Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-31

I -E- I J. H.-I haven't the faintest idea
 what gunmaker's card is. E -u-
 s. S.-Jno is not properly a con- traction for John, but is for Jon;- than.
 I E. V. N.-Your coin is not rare. Business addresses cannot be given l W. C.-The hanging of an inno- cent man would not be bar to hang ing the guilty one later on. f J. P. Glow can I clean Pana- ma hats without injuring the straw? ! A. Use gasolene or naptha. | .--a- T. P.-Please publish a recipe for polishing a rusty plough? 1 A, Sand-paper and elbow grease ! -n-
 I A. D. P.-Three or more persons may form corporation. Apply tc ! the secretary of state, who will tell you how to proceed under your state laws.
 l -n- l A. T.-Is there machine to head maize or kafir corn, and where can l get one?
 A. Write to dealers in farm ma chinery, advertised in this paper. * l H. J. B.-What United States sen ator, living or dead, has the record !, for the longest term of service? A. Thomas Hart Benton of Mis- has longer term the name does not occur to me.
 Manx.-If one is injured on rail- | road and after suit is entered and judgment secured the road goes into receivers hands, when can settle \ ment be compelled? A. Probably not, until the receiv. ership is wound up. "a J. D. T-Which of these sen- tences is correct: "You have un. doubtedly overlooked your account" or you have undoubtfully over-| | looked your account" | A. Both are correct. but express 1 different. meanings. "Undoubtful' means not doubtful" -n- | F. F. A.-A woman represents her self as widow, and contracts a mar | riage. It afterwards transpires that l her first husband deserted her. Was heriiseeond d.marriage blegal?' esifnosq A. Q If the second marriage was cor tracted during the life of her first husband it was void. -p- F. B. L.-What is prussic acid used for?
 A. It is one of the most prompt and virulent poisons known. Very weak dilutions are frequently used | incidentally as powerful sedative | and anti-irritant. especially to allay | coughs. It's salts are called cyan | ides, and some of them are of great importance commercially.
 
 Ellen.--If your hair is curly bet ter let it stay so. But if you must | have it straight, you can probably | make it so by mixing eight ounces of beef suet and an ounce of yellow | wax over a slow fire; add half d | gram of castor oil, and when partly | cooled add five grams benzoic ac!G, half gram oil of lemon and eight | drops oih of cassia. Apply like a pomade.
 D. T. K.-After reading the extent of your researches while attempting | to obtain answers to your queries, it is very sure that I would be unable to be of assistance, even if had con- siderable space at command. In the matter of restoring the traeings, should say that much the simpler plan would be to re-trace them. This can easily be done by using a sheet of glass for desk or table. so that the light may appear underneath.
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 A. B. W.-Do you remember when the big star was in the east with a great long tail; people called it comet?
 A. Ordinary comets are so numer- ous that one visible to the naked eye appears every three or four years. The most marvellous comet was that of 1s43. which for several weeks swept through the heavens with a luminous train 10s 100000 miles .n length. It aroused an interest in the public mind as deep as it was unprc- eedented.
 N. A. N.-Plesse inform me eop- corning the fund given by Carnegie for the benefit of old teachers? What class is to receive beneft from 1t. who has it fin charge. and to whom must apllcation be made? What is Mr Carnegie's address?
 A. More or less appeared in the newspapers about a fund for teach ers, but I have no particulars. Proba- bly F. M. Wilmot. Pittsburg. Pa. who is manager of the hero fund. could advise you. Mr Carnegie's address is New York cify.
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 c. C. D.-Hov many degrees se- cording to Fahrenheit thermometerI does 1t take to make ten degrees ac- cording to the eentisrade scale, or what Is the difereace2
 A. The schemes are entirely dif- ferent The Fahrenheit takes as zero the lowest temperature the in ventor saw in the winter of 1908. and for his upper fixed point he took