Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-15

 authority for the date mentioned; I have been a keen student of history, but have failed to find the informa. ton you gave, which, If true, Is an invaluable discovery to the. religious world.
 A.-You are pleased to be sarcas- tic. The editor of this column can not write long essays on each inquiry made. Putnam's Worlds Progress and the Century Dictionary were used in formulating the answer to "Osage." It might have been stated that according to the latter the name i Baptist Is best known historically as applied to the followers of Thomas Munger, the leader of a peasants war in Germany, who was killed in 1925. Others who participated in the spread of the doctrines of baptism by immersion, which is now peculiar to the Baptists in America, has been held from very early stage of thte Christian faith. c. M. H.---Please name the three states having the lowest per centage of illiteracy? (2) What foreign countries have postal savings banks run by the government, and what in- terest do they pay? (3) What is the lowest denomination of government bonds issued, and what is the approx innate cost of per cent bond, counting the premium and commis- sion? (4) What is the best one-mile made by an automobile, and was the machine run by steam or gasoline? I (5) Which of the western states leads in the production of wheat and the best yield per acre? A.-Nebraska 2.5 per cent, Iowa 2.7 per cent, and Kansas 3.4 per cent. CD The British post office savings bank pays two and half per cent, am not informed beyond this. (3) One hundred dollars, I think. Three per cents outstanding are very limited, and part of these will mature in 1908. The bulk of bonds out standing pay two or four per cent. Quotations are not plenty, but any banker can inform you what issues are available for investment and their market value. (I Automobiling is so new that records are changing almost any day. have not kept track of them. (5) The leading wheat states are Minnesota, Kansas, worth Dakota and Washington, in the order named. I am not able to give the yield per acres. -p-
 F. E. C.-Through the kindness of | Anly able to give the words of ''Off Again, On Again, Finnegan" as requested in a former issue.
 Suprintendint wuz Flannigan; Boss of the siction was Finnegan; Whenever the cars got oil the track An muddled up things to tn divil an back
 Finnegan writ to Flannigan
 After the wrick was all on again
 That is, this Finnigan Reported to Flannigan. When Finnegan first writ to Flanni- l gan
 He writed ten pages, did Finnegan, An he told jist how the smash oc-
 cured,
 Full many a tajus, blunderin' word Did Finnegan write to Flannigan, After the kyars had gone on agin-
 That was how Finnegan Reported to Flannigan.
 Now Flannigan knowed more than Finnegan.
 He'd more idication, had Flannigan. An 1t wore'd clean and completely
 out
 To tell what Finnegan writ about In his writing to Mister Flannigan. So he writed back to Finnegan-
 Don't do sich a sin igin;
 Make 'em brief Finnegan.
 When Finnegan got this from Flanni
 gan
 He blushed rosy red, did Ffnnegan. An he said: "Tll gamble a whole \ months pa-ay
 That Hull be nanny and nanny s day
 Before sup-rintindint, that's Flanni . gan,
 Get a whack at this same sin agin. From F fluueBdu to lduuiSdu
 Reports won't be long agin. Wan day on the siction of Finnegan On the road sup'rintinded by Flanni
 gan . A rail gave way on a bit av a curve An some cars went off as they made the swerve. There's nobody hurted," ser Finne
 gan,
 , But reports must be made to Flanni II gan.
 And he winked at Paddy Mona han That married a Finnegan. He WIZ shanty'n thin wuz Ffnnegan As many a railroaderis been again. |. An the schmoky ol' lamp vuz burin
 bright
 |, In Finnegan's shanty all that night . Billing down his report wuz Finne , gan
 , An he writed this here: "Mistel Flannigan. II or agin. on agin, Gone agin. Finnegan- Doesn't Cost One Penny.
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