The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-10-28
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
states Once Out OF Union.


which we're out the longest?-Ans.
Georgia was out over nine years
from Jan. 10, 1861 to July 10, 1870;
Texas from Feb. 1, 1861 to March
80, 1870; Texas from Feb. 1, 1851
to March 80, 1870; Mississippi Jan.
Q. 1861 to Feb. 90, 1870; Virginia
April II, 1861 to Jan. rs, 1870;
South Carolina Dec. 90, 1860 to July
9, 1868; Alabama Jan. IL, 1851 to
July 10, 1868; Louisiana Jan. 81,
1861 to July Q, 1868; Florida Jan.
IL. 1861 to June 25, 1868; North
Carolina May 81, 1861 to July 4,
1868: Arkansas May 6, 1851 to
June %, 1868 and Tennessee May 6,
1861 to July "a, 1866. Kentucky
and Missouri, tough represented in
the Confederate congress, never Sc
ceded as states.
Only MoOnless Month on Record
CUES. Was these ever a month
when there was no full moon?-
Ans. Yes, February 1866 held that
distinction January, the previous
month, had two full moons and so
did the following March. Astrono-
mers compute that this remarkable
phenomenon will not occur again for
100000 years.
Negroes Originated Saratoga Chips
Ques. How did potato Saratoga
chips" originate?-Ans. Mrs. Cath
crime Wickes, a negress, is said to
have first introduced them at Moons
clubhouse at Saratoga Lake, N. Y,
many years ago. She was born in I
Ballston Spa, N. Y, in 1914, and j
went to Saratoga Springs at an early |
age. She was a popular cook and /
achieved notoriety as being the in
ventor of the potato delicacy.
Age of Adam and Eve at Death
CUES. How old were Adam and
Eve when they died?-Ans. Adams
death at the age of $50 is chronicled,
but that of Eve is not given. Scien-
lists say this extreme age is not to be
taken literally as the ancients reck-
-oned much shorter years than we do.
Institution of Marriage
Ques. When was marriage first
Instituted? Ans. God instituted
marriage when he created Adam and
Eve in the Garden of Eden (Gen. II.
pa, and it was confirmed and advo-
Gated by Christ mark X, go. The
word marriage" denotes any action,
contract, formality or ceremony by
which the union is formed, or the un- #,
ion itself as an enduring condition.
The researches of many persons, no ,
tably those of Starke and Wester-
marck, seem to confirm the eariies
conclusions of Darwin and Spencer ,
that marriage, or pairing between :
one man and one woman, though the ,
union be often transitory and the rule ,
frequently violated, existed from the Z
very infancy of the human race. The G
act, formality or ceremony has dif- !
fered widely at different times and q
among different people. The earliest
custom was the capture of the woman
by her intended husband, usually {
from another tribe than that to which 4
he himself belonged. Symbolic cap 7
ture later gave way to wife purchase. i
At first it was merely an accompany p
ing ceremony. Various other cere-
monial forms were later introduced, =
notably a feast. Under the Chris ;,
Lian era marriage became a ceremon- >,
al act of the very highest religious >,
type. About the first matrimonial p
of note were those of the 4
Greeks ascribed to Cecrops, king of .;
Athens, about 1854 B. c.. 1t was just q
gained weight that marriage affected >,
he intellectual and spiritual nature. ~
rhe Saviour advocated the divine te
character of marriage apart from the IN
ivil laws. Either a religious or civ h,
ceremony can constitute a valid sc
contract under the law. n,
hurches. common-law marriage is q,
lsO generally recognized as binding n
Murder of Russian Royal Family. II,
Ones. Is it true that Gear Nicho- Il,
rs of Russia and his family are dead? w
Ans. 1t is pretty we'll established m
hat they were slain by bolshevists al n,
in September 1918. A :
ownstairs room in their prison "a
ouse at the Siberian village told the te
ruesome story, Blame for the mas h,
acre is laid on the Kernesky admin en-
itraLion, while they in turn charge ar
he deposed Cars Manchurian Jail h,
RS with the outrage. The popular ID,
Imposition is that the bolshevists, II,
lille anxious to get rid of the szar,
id not want his murder on their
ands, so they hired assassns from IL"
Ianphuria IN do tho daad Tho nv