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Show HI QUESTIONS, ANSWERS ) I J I IJJ'l 1 To the Ogdeu "Subscriber" who asks 1 a Ullv I about certaln'books: Send us your namo I ' j fjjjj I and wo may bo ablo to help you. I f I SALT LAKE, April '20. Whore can I , ' send for Information for the culture of JhIIJ Silkworms, their habits, etc.? Sub- j'l, II 3 scrlbcr. , I To the United Stales Department of I Jjji Agriculture, WaHhinglon, D C. ' jlr ' j)1 SALT LAKE, April 17. Can the , Jus term, "A duck's feathers nhed -water," ihj meaning that water does not soak y, Ij! through theni, be properly used? A i i i Subscriber, v, j k j'S "While they remain on the duck, yes. l I S' MACKAY, Ida., April 15. Is an ex- ,1 j) IJ : soldier" of volunteers exempt from poll- 4i jiif"; tax? 2. Is it a law applying to all 1 of the States or part of them? If not r-nk ' i'H. what States have the law? F. ' I'll t Yes. 2. It is a h(w only in the States '. it'll' which have made it so: in UUih and Inf' Idaho, ' and probably others; to what ' wM ; . extent wo cannot sny. ' H: ' ' RICHFIELD, Utah. April 21. Please j 1 1 S. ,i Mate the number of recorded adml.i- , 'tii, alon.s on the opening day of the Chl- t )! it 1 'KO "World's fair and also of the Buf- I i ,: falo exposition. Subscriber. !j -IiJ Opening day at the Chicago World's fair, 128,23.'i. Of the Buffalo exposition j) ,r wo havo no figures but the total at- l I . tendance, which was 8,120,018; the bad jj' .1 weather made the attendance at the H;l ' first light, and after the assassination ! Jif ' of President McKinley the attendance 1 ; fell off rapidly, ji. i : . J j WEISER. Ida., April 17. Please give receipt for killing or removing horns from calves beforo thoy are a month old. ' 2. Pleaso give short hlntorv of George McDonald, the writer, und'stato if he was ever associated with TDugene Ileld. and whore. Old Subscriber. I Wo may have given it, but do not now recall the receipt, but would gladly print ono furnished by some stockman who knows what tho process ls. 2 Ho was bom at Huntley, Scotland, in 1S24. njid was educated at the University of Aberdeen. He studied for "the ministry minis-try and became a lay reader in the English church, but, Bottling in London, Lon-don, he devoted himself to literature. Ho was a prolific writer of poetrv and of novels, nnd also publlHhed some juvenile ju-venile and two theological works. Ho lectured in the United States in 1S72 and 1873, but had no association with Eugene Field, so far as we have ever heard. SALT LAKE, April 15. When a man and woman arc married and the man takos up a pre-emption or timber claim and sells It, and then, after many years, tho woman secures a divorce and she is the head of a l.irgn family, can sho take up a homostcad? 2. Where can one get a lato map of Colorado? A Reader. Yes. 2. By writing to a Senator or Representative, asking for it. a SALT LAKE, April 21. "Wlio was "Mother Shjpton," and what were her prophecies? S. "Mother Shlpton" lived in Wales in the rclgii of King Henry VTH. of England and obtained great celebrity for her alleged prophecies. She Is nald to have foretold the death of Wolsoy, Porcy and others, and, among other things, that the world would come to an end In 18S1. Her "prophecies" have been collected in a book, which it Is not difficult to get. But it Is all fakcry, and most of them are. bo vague as to have no especial meaning, as Is usual with such fooleri;. AURORA. Nov., April 34. If a father fa-ther dies lntostute and has four children chil-dren besides tho widow, who fails to administer upon tho property for seven years, during which the heirs havo all stayed together, and there are no debts against the estate, which consists con-sists of personal property, real estate and several thousand dollars in the bank, cannot the children come In for a share of the estate? 2. Must the widow administer as soon as she gets her appointment, now that all the heirs are of age? 3. After a mining property has been bonded and 53000 paid down upon it, and the bond falls through and tho money which has been paid is placed In the bank in community, commu-nity, cannot the holrs get their sharo of that money? A Subscriber. There are so many points that mav or may not be fully slated that our advice Is for you to consult some good lawyer of repute, and pay him for his expert opinion, after fully stating the case and explaining to him all about the estate and the persons entitled to share In it. No opinion based on generalities gen-eralities or a pnrtlnl statement would be of valuo, and might even get you into trouble and cost you money needlessly. |