News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-11-18

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What is the largest building in the
World2 do not mean the taIIest, but
covering the most ground.
The Vatican palace at Rome is the
largest covering thirteen and a half
acres, but with its additions and en-
Judgements it was several centuries in
building. The most extensive building
i'll the world, constructed at one time,
is the Pennsylvania station in New
ork ritf. mnit b occupies eight acres
Of ground ana has exterior walls
measuring aiiout unehalf Il mile. The
capitol at Washington covers 1912
square feet, or nearly four acres.
N[!15 coined the provcro about call
ING spade a SPADE TO indicate frank
ness or botdnScs ct speech?
Humphrey Clifford. an English rime-
ster of the sixteenth century, wrote a
song in which he said:
! cannot say the crow is white,
! But needs must call a spade spade
But the ancient Greeks expressed the
same idea by proyerb about calling
| fig fig and a hoe a hoe.
| What is "feminism" and the "femi-
mist movement"
| The feminist movement is declared
| by its advocates to be an organized
| effort to elevate the plane Of woman,
| politically. economically and socially.
| All feminists are not agreed as to the
| best methods to pursue to achieve their
| ENDS. Neither are they in absolute
| harmony as to those ends. and so it is
difficult exactly to define the move
ment.
The adherents all seem to look for
ward to revolution gradually accom-
plished by which women are to be
made free and are TO be elevated while
men are to become correspondingly Of
less account in the world.
How many presidents of the United
States had been soldiers before their
election?
anu JuChSOH
were soldiers of the Revolutionary
war: Jackson, W. II. Harrison, Tyler,
Taylor and Buchanan in the war of
1912: Lincoln in the Black Hawk Qn-
dian, war of 1882; Taylor, Pierce and
Grant in the Mexican war; Grant,
Hayes, Garfield Benjamin Harrison
and Mckinley in the civil war; Roose-
Welt in thp war with SDain
When did the phrase Kitchen cabi-
net" originate and what did it mean?
1t originated during Andrew Jack
sons administration as president and
was applied to few personal friends
of his, politicians and officeholders,
who were said to have more influence
over his official actions than the mem
bers of his cabinet had, and because
they had kind of back door entrance
to the White House they were dubbed
1.-THE kitchen cabinet
am a citizen of America. My wife
is going abroad. Will she have to show
my citizen papers when she comes
back, or can get passport?
Send your citizenship papers to the
department of state. when a passport
will be issued. or give your wife the
citizenship papers themselves to take
with her. A passport will cost 81.
What is the oldest or earliest anthem
tic record bearing on the personal life
and character of Jesus Christ? Is there
anything older than the gospels?
The earliest pieces of Christian liter
ature are the letters or epistles of st.
Paul. and of these the very earliest is.
his first epistle to the Thessalonians,
which was written about twenty years
after the crucifxion. One critic of
high authority places the date of its
writing at A. ID. 81. which would be
nineteen years after the crucifiXion;
another at A. ID. So and a third at
A. d. 4S, which would be fifteen years
after the cruciixion. About twenty
years after. therefore, is a safe state
ment. This was several years before
any of the gospels were written, the
earliest of which. that of st. Mark.
was written within fifteen years OF
ST. Pauls epistle to the Thessalonians,
and the other gospels later. But ST.
Paul had not been one of Christ's per-
sonal disciples in Galilee or Jerusalem.
and he had no personal memories to
relate of Christ's miracles and teach
ing. His letters were doctrinal rather
than historical. more educational than
personal.
What is the present strength of the
American Federation of Labor? What
s its main object?
1t comprises 113 national and inter-
unions, representing approx
nately $1,000 local unions, 5 depart