The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-23
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

Q. How did the expression blue
aristocrscy? NC. d.
sristt5o,cracy Of the Spanish provinces
CASTLE and Arsgon. The peoples OF
these provinces traced their lineage to
the light complsSioned Goths who in
hahited Spain before the Moorish con
quest. The blood in the veins of these
descendants Of the Goths appeared blue
through the skin, whereas the blood
Of the masses showed dark as the re-
suit Of Moorish infusion. Thus the
! Castilian Spaniards came to declare
| that their blood was blue, and the
expression spread to other peoples,
@ Does a graduate Of medical
! school in the United States have TO
| stand an examination in order to prac-
| uce medicine in Cuba T. -,
| The Cuban legation says that the
! Cuban government recognizes a num-
| her OF the leading medical colleges OF
! THIS country, and the graduates from
/ these colleges are permitted 20 prac-
tice without any special examination,
Q. How did the sandwich derive its
A. 1t was named after j John w e earl
| Of Sandwich, who was the first man
! TO serve meat between slices of bread
TO his guests.
= E Sor, How noG many bones are here :, in
A. The bureau Of animal Industry
| saws that there are EOS bones in he
| BODY Of a horse as compared with
! Between 80 TO go IN the body Of a
mantle number in man increasing
with age.
Q How does our national debt com.
| pare with that Of Great Britain and
France FL. L S.
! a As compared with our two lead
/ ING, allies, the United states is not so
| PAD or financially. This county's ma
! tional debt Is something like $26 =
e1O OON. while that Of Great Britain is
! nearly S6S,000 600 600. and that AZ
/ France about $35, 600, 600, 600. Our debt
per capita is 1886 Great Brtatn's is
about $1,000, aud Frances is nearly
| $500
| z. Is there any constitutional ground
| Tor the argument advanced in the Der.
/ ger case that the Fifth Wisconsin dis
! u'et and MOI The house should be the
! Judge Of the qualifications of it's rep
| resenistlve IN congress "A f, h
\ The constitution very plainly
/ places the power 10 Judge the quail
| t!gaNonS Of its members in the house
| Of representatives.. The constitution
says that each house shall be the fudge
Cs,,ams ~ ,o''s, re'u.Hs' anu 49ai.lI.
| ,ras Not r..r,,A,4 - ~ ,,L
! can vs. 10 ett,giist ,,t bsc,t,go
he Vas ch,TssS ma cn,,,a Sn of y gS
I ing comfort IA the enemy during the
war.
( Q what a.e the rules for pitching
horse shoes - F L.
A According to the rules adopted
| by the Horse shoe Pitching club Of
Miami. Fla. which is probably one OF
the largest ours al It's kind IN ne
| country, me distance between inc
| stakes Is 40 teet, weights OF morse
shoes between two and one-dnarter
a ahavn '0 ron pGU, auS a 1,, in
Soo S Vrst ~ ~ ~ ~, NJ, ,,Jtcbin
neelS agl,ns, ne SAKE "hen , psItn'H u
W, r,n.or c.,,n,g thraa =" lssnSr two
90 Sa5rnst ~ stsIta n,e
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@ What body NJ water is known as
the "hdtless sea II r
A This term is frequently applied
10 the MedIterranean sea, which has
! but few inches Of Tie
n ,.. r,.r. ,,,. -.,,4..t,- ;. -bo,,.
tbS ..opcr,,e 90 fror, ~
| snIs ~ fs,i,, 5- .,s,trs seSd NJ
/ MN
r, .. estimated that IN 1917 the
! f,r,,.a a., vv,gron.i, e~f,srsd a loes
| n g. non ma frronsb ir,nura seed
| curb seea ,igo L,vo [susad bsav,. losses
! W. Njar,,lsnS NJ, Wv NI,nnasot, ana
| Nf,chjgsp -rbs roesihil,tis. are ind,
| Gated hv the TACT thst more than a 00n
! undss,rshis Ssaa, hayh hsnr found in
. single Mound bought on the rsrktt
Sale Of such seed ~ =