Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-09
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A. He has no such right. Complain to the postofice department, Washing ton.
 Subscriber.-Can a fish breathe un- der water. and if so does 1t breathe air or water? @ What is air com posed of?
 A. The respiratory organs of fishes are the gills. which are adapted to breathing in the water, but not in the air. Both these clements are used in aerifications. @ Air is composed of 21 parts oxygen and @ parts nitrogen, with traces of carbon dioxide, vapor argon. ammonia, nitric acid, ozone and organic matter.
 M. J. E.-what Februaries have con tained five Sundays? @ Was Thom- as Paine ever a preacher? (3) Does the Bible tell us that there are babies in hellf l
 A. Those of 1852 and 1880 had five Sundays: those of 1920, 19AS and 1876 will have five. @ Paine was n political writer and free thinker. I am not aware that he ever preached. G) It does not. Such an idea is abh0r- rent to Bible teaching. l ee
 J. L. S.-while boring an artesian well at Lengstreet, Miss: log was found seven hundred feet below the surface of the earth; how did t get there? (2) How did the savage In dians carve flint rock without either iron or steel?
 A. The surface of the earth has undergone many transformations in the thousands of years since its crea- ton. It has been changed by volcanoes floods and tides. have seen no expla- nation of the phenomenon you relate (2) This is one of the lost arts. There are many evidences that America was in former times inhabited by a race equal in many respects to the Ameri- can of today. Tn Mexico and in parts of the west. to say nothing of the an- cient countries of the east. there are monuments and remnants of engineer ing that the best talent of to-day would find it difficult to reproduce.
 M. ]. C.-will you give me some thing of the history of the humming bird. it's way of living and its mode of building its nest?
 A. The humming bird Is the small lest as we'll as the most brilliant of binds. averaging less than three inches long. including the bill. which is re- latively long and slender. The tongue is slender and extensile. and Is used to suck the sweets of flowers. The nest is like a small cup. coated with lich- ems and lined with gossamer. plant down and other delicate fbers. The eggs are always two in number and and pure white. The wings are nar- row and acute or falcate. and 20 rap idly vibrated that they are indistinct to the view. It's flight is very fast Some are of a dull color. but most of them are a shining grass green with numerous delicate tints showing. There are said to he 42S species. Americsn every one. Tn the tropics they are very plentiful.
 Resdsr.-How can q tan a hide. such as minki C9 What will clear rats from a stable: C3) How can 1 get the freckles off my facei
 A. After removing the legs and oth- CT useless parts soak the skin soft. then remove all particles of flesh and let soak another hour. Then take a half ounce each of borax. saltpetre and ziauber salt and dissolve or wet with enough soft water to allow ft to be spread on the flesh side of the skin. l Put it on with a brush. thickest In the center or thickest psrt Of the skin. and double the skin together and keep In a cool place tuenty-four hours. (2l Take equal parts of oil of amber. oxT gall and powdered phosphorus. sdd oatmeal suf- fcient to form paste. make into bells and leave them where rats frequent. Surround the balls with vessels of wa- ter. The smell of the oil attracts the rats. they devour the halls. which make them thirsty and then then Kill fheuselve< drinking water. c0 Povd- { srrd uitrr. u1oIstened with water sni -r.-s .- sl~ e-~~ -s-l< o~-1 --r--fr~