Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-25
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France, Germany and the United States. C9 4,O9S miles. (D Twenty five cents.
 J. R. B.-ln what age was Homer born? @ Which is the largest pub fishing house in the United States? (3) Name date of birth and death of Shakespeare? (4 Who ranks next to Shakespeare in literature?.
 A. The mOnarchal. about 971 E. c. @ Chief among large publishing houses are Appleton X Co. and Harper Brothers New York, and Lippincott of Philadelphia. (3l Born April B. 1564. died the same date in 1916. 41 Byron. perhaps-'but there's a wide space be- tween.
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 Electra.-Give short history of the electric ear. when invented and where first put to practical use. Who has the credit of the invention?
 A. No one inventor has d claim to the discovery. The first electric car was built under the supervision of Prof Page of the Smithsonian insti- ute in 1851, and was operated on the Washington and Baltimore railway. It's best speed was nineteen miles an hour. Further experiments were made in Chicago in 1885, by Edison and other electrical engineers. In 1888 the union Passenger railway of Rich mond Va, was equipped and is said 10 nave been the first trolley system in the United States built for practical purposes.
 Red Head.-How could boy of eighteen get a situation with a travel ing opera company. and how can I get rid of frecllIes?
 A. Freckles are difficult to remove. but unless you are a singer they will be the easiest part of the problem to solve. TO go With an opera company you would first have to be able to captivate your hearers with your voice. To re- move freckleS. dissolve in half an ounce of lemon juice an ounce of Ven ice soap and add quarter of an ounce each of oil of bitter almonds and deli quated oil of tarter. Place the mixture in the sun till it acquires the consistency of cream. then add three drops of oil of rhodium Another sim pie remedy: Scrape horse radiSh into a cup of cold sour milk. let it stand twelve hours and strain. Apply two or three times day.
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 J. R. L.-Please furnish receipt for cement to mend chinaware?
 A. Take water one gallon. nice glue three pounds. white lead four ounces and whiskey three quarts. Dissolve the glue in the water remove from the fire and stir in the white lead and then the whiskey. The latter will keep it from freezing except in coldest wealth CT. Warm and stir it when using.
 w. G. C.-What states have no mar riage license. and do they require any marriage ceremony!
 A. Marriage licenses are required in all states and territories except Alas ka. New Jersey Gf residents, New Mexico. New York and South Carolina. Forms of marriage are not changed, whether license is required or not.
 H. F. W.-Where is there any de mand for cancelled postage stamps?
 A. There is none. It is an old, old fiction.
 Madison..-What is the government debt: e, An alien living in this coun- try has children. born here: are they sifiy 1nI IIn before trial? (4) Name the justices as signed to the United States circuit court of which Kansas is part. and name the other states in the circuit? a Who is the T.. <. district judge of Kansas! 0i) In what court is d mail robber tried? G) If q crime is commit ted by d sailor on vessel under the |. $. flag, where would he be tried: IS, Can treason be committed against a state?
 X. About twenty-threc hundred mil lion dollars. @ They are citizens at their majority. (2) Hardly: q man is innocent until proved guilty. lN Willis Van Devanter, Walter II. SanbOrn, Amos NJ. Thayer and William C. Hook; Arkansas. Colorado. Indian and Okla homa territories. Iowa and Wyoming. ,5l John C. Pollock. G, His hearlns would he before United States Com missioner (1, At the first American port touched. (Sl Not against one of the United States.
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 II. P.-Please give description of Hall of Fame. with list of statutes placed there to date:
 X. In 1900 the council of New York university accepted q gift of SlOO.0O, afterwards increased to S2O.Un. from an unnamed donor. for the erection on Brooklyn Heights. New York. of Hall of Fame. It is in the form of semi circle. 5G feet long. 1J feet wide, and I1O feet high. Within the colonnade are 150 panels. 2xS feet. to bear the names of Americans deemed the great est in their respective fields. One hun dre,I judges act upon nominations. and fifty votes are required to elect. The judges in 19O0. twenty-nine. as follows: Washington. Lincoln. Webster. Frank lin. Grant. John Marshall. Thomas Jef ferson. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Long fellow. Robert Fulton. Washington lrE- ing, Jonathan Edwards. <. F. E. Morse. Farragut. Henry Clay. Nathaniel llaw- tborne. George Peabody. Robert F.. I .ec. Peter Cooper. Eli Whitney. John | Audubon. Horace Mann. Henry Ward Beecher. James Kent. Joseph Story. John Adams. William F.. Chan
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