The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-09

From the correspondence column Of
yoaks Neg York Messenger we compile the
following questions and answers:
Ouotim-should not marriage be en-:
eonrsged as far as possible on the part Of
every man
IH,wr-The more married men you
have, the fewer crimes there will be. E1-
anime the column OF our criminal calen.
dar.; you will find a hundred youths
convicted, to one father Of u family.
Marriage renders men more %yirtuous and
more wise. The father Of a family is net
wiling to blush before his children. He
il afraid TO make shame their inheritance.
OasdiOu-Wh has been the recent his
tory Of England aud France In regard TO
wars and wal %expenses2
dnnser-ln the war against Napoleon
Bonaparte, England expended over five
thousand millions OF dOllars. England
spept .i1ty.fye years in war and sixty.
Two in peace, in the 127 years which pre-.
coded the close OF the war in 1915. ii.
In the six campaigns Of the Peninsula war
France lost ak hundred thousand men.
More than a million Of human lives must
have been sacrificed, altogether, in those
0sStion-Do you think it Is possible
for a young man to become a lawyer who
has had only a common school educatiob3
Ought be to go TO college2
1naEer-Yes. By perseverance, and
study ie may not only become d, but The
LAWYER Of the aye. II he n he should
90 10 college, but It is not essential 10 his
success. A college will never convert q
dull man into q wise one, though il might
make d wise man wiser.
Ousdin-When were clocks invented,
and when did they come into general use
Awver-It Is now about five hundred
wears since the first clock was invented
and put into operation, and for more than
two hundred years the clock manufacture
was carried on only upon so limited q
scale that Kings and Mobiles alone could
purchase them. At the present time, u
lime piece Is the commonest, as It is also
one Of the cheapest, OF household articles.
Qualin-DO widows deserve the many
sarcastic filings made at them?
AanreT-No. Periodically speaking,
il is a curious fact that most OF the emf
nent men who ilourished in the days OF
the Revolution had an especial pMehant
for widows. Washington married a
widow. Aaron Burr's wife was the
widow Of Colonel Provost Of the British
army. John Hancock had an especial
taste for widows. Mr.. Madison TOOK n
widow, and SO did Stephen Hopkins. So
did Ambrose Gwinett, so did Patrick
Henry, and SO did at least one.fourth OF
all the patriots and heroes Of the days
that tried mems souls Is well as their
pockets.
r QuediOn-What are the so.called seven
wonders Of the world?
AMuvr-The Egyptian Pyramids, the
Mausoleums erected by Artemisia, the
Temple Of Diana at Ephesus, the walls
and hanging gardens at Babylon, the Co.
lossus at Rhodes, the statue OF Jupiter
Olympus, and the Phatos or watch tower
at Alexandria.
Quation-What Is the origin Of the
Greek Church OF Russia?
Annr9-The "Greek Church, is 80
called in contradiction 10 the Roman
iCatbolic) Church. In the eighth centu-
~ a difference arose between the Eastern
and Western Christian Churches which,
in the course Of two and a half centuries,
terminated in a separation into the
Greek and Roman divisions. The Greek
Church, which 10 the established religion
Of Russia, claims priority as using the
language 10 which the Gospel was first
promulgated. Many Of is forms and
ceremonies are similar TO those OF the
Roman Catholic Church, but it repudiates
the supremacy Of the Pope.
Question-What is the history Of the
significance attached by some to the bg.
ures "52?'
Annpu-The Eve books Of Mo,es were
written fifteen hundred and ifty-two
years before the present mode Of compu-
ling time. The building Of Rome was
commenced seven hundred and 6fty'two
years before the same event. Julius
Cp,ar made the frat inroad into Great
Britain fity.two years B. G., and the
King Of Great Britain was carried in
chains TO Rome, A. D., 6fty.two. Con.
Stantinople was taken by the Turks A. D.,
fourteen hundred and fity-two. The
highest Egyptian pyramid is four hun.
dred and 6fty.two feet Ia height.