The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

Q,-What president vetoed the great
est number of bills during his term
of office ?--J. NJ l..
A.-President Cleveland vetoed 49t
bills during his terms as president
During his first term he vetoed sol
bills, nearly twice as many as had all
his predecessors combined. The ma
jority of these were private pension
bills, and only two of them were passed
over his veto No president since
Cleveland has vetoed any considerable
number of bills.
Q-whv should Lamb have called
Spenser "the poets ?"-B. V. D.
A.-Charles Lamb was an enthusiastic
admirer OF Edmund Spenser and re-
garded his flights of fancy and imagery
as so far above other poets efforts
that it required the high artistic sense
developed by studying the art of writ
ing poetry to appreciate Spenser.
GLOW large a population consti-
tutes a City?-M C.
A.-The bureau of census says that
a town Is usually considered a city
when II reaches a population of 10000.
Q.-Where are the points Of the
United States that are the farthest
north east. south and west? &C. +, NJ.
A.-The geological survey says that
small detached land area in Mime
sofa is the farthest point north, ex-
tending to latitude 40 degrees 20 min
utes: the southermost point OF the
mainland is Cape Sable. Fla, latitude
% degrees 7 minutes: easternmost is
West Quoddy Head, Maine, longitude Sc
degrees 81 minutes, and westernmost
Cape Alva Washington longitude 1874
degrees As minutes
Q-what books did Lincoln read
when educating himsef?-P. J.
A.-There is little material to show
exactly what Abraham Lincoln read,
but there is evidence that the Bible,
certain OF Shakespeare's plays Robin
son Crusoe, the Statutes OF Indiana
Ween's Life of Washington" the
poems Of Robert Burns and "Pllgrim's
Progress" were included in the list.
Q-What is the meaning OF may
ourneen?"--A. b.
Mamourneen" is derived from
two Irish words mo" and "mhur-
men" meaning my darling
Q lis there any way Of driving hor-
nets away when smoking them out has
fal)od V. !. II.
A. FumigatIng with carbon disul-
rhide should be efficacious.
Q How is crepe effect in materials
made e. c. II.
\ Crepe effects in finished goods
are produced ny alternating right and
ieft-hand highly twisted thread in the
warp and filling the fabric with n
lightly twisted tram. When the woven
goods is boiled off and dyed, the ef-
feet Fl the alternately twisted threads
will he the pickering up OF the fabric
noticed in crepe de chine.
Q Why Is milk so often referred TO
as perfect food?"-R. T., {.
\ Milk is considered a perfect food
because it gives proteins for tissue
building, energy fuel for bodily func-
tons minerals for bone and gland
formation, vitamnes for body building.
Q Is any ex-vice president allve?--
W. Il l..
A-At the present time. no former
vice president Is living.
GLOW much is the public debt?
HLThe national debt on June 90
1920, was e24.299,3 2I467.
= Is any part of the United States
free from electrical storms?-R, l.. w.
The weather bureau says that SO
Far as known. no part OF this country
Is entirely free from these phenomena.
However, shey are much more frequent
" observed in the sAsteEn and central
NOFtiuns ~ the country than I'm the Far
West IN t'c', along the immediate
ta",fy sCat tile occurrence OF these
rS"rTs IS COIpatatlEN y rare and 1t is
sSGtsd slAt tHca ara without many Of
go sFI'"" . tray,eristaics observed In
she rWE esstsrn districts.
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