The journal and the Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1913-1920, 1917-02-02
Copyright.

Subscribcr-Is there any premium
on Il silver half dime dated 1S39?--
No.
". n. Rrookston--IS Wilhclmina
Won Hiltcrn. tho German author. still
liNing:-No mention of her found.
Airs. T.. $. Ncwcastlc--Whcrc can
l get tn" music to tn" song "Lirc's
Rai!waN? addresses arc
not printed here. but YOU might try
your local music dealers
J. ". D., Wiiiamsport-App
mhtClS how many acres are there in
a triangular field the sides of which
are approximately 5&3. 31i and i23
iect g"-ApproXimatcly one and
thrcc-uuartcrS acres.
r.. y. B--Who was Rluchcr and
iii what way was lie connected witt
Napolcon"-Ilc was a famous gem
erai in tho PluSSian army and COM
mandcd the PrussianS in the battle
OF Waterloo when Napoleon was de-
fcatcd and ovcrthrown.
L. F.-Did an Indiana man ever in
vent II submarine boat"--In 1915 a
shoemaker, living at Michigan City.
named Phillips, devised n submarine
boat in which he made freuwuent de-
scents. sometimes taking his family,
but W. do not think he ever took out
patent.
Reader. BirminGham-Outsi or
Indiana. who's who in American lii =
summarize tn" whole field or Amcri-
can literature here. CD Who arc
the leading writer's Of Indiana to-
daN"-Among Indiana authors now
living arc: Booth Harrington. George
MCtuthcOn, George Adc, Meredith
ter. Carolina V. krout, Mary H..
krout. Mrs. \lhion Fellows Bacon.
Anna Nicholas. Evalccn Stein. Jacob
y. Damn. William Dudly Foulk",
Frank Mckinney Hubbard. W. NJ.
lIcrSccll
T.. G.. WeStticld-PlcaSc give II do
SCription OF the Atlantic cables. also
the number and size. --Th" Atlantic
cables ar" composed of seven wires,
one hr@" wire in the center, sur
rounded hy six smaller ones in con-
tact with il. forming the conductor:
this IL surrounded hN several distinct
layers of Gu,tn pcrCha Tor insulation,
followed hN Il cover of iu'c; outside
OF this IL n protecting armOr Of ten
wires OF iron, each "nNClOpcd with
fine strands ot MANILA hemp. The
cable il about an inch in diameter
and weighs about tw" tons to the
mile. There ar" now between ~
ana 80 Atlantic cables in operation.
kCad"r--lS 4 ''tcach"r OF CXpre"-
sion" what "" used TO call AN rIoCu-
tlon tCaChcr?--NcS. CO Does she
teach her pupils to give readings:
Yes.
\. and E.-Do tho members Of the
house "I commons receive II SalarE
whit" the hody l. in session :--Th"y
arc paid 80" pounds ($2."0UD a year.
except those members who r"cciN"
salaries as ministers ur as officers
OF the house.
News k"ad"r. Clay titN--Can
thread h" buught already wound ON
machine bObbins. ready tor use =
No. EobhinS are sold separately. C@D
If patent il applied for ana not
allowed doc" tn" patent commissions
cr refund tho sl5 cost of application.
No.
+. l.. B.. ShcIbyviIlo--IIas Ger
many control of all of Belgium -
She occupies and controls all of Bel
GUM except narrow strip at the
western end. ON August 20 1914.
the Bclgiam government removed
from Brussels To Antwerp: August 20
brussels WAS occupied by the Ger
mans and the Belgian army rctrCatcd
to Antwerp; pCtubcr :. 1914. the Bel
gian government removed from Ant
wcrp to DItcnd; October l3. II re-
moved from 'ostcnd 10 IiaVrc, France.
ana oSt"nd WAS occupied hy the Ger
mans
Nora---Did John the BAPTIST know
Jesus personally before Jesus was
Baptized in tho River Jordan -
Probably not, at least there * no
evidence that they had ever
met before Jesus cam" 10 he
baptized by John. Jesus was horn
III EcthlchCm. six miles south Of
Jerusalem, aad John was born IN
" hat was called tn" hill country"
some distance from there. John was
six months tho older Of the two and
he commenced preaching and haptiI-
ing before he had ever seen Jesus.
ST Mark saws: Ard there went out
unto him Gohn) all the land of
il dca, and they of Jerusalem. and
were all baptized of him IN the river
of Jordan. And II came I" pass i'm
th0S" day that Jesus cam" from
Nazareth of Galilcc. and wt$ haptiH-
ed OF John in ..ordan." W. aT" given
TO understand that this was the he
ginning OF their personal aCuuain-
lance. Though John had said: "Thcr"
Comcth on" mighti"r than | after me.
the Iatchct oi whose. shoes am NOT
worthy to SIOOp down and mioOSc."
i. H. S.--Why do We say AS rich
aa CroCSuS"" Who was CroCSus and
how rich ?---IIC was an ancient King
ot lydia. country III Asia who
lived about 500 X. q. 40 estimate
ever Was u8:,dc Of his wealth. but as
J." had arca; opportunities 10 acCum.