Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-12
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= Has Abrehsrn Lincoln sry ti8'rg
Grandchildren VI o.
A abraham fAnccius acn Po'art
Todd Lincoln. has me dsuRhfav Nrs
Frank Edward Johnson she has tvo
children ~ former marriage ~
Nr Backwfth
= ! would iike - kno- ~ sha hfn ~
which christ wa= c-u~iTeT car be ido~
tiaod4 = NJ ~
A. hin wfirh = supposed - -
that on which he Saviour died end
which is called Calvary s. outside he
Damascus Gate on the north side -
the city ~ Jerusalem
= Eo- - the length of the STANDARD
Fnafre determined y r.
a THE standard metre T. 1eterrnirrd
nv IN. distance between two Ines pr
2 fFAFtHNt Ef@FFNffn N1F NHuf IN FArt@
~han this tar r. - 0 degrees ,entigradA
or ~ degree. Farenh@it Copie. ~ 'his
psria Metre ere Kept eis.vhAra. srd lts
value in wave length. n light is al.n
known with very great exaetnes- The
metric system originated in France ~
tile oloss ~ the i7th century Tis uaa
s now required nv lsw IN tbs majority
~ nations snf permitted in rnos, ~
the others
q. Had tbs Russian Csov-rurnart beer,
nvarthruwn rr vas the CZar ruling
when entered The var
4. Nicholas n. Cx-r If Russia. ahdi-
Gated On March S. 1917 and the United
states. declared war m AprD :. iaI7
=. How far viii high nsle gun
shoot such as those 1s.d against afr
craft. and how many machines --a~a
brought down By them D. r. r.
A The Air Servics ~ the War De
perfmen' says hat II Is claimed mat
anti-sircraft guns wili shoot - 5000
or 10000 feet. There are no figures
existing as - the number ~ planes
shrf down BY anti aircraft Ere. hut the
number "a claimed 70 - very small H.
aeed--lsss than ons per rent ~ those
shot at
things are wrought BY prayer than this
world dreams II" be found r. II \.
\. This 10 line from Tennyson
'Morte a Arthur"
q Who Is known as the Paper King
D. II.
a. John Law. Scotch hnancisr and
promoter II cOmmsroisi schemes vas
known by his title lie vas born in
Edinburgh, In sTt. and died n Venice
ia 72a. His best known enterprise
vas The Mississippi Scheme" or sys-
'sn. For awhile me system pros
pered. and Taw was tn great 3ower.
but an over-issue of paper money
brought catastrophs and a collapse
of the system.
=. Where Is the oldest stained glass
window that bears the name and nic-
turs Of toe fonor- l. NJ c.
A. The most ancient stained glass
window that bears the name and por-
trait Of the donor is in the Church of
the Abbey of St. Dennis. near Paris. n
stalled in the 18th century. by Suger
=. Is the star n the western sky
after sunset the Edison star. and Is IL
artificial 4. W
A. The Naval Observatory says there
Is no star known as the Edison Star
nor is there any artificial star which
may be placed in me heavens. A story
seems 70 he circulated 70 the effect that
the evening star. Venus. which Is par
tlculariy bright at the present time.
is a0 artificial sta-. This, OF course. IL
not true.