Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-19

| S. Ills level an absolutely straight line?
 A. No; it is in curve, correspond ing with the curve of the earth. @ E. L.-Why was President Johnson continued in office after thfrty-fve sen- ators voted him guilty and nineteen voted that he was not? A. Because he could not be removed except by two-thirds vote of the sen. ate.
 A. B.-If a daughter, of age, buys goods for the family use, on her own account, can the bill be collected? (U Why do people allow their property to be sold for taxes? And if I bid Off any can I hold it:
 A. Certainly, If the daughter has any property that can be attached. (2l can conceive no reason, save neces- sity. In most, if not all the states, the owner has a given time in which to redeem the property by paying the purchase price and costs.
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 M. F. S.-Two persons here insist that the Bible used by the Catholics is different from that used by Protes- tants. Is it true?
 A. Ii is true. The accepted Bible of the Roman Catholic church is from the Latin version of the Vulgate, which was first printed about 1455. Author ized editions were published under Sixtus Y. in 1890 and Clement VIII. in 1883. The Bible in general use among Protestant is the St James version. which has existed since 17O7-11.
 D. M.-Please print recipe for ar. tificial honey.
 A. Ten pounds of good brown sugar. one quart water, two pounds { old bee-bread honey in the comb, tea spoonful of cream of tartar, one ounce | gum arabic, three drops oil of pepper ! mint and two drops oil of rose Mix i and boil two or three minutes, and have ready quart more of water in l which an egg is put well beaten; pour it in, and as it begins to boil skim well. remove from the fire, and when . little cool add two pounds of bees honey and strain.
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 Subscriber-When and In what way did England take possession of the Islands. and to whom did they belong before England took them? @ How long has the English language been spoken?
 A. The islands came under Norman rule early in the tenth century, and were Norman and English after 1O6S. They were the only part of Normandy which remained to the English after 10;6. The line of English kings began with William. Duke of Normandy, who ascended the English throne in 1O6a, and ended with Stephen. who died in li5i. t2l The English language sprang from the Teutonic and displaced French in the English courts by order Of Edward III. The French language had been spoken from the time of the Conqueror ir 1362. The English Ian. land in 1886. The Latin was used in some of the courts, however, until May, 1I31.
 E. Els the earth solid Or a shelly If a shell. how thick is the shell and what is il composed off What is the and the diameter. e, Please name the planets and their dis ances from the sun? l3) Does the sun move around the earth. or the earth lrOund the sunf A. What Is the area f water and the area of laDd3
 \. Science does not tell us the thickness of the crust of the earth. but here is ample evidence that the in- erior Is molten The circumference f the earth is. in round figures. 24.go niles. the equatorial diameter Is T.g2s.- a2 and the polar diameter a.sO1.41s niles. s24 The mean distance of Mer- ury is 3G0o6po miles. Venus e..2oD.- s.). Earth ae>sDo. Mars 141.JO.- .sl. Jupiter 4s3 3s3f06p: saturn. sss.- p0oDn. Uranus 1.5s1..a0p and Nep- une 2.7s1. .Gfaso B The sun is the enter of all the planets. and all re- -0lve around H. t4l The area Of the arth Is tassg11 .ss>4 square miles. the req of land is 51-23s.spo square miIea