Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-15

@. What is the meaning of the inscrip
ton on the walls of the Amphitheater at
Arlin gton, when we assumed the soldier
we did not lay aside the citizen?" L. L.
A. They were the words of George Wash
ington, and were uttered for the purpose of
reassuring the New York provincial congress
in 1875 that the people Of the country Of
those days should have no fear lest he and
his army would act otherwise than to secure
and to preserve the liberties of the people.
And it was Sir William Blackstone some
time later, who expressed much the same
thought as Washington, but in these words:
He puts not off the citizen when he enters
the camp, but it is because he is citizen
and would wish to continue that he
makes of himself for while soldier"
Q. Why is March II st. Patrick's day?
S. F. s.
A. The 18th of March is called ST. Pat
rick's day because of it's being the anniver-
sary Of the day of this saints death. 1t is
celebrated by the Irish all over the world
Green is worn on this day in memory of the
Emerald Isle.
@. What is the flag of Afghanistan?
B. G.
A. The Afghan flag consists of the follow
Ing design: A mosque between two triangu-
lar pennants, over five-pointed star and
enclosed within a combination of a circle
and heXagon all in fiat white upon black
background.
Q. What people belong to the Xanthocroi
and Melanchroi races and what color are
they? A. NJ. P.
A. Prof. Huxley forty-fve years ago used
these terms to designate, by the former the
blond, and by the latter, the brunette por-
| ton Of the Caucasian race.
O. Where is the shortest railroad in the
United States? A. +.
A. The shortest railroad reporting to the
interstate commerce commission is the Dur
ham (North Carolina) Union Station COM
pany. This road is Observation-Disclosures
of a mile in length.
Q. Do all the Florida Seminoles speak
the same language? A. G. S.
a. Ihere are two distinct languages
spoken by these Florida Indians The speech
OF the North Glade Indians differ from that
| OF the South Glade red men to such an ex-
tent that an interpreter is necessary between
| them.
Q. Please give some information about
the dead letter office. NJ n
A. The dead letter office is division of
the poStoflce department under the con-
troll Of the fourth assistant postmaster gem
! eral TO which unclaimed letters, parcels etc
are sent from local postoffices. 1t receives
| about 16,500,000 dead letters and parcels a
| year, and 100000 postcards and postals
/ The loss to the general public through the
careless directing of such matter is about
S5OO,QO0 annually. No letters or packages
| are sent to the dead letter office until thew
nave been given a directory service at the
postoffce to which they are addressed and
| all available methods to locate the ad-
| dresses have been exhausted.
Q. Why is there in the word debt?
! W. r. B.
A. The word debt is derived from Middle
! England det dette and from Old French
dette. In an effort to make the English
spelling suggest more directly the original
/ Latin debita the was inserted The s was
/ inserted in island for the same reason and
| the | in fault, although in the latter case it
/ came in time to be sounded