Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-24
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X. Y. Z.-Business addresses can not be printed in this column. -kt- G. l.. B.-Write the secretary of the interior, Washington, who can give you official information. J. J. B.-Is Prof P. c. Fowler liv- ing?
 A. He died several years ago. s. B. M.-Name the largest wool ! producing states. A. Montana comes first with New Mexico close second. n- l.. M.-Where is the American Stud Book kept? own an import ed horse whoSe pedigree is said to be given therein
 A. Write the Thoroughbred Rec ord. Lexington; Ky. o. F.-It is claimed that Thomas Paine signed the Declaration of h. dependence. Is there any ground for this claim?
 A. Not the slightest Robert Treat Paine was one of the signers -d- c. H. H.-Where could I get copy of the mining laws of the United States?
 A. Each state makss it own laws. Apply to the secretary of state of the state in which you are interest ed.t
 P. A. B.-Is is said that the Jap. anese cut into the wireless tele- graphy between two Russian points. How could tkat be done? A. By mixing up the waves with other messages, so that the result would be useless and meaningless mixture.
 L. O.-How many millions has the government deposited in the nation al banks? Do the banks pay interest on the deposits? A. Government funds are kept in the treasury, sub-treasuries, and in such banks as are designated as de- positories. No interest is received.
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 w. H-Was there goddess called Fidelity? aa4e 70, ''f:a aae [
 A. Not that I am aware of. I am not informed as to phosphate mining in Florida, nor do know who wrote the quotations you name. Both of them have been written thousands of times, no doubt, in varying language.
 l.. S.-Give me the address of some good catalogue house in Kan sas. City. (2) Tell me something about the Louisiana lottery.
 A. Consult the advertising col umns of Kansas City paper. (2) Some years ago this and all other lot. teries were refused the use of the mails and none is now doing busi- ness.
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 A. c. D.-I have a violin with this label on the inside: Antonius Stradi- varius Cremonenaia Pacio Bat An-o lts 10 ll 6ChuiuC ol uh and what is its value?
 A. That can be told only by an expert after examination. A geRuine Stradivarius would bring a consid- erable sum of money, but there are many limitations.
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 H. H. J.-Does one have to have n Itnl ta rf m yx work? And would diploma from a correspondence school in Canada be good?
 A. A diploma is simply evidence that one has taken certain course of study. 1 do not know of any state Regulation requiring a veterinary to pass an examination or exhibit di- pioma.
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 c. NJ. B.-Please reprint the for mula for making waterproof cement for cisterns. t2) What president was forced to flee from Washington in disguise?
 A. Take dry sand, one bushel; wood ashes, two bushels: clay dried and pulverized, three bushels; pull verize and mix into paste with lin seed oil. (2) Nothing of the sort ever happened.
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 R. A. M.-Why did President Jack son oppose the national bank? l2b Name President Roosevelt's cabinet
 A. He charged that it failed to es- tablish a sound currency, and ac- cused its officers of mismanagement and corruption. It is one of the dog mas of the democratic party that the government may not charter corpora ! tions. t2D It has been printed re- gently. There have been no changes for some months.
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 w. ]. M.-what per cent does the l government have for coining money. l.