Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-21

l, 1887, all surplus revenues over $5,- 100000 should be divided among the states as loan, subject to recall by direction of congress. Was such q di- vision ever made, when and how? And was it ever recalled?
 A. In 1887 the surplus was divided among the states, which have never been called on for repayment. The next congress did not make similar appropriation
 J. D. B.-What were the discoveries of Ericson?
 A. Jeff Ericsson, Morse adven- turer, according to the Icelandic sagas, called from Greenland about 1000 A. D., in quest of strange land to the west which had been sighted a few years previously by Rsarni Herjulfson. He discovered country which a coun. try which he named yinland, from the grape vines he found growing there. The coast on which he landed has been variously Identified, by some as that of Labrador or Newfoundland, and by others as that of New England.
 c. W. P.-Please give me the ad- dresses of George J. Gould and Miss Helen Gould, that I may reach them personally. What are the names of Mir Gould's eldest sons?
 A. Without letters of introduction you could not get in personal con- munication with either of these peo- pie, as both are much too busy to give their time to strangers. George Jay Gould's office Is at 195 Broadway, New York. and his mail would 20 there however addressed. Letters from strangers would not get beyond their confidential clerks. Mir Gould's sons are named Kingdom and Jay.
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 E. B.-I read in your answers few days ago that Ham was the progenitor of the negro. Will you kindly state your references for this assertion?
 A. Events of nearly 4,000 years ago are not susceptible of proof. but the weight of evidence is wholly in favor of the proposition as far as know. Noah put curse upon Canaan, the son of Ham, saying that he should for ever be .'the servant of servants" The Canaanites populated Africa undoubt- edly. and according to Park 1S00 three-quarters of the people of that continent were slaves. That the negro is descended from Ham is therefore most probable, and the theory cannot be disproyed. .s
 c. B. S.-Please give me a short history of Helen Hunt Jackson. Why did she wish to be buried on the moun- tain top?
 A. Helen Maria Fiske, later Mrs Hunt. was born in Amherst Mass. Oc- tober IS. 1881, and died in San Fran cisco August 12. 1885. In 1883 she was appointed special commissioner to examine into the conditions of the Mission Indians of California. She wrote many verses and much miscel- laneous matter. and was the author of "Mercy Philbrick's Choice" Qs76. -Hetty's Strange History (1S7n, "A Century of Dishonor" t1SS1. and Ramona" 1SS4l. She also published several volumes of poems and tales, Bits of Talk" etc. I. suppose that | nef WISH As 70 Durlal epOl ln0lcaleu | her love of such a place.
 c. W. B-KindIy tell me how to clean. prepare and pickle tripe-
 A. Turn 1t inside out and sew up l tight. 90 that no lime may get into it: ! have a tub of lime water the consisten- 1 v of good thick whitewssh. and let 1t | remain in 1t for ten or twenty minutes. !, lr until the dark outside skin will | come od when you take hold of 1t | Then put 1t into clean water. changing l three or four times. to weaken the ] lime 90 the hands may not be injured l 1y it. Then with a dull knife scrape 4 ,ff the dark surface and continue to loak and scrape several times. which removes all offensive substances and | ,iOr. After this let it soak twenty | minutes in two or three hot waters lcrzping over each time. then pickle in alt vatsr twelve ho1rs and 1t Is 'eady for cooking. Boil three to four lOurs. cut in strips to suit and put IL nto nice vinegar. with the various ipires as desired. Renewing the vine ar at the end of a week is all that