Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-09

J. B. C.-Theres is no premium on your coin.
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 N. B. E.-What is the address of Andrew Carnegie and Miss Helen Gould?
 A. East Ninety first street and 579 Fifth avenue, New York, respec- lively.
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 c. A. C.-What year was there total eclipse of the sun in America?
 A. The last eclipse visible in its locality was that of May 2S. 1900. That eclipse was total from Virginia to New Orleans.
 Dimple.-Please send me the names of some agencies that employ exper- fenced girls as waitresses?
 A. Address a letter to Leading Employment Agency in any consid- erable town near where you are em- ployed.
 Subscriber. Referring to a tube which has contained gas, is it proper to speak of it as an empty tube of SdH OL dS du CuupLy Sdo tupCt
 A. It is proper to say that it is gas tube. If your water pail were empty you would not call 1t an empty pail of water.
 A. B.-How long is the administra- tor allowed by the law to settle an estate consisting of real and personal property?
 A. An administrator acts under the direction of court and would be given enough time to properly adjust the estate.
 F. l.. P.-Please tell me of what race the ancient Ethopians were? Are there any Ethopians now, and where? (2) What is the origin of the word ne gro and of the negro race?
 A. The Ethopians inhabit Ethiopia. an ancient country lying south of and closely connected with Egypt. It is now held by the Mahdists and Abys- sinians. @ The negro race occupies in compact mass the African contin- ent south of the Sahara, and of this region less is known than that of any other part of the earth. Much of 1t is not even yet explored or known to civilized men. The negro race de- scended from Ham. the son of Noah.
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 S. McC.-A and B marry, each hay ing children by former marriage. No children are afterward born to them. The wife has property; who would get it at her death? @ If the wife had no children who would the property go to? (3) If a man marries woman with children, himself being childless, who would inherit his property, in Oklahoma?
 A. If she had one child the real property would be equally divided be- tween the husband and child; if more | than one the husband would have one third. the remainder being divided among the children. @ The husband | (3) His wife. et A.
 ubscriber.--Thanks for your ans wer to my question. Now will you please tell me if the Channel Islands ever belonged to France. or if France had anything to do with them before they came under the rule of Nor mandy?
 | A. Normandy itself was a govern ment of France. and the Channel Is lands were the only part of Normandy which remained to the English aftei 1204. Jersey. one of the four islands was captured bv the French in 1TIs and 17S1 and the governor was cap tured and compelled to sign a caDitu | lation. But the English troops dror, the French out. .. | -p-
 E. D.-what does it mean to veal coat of arms as they do in Eng land. Does every family have one: | A. The coat of arms is survival of the medieval habit worn by knights over their armor. It was a short sleeved coat or tunic reaching to the waist and embroidered with armoria ensigns and various devices. Tn, name is now applied to any repre- sentation of these armorial devices Probably most of the ancient familie' of England possess coats of arm" handed down by their ancestors. is a luxury for which common people have little use.