Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-03

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 4C. w. R.-Bradstreet's and Dun's have headquarters in New York and o1aces in all large cities. N E. B. P.-You cannot afford to re- charge dry batteries. They can be bought at from 15 to 25 cents.
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 Coins Questions come from O.. H. S., L. J. M., J. L., c. R. H. and H. J. M. No coin asked about is rare.
 V. H. R.-You can find a newspa- per directory in most any newspaper Odice or library. The list of scien- tific publications is long one.
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 s. E. C.-Any bank will tell you the value of your English gold coin. An to the stamps. ask the New Eng land Stamp Co, g Bromfield street, Boston.
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 Kate. There Is no stated value for ancient periodicals You must find somebody who wants and will pay for them before they can be sold at any price.
 H. c. J.-Please print a recipe for preserving leather or rubber buggy tops. (2) Isn't there such thing as green eyes in people?
 A. Put into pint of camphor all the india rubber 1t will dissolve; when dissolved add pint of cur rier's oil, or six pounds of tallow and two ounces of lampblack; mix thor oughly and heat. (2) Persons with jealous disposition are sometimes said to be green-eyed.
 F. L. L.-Where can I get a list showing the number of people lynched in the United States during the past forty years? (2) What do the words European system of pass port mean?
 A. There Is no such list. (2) A passport is document issued by competent authority granting per mission to the person specified in it to travel. or authenticating his right to protection. The European system is more stringent than ours.
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 Red Rose.-Who were the follow ing: (a) The Pathfinder, (b) Rough and Ready, (c) The Little Giant and (d) Black Jack? (2) When and by whom was the oldest city in the United States founded?
 A. (a) General John c. Fremont. (b) General Zach Taylor. (c) Stephen A. Douglas, (d) General J. A. Logan. t2) St Augustine, Fla. was founded by Spaniards in 1885. about forty years before the English formed a stttlement at Jamestown, Va.
 c. H. Ms single mans bank account subject to execution for taxes, If he owns no other property? (2) Webster defines a billion in Eng land to be "a million of millions" and in America "a thousand mill 1fons." Why do the different na- tions figure it thus? (3) Please print recipe for putty.
 A. Yes. (2) I cannot say. Amer ica adopted the French system. while England made her own system of enumeration. (3) Compound whit ing (soft carbonate of lime) and lin- seed oil. and mix to the consistency of dough.
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 l.. W. Print a recipe for straightening curly hair. t2) How old must one be to work on a rail road? (3) What day of the week was September 5, 1886, and January 10, 1888.
 A. Eight ounces of beef suet. one ounce each of yellow wax and castor oil. five grams benzoic acid. half a gram oil of lemon and eight drops oil of cassia. Mix wax and suet over slow heat, add castor oil, and when . little cool put in the other ingredi- ents. Apply like any pomade. t2) Age is not important if he can do the work required. t3D Sunday and Thursday, respectively. "
 H. H. L.-who are the members of the presidents cabinet?
 A. The list has been printed in this column repeatedly. but here it is again. Elihu Root. secretary of state: l.. M. Shaw, secretary of treas ury; W. H. Taft. secretary of war; W. H. Moody. attorney-general: c. B. Cortelyou, postmaster-general: C. ]. Bonaparte. secretary of the navy: E. H. Hitchcock. secretary of in terior: James Wilson. secretary of agriculture: V. B. Metcalf, secretary of commerce and labor. It is an- nounced that Mir Moody will retire January 1. and that Ambassador Meyer of Massachusetts will enter the cabinet
 A. s. T.-where can I sell second hand books and magazines7 C2) Where were cooperative stores first started? C3l What is the difference between the Campbellite Christians and the other sects known as Chris tians- tH Where are there art stores where pictures of distinguished men and women may be had, l5D Is phrenology an exact science. and what are the names of chronological magazines now pubIished7
 A At second hand book stores (zD Cooperative stores originated in Great Britain. where they are very numerous. sJ I am not competent fn s.r fIN ro-s-srs . rfrr af--rso-r