The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-07
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

o-what compensation do Vardou
and Ray receive ror their exhibition
golf matches on their present tour
through the United states I'll X. N,
game, win or lose. 1t is estimated that
their point earnings on the trip will be
about $4,000.
Q--Has II ever happened before that
: the Democratic and Republican candl-
dates for the presidency were chosen
from the same state?--B. f. r.
Abraham Lincoln and stephen A.
Douglas were both Illinois candidates
in the election OF 1850 while Theodore
Roosevelt and Alton b. Parker. of New
York, were the candidates OF the two
parties in 1904.
mean "A. b.
A,-,,The exact meaning of the word
has been lost, but most authorities
agree that 1t indicated pause. or nat
ural break in the hymn or psalm
Q,-What can be done for ivy poi
soning?--D. NJ, C.
A-The department OF agriculture
| advises such sifAple remedies as local
| applications OF cooking soda or EPSON
sslts, one or two heaping teaspoonfuls
to cup of water, Do not use remedies
having fatty or oily base, such as
ointments, in early stages, since grease
or oil tends to dissolve and spread the
poison
Odd the selectlve service system
extend to Alaska r G, Il,
A.--Alaska was included. There were
stl25 registered in the class Of June
1911, 1856 OF whom were delivered to
Alaska posts.
GLOW is coal formed &C. MI
A,-Coal Is one o fthe most important
economic minerals and Is Of vegetable
origin. When vegetable mattre accu-
nulates under water II underfoes a slow
process of decomposition. Peat, tn,
material so often found underlying
swampy tracts in north temperate
zones, represents the first stage In the
| Conforming process, and the other
stages are obtained by the burial OF
these vegetable deposits under grea
| loads OF sediment when they are sub
| jected to pressure and at times to heat
| also
Q.-What is the family name OF the
royal house of England??-E b. S.
- A-The name Of the royal house OF
Great Britain is Windsor. This wa
made so by royal decree in 1915, The
was Victim on his fathers side and
Guelph on the side OF his grandmother
Queen Victoria.
| o,-Why are outsiders not allowed in
the Mormon tabernacle at Salt Lake
City,. +. d.
A-The Mormon tabernacle at Salt
| Lake City IL not closed to outsiders
who are at liberty to inspect the won
derful building and to listen TO the
music OF the great organ, one of tn,
greatest in the world. The temple
however is sacred 10 belleCers in tn,
doctrines of the Mormon church Thu
| follows the practice of the ancient He
hrews, TO whom the inner courts Of tn
temple were sacred
O-How Tnurh docs "a 10 iIrna6 Io,o
| motive cost and how much a sleeping
car?-W,. H. p,
A railroad locomotive costs from
100000 TO 100000 and Il sleeping ca
about $4,000
OIL wish to photograph a drapery
made o one dollar bills. Is this against
the law. A. G.
A,-The treasury department say
United States paper currency.
Q.-What is the quotation beginning
Ill fares the land to Counteless ills a
prey who wrote ITO. S.
A,-The quotation III fares the land
| to Fastening ills prey where wealth
sccumulates and men decay Is from
The Deserted Village" by Oliver Gold
| smith
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