Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-03

Streel, New 1Ork.
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 Subscriber.-A citizen may home stead lands in Nebraska. I have no copy of the act you ask about. T. D. C.-The correspondence school you ask about is old established and successful. and there can be no uoubt it is reliable"
 w. 0. K.-What will take gloss of hard twisted woolen goods! A. Steam the cloth and brush thor oughly before drying.
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 J. A. H.-The offices of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad are at Chicago. I do not know the name of its master mechanic.
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 R. NJ. T.-Who shall write to about school lands in Nebraska? A. Henry M. Eaton, commissioner of public land, Lincoln, Neb.
 "A ; S. D. B.-Probably you refer to rag wort. sometimes called woolly herb, q favorite Indian remedy. You will have to send me key before l can unlock the sentences you quote.
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 l.. A.-Which was admitted into the Union as state first, North or South Dakota? A. Both were admitted by congress the same day, November 2, 1889.
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 G. E. B.-There are not far from 2.5OO millionaires in this country. Rockefeller is popularly credited with $500, ,OOO, GOO. Morgan $125,0OO 900, Car negie $4OO,O0O,OO0; I cannot say as to Schwab.
 J. B. W. C.--Your correction does not correct. An army officer by brevet is just as much that officer as he can be. The only difference is that he does not draw pay commensurate with his higher rank.
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 X. Mc-Is Representative Long, worth a widOwer, and has he children? (2) Are the Journal and Star of Kansas City owned by the same company? A. Mir Longworth is not a widower. @ They are not.
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 Subscriber.- What is the meaning of the Chinese boycott?
 A. The Chinese refuse to buy Amer ican goods to show their resentment of the manner in which their couptrymen are treated in this country.
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 l.. N. B.-May a man who owns 160 acres of land, but has not previously exercised his right of homestead, home stead another, 160 acres?
 A. The possession of land is not q bar to taking up a homestead.
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 Subscriber-Can cousins marry in North or South Dakota, and in what states is 1t lawful?
 A. Such marriages are forbidden in both Dakotas; the nearest states where they are permitted are California; Col orado and Utah.
 Bristow.-Whefe can I find good book on dairying, and good dairy paper?
 A. Any bookstone will sell you such A book. The Produce Review of New York or the Dairy Produce of Chicago are good papers.
 Y.--Is the Noosho river govern ment stream? Please define a govern ment stream.
 A. The Noosho river is in south eastern Kansas and the Indian Terri tory. do not know what is meant by government stream.
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 Mrs C.-was there a recruiting sta tIon in St Louis in October. 1U0f. and how shall address letter to find out about an enlistmentl
 A. Naval enlistments are received fin the larger cities at intervals. Better write direct to the war department, Washington.
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 Q. F-PIease tell me regarding the triai of Boston Corbet for the killing of John Wilkes Booth.
 A. He was court martialed fer fir ing in dIsobedience of orders the shot that killed Booth. Afterwards he be came insane and WAS confined in an asylum in Kansas.
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 ID. B.-From whom did the Tinted States buy the Panama canal, and what did it cost? l2l When and where will the next worlds fair beI a- The New Panama Canal Co was n.id ssaOD0.Ooo and Panama was paid st0cooOo0 for right of way. s2l There will he an exposition at Jamestown vs. next year.
 FH. c.-The candidate for adnlis- siou to the naval academy must be be tween 1s and 2a. not less than ; feet q or 5 feet (. according t0 sge. and weIxh 1co pounds at 16. with flvs rounds additional for each succeeding year. Each congressman has two ap rointments each year. Consult a sen sfor or your congressman
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 M. M.-KindIy state your authority for giving Lord Bscon as the suthO' s the New Atlantis. TEackeTsy speaks of Mrs Msnley. swifts eoad fufrtx. ss ~the deiectAble author of ths New Aflsnfis
 A. The New Atlanta an aIl~zoIi