Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-20

rose and gray.
 Noeman.-How many combinations can be made of the figures one to nine?
 A. 3,828,8OO.
 J. J.-What is the meaning of the word "sloyd" which is used in refer ence to manual training and kinder garten work.
 < c. A.-New Yolk's share of the country's export trade ten years ago was forty-one per cent. Last year it was thirty-fve per cent.
 J.W.-After being mustered out of the army I lost my discharge papers. Where must I apply to obtain copy?
 A. War department, Washington, D. C.,
 H. Willow long ago were soldiers called to guard the Brooklyn trolley roads during strike?
 A. In January, 1s95 The strike last ed four weeks.
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 R. E. What is the proper title in English of the ruler of Japan?
 A. The Japanese called their ruler Tenno, which means emperor. The term Mikado Is only used by foreign CTS.
 ~ Tho o,,;r.ir o% %ho l,,ecIa Y,r, Is not known. but 1t has been common to Europe long time. It twas describ- ed by Hnnaeus more than a century ago. It's first appearance in this coun- try was in Buffalo in 1872
 H.HH.-What steamship company operates a line between Galveston and Tampa?
 A. No such line advertises in the newspapers of Galveston or Tampa, nor do I find any indications that there is such line.
 A. C.-Was Lafcadio Hearn, the late well known journalist, a subject of the Mikado?
 A. It is said that he had assumed the name of Koisumgi, and had become q Japanese subject. He was of Ionian Greek and Irish percentage.
 J. J. H.-When will be the eclipse of the sun this year?
 A. It will occur August 30. and will he visible in the eastern half of this country, as well as all Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. In this country 1t may be looked for at sun rise. {.
 Geo Rex.-Where are the land of fees in New Mexico? Clayton; kns. .Grrces, Rosweit-and Santa .Fe. ,s Ae A. It is a somewhat crudely made derivative of the Swedish word slojd. meaning mechanical art, manufacture, work in wood
 J. C.-When was iron first made use of?
 A. In the fourth chapter of Genesis Tubal Cain is referred to as ''an in- structOr of every artificer in brass and iron" Moses and Homer make refer ence to seven metals. The PhOnecians had great skill in working metals. Virgil mentions. the melting of steel in furnaces. ser-s- . r..i5- s-1- -
 A. X.-ln what story did A. Conan Doyle introduce his celebrated char acter in detective fiction, Sherlock Holmes. and where can procure q copy?
 A. In the Adventures of Sherlock . Holmes. which any bookseller will get for you. Sherlock Holmes was also a character in Doyle's Study in Scarlet, which may have been printed before the volume first named.
 D. E. S.-Are Irish potatoes native of Ireland?
 A. No. They are natives of tropical and sub-tropical America. growing wild in the mountainous regions from Peru to Mexico and even ~olorado. The Spanish took them to Europe from Peru in the sixteenth century but for a long time they were grown only here and there as curiosities. As late as 1T19 an English book bearing the title "The Complete Gardner" contained no mention of them. JIG. D.-Were Andrew Jackson and Stonewall Jackson the same, and if not what was Stonewal's name? A. Andrew Jackson was the hero of rhe battle of New Orleans and the seventh president of the United States. born in 176I. severed eight years and died in 1s45. Thomas Jonathan (Stone- waIh Jackson. the great confederate general. was born in 1S24. Was. when he was killed at Charlottesville. a lieutenant general in the confederate army. Stonewall was the nickname given to him by General Lee at the first battle of Manassas. W. s. R.-Can Canada make her own laws and put them into effect independ. ent of the British government X. Canada makes her own laws. but theoretically she does not put them in- to effect independently Of Great Britain for the governor general is appointed by the crown as it's representative. He may reserve a law for the consideration of rhe home government. or disallow 1t entirely: the latter right is never exercised. and the former only when a measure concerns the interests of the empire at large and might affect the relations of the British Empire with foreign powers -