Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-08
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 Subscriber-Consult a tobacconist about the tags and premiums. con- fess entire ignorance.
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 E. B. H.-I doubt if you can now lind the verses beginning ''South mountain lowered on our right
 P. M.-Can a girl of IS take up a homestead in Kansas?
 A. She must wait until she is 21.
 ]. T. W.-When you are told that this government coined only three half-dollars in given year, please don't believe 1t.
 Mary E. L.-Your franc piece will pass current in France, but not in this country. Your fifty-cent piece will pass for half-a hollar.
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 S $. O.-Is c. F. Zimmerman, of autoharp fame. still living, and A. The name does not appear in Who's Who.
 R. S. T.-Who is considered the best grammarian in the United States?
 A. Best" is comparative. There is. no. best grammarian in a country containing many who are expert.
 Subscriber-Please tell me some thing about Canton, o.
 A. A city of about 31.000 popu- lation. fifty miles south-southeast of Cleveland. It is the capital of Stark county and has extensive manufac- lures. It was the residence of Presi- dent Mckinley.
 s. W. W.-Please give formula for concrete for clsterns and cellars?
 A. One part dry sand. two parts wood ashes. three parts clay. dried and pulverized-al1 to be pulverized and mixed into paste with linseed oil. Apply while soft; when it is dry, water will have no effect on it.
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 A. Kindly advise as to the vote for Hughes and Hearst in New York?
 A. The official canvass is not yet made. As printed in the newspapers three days after the election Hughes received 748.334 and Hearst 6S4. .722, with few towns to be heard from.
 Subscriber.-If woman has been married once and is about to marry again, must she tell of the first mar riage to make the second one legal?
 A. If she is at liberty to contract a second marriage no statement is necessary, though it would probably he wiser to inform her husband-to- be.
 c. W.--Where can I get informa- tion concerning civil service prepara- ton for examination? @ Do you know a school that teaches by cor respondence? ! A. Address the civil service com mission, Washington, D. c. (2) You will find them advertised in maga- zines and daily papers.
 r. V. A.-Please print the address of Andrew Carnegie and Mrs Russell Sage? (9 Does note become out lawed from the time 1t is due or from the time it is made? --
 A. Mir Carnegie's New York home is at 2 East Ninety-first street. Mrs Sage resides at 632 Fifth avenue X number of our correspondents have asked this question this week: we trust none of our readers are so simple as to suppose that either of these persons pay any attention to letters from strangers. @ The stat ute of limitations applies to a note at a given time after 1t becomes due. Pearl.-Please tell me how to stop my hair falling out. (2) Also a for hoarseness of long dura- tion, which injures my voice for sing ing. but otherwise gives no trouble? A. A tonic said to stimulate the growth of hair and to prevent it's falling out is made of Jamaica rum ounces. tincture of cantharides 1 dram, rose water 1 ounce. sweet oil 2 ounces. Keep closely corked. rub on scalp thoroughly three nights in the week and on the other nights rub i the head with clear cold water. t2D The first thing to learn is the cause of your hoarseness. X specialist | should be consulted.
 --p- A. P. A.-where were the head | quarters of the Rough Riders. who | were they. who was the original ring l leader. and what year did they or ganize. l2D What language is | .Philo, Vita Moysis." and what does 1t mean7 t3l What is meant by 'puts and calls in Wall street7
 A. Rough Riders is the popular name given to the First r. s. volun- beer Cavalry. organized by Theodore i, Roosevelt and Leonard Wood for ser rice in the Spanish-American war They consisted of .0O0 men, recruit ed mainly from western states. and fought at Las Quasimas. June 2i. and San Juan. July I. 1888. t2b Vita is good Latin for live. PhilO Is common as a mans name and Noysie is a word never saw t3b A contract by which the party sign ue agrees in consideration of a cer- ain sum that he will accept specified