chemical COM
position of the onion?
A. The composition of this veg
etable as far AS mineral content is
concerned is: .06 calcium, .O3 mag
nesium, .23 potassium, .02 sodium,
IL phosphorus, .02 chlorine, .06 sui
phur, .0005 iron.
SO. What is the derivation of the
word fortnight?
A. Fortnight is a contraction Of
fourteen nights. Time was once
reckoned by nights and winters.
60. What were the HuZzars?
A. The word huZZar was first ap-
piled to the light cavalry troops
raised by Matthias Corvinus in 1853
to fight against the Turks. The word
was derived from a Magyar word
''husz," meaning 20, the method of
selection being every twentieth man
in the community. The term huzzar
was adopted by regiment Of British
cavalry in 1905 and has since then
been applied to certain bodies of
light cavalry in many countries.
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of plants?
A. With respect to duration of
life there are three classes of
plants: Animals, biennials and per-
ennials. An annual comes Up from
seed, bears flowers and seeds and
dies within the year. A biennial
grows from a seed, but produces
leaves only the first year. The Sec
ond summer flower stalk comes up.
seeds are produced and the plant