Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-19
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 American copper cent of 1900 and 1S19? @ Who was the greatest Christian martyr of the reformation? (3) Who is considered the greatest pro- testant preacher in America to-day? (4) What city in the south has made the greatest progress since 1900?
 A. The cent of 1900 is quoted at , to 30 cents. @ It cannot be said there are no known degrees in being burned to death. (3) No man is great until he is dead" (D There are no statistics covering dates so recent There are many southern cities that have made wonderful progress in this time.
 School Boy-What causes a halo around the moon at times? @ What letters of the alphabet should be of the same height in writing? @ Which is the heaviest, the sun or the earth, and if the earth is heaviest how does the sun hold it? (4) What is the length of the Canadian Pacific and the Siberian railroads? (5) Can a noun be in the first person? Five an example?
 A. It is due to the atmosphere. @ Ask your teacher. (3) The bulk of the sun is that of 1,273,OO0 earths, and it's weight is 325,OO0 times thas of the earth. (4 The Canadian Pacific has S776 miles of track; the Siberian is over 1000 miles long. tO A noun is always in the third per- son.
 P. C. G.-How was money kept and handled in Arkansas a hundred and hundred and fifty years ago? @ When was Arkansas colonized or settled, and by what people? (3l What states would be the best in which to look for underground or hidden treasures?
 A. French and Spanish money was the "coin of the realm" in Arkansas at that period, when barter largely took the place that money now fills. Except that there were no banks, I suppose money was kept and handled as it is to-day. @ Settled by the French in 1885. It was organized as a territory in 1886. (3) I have no knowledge of any buried treasure, and if I did I should not give it away"
 J. P. N.-Will you kindly print sketch of Niebuhr. the German who wrote history of Rome, etc:
 A. Barthold Georg Niebuhr was born in Copenhagen, August P, 1I76; died at Bonn, Prussia, January 2, 1891. A celebrated German histor- ian. philolophist and critic, son of Karstens Niebuhr. He was in civil ser vice of Denmark until 1906: in that of Prussia 1S06-1O: was lecturer at the university of Berlin; was Prussian ambassador at Rome 1S16-23: and be- came lecturer at the university of Bonn in 1923. His chief work. Rorlis- che Geschichte. Roman History. three volumes. 1911 g; English translation by Hare and Thirlwall.) on the earlier history of Rome. produced revolu- ton in the study of Roman history. His Kleine Schriften. (minor writ ings) were published in 1S23-i3.
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 C. r. C.-I have large meadow that has been badly infested with grasshoppers for several years past. Directions how to destroy them will he highly appreciated: @ Where can I procure books devoted to the cultivation of vegetables. the best means of canning. and the name of some paper that is helpful to grower of peas or peanuts?
 A. So far as I know there 6 no way to get rid of grasShoppers. hut if any reader can suggest q remedy it will he printed in this column. @ I cannot suggest any book relating to truck gardening. but there are many periodicals from which help may he derived-such as Souther Farmerk. Athens. Ga. Southern Cnl- tivatOr. Atlanta. Ga. Farmers Ad- vOcate or Kansas Farmer. Topeka. KanS: Farmer and Gardener. Chat tanooga. Tenn. etc. Help as to the cultivation of peanuts or other crops nay he had from the department of agriculture. Washington, D. ..