The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21

Church. Why does Easter change date each year while Christmas and other religious feasts do not?
 A. Easter is the first Sunday after the fourteenth day of the callender month beginning on or next after the Fist of March Christmas is a fixed day and does not change. l do not understand your other question.
 A. W. The United States contains about S0,G00000 people and 3,602,99O square miles. Russia contains 13O, 00O,0O0 people and S,66O395 square miles. France has 4O,0000OO people and 204,092 square miles.
 Reader According to the last census the population of New Haven. Conn.,, was 10S,027.
 L. F. P. On what days are visitors ad- mitted to the insane asylum on Murfrees- boro pike and is an entrance fee charged? i? (2) When a corpse Is inferred in a her medically sealed metallic coffin does it eventually become decomposed?
 A Wednesdays; no charge @ Moth ing is eternal in this world. With perfect work it would not change for a long time.
 R. J. w. S. The bear IS the emblem of Russia as the lion is the emblem of Great Britian, the eagle of America, etc.
 c. S. B. For what is 1903 chiefly nota- ble In American history? @ Where in travelling around the world does a person lose a day? (3) Who was leader of the Isrealites during their forty years wan dering in the wilderness? (4 On what occasion and to whom did Jesus make this reply: He who loveth me not keep eth not my words?" (5) ''I meant to have written; throughout his whole career" Are these phrases correct?
 A. The purchase of the Louisiana ter ritory. @ The line of demarkatlon De- tween dates Is at Chatham Island, off the coast of New Zealand. It Is the one habi- table point of the globe where the day of the week changes. Travelling to the east across this line a day Is skipped; travel ling westward a day is doubled. (3) Mo- ses. (D l find no such sentence in the Bible. (5) Your expressions are cor rectly written.
 E. c. Can Christian Science cure the alcohol habit? Is the Keeley sure cure?
 A. Either will do if backed by the right sort of will power.
 J. c. Has the foreign wife of a nat urallzed citizen a right to vote where wo- men are entitled to vote at school cleo tions?
 A. Yes if state regulations have been compiled with
 
 B. F. s. Mexican dollars are worth their bullion value in this country.
 Mrs. A. J. B. Please tell me how the saying Lest they forget originated?
 A. It Is a combination of words which might have been used as early as lan- guage was formed Kipling's poem Lest We Forget" is perhaps what you have reference to.
 Red Cross Inquire of a dealer in ex- plosives to ascertain the regulations gov erning the sale of nitro -glycerine.
 McAlester. Is the catholic church of Russia the same as the church of Rome? Was there a time when the first of the year was on any other day than the first Of January? Was there a time when Christmas was celebrated on any day or month except the twenty-fifth of December?
 A. Yes to each query.
 J. B. Where does millionaire Gould re- side?
 A. George J. Gould resides at Lake wood, N. J.
 T. J. takes United States coin, mutilates 1t and throws it away. Is he liable to arrest for destroying the coin?
 A. No. He is punished by the loss of the coin.
 J. L T. Can s1975 be multiplied by the same amount and a satisfactory result be obtained?
 A. Arithmetic deals with numbers but not with things.
 J. B. s. Is this sentence grammatical ly correct l have been waiting for a car since before five?
 A l think 1t is.
 K. NJ. Where can 1 get add writing to do for papers and magazines out of town?
 A. Apply to advertisers not to publish CTS.
 M. M What was the total attendance at the worlds fair at Chicago?
 A. The paid admissions were 2l 4l9,S S61. 
 Information. Priests of the Roman catholic church do not marry.
 A. w. A makes an article but does not secure q patent. Later on B makes the same article and obtains a patent Can B control the manufacture of the article by virture of his patent?
 A. He can; that Is what his patent is for. It was As fault that B was able to get the patent.
 Subscriber, An English book on wood finishing has frequent reference to me- thylated spirits. l cannot get it from drug or paint stores. Can you tell me anything about it?
 A. It Is alcohol mixed with one-tenth its volume of mthyl alcohol or wood spir- 1t, to prevent its consumption as a bev- craze.
 Several. A letter addressed to Andrew Carnegie, New York, N. Y., will reach that gentleman or his secretary.
 Woman Predicted Her Own Death. From the Dover Ky.,) Messenger.
 Near Cynciana, Mrs. Lula Devers, while In the enjoyment of her usual health stated that she would fast ten days and