Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-04
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T. J. W.-No.
r. D. RI can find no reference
to Bechtler gold dollar.
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J. F. il cannot suggest any
thing better than the remedies sold
in stores.
w. S. P.--ff Jim Crows Comical
Songs and Speeches" is in print any
bookseller will get it for you.
B. S.-Your coin is Roman, and
probably of some antiquity. Proba
bly, it has no value except as a
curio.
Aurora.--January 81 horoscope,
good natured and agreeable, quiet
and dignified, successful dealing with
people.
Reader-Horoscope February 4,
same as January 81. March 81, rest
less, kind and honorable, good man
aging ability.
w. S.-Kindly inform me if Paw
nee Bills Wild West show will be at
Wonderland, Boston, this season.
A. 1t will.
W. A. Allow often do moose,
caribou, deer, etc, shed their horns?
A. Deer cast their horns annual
ly. The elk family, like moose, Carl
bou, etc, do not do so.
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S. d. F-Horoscope February 8,
same as February 4. October IA,
great foresight and intuition, inven-
tive. November 28, same as De- |
cember Is. See answer 20 G. A. d. |
E. C.-What is the area of United |
States and Canada?
A. Area of the United States, not |
including Porto Rico and posses |
sions," 3,616,4S4 square miles; Can
ada, 1860.
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Subscriber Dictionary |
is not at hand. The reference to |
oats being a food for horses and |
Scotchmen is due to the fact that !
preparations of oats, or greats, have |
long been an important al iicle of |
food in Scotland.
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A. NJ. S. R.-The person sou name |
is not in Who's Who" Perhaps |
music publisher can advise you. The |
arrangement between writers of |
verse and the music to which it is |
set must be of a mutually satisfac-
tory nature. There is no precedent |
TO go on.
c. S.-Your inquiries indicate |
dense ignorance of the subject. Ask |
any man connected with a postoffiee, |
who can. tell you all about 1t. state |
lines have nothing to do with rail- |
way mail routes. The best positions |
are obtained after years of study |
and experience.
Subscriber.-Hasi it become a law
that widows of veterans Of the civil
war may have pension of $12 a
month?
A. Such bill passed the house,
but my impression is that 1T failed
in the senator perhaps it has not
been reached.
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A. Il. F.-Having the necessary
information concerning an ancestor
who served in the Revolution, how
shall | go about joining the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution?
A. Probably you know some wo-
man who is a member, whose CO.
operation you will need. She can
make the way plain.
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G. 4. D.-How can remove
freckles? (2) How can | make my
teeth nice and white? (3) What is
the horoscope of one born December
Is?
A. There is no way to remove
freckles except by removing the skin.
Frequent applications of huttermiik
are said TO be efiicacious IN the case
of summer freckles, so-called. t21 4
Use prepared chalk TO xhiten the
teeth. (3) Bold, active. Lot talka-
tive, faithful.
A. L. O'N.-Please give the origin
of the names of the months? t2l
Have the common years always been
365 days long?
A. The names are derived from
Roman sources. as Januar!us, Feb
ruarius. MaFtius. Aprilla, Maius.
Juno. julius, Augustus Caesar. etc. 4,
The year prescribed By Romulus
contained 304 days, and vas made to
conform 10 the seasons by intercal-
larry changes. The present system
has been i'm effect since July 16. 622.
Six different calendars have been In
use since history began.
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r. B.-What are the seven Won
ders Of the world?
4. In antiquity, the Egyptian
pyramids. hanging gardens Of Baby
Ion, temple Of Diana at Ephesus.
statue Of Zeus by Phidias at Oiym-
pia. mausoIeum at Helicarnassus.
colossus Of Rhodes and the Pharos
or lighthouse al Alexandria In the
middle ages these we're enumerated.
Coliseum at Rome, catacOrnbs al
Alexandria. great wall uf China.
drgfidicaI temple az StOnehenge.
England. leaning tower u Pisa. ror-
ueiain tower Of Marking. and the
mosque Of Sc Sophia at Constantine