The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

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 This column Is open to readers of The Aee-Hetald. Any one desiring informa ton should address Questions An swered." care The Age-Herald.
 B. W. H.-what day was the Sth of June, 1ss; 5th of May. 1s41; and Huh of
 A.|Friiay. An Monday and Sunday, re- spectivelF.
 w. IT. B.-I own lots in a small town. The alley back of them has never been open. Two of us, land owners, want 1t opened. and others are opposed. Has the town council power to open it. and what is to be done to secure action?
 A.-The town authorities have power to open a road where the public good de- mands 1t. but would not be likely to add to its liabilities for the benefit of indi- viduaIs If all the abutters are agreed, it could be thrown open to the public without any action on the part of the town.
 l. C.-Was Aaron Burr an American? When did he attempt to divide the unit ed States? Did he escape punishment When did he die. and was he poor man al the time of his death?
 A.-Burr was born at Newark, N J.' in 1756 His attempt to establish gov ernment in the then Mexican territories and possibly comprising portion or the Louisiana purchase, was made Tn looo. After several years of effort he returned to New York in 1913 and resumed tne practice of law, but his cratic career had so alienated the people of the coun- trv that he had no standing in the courts and his poverty was extreme. lie oleo at Staten Island in 1886.
 T. F. H.-Please print recipe Tor paste for wall paper ao,,r and quarter of a pound of alum In small quantity of warm water. when well mixed add enough boiling water to make it the requisite consistency stirring all the time. Apply to the paper let IL stand a few minutes before fitting to the wall This permits the paper to stretch, SD if will fit the wall tightly when drying.
 Glenn-Kindly tell me how to address John D. Rockefeller so ne Will pc sure U get the letter?
 A.-Mr. Rockefeller's office is at 26 Broadway. New York Personally he sees hut very few of the letters that are ad- dressed to him, since they first have to go through the hands of confidential clerks III. Slow can I separate cloth and rubber, such as old shoes and rubbers?
 A.-Probably a hot water bath will dis solve the glue or paste used.
 T., l.. H.-Please give location of land offices in Idaho. Oregon, Washington ana Montana CD How does the climate IT Boise City compare in winter With thae of Kansas City?
 A.Blackfoot, Boise, Cour dAlene, Hal ley and Lewiston, Idaho; La Grande Lakeview, Oregon City, Burns, Rose burgh and The Dalles. Ore; North Ya- kima, Olympia, Seattle, Vancouver, Wal 1a-Walla and waterville. Wash; Boze- man, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell Lew istown, Miles City and Missoula, Mont CD There is difference of five degrees latitude and winter is correspondingly longer and colder.
 w. L.-How is powder made?
 Alt is a composition of sulphur, salt petre and charcoal, mixed and gran ulated.
 Ellis B-Does the Fourth of July ever come on Sunday and if so how long since
 A.--The last time Fourth of July ever came on Sunday was in 1886. It will not do so again till 1915. It has to take the same chances as any other day, ever.
 c. L. H.-Please give me some informa- ton as to kind of work and salary and prospects in electrical engineering, ana some schools wherein it is taught?
 A-The field of electrical engineering IS so broad that perhaps no other profes- sion offers wider scope to young men Of the right character and bent since it covers every field to which electricity IS applicable. I know one man who was drawing SIP a week before the advent of electricity and street railways who now gets $40,00O a year. And there are other electrical men who, no doubt, are In dan ger of losing jobs they now hold at SIP week. It all depends on the man. Con- suit any engineering or technical school.
 G-Please explain the post check sya- tenn which mail order dealers desire the government to adopt.
 A-Probably the best system yet devis- ed is a form of money very like a bank bill except that 1t Is payable to the name written thereon. It is, in fact, a draft 1T check. If adopted, these can be bought in any denomination at postoffices at nominal fee.
 A reader of this paper who apparently has no name asks if under the new pen sion law soldier must have served nine ty days to be entitled to pension. l do not know of any new pension law, and l believe that ninety days was the mini mum that any soldier served in the civil war.
 L. w.-Did Sarah Bernhardt ever ap- pear in "The Little Minister? CD What does Pan-Amercan mean? (3) What IS the Holy Grail? (D Are there any sol diers widows homes in Kansas. and how are they supported?
 Al do not think so. @ All American countries. (3) The Holy Grail, according to legends of the middle ages, was the cup used by the Saviour in dispensing the wine at the Last Supper. Others have 1t that it was the platter on which was served the paschal lamb at the last pass over served by the Lord; the cup that received the blood of the Savior when he was hanging on the cross. (4) know of none.