Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-01

O. What is the record for circling the
bases in baseball? E. W.
A. The record for circling the bases is
10 4-5 seconds made by Maurice Archdeacon,
Rochester, N. Y, in 1921.
@. Is it possible to multiply Roman num-
erals? w. N. H.
A. The following method is generally
used: 1t is necessary to remember that half
of G is L, half of L is XIV, half of VI is
III, and half of V is II with one remainder.
Write the numbers to be multiplied side by
side. Double the first one and take half Of
the second putting down an if there is
no remainder and add I if the remainder is
one. The two numbers thus obtained are
set down under the original numbers, and
the process is repeated until the second col
umn ends in 1. Then cross out the lines
that end in 0 and the sum Of what remains
in the first column will be the product.
Q. What is the expectation of life in the
United States as compared with other coun-
tries? W. G.
A. At birth person in the United States
may expect to live Sc years; in Australia,
SIS years; in Germany, AS; in India, only
% years. Persons in the United States who
live to So years have a further expectation
of years, according to estimates based on
figures of the 1920 census.
@. What is the population of the world :?
w. p. T.
A. The population of the would has been
estimated by Colonel Lawrence Martin, Of
fetal geographer of the State Department, to
be 1852, 100000.
Q. What does Iceland produce besides
ice? A. b. w.
A. Fishing is the great industry of Ice
land. the yearly catch being valued at ap-
proXimately $8,00O,000 Hay, potatoes and
turnips are the chief agricultural products.
@. Was the jury for the Thaw case the
largest ever impaneled in the United States?
G. ].
n
jurors were called before a jury could be
made up. The largest list of talesmen was
drawn 40 years ago, when 1900 were sum-
moned in a case involving railroad rights in
New York City.
@. In what circumstance was Monsieur
Beaucaire" written? w. G. Nee.
A. Booth Harrington, in an interview, re
lated the following: when I started I
couldn't sell a story anywhere. l sent them
to every publisher in the world, I guess, and
they always came back. You were kind
enough to say you liked one of my first
Monsieur Beaucaire 1 must tell you how
l happened to>write it. I had a friend who
seemed enormously successful to me, and he
asked me to illustrate story of his.
could do that, at any rate, and l was very
much pleased. Well, the magazine to which
he sold his story failed, and there I was left
with these Illustrations on my hands. SO
sat down and wrote story to fit my illus
trations and sold it. Wasn't that Iuck?"
@. How did the term French leave"
originate? S. T. l.
A. Most authorities believe that the term
can be traced to the eighteenth century
French custom of withdrawing from crowd
ed assemblies without taking leave of the
host and hostess. Another explanation is
that the word French" is a corruption of
the word frank" meaning free.
Q. When were wrist watches first worn
Did they originate during the World war?
+ n NJ. B.
/ A. Wrist watches were worn by travellers
some thirty years ago. They were encased
in heavy leather bracelets.
Q. What is the oldest city that is still in
existence? G. S.
A. Damascus has been thought the oldest
city in the world The origin of the city is
unknown. However, its foundation is at
tributed by Josephus to u, the son of Aram
Q. Is the ocean deeper at its deepest
! point than the highest mountain is high?
/ S. S.
A. If Mount Everest were placed in the
deepest pit of the Pacific, its summit, 5 IL
miles high, would be submerged more than
half a mile.
O. What method of capital punishment is
most widely used in this country? B. L. f.
A. In the majority of the states. hangins
is the method of capital punishment. In Is
states electrocution is used. in one the Grim
inal is given the choice of shooting or hang
jns. and in Nevada gas is administered in a
/ lethal chamber.