Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18

Great Lakes it's ordinary depth being S4 feet. The greatest depth of Lake Michigan is s70 feet, that of Lake Su- perior 1900 feet.
 o. F.-Who are the ten leading rul- CTS of the world?
 A. President Roosevelt of the United States, King Edward of Great Britain, Emperor William of Ger many, Czar Nicholas of Russia, Mi kado Matsuhita of Japan, Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary. President Loubet of France. King Al fonso of Spain, Sultan Abdul HamId of Turkey, and King Victor Emanuel of Italy.
 Edna.-I have just recovered from typhoid fever, and my hair is falling out Is there any way to save it? My physician gives me no encouragement.
 A. l should not like to put my Judgment against that of doctor who Is familiar with the case. It is not unusual for the hair to fall out after run of fever, but it usually grows in again immediately, and you do not state any reason why yours should not do so.
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 E. B.-What country built the Suez canal; was it finished by the country that began 1t?
 A. The builder was the Universal Company of the Maritime Suez Canal, which was organized by Ferdinand de Iesseps in 1856. The capital, about $10O,OO0O00. was raised by popular. subscription, one-half in Europe and one-half by the Khedlve of Egypt. Work began in April, 1859, and in the fall of 1869 it was opened to naviga- tion.
 A. J.-What is the wood of which brier pipes are made?
 A. They are made from the root of a particular kind of heather, called in French, bruyere. It grows on the nill- sides in northern Italy and on the mountains of Tuscany. Originally Swiss peasants made. snuff boxes of this material and when snuff taking became unpopular they turned tneir attention to making pipes from the root and found q ready market Tor them.
 G. N.-what is the Nobel prize. which the newspapers say may go to Roosevelt?
 A. Alfred Nobel. maker of explO- sives. left the greater part of large fortune to establish perpetual fund whose income Is annually distributed fin prizes to those who have rendered the greatest service to humanity in science. medicine. imaginative lltera- ture and in the promotion of peace. The latter was Mir Nobei's especial hobby. It is awarded on the 10th of Decanber each year tO the person hav- ing done sthe most. or the best. in the work of establishing the brotherhood of nations. for the suppression of war, or the formation and the propagation of peace conferences.
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 B. M.-If a minor. misrepresentIng his age. enlists in tle regular army. do the army authorities have the same Jurisdiction over him as if he were of I.ature age? C2l Is q reward offered for all deSertersg C3l When a deSerter is capturpd and sprveS his term in the penltentiary1 must he sill serve out his term of his enlistment In the army: CD Would it have any bearing had the recruiting officer been notified | of minors age and told not to enlisC hImT C5i What is the length of term ! for deSertionT
 A. Just the same. t2i No: the gov ! ernment has its own machinery for finding wrOng-dOers against itself. a 1 No. t4l It would make no difference. ] in itself. f5l That wouh be for . court martial to deride. A trial for | deSertion is like that for any crime. . If there are mitigating circumstances they would count iH favor of the pris- l oneT.