Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22
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of liquor? (2) How many Roman institutions of learning are there in the United States? (3) How many divorces have been granted in the last twenty years, and what are the chief causes? (4) What is the greatest coal center of the United I States?
 A. Perhaps SO. Statistics on this subject are rather uncertain. CD There are many thousand such schools. (3) About 500,O00. Deser- tion and incompatibility. (4 Pitts burg, Pa. have no statistics as to illiteracy insthe countries you name.
 c. H. M-When Is the beginning and end of the dark moon" of this month? CD What is meant by dis placement of a ship? (3) Can sail- ing vessel make any progress against a wind squarely against its course? a(4) Is there telephone communities ton across the Atlantic. and is 1t pos sible? l(5) From what part of the cabbage is the seed obtained?
 A. Consult your almanac for moons changes. (2) Its weight (S) The object in tacking Is to avoid head winds. (4) There is not I cannot say as to possibilities. (5) The seeds grow at the top of the plant.
 Teacher.-Please print the names of the cabinet officers? CD The names of the supreme court of the United States? (3) Who is speaker of the house of representatives? (4 What is the salary of the chief jus tice and associate justices of the su- preme court?
 A. Every newspaper in the coun- try has printed the changes in the cabinet within few days. CD Chief M. w. Fuller, associates, D. J. Brewer, H. B. Brown, E. D. White, R. w. Peckham, Joseph McKenrla, o. w. Holmes, w. R. Day and W. H. Moody. (3) Joseph c. Cannon. (4 Chief justice $1S.000. associates $12,500.
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 ]. l.. B.-How much of the Pana- ma canal is completed. and what is the estimated cost when completed? CD Are the representatives from Alaska republicans or democrats! (3) Who is accounted the greatest ruler on earth? (4) What is the largest nation, the smallest? which is the richest?
 A. A little actual excavating has been done as yet. owing to the de- lays of congress and the immensity of the undertaking. But great deal of preliminary work has been done. The cost will be $200,000,000 or more. (2) If you mean representa- tives in congress, it has none (S) No man is great until he is dead. ca If you go by population. China and Greenland are the greatest and the least. According to area, the British empire and Salvador. (D The United States is the richest. -n-
 J. F. Allow many negroes are there in the United States and in, Cuba? (2) How many children were in school in the Philippines when the United States took possession, and how many are there now? What Is the present value of the Philip pines? From whom did Spain obtain the Philippines and how?
 A, The latest census numbered S,s40,7S9 in the United States and , about 505.000 in Cuba. t2) Under Spain education was sadly neglected in the Philippines. though 100000 of the 7.635,426 population was said to be more or less" civilized. There arc now about 12,000 pupils in the schools. with 5000 teachers: I am not informed as to the number when the islands came into our possession. The estimated value of real property is 469.000.000 pesos. and that of personal property 153,000. .000 pesos. The peso is equivalent to our dollar. Spain took possession of the Philip pines by right of conquest in 1869.
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 T. c. H.-Where can get a copy of the United States constitution C2) Will you print the fifteenth amendment? (3) Does a lobbyist have any right to the floor of con- gress? tD When a man is north of the magnetic pole will not his com- pass back to 1t. and if so. how will 1t guide him.? (5) Does a Russian socialist advocate practically the same mode of government as the American socialist? t6) Is a mail carrier compelled to lock mail box
 A. You can find 1t in any politi- cal annual. (2) "The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on &C., count of race. color or previous con- dition of servitude. The congress shall have power to enforce the pro- visions of this article by appropriate Legislation" f3D A lobbyist has. the same right that all men have. His work Is not done on the floor of the house. however. Of course. only members can participate in proceed. ings. fD The compass alone would not guide under such conditions. (5) Socialism Is a matter of degree. do not know what Russian socialists want. and doubt if anybody els< does. fs) Ask your postmaster. whc knows the conditions.