Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-15
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O IL II trus that the election of n
President once Depended upon the
CourtY s' " -
A. Tho Commission created TO
political complexion OF the supreme
settle the famous Tilden-Heyer con-
test wss composed Of Ave Senator's,
Nve Representatives and flve Justices
of the Supreme Court. When this
plan was agreed to. chance favored the
Democrats, owing TO the composition
OF the Supreme Court; but while the
commission WAS beinG organised, JUS
tice Davis, who was expected TO be a
member and to favor Mr.. Tildsn, was
elected n Senator and resigned his
ec,at on the Supreme Court bench. This
led 10 tho substitution OF Justice Brod-
ley. a strong Republican, whose vote
decided the question. for the commits
sion 10 every question divided eight
TO seven The electoral vote az de-
cided by the commission was 1s5 for
Hayes to iss for Tliden.
q. What is ~ makes colors ir
f,eme7 Il. A
A. Flames may be colored. and
often very brilliantly, by the presence
within them OF certain metallic salts
such as sodium. potassium ens
strontium.
O. What are ratslesnake weeds
r. u
A. Several species OF hawk wee
which grow in the United States hav
been called "rsttlesnake weeds be
cause IA popular belief that the,
were Of value in curing the poison o
snakes.
q Who was II VINO defined histor
as lie that had been agreed upon
| s. y.
! A. The saying that history is
, fiction agreed Upon is attributed
= Napoleon.
r q. How many islands are there
= the Hawaiian group? s. ". 7
A. The Hawaiians consist OF eigf
inhabited islands-Hswsii, Mau
Kahoolawe, Lanai. Molokai. oah'
Kauai and Niihau and several rock
( lslets.
o O. Are there more Christians
J. the world than non -Chri.dlans? r.
NJ he rs-f,yfd
= population rs ciassed as Christia
n Mohammedans form 1876 per cen
:. Hebrews. 0.s per cent; Brahman
IS 1877 per cent; Buddhists. 2s.s p
\. cent. and heathens. 81 per cent.
n O. What year were autos fir
licensed? w.
II A. In 1929 Tlwood Haynes
J. Kokomo, Indiana. was granted
J. license to run one Of the first max
p of the HAYNES car. In 1895 there W
" license issued In Rochester. ".
y to Jonathan West which w-ss the or
- come of what Is known as the Jon
u' than West and Swiss Laundry Con
pany case.
A license vrs issued because Jon
. thnn We~t ran into a wagon or {
=, Swiss Laundry Company and isl
controversy was the rer1t. This
=, are the FIRST licenses OF which {
National Automobile Chamber
- Commerce has record.
,s q. What constituteS nuni
et pelity7 l.. l..
m A. A municipality IL an incorr
id rnted city. town, village or borou
possessing charter Of Incorporate
o. conferrfng privileges OF local se
lie government.
AT q. What were seven thirtie'
tol NJ.
of A. During the Civil War Uni
81 States Government bonds paying
,ly per cent interest we're issued and
en- name "seven-thirties" was applied
on them.