Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-21
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Q. Do courts IN England. France
and Italy have the power 20 set aside
laws enacted by the national .egis-
lative body on the ground that they
are unconstitutional II. L
a. These countries have no courts
that are given such power.
.. Is Washington north or south Of
the Mason and Dixon line? r. 4. 7.
A The city 81 Washington les a
little % the south Of =. Washington
IS In latitude 3s' 81 while The Mason
Dixon line - N latitude 90 4S rs"
Q VIVA, IS The exact meaning Of
carte Blanche F. +
4 Carte blanche s a bank sheet
@; paper with an authoritative sigma
,ure 90 be di'ed up with such con-
diuons as the person 20 whom Z IS
given may decide: hence the genera,
meaning. absolute freedom Of action
/ O. What was NE first use made o.:
glass? P. VI. T
A. The bead IS probably the Oldest
form in which glass vas used. Il was
among The hrsi objects adopted fos
/ personal ornament.
. Was Il ever proposed 20 max
( Patrick Henry dictator Of Virginia
y. y. L
A The scheme Of Dictatorship. IL
Virginia was broached and withou
his knowledge or consent Patricl
Henry was spoken 81 for the post. Il
the midst of the agitation. Archibal,
Gary met Henry's hdlf-bro;her and de
l!vcred his famous threat: Sir. I a.
told that your hrother wishes 20 D
dictator. Tel him from me that in
day OF his appointment shall be IN
day ~ his death. Tor he shall find N
4 Idasger IN his heart before The suns,
d of that day" The project was speet
!iy abandoned.
.. Who invented the cash register
y
! A. The modern cash register ",
=" invented 10y Jacob Bitty Of Dayto
, Ohio. patented in 1879. il being sul
=, gvsted 20 him by the dial on steam
ship which recorded the number
revolutions of the propeller
: -. Does a deer lose its horns eve
4. year? J. \.
~ \. The Department OF Aricultu
IA says that deer shed the outer porto
"A at their horns annually. When q
\ horn Falls on. a soft velvet-lke 81
- stance remains. which gradually har
l. ems into horn. This shedding TAX
* place during the breeding seasC
Pr Ordinarily. one prong develops IA
IA year. but al times some animals "
develop more.
p q. Who said that the history OF z
r. world les the history OF the great m
r who have lived in ij2 :. c.
" \ Perhaps YOU refer 70 the ou
"a tation from Carlyie's Heroes Al
"a Hero Worship" AS I take IL. III
T. versal history. the history o. W
ct man has accomplished in tins wor
To is at bottom the history Of the gr,
Ia men who have worked there"
sh q. How many Germans are there
IN Wisconsin as compared with 9th
I'd states2 NJ
ny \. Wisconsin ranks third in nu
Der of German inhabitants. There 4
2S5.65O Germans in New York. 20
isl in Illinois and ESQ IN WiscC
ri sin. In proportion to state populath
x. however, Wisconsin ranks first as
ut most 6 per cent OF her people Z
hi Germans More than per cent
es Illinois are German. and a little ],
he than 3 per cent IN New York
.. What line owned the Lu<ztan
r.
IN \. Il was owned by the Cuna
n, line.
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