The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-10-07

as the seventh day. The ancients
knew seven planets or heavenly bod
.cs and each planet was assigned a
certain day In which 20 preside. II
was believed that these heavenly
bodies had an influence on earthly If
according tO their distance from thu
earth, so the week days were named
after them accordingly OF the
sun. ay OF the oMDon, Day Of Mars.
Day Of Mercury, Day Of Jupiter, Day
of Venus, and Day of Saturn. While
the English followed this custom,
they substituted several Saxon names
Of gods, so our English names really
come from Suns day, Moons day
Tiw's day, Woden's day, Thor's day,
Friggas day, and Saturns day. The
Teutonic gods in question correspond
ed to those of the Roman deities.
CUES. Why does a woman upon
marrying take her husbands last
name?-Ans. This is a custom
handed down from the Romans. Ac-
cording to the ancient laws wife
renounced blood kindred ties to be-
come the property of her husband.
For instance, If a woman named 'Ju-
liza" married man named "POmpey."
under the Roman custom she was
known as Julia of Pompey." Later,
however, the "of" was omitted. hence
the practice came into use for mar
ried women to drop their maiden
name and assume the husbands sur
name.
CUES. Please give some good rules
10 follow when caught in a lightning
storm.-Ans. Il you cannot obtain
shelter in house or other building,
do not stand beneath a tree. 1t is
better to get wet than run the risk
Of providing an easy path through
your body for lightning on its way to
the earth. Oak. poplar and elm
trees are struck by lightning more
frequently than others-but only he
cause they are common and high. 1t
used to be thought that beech and
lime trees were immune. but they
are not. 1t is equally dangerous to
be- caught walking or standing in the
omen with neither trees nor buildings
near. You. as the tallest object, are
liable to be struck. An auto, be-
cause of its rubber tires. is safe from
being struck by lightning as long as
IL is not standing in a pool of water,
or If water is not running in steady
stream from the machine. Though
It sounds foolish, the safest plan
when caught in a thunderstorm is to
lie flat on the ground in the open. A
nsreon would ret very ct, bur would
not be very liable to be struck by
lightning.
CUES. Is religious denomination
al mem bership gaining or losing?
What is the increase or decrease for
the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyt ,rian'
CONGREGATIONAL, oman Catholic ana
Disciples of Christians. Taken as
a whole. church membership is con-
stantly growing. A few smaller de-
nominations show Il decrease but the
leading bodies all report gains. A
1920 religious census by DIR. II. X.
Carroll for the Christian Herald
shows a tota. Methodist membership
comprising Is branches) Of over u
7O5. 900. an increase Of $4,000 nee
the previou. yeaI; 7.2O7,500 Baptists
u5 bodiesl. all increase of $4,000;
total q! ...55,1 for 10 Presby-
terrain bodies. gain of AZ 400;
about 100000 Congregationalis's, an
increase of 1900; and $4,000 Dis
ci,,es of Christ. The latter body has
tained $4,000 members since -. e
The official Catholic Directory for
1921 shows a Roman Catholic popu-
lation OF over 17,S55.0OO, or 15o.-
600 more than in 1919. The Catho-
lie figures include 21,6OO priests aud
iI1770OO pa .Cch:al s:heCl children