Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1905-09-23

4 April IL, one week earlier than you
suggest. None of your ceins are rare.
IL
Loretta.-Please give me remedy
to darken the eyebrows.
A. Massage a little red vaseilne
into the brows every night.
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H. LII do not recall the details OF
the Boxer troubles in China, and am
unable to make comparisons as to the
American and Japanese troops.
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SubscrIber-I have family record
on which there is a blot of Ink. How
can I remove iti
A. Any druggist will give you an
acid which will accomplish the pur-
pose.
D. A. s.-what is meant by the
Nameless City?
A. Rome, so called from the fact
that death was the penalty for pro-
nouncing its more ancient name, sup
posed to be yalenta.
j. R.-What is the meaning of she
word democrat?
A. 1t is formed by uniting two
Greek words. demos" people, and
'.kratein" (rule). Conjoined the word
means rule the people, or the people
rule.
Zoo.-what is sebrule2
A. A zebrule is a cross between a
zebra and a horse. Several such AMI
mails have recently been bred and
reared In Europe, and efforts have
been made to get them introduced into
use in the German and British armies.
B. VITO get at the yalue, Of the
,.lithograph stone you have discovered,
the advice of an expert would be neces-
sary. am not familiar with the trade,
but doubtless correspondence with any
lithographic printer would result In
your learning the name OF a dealer.
b.
Anxious. What did the poet mean
when he sang Here I raise my Eben-
ezer?'
A. The,word Ebenezer is equivalent
to stone Of help. The Prophet Samuel
erected a stone after defeating the
PhiIistlnes as a memorial Of divine aid.
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Mrs L. r. P.-what day of the week
did 1855 come on? ~ Please give the
pronunciation of President Roosevelt's
name.
A. Your question is probably NOT
complete. The first day Of 1856 was
rr.xmlo- A. enalIad Rn.xasxsaff
with accent on first syllable.
r. R.-Please state what proportion
OF the expenses of a wedding and re
ception should be borne by the bride
groom and by the parents Of the bride
A. The parents Of the bride under
take all the expenses of the wedding
except the clergyman's fee and til,
carriage In which the couple drive
away.
G. HIS the constitutional amend
ment which was adopted by the stat'
of Missouri several years ago requir
ing a mortgage to pay a part OF thu
taxes on the land mortgaged. still il
forceG
A. It was declared imperative b!
the supreme court in an opinion rem
, dered by Judge Valiant.
o.
Douglas.-If a woman In Kansas
having a family, inherits money from
her fathers estate with which sh'
buys real estate, her husband improves
the property and supports the famil!
to the best of his ability, in case b.
survives his wife, what interest, L
any. has he then In the estate?
A. His interest would be one-half
the other half going to descendants
D.
VI. A. E.-Kindly inform me wha
is the salary OF. the encouragement o
Canada. and whether Canada or Eng
land pays him. % How Is the stand
ing army Of Canada maintainedg %
In what respects IL Canada not an in
dependent country
A. Fifty thousand dollars, paid d;
the Dominion government. ~ By tn
Dominion 81 The head OF the govern
ment the governor general is appoint
ed By the king OF Great Britain.
r. Bare there any Hottentofs re
mainlng7 ~ What Is the difference
between an admiral. 4 rear-admira
and q commodoTes ~ What becam
or General Shafter after the close 0
the Spanish-Ameriezn war7
A. Yes. they occupy q portion o
southern Africa. ~ An admiral il III
commander-in-chief Of q feet. and
an officer of the highest rank A rear
admiral f. the commander Of q squad
~ron. a commodore d next in rank be
bow q rezr-sd miraI and above a cap
tain the rank was sfsolishei IN 1sEE
a. General shafteF vent On the re
tired list June 80. 1ea1- and resides q
100 jackson sfret- san Franciseos
Mrs !. ". M-several weeks ago
Z wrote you asking hew 80 make Ep<
pll16w I ws4fa fs kiad 10 have u