Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-04
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 c. Glow many states of the Union have passed laws extending equal suffrage to women, and what have been the results where 1t las been adopted:
 A. Four; Wyoming. Colorado, Utah and Idaho. I am unable to note any marked results. Probably if you address the National American N'o- man Suffrage Association, whose national headquarters are at Warren, O., you may get information you de- sire.
 l c. l.. C-What is the highest noun tain peak in the world? @ How many battleships in the |. s. navy? (3) was born August 20, what is my horoscope?
 A. Mount Everest in the Himalay- as. @ Thirteen. (3) Adaptable to almost any condition in life, prefer bearing trouble rather than fight it, impulsiye and lover of nature. As- trology is no longer considered a science. If 1t were should be sorrN for your outlook.
 -sJ- l A. c. M.-Please print Q short sketch of David NJ. Key? l A. Judge Key was a lawyer of Tennessee, and became postmaster general under president hayes. He had previously served in the senate year by appointment of the gov ernor, succeeding Andrew Jackson. The close of the civil war found him 1 in North Carolina greatly impover- ished. After getting q start at farm ing he was pardoned by President Johnson and returned to Tennessee. \ He died in 1900 NJ. l.. M-Why was Napoleon I called the Humble Corsican? @ Give brief sketch of his life before he be- gan his military career? (3) Who 1 was the father of King Edward
 A. l never heard him called so. He was a native of Corsica. @ He re- ceived his education ill military school and on graduation became a lieutenant in the French army. (3) Albert Francis Augusta Charles Emmanuel. who married Queen Vic toria February 10, 1S40 and was made prince consort, June p, 1851. -.-q-
 II. 4. Y.-When and by whom was the first iron made of which we nave trustworthy record?
 A. Iron is the oldest metal known. It was found on Mount Ida in 1I32, E. C.-Moses relates that irons was wrought by Tubal-Caln. Iron fur naces among the Romans were many. British iron was cast by Ralph ags and Peter Baude in Sussex in >15l::. Iron mills were first used for sitting iron into bars for smiths by Godfrsy Bochs in 1590. Timing of iron was first introduced from Bohemia in 1881.
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 F. E. J.-Does science teach that the moon is sometimes further south and sometimes further north in the same month. and is change an indi- cation of colder or warmer weather7 Relatively, is not the moon on this May 4 just where 1t was on the fourth of May of any other year? Tn
  influence the weather and crops?
 A. l shall have to refer you to the encyclopedias. It is not nowa- days supposed that the moon affects the weather, but it undoubtedly has some effect on vegetation by means of it's cooling rays and the aqueous atoms it sheds upon them.
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 ]. T. W.-How can I make wkita ducking waterproof, suitable for a tent? 02l What is the pronouncia- ton of pyrogaIic. hydrochinon and eikonogen! (3l Which of the two armies now at war in the south are strongest and most likely to wins f41 have heard that Mir Roebuck of the firm of Sears. Roebuck & Co. was negro: is it true?
 A. With paint. C2) Pi-ro-gal-lc: hi-tlro-ki-non. with accent on penuifi- mate. If such a word as eikonoeen exists it should be pronounced i-xon- o-gen, with the accent on second syi- lahle. a Your guess is good as mine. Wars in South America are too frequent to trouble about l4) Hard ly probable. though I have no infcr- nation on the subject.
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 w \. Allow many mIllionafres are there in the United States. Eng land. France and Germany? lD What was the public debt of the United States ;n 1896. and what Is it now? Csi How much has the wealfh of the nation increased since fsfalsi tD What factories and mines wer~ closed between 1892 and 1s0s, ans were any railroads bankrupt be- tween those years. O What Is she average price paid for labor in the United States and Englands @ What is the wealth cf the Uniied States and England;
 A. There are estimated f0 be about five thousand mIIlionalres in America. I cannot say as to other countries. E The interest-bearing debt In 1S-s was ssET.3ts5. .5fsa. and Is now sE2-~ 01i.sSS7 a It has more than dou- bled. tn Even in the most proeper- ors times there are hundreds of fae- tories closed. and every year raIlroak. become bankrupt. Of cvurSe lt wouie be impossible to answer these quess tiOns here. f5t I have no statisfses comprehensive enough t0 cover file question fsi The wealt'. of she rrf-