Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28

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 L. Nils there any normal school in this country for negroes? A. I think not: but such a school has been announced to open about this time in Cheyney, Pa. This school is to be reorganized under a charter in stituted sixty years ago by Richard Humphreys, a West Indian slave owner. Hugh NJ. Brown is to be the principal of the new school. -n
 Vista.-Can you tell me who is the oldest person in the world? A. Unless she died very recently, Mother Mary" Mcdonald is the old est person in this country and prob ably in the world. She was born one hundred and thirtyrfiSe years ago near Valley Forge and is an inmate of the Home for Aged and Innrm and Colored Persons in Philadelphia. The oldest man in the world is probably Storan Zikitsch of Nitcn, Servia, who is IT years old.
 NJ. M.-WilI banks honor checks if dated on Sunday? @ Are receipts for money paid void if dated on the same day? (3J Isn't it incorrect English when using words ending with ling" to make the "g'' silent?
 A. Yes, they would not notice the date; the amount and the name signed are the essentials. (2l A receipt Is merely evidence that money was paid, an dremains such without regard to date. 8) Dropping the final '.g' Is fad for which there is no excuse.
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 F. P.-How can I re-silver an old mirror I value very highly9
 A. First clean the glass with dis titled water and slightly heat it after drying. Nitrate of silver is dissolved in ammonia ,aTd is precipitated by solution of tartaric acid. The solution Is poured on the warm glass and the heat helps the silver to precipltate and adhere. When thoroughly dry the silver back is coated with shellac and then with paint The most delicate and difficult part of the operation is said to be the preliminary thorough cleaning of the glass.
 Reader.-Please print the names of the presidents cabinet, t2l the supreme court justices, and (3l the speaker of the house.
 A. Elihu Root. secretary of state. L. M Shaw. secretary of the treasury; W. H. Taft, secretary of war: w. IT. Moody. attorney general: G. B. Cortel- you. postmaster general; c. J. Bona parte. secretary of the navy; E. A. Hitchcock, secretary of the interior: James Wilson, secretary of agricul- ture: V. B. AIetcalf. secretary of com meree and labor. @ J. M. Harlan. n. J. Brewer. H. E. Brown. E. D. White. R. " Peckham, Joseph McKenna, O. W. Holmes. W. R. Day. (3) The pres ent congress has not as yet organized.
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 T. W. L-What plan does Rockefel- Ter employ in. the distribution of their philanthropy? Do they leave the mat ter of this distribution solely fin the hands of their representatives, and if SO. who are they1
 A. If you read the newspapers you know as much about the plans of the men named as anybody does. MT Rockefeiler's gifts are widely herald cd. being mainly 10 one educational in stitution. Mr Carnegie gives to ii- braries and other objects. under well defined conditions generally. do not fancy that their representatives, or clerks. have very mucn authority, and I cannot tel you who they are. do not know anything about the man Soon except that he was willing to spend a few thousand dollars for a day or two's fame as making 6 railroad run in record time