Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-07

president of the Equitable Assurance society of New York. His salary is I'ibelieye eighty thousand dollars q year.
 A. E. Willow many descendants has Abraham Lincoln2 Why are they never mentioned in the newspapers?
 A. Robert Todd Lincoln. son of the ex-president, is now president of the Pullman Car company and resides in Chicago. He has not been in public life since he was minister to England in 1893, and probably his doings as private citizen are of no special in- terest to the public.
 c. w. R.-Where is the dividing line between the Occldent and the Orient?
 A. Occdent means west and Orient means east. Specifically the 0ccident includes those countries lying to the west of Asia and that part of east ern Europe now or formerly consti- tuting In general European Turkey, Christendom; The Orient applies to Turkey, Persia. India and Egypta 5n
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 NJ. J.-Ilease give me rule for measuring hay in stack? A. If . circular stack, multiply the square of the circumference in yards by four times the altitude in yards; divide this by one hundred and then by fifteen for the number of tons. If the stack is square. multiply the length in yards by the width in yards and then by one-half the altitude in yards and divide by fifteen. The us- ual allowance for a ton of hay Is 512 cubic feet.
 Unknown-What will cure SCOUTS in calves?
 A. Tormentll root, powdered, Is an excellent remedy. For a horse or COW one to one and half ounces Is a dose. It may be stirred in pint of milk or steeped in a pint and a half of milk and given three to five times a day tul a cure is effected. Another remedy is beef bones, burned thor Dughly and pulyerized Mix with dry feed tablespoonful three times daily until checked.
 R. F. D.-How can get clue to man named Frank Storbeck, who disappeared from Kansas City in 1878 or 1879? (2) Where can I find recorded the names of persons who have died in hospitals or were killed mysteriOusly? t3l Is there any. prem iu1n on two-cent pieces of 1886?
 A. The only way open to you Is to advertise or employ detectives: if you have no clue to start with you could | hardly find him if he didn't want 10 be found. t2) There are no such rec ords. other than those kept by indi- vidual hospitals. C3) No. K H.-D0es the so-called COW ant sting. and If so Is 1t dangerous? 2l Are the wild bees natives of America or escaped descendants of the Europe. an beet @ Can the poisonous fangs of a rattlesnake be removed without endangering the fife of the snake and will that make the snake harmless? A. Some species of ants have stings and undoubtedly use them when fri. | tated- Others squirt an irritant like | IOTUllt uClQ. t<f DEto Neit nAA0 duced in America by European col. onists and the wild bees are doubtless rumaways. (9 It fs frequently done how dangerous 1t may be to the snake I cannoa say.
 C. B.-There is a poem. each line and word of which begins with the | letters of the alphabet in regular or | der. like:
 An Austrian Army Awfully Array
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 Boldly By Battery Besieged Bel grade etc.
 | will you publish the poem or tell me where it can be obtained7 @ Also tho | following:
 There is so much good In the worst of us
 And co much bad in the best of usF A cannot place the first .Ths concluding lines Of the other are. ssTlaat it hardly behooves any of Us
 To talk about the rest Of us--