Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-16
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~~~ - wv " [ s. C.-Can a married woman taks "a inning claim? How many acres in . mining claim? (2) What Is my horoscope. my birth being October 1S7a2a ss9 ], A. < I think so. Three thousand feet is the maximum. (2D Great foresight, guided very perfectly by munitions, fine grasp of mechanical matters.
 J. w. M.-Where and in what manner did Barnums elephant, Jum- bo, meet its death?
 A The animal was injured by collision with a railroad train and was killed by shooting. I have for gotten where. The skeleton is Tn the National museum at Washington. and the skin is in Tufts college, Medford, Mass, stretched over wood skeleton.
 Nameless.-How is the governor of Connecticut e.ected? (2) How is the president of the United States elected. (3) How can the constitu- tion of a state be changed? X. By popular vote. (2) By the votes of the electoral college. (3) The constitution of any state pro- vides the way for amendments. Usu- ally changes are suggested by consti- tutlonal conventions to be voted upon by the people.
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 N. E. G.-What four states in tho Union are greatest in wealth? (2) What live states have the greatest popu:ation? (3) What three states produce t' e largest crop of wool? (4j What Is now the third city of the Uuion in population? t5) What is the second city of Europe?
 A. New York, Pennsylvania, Mas sachusetts and Ohio. in order named. (2, New York, Pennsy lvania, H. linois, Ohio and Missouri. (3) MOn- tara. Wyoming and Ohio. (4) Phila- de!phia. (5) Paris.
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 I...,U, sG. F.What religious denonns ination has the best educated preach CTS? (2) How deep will the Isthmus canal be, and how wide? (3) Where do St Elmo and Mrs Murray live? (4) What Is the pronunciation of scimitar?
 A. here is no opportunity for com- parison. CD The minimum depth will be thirty feet and the width 100 feet or more. (3) Both are charac- ters in work of fiction called St Elmo. (4) As if spelled sim-i-tar, with accent. on the first syllable. -p-
 R. D. J.-What river Is called tho American Rhine? (2) What coun- !try iss called the Bluenose country? I(3) What river is called the Father of Waters? (D What was the Spanish Main? (5) What country is called the Alpine republic? (6 What country is called Cathay? CD What is the Ottoman empire? (S) What Is the Isle of Spice7
 A.. The Hudson. (2) Nova Sec. tie. (3) The Mississippi. (4) Ap- piled somewhat vaguely to the north. err coast of South America. from tho mouth of the Orinocco westward. (5) Switzerland. (6) A region in northern China. CD Turkey. (S It is the name of comic opera; do not know of any locality to which it applies. .ss
 J w. N.-When and by whom were the principles of geometery dis covered? CD Does 1t take the same amount of energy to move a body at any ime? (3) What Is the distance of knot?
 cribcd to the Egyptians. Thales in. troduced geometry into Greece about 600 B. c. Euclid's clements were compiled about 280 B. c. The doc- urine of curves originally attracted the attention of geometricians from the comic sections, which were intro- duced by Plato about 390 B. c. The conchoid curve was invented by Ml- cone les, 220 B. c. As a science, geometry was taught in Europe in the thirteenth century. In 1662 boo1s on the subject of geometefy and astronomy were destroyed in England, being regarded as infected with magic. (2) Under the same conditions, it does. (3) A nautical milo, which. according to some au. thorities, varies with the latitude. The English nautical mile is 6.0S0 feet, the American 6,0S0.27 feet. My opinion of any theory regarding Remsen's chemistry is valueless. 
 w. N. A.-What causes the heated area which occupies the center of storms? (2) Why do most of the storms in the United States originate in the western part? (3) What causes the whirling motion of storms? (D What causes the coal odor which sometimes accompanies a sudden fall in temperature? t6 How many states in the union, and which was admitted last? (e) What is the principle upon which salt pre-. serves meat?
 A. The absence of atmospheric circulation t2D The plains which lie immediately to the east of the Rocky mountains are admirably adapted to the creation of storms. which then follow the course of the atmospheric current In which the condensation of the vapor into rain which accompanies them takes place. About half the storms of the northern Atlantic states travel from the souths east toward the northeast. and the northeast toward the southeast. The .wfo r,f fho sforun spuo1ra fo ha