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 mentors of the department of agri- culture announced few years ago that they had grown in eastern Texas tobacco that could not he distin- guished from the Cuban article.
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 G. R. P.-What Is the horoscope for one born July 3, and what busi- ness should be followed to meet suc- cess?
 A. People born in this enlight- ened age do not guide their actions by the stars. Horoscopes are some thing to amuse children and persons of feeble minds. Ancient astrologers had 1t that one born July would be fond of home and family, talkative if woman and close mouthed if man. -?-
 A. P. T.-How do the peoples of northern and southern Europe com pare as to length of life?
 A. The northern people are the longest lived. The Norwegians have the record for longevity and the Spanish the shortest lives. The av- craze duration of life in European countries is as follows: Norway 50, England 45, Belgium A, Switzerland A, France 43, Austria 39, Italy 39, Germany 39, Bavaria 36, and Spain 32.
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 P. B.-Do the Unitarians believe in the virgin birth? Do the Uni versalists believe in the virgin birth? CD There is a titled group of Cath olics in England which denies the right of Edward VII to the throne of England. They are devoted to the Stuarts. Please explain the situa- tion? ..s-,.- - A. The Unitarians believe in one self-existent God, the Universalists in the salvation of all men. Further than this I am not informed. CD This is subject which I shall have to look up for future reply. -?-
 | Glow many countries has Mex ico, and what are their capitals? (2) What are the remaining territories of the United States.
 A. Mexico is made up of the fol- lowing states and territories Gts cap. ital following the state except when the name is the same) Aguas Cali entes; Campeche; Chiapas, San Cris- tobal; Chihuahua; Coahmila, Saltil. To; Collima; Durango; Guanjuato; Guerrero, Chilpancingo; Hidalgo, Pachuca; Jalisco, Guadalajara; Mex ico, Toluca; Michoacan, Morelia; Mo- relos, Cuernavaca; Nuevo Leon, Mon- teray; Oaxaca; Puebla; Queretaro: San Luis Potosi; Sinaloa, Culiacan ; Sonora, Hermosillo; Tobasco, s. Juan Bautista Tamaulipas, Ciudad Vicyoria; Topic (ter); Tlaxcala :; Vera Cruz, Jalapa; Yucatan, Merida Zacatecas; Lower California (ter) : La Paz; Islands (no capitaD and Quintana Roo, which is a newly ere ated state. CD New Mexico, Ari. zona, District of Columbia, District of Alaska, Hawaii.
 s. E. D.--What were the theories of the Transcendentalists, known as the Concord writers and practiced in the Brook Farm community?
 A. In 1886 Emerson, Alcott aud others, leaders in the New England movement for social and individual regeneration, organized the Transcen- dental club. In 1840 it's paper, the Dial, was started, with Emerson and Margaret Fuller (OssolT) in cnarge and Thoreau chief contributor. Brook Farm, started in 1840 by George Ripley, Hawthorne, Alcott, George w. Curtis, Charles A. Dana and Margaret Fuller, was an attempt to put the theories of the Transcen- dentalists into practical operation. It's aim was ''to. promote the great purpose of human culture, to estaD- fish the external relations of life on a basis of wisdom and purity, and to substitute system of brotherly CO., operation for one of selfish competl- tion." It's short history came to an end in 1864 with material misfor- tune, a fire that destroyed the com munitys most important building.