Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-25

2. Where was tobacco first found?
8. What is Dutch concerto"
4. How far may dust be carried in
tie air? .~
5. Will there be plenty Of water
melons this summer
6. Who was it said all men are
great in their dreams? -
z. How many readers are reck-
oned to each newspaper sold?
8. How does the compensation of
a widow of an officer in the late
war compare with that Of the widow
Of a private?
1. Who was vice president Of the
United States when James A. Gar.
field was president?
2. What is Ty Cobb's home town?
/ Questions Answered
1. @. How much quinine is con-
sumed in this country?
A. In tho fiscal year ending June
80, 1916, an amount Of quinine' was
imported irto the United States suf-
ficient to make 2 200 100000 average
doses-an equivalent of % doses for
every man, woman and child of the
population.
40. How many lives were lost in
the Halifax disaster
A. In the explosion of war ma
terials and fire at Halifax, Deem
Der 6, 1917, $500 persons were kill
ed and 1000 seriously injured.
8. @. Is there any product in the
manufacture Of which labor and
materials are not the principal item?
A. The largest i-em of expense in
the artificial ice industry is neither
labor nor raw materials, as in most
other manufacturers, as the ma
terial being water costs little and
big ite"l Of expense is coal with
which to produce the heat to ex-
pand the steam and run the COM
pressor ice machine.
4. Q. How many kinds Of dogs
are there?
A. Authorities list fifty-one breeds
of dogs as comprising the category
found at the leading dog shows held
under the auspices of recognized
kennel clubs. These are all that
are used in the ordinary vocations
or sports of life.
5. @. Is it true that Chicago
woman played the part Of Magda.
lene in the Passion play?
A. A ChicagJ woman did not take
the role, but Marie Mayer Becker, a
resident of Chicago now, was the
Bavarian girl who played the part
in 1910. She married an American
visitor and came to this country.
g. Q. Is there any difference be-
tween being a citizen of the United
States and being a citizen Of one of
the forty-eight states?
A. A court ruling says "there is a
citizenship Of thu United States and
a citizenship Of a state which are
distinct from each other, and which
| depend upon different characters.
tics and circumstances in the indi.
vidual." Citizenship in the state
can not be given to an alien but a
: nauralized citizen becomes citizen
Of the state wherein he resides. The
federal government alone has the
right to naturalize.
Z. Q. Who were the young people
who were recently married on lorse
back
A. In the Rye County Riding
school, in Westminster, England
there were two students who fell in
love. They were Thornton Whitney
allen, Of New York, and Miss Elsie
Guy, of Manchester. AS their ro
nance began on the bridal path
their marriage took place there. The
bridal costumes were riding togs.
8. @. If the letter at" is consid
cred a word, is the letter Eek" {
word also?
A. is both a letter and a word
while K is a letter, but not a word
q. @. When it is said that one
metal is ductile and another mallea
BILE, what is meant?
A. Ductability is the quality OF
adaptedness of metals which rend
ers them capable of being extended
by drawing into wire while mallea
bility is the quality of adaptedness
for being beaten into leaves. The
order of metals in these two re
spects is: Ductability-platinu
silver, iron, copper. gold, zinc, tin
lead and nickel. Malleability-gold