Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-13
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 INQUIRIES
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Louise Your half dollar is worth D l cents.
 c. S.-Is there any paper published | for seed dealers or seedmen: A. l do not recall such paper. C. Milf you do not know what a quarter dollar is worth I am afraid cannot make plainer the words 1t con tains.
 W. C. S.-The half dollar of 1196. with fillet head. if in perfect condi- tion. is worth $10. That with the flow ing hair is not quoted. C. H. D.-Print short sketch of Frank Daniels. the actor. 2, Does a mortgage ever become outlawyed in Massachusetts! t3) Where can 1 pro- cure pocket map of Boston?
 ". B.-Has anyone ever reached the north pole?
 A. The highest latitude yet reached is SG degrees. 8 minutes, by Captain Cagni of Duke of Abruzzi's expedition in 1900.
 B. r. D.-PIease tell me the address of government officials that employ en- gineers and mechanics on the Panama canal.
 4. Write the Panama canal conmis- sion. Washington, D. C.
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 Birch-If a man wishes to make will and cannot write his own name, how should it be signed to be legal!
 A. A lawyers advice is desirable If properly drawn and witnessed, sig nature made by his mark would doubt less suffice.
 J. H. M.-If the barrel Of rife be placed on perfect level. will be ball at any time during its flight reach a higher elevation than the muzzle:
 A. The ball will take spiral course and thus during it's flight reach high CT elevation.
 q. 1. M.-How long does a soldiers heirs have to live on government land to procure title
 4. Write to w. A. Richards. con- missioner Of the general land office. Washington. D. C. think the term is five years.
 Garfield-Were all the records of births. marriages and deaths in the United States started at the same time.
 A. They were not. but 1t may be presumed that such records were made from the beginning of the settlement of states and communities.
 R. Fl. S.-In the twelfth chapter of John it is said that Mary annointed the feet of Jesus with pound of ointment which was worth 300 pence. How much would that be in United States money?
 A. The penny of Roman and earlier empires was equivalent to about 1I cents of our money. That would make the ointment worth about 50.
 A. Frank Daniels was born in Day ton. O.. in 1s6O. but was reared and educated in Boston. where his first pro- fessional appearance was made in 1883. He has starred in his own company in a number of successful plays. He mar ried in 1895 Miss Bessie Samson and resides in Rye. \. '. ,2l A mortgage deed. properly recorded. does not out law. l3p Any bookseller will procure it for you.
 Rose-Pleese print the presidents cabinet. f2, How are senators elected:
 A. John Hay. secretary of state: l.. M. Shaw. treasury: W. H. Taft. war: W. H. Moody. attorney general: George B. Cortelyou. postmaster general. 1 Paul Morton. navy: E. A. Hitchcock. interior: James Wilson. agriculture; V. B. Metcalf. commerce and labor. ,2i By the legislatures of the several states.
 F. A. S.-Inclosed find cut of silver l coin: please tell me what country it | belongs to.
 A. On one side the inscription. trans lated. reads Francis II. by the Grace | of God August and worshiped Elm peror of Germany. King of Hungary 1 and Bohemia. The reverse reads Arch | duke of Austria. Duke of Burgundy. ! Bradenburg. Flanders. The coin is that of the Austrian em- pire or some of its component parts.
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 J. Riff 1 buy a mortgagef lor os land on a quit claim deed. can the fax or mortgagee get judgment in case the lot is not worth the amount of the claims;
 A. The collector can sell the proper ty and the nIortgagee will have the privilege of buying 1t to protect his in- terest- He can get judgment against you for the remainder of the debt fl you have not made payments when due. The parties you name were not punished on account of the IrcIuois theaier disaster.
 H. H. w.-Piezse tell me something pf the author of 'Bird-s Eye View yf the Civil War
 A. Theodore Ayrault Dodge. sl American soldier and author. wss horn st Piffsfeld. Mass. in 1S42. He served through the civil war and in the war department. rising to the rang of co.- mel He Ia rsorV on the rnrf-rHf ffsr I