Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-20
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naturalized citizen a right to vote where women are entitled to vote at school elections?
 A. Yes, if State regulations are compiled with.
 A. N. D.-Does the widow of an ad- Jutant apply for pension under the same conditions as the widow of a private?
 A. Yes. The pension of widows of officers is graded. -kf-
 A. W.-The United States contains about 8O.OOOO0O people and 3,6O2, ,99O square miles. Russia contains 13O- 100000 people and S.66O, ,395 square miles. France has 40,0O0,OOO people and 204,092 square miles
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 p. B. C.-I notice that you state that the one dollar gold piece is the smallest gold coin issued by the U. S. government. I have a gold quarter of dollar dated 1865.
 A. It is not a government coin.
 Mrs. A. J. B.-Please tell me how hated?
 A. It Is combination of words which might have been used as early as language was formed Kipling's poem Hest We Forget is perhaps what you have reference to.
 q- M. A. B. Ills there a place where short stories and poems are criticized free? @ What is Julia Ward Howe's address7 (3) What is the value of a penny of 1924?
 A.. No. @ 241 Beacon street, Bos- ton. (O There is no such American coin. Foreign coins are worthless.
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 McAlester.-Is the Catholic churcn of Russia the same as the church or Rome? Was there a time when the first of the year was on any other day than the first of January? Was there time when Christmas was celebrated on any day or month ex- cept the twenty-fifth of December.
 A. Yes to each query.
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 A. WA, makes an article but, does not secure a patent. Later on B. makes the same article and obtains a patent. Can B control the manu- facture of the article by virtue of his patent?
 A. He can; that is what his patent is for. It is As fault that B was able to get the patent.
 Subscriber.-An English book ON wood finishing has frequent reference to methylated spirits. cannot get }f- fYs0T1 d r0o3,N ~ you tell me- anything about it? A. It Is alcohol mixed with one tenth its volume of methyl alcohol or wood spirit, to prevent its consumpt- ion as a beverage.
 Church-WI1y does Easter change date each year while Christmas and other religious feasts do not?
 A. Easter is the first Sunday after the fourteenth day or the calendar month beginning on or next after the 21st of March. Christmas is a fixed day and never changes. I do not un- derstand your other questions.
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 l.. F. P.-On what days are visitors admitted to the insane asylum lron Murfreesboro pike. and is an entrance fee charged? (2) When corpse is in- tered in dramatically sealed metal lie coffin does it eventually become de- composed?
 A. Wednesdays; no charge CD Nothing is eternal in this world With perfect work it would not change in a very long time,
 c. $. B.-For what is 1903 chiefly noted in American history? (2) Where in travelling around the world does one lose a day? (3) Who was leader of the Israelites during their forty years wandering in the wilderness? (4 On what occasion and to whom did Jesus make this reply: .He that loveth me not keepeth not my words" (5) I meant to have written, throughout his whole career" Are these phrases correct?
 A. 1lhe purchase of the Louisiana territory. @ The line of demarcation between dates is at Chatham Island, off the coast of New Zealand. It is the one habitable point of the globe where the day of the week changes. Travelling to the east across this line a day is skipped travelling westward a day is doubled (3) Moses. (4) I find no such sentence in the Bible. (5) Your expressions are correctly