Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-05
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J. C. C.-I have no statistics as to the coinage of the New Orleans mint in 1888
 Clodhopper.-The roots of a stalk of corn undoubtedly furnish nutri- ment for it's growth.
 F. K.-In announcing the number of a song is it correct to say No. 21 or No. 21st?
 A. Say No. 21.
 Everett-It is quite impossible for me to say where the best music schools are located. Possibly each of the important ones are best in some particulars.
 Mrs W. c. C.-Where can the book written by Mrs Maybrick be obtain ed?
 A. Funk & wagnalls of New York city are the publishers.
 A. NJ. L.--Is census taken in all the states this year?
 4. No Some half dozen take a census midway between. the. national census every tenth year.
 Ignorance.-How should the names be put on a family record? Should the parents names be written first, or just the children's names?
 A. The parents names are natur- ally the heads of family.
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 Druggist.-How much lead was it supposed to take to kill one man dur ing the civil war?
 A. I have no information on this subject and have not the slightest idea where it could be found.
 c. W.-To whom should I write to secure information regarding naval apprentice-ships?
 A. There are naval recruiting sta tions in most large cities, or you can apply to the Navy department. Wash ington, D. c.
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 J. B. L.-Did Grover Cleveland ev- CT practise law?
 A. Yes. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and practised until 1881, except three years in which he served as sheriff. He also practised in New York city during the four-year inter val between his terms as president. 
 J. W. MI have an English coin dated 777. with George III., D. C. R. A. George III was not king of England until 1760. therefore it Is more probable that there was a figure i before the IT. It might have some value in England but has none here. Y. A. K.-Is 1t a fact that all cigar boxes must be destroyed as soon as empty? Some say that they must he destroyed and some say that 1t is sufficient to deface the factory num- Der and revenue stamp.
 A. It is suflcient If they are so mutilated that they cannot be used a second time.
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 P. M.-HOw old is the city of Lon. don. England?
 A. London was probably an ancient British town and appears to have been resettled by the Romans about the year 43. Some have it that a city existed on the spot 11O7 years before the birth of Christ and B, years before the foundation of Rome It was the capital of the Trinobantes 54 B. C.. and long previously the roy. al seat of their kings. ]. s.-why are watch and clock signs usually marked at 1I minutes past ST
 A. The usual mark is SIS 1-s o'clock. Several reasons are given one Is that it marks the time when President Lincoln died Another is fiat a Boston firm of watchmakers established the custom in 1s19. for the reason that it wss the only time when the hands of the clock formed q perfect angle with the perpendicular F. c. s-PIease print sketches oi Nancy Hanks and Harriet Beecher Efowe;
 A. Nancy Hanks was the wife of Tbcmas Lincoln. father of the ex. pressdent. vhcse home was in Eliz Sbefhfowu- Ky. Her claim fo fam< resfB wholly upcn the fact that sb< ruhuced c eon wbo reached the hixh- - eu1nGoce pen1l1,e b naA- liar e1se DeocA8 Dtuvs N1s . slDtw q