Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-12
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play Speed the Plough" She Is q near neighbor of one Dame Ashfield, who in all the concerns and doings of her daily life manifests great so- licitude as to what Mrs Grundy would say. What would Mrs Grundy say?" has accordingly passed into a proverb, meaning. what opin- ion will the eminently virtuous and respectable portion of society pass upon our actions?
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 l R. s. D.-What are the conditions under which an officer may make an arrest without warrant? | A. They are not very clearly de- fined. On general principles he must actually see the offense committed or be near enough in time and space to be fully persuaded of it's commission by the person arrested. and fully persuaded that there will be danger of his making off unless he be at once arrested.
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 E. E.-What does a mile of tels- graph line cost, labor and material included?
 A. The average cost is not known to me. It would very grear'y, cost ing probably ten times as much in some localities as in others The Western Union has 205,646 niles of poles, and the total of it's capital- ization and funded debt is $133,- 1855, 5,000-which is about $640 per mile. But the poles average nearly six wires.
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 w. H. B.-What was the cause of the death of King Solomon?
 A. Tradition has it that Solomon died standing. He employed genii in building the temple, but perceiv- ing that his death was at hand he prayed God that his death might be concealed from them till the work was completed. Accordingly he died leaning on his staff, in the attitude of prayer. The genii, supposing him to be alive, toiled on, and when the temple was fully built worm gnawed the staff and the corpse fell to the ground, prostrate. Mahomet reIefS to tnlS as Iact.
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 B. K. S.-Kindly inform me as to the number of times Martin Luther translated the Bible, and how many editions were printed? I have m old Bible, printed in German and as the date is torn out I am anxious to know whether it was printed in c;x
 A. Luther translated the New Testament into German in 1521-2. which was published the latter year lat Wittenberg. He had already be- gun his translation of the Old Tes- lament The Lutheran translation of the Bible was completed :n 1892 and printed in 1534 It w2s re- vised in 1541 and subsequent ed.- tions in 1543 and 1545 also received a few amendments.
 V. C.-What is the worth of the postage stamps cancelled m the United States in one day? (2) Name the chief justice of the United States supreme court and she associ- ate justices? (3) Why is the inter- national date line not straight? (4l What justice represents the sixth United States circuit court in .he su- preme court? (5) What is the height of the Washington monument? (6l What is the horoscope of persons born March and August 13?
 A. Something over half million dollars. (2) Melville w. Fuller, chief; John M. Harlan, David ]. Brewer, Edward D. White, Rufus W. Peckham, Joseph McKenna, Oli- yer w. Holmes, William R. Day and William H. Moody. t3) Because making it straight would result in very great inconvenience. (4) Neither. The circuit judges of the sixth district are Horace H. Lurton, Henry F. Severens and John K. Richards. (5) Above the founda- ton, 556 feet. The foundation is 36 feet. (6) March 2, restless, affable and kind, honorable, inclined to des- pond, found in positions of trust. August 13, readily adaptable to any condition in life, impulsive, lovers of nature.