Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-06
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 1 R. N.-How may I remove moles from my face. and how take a scar
 away that was caused last winter by
 freezing my face?
 A. These are questions for surgeon
 or dermatologist. Don't be foolish enough to try any experiments by | yourself.
 L. $. M.-Where can I obtain an ac- count of the origin and history of Free masonry? @ Why are quotation points not used in the scriptures? 6 What in- cident has given rise to the term sock less as applied to Nova Scotia?
 A. Freemasonry is of great antiqu- ity, beginning long before history be- gan. Any bookstore will sell you a history. @ Probably because the Bible was printed before quotation marks were invented. The language is so simple that such marks would not be an improvement. (3) do not think there is any such application of the word sockiess. Hfst# 1 c. F. M.-What is the monthly salary of bookkeeper? What is the price per acre of land in Brazil and Argentina ? l What does sailor in the U. S. navy receive? What is the average cost Of a battleship? l A. The pay of bookkeepers ranges from perhaps eight or ten dollars q week to several thousand dollars q year; there is no such thing as getting at an average. Land in Brazil or Ar gentina can be bought at any price you please, just as it can in any of the states where there is city and country The pay of first class seaman in I twenty-fOur dollars a month. Modern battleships cost from $3,OOO.OO0 to $4,- 5OO,OOO.
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 w. A. N.-When were slaves de- clared free? @ Is it true that Abra- ham Lincoln first agreed to compro- | mise on partial freedom or retire ment of slaves that were forty years | of age or over?
 A. The Thirteenth Amendment, rati- | fled Dec IS, 1865. provided that slavery, should not exist in the United States. President Lincoln's Emancipation Pro- clamation, issued Jan 1, 1863, declared l the freedam of slaves in the seeded states, excepting territory which was practically under the control of the federal army. @ Lincoln considered many plans for emancipating the slaves but 1t is not likely that he agreed" to any course that did not seem to him best.
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 Edgar.-Is there any proof of the worlds existence before 1909 year ago? @ Who was the founder of the Ad- vent church? (3) Have old manu- scripts been found relating to the Bible? 4 How many denominations of religion are there in the United States? (5) Was John Randolph an in fidel, and was he a descendant of POca hontas? (6 Did Thomas Paine believe in, a Supreme Being? C Did Robert IngersOll recant before he died? (S) What is the penalty for keeping per son enslaved secretly in the United States? 60 Are there any government lands anywhere, and what are the terms on which they can be procured! (1O Is there any truth in phrenology?
 A.Geologists say there Is. C., William MllleT. cl suppOSc oiu induus,iiPtS have been found on every conceivable subject. (4Forty-two principal ones, many of them having numerous branches. 6) Randolph was not back ward about expressing his aversion for the doctrine of Christianity. He was a descendant of an old Virginia fam lily; have not Knowledge of Pocahon- tas as a relative. (6l He claimed he did not. @ Not so far as known. (S) There are thousands of courts in the United States, and perhaps each one would prescribe different penalty. CD There are about SO0,O00,0O0 acres of public lands in two-thirds of the state. Write the General Land Office. Washington, D. C. Q0 Phrenology has existed as a science more than a hun dred years. and anything that lasts as long as that may safely be assumed to contain some truth.