Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02

l U. l.. S.-Your coin IS not quoted as rare.
 | E.. and H. A. T.-Write the war department, Washington. I -f-
 M. H.--There is no law relating to pensions for the militia. I --n- | B. F. B.-There is no accounting for the freaks of lightning; tele- phones are frequently injured by it. II -xt-
 Mrs J. B.-Only the head of fam fly can take out homestead, and he or she must live on the land and make Improvements. M. A. L.-The pose is equivalent to our half dollar; the centavo to our cent. In the metric system hectate is superficial measure equal to 2,471 acres.
 Skip-To settle dispute will you give the residence address of John D. Rockefeller, Jr?
 "A. v WGbt Tilty-IOuItH otASOt, New York, few doors from his father.
 III C.--How can I clean last sum- mer's straw hat? A. Scrub with sulphur and lemon juice, rinse in pure cold water. and let dry in breezy shaded corner. The coin, you describe Is not rare. --n Subscriber the surname of the British royal family Victim, or Guelph?
 A. Royalty has no surname. King Edward is descended from family which was known a thousand years ago as Victim. He is of the house of Guelph, specifically of Brunswick Lunebourg.
 J. A. C.-I have heard that the government offers premium for cer- tain stamps; what kind is wanted? A. The government sells stamps, hut does not buy them. There are rare stamps that are worth money. Ask the New England Stamp Co, 9 Bromfield street. Boston. for price list, which is free to collectors.
 R. D. R.--ln plain numbers how many are .'an hundred, four score and five thousand" referred to in 2d Kings, xix, 35?
 A. Doubtless 145,O00. In Reve- ,ations vii, AS, you will find the num- bering of the twelve tribes of Israel, each 12,000, totaled as "an hundred tour score and four thousand"
 Reader,--I do not catch the mean ling of your queries. Historical rec Shords are, reliable only n two rer ,three centuries back. It is possible to as. certain the number of new moons since the time of Christ, assuming that accepted chronology is correct There is no such thing as uniform time throughout the world, as l take your meaning.
 J. G.-At what date in history was the sect called Christians first men tionvd outside of church history
 A. According to Acts xi: 26 Christians were first so called ir | AntlOcl. lndSuluCn ds uiOuSih hiS tory began many hundred years fol lowing this. it Is safe to assume thai profane references to them begar with history itself.
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 w. E. C.-What is the population of Nashville /? (2) What caused tht many votes make an electoral vote
 A. S0,s65 at the time of the las census, 1900. (2) Russia was get ting too near Japan on the north west. (3) They are not measured by votes directly. Each state has al many electoral votes as 1t has sena tors and representatives.
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 A. There are two or three yarie ties of the disease. The scalp shoul' be we'll stimulated morning and nigh by means of strong hair brush ant the free use of comb. Apply ocea sionally a lotion composed Of tw' ! drams of borax dissolved in a pint O rose water, say three times week. L. A.-The justices of the Unites States supreme court are NJ. w. Full Her (chiefD, ]. M. Harlan. D. J. Brew CT, H. B. Brown, F. D. White, E. w s pa.t,hap, roeanh MeKenna O. M