Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-13
INQUIRIES
ANSWERS
2 Y 7 q E 'IF5i sFF'1i al1E

B. y.-Adam Forepaugh died Janu- ary 24. 1890.
 K. T.-Grayiry is the source of en- ergy in siphon. | Altamont.-This column cannot pass on the reliability of business concerns 1 Q.-What is meant by displacement as applied to ship: 4. Its weight. E. S.-To what religious denomina- tion does President Roosevelt belong: 4. The Reformed Dutch. (. 1.-The phrase upper ten was coined by Nathaniel P. Willis, and was ! applied to the fashfonabIes of New York.
 E. 4. C.-There were 54 .904 foreign immigrants arrived in this country in November. against 67.625 the previous November.
 -S- l E. N.-What are decussate leaves: 4. So called when the successive pairs on stem stand at right angles with the pair next above or below.
 E. NJ. H.-If you will consult the nle Of any metropolitan paper of March 2S. 1905. it will tell you the re- ceipts of the government the previous day.
 c. M.-If a person is taxed for money and moves to another state and buys land. can the tax on the money be collected:
 4. It can.
 Harry.-What parts of North Amer ica were held by the British at the time of passing the stamp act: A. Canada and practically all the United States east of the Mississippi. --q- Gazer.-Can the north star be seen all over the world: A. No. only on those parts Of the earth north of the equator. At the equator it is always near the horizon. -C-
 R N.-When was the beginning of heraldry:
 A. Heraldry is older than recorded history. % it cannot be said. The ear Hest known tribes used marks of honor and distinction. b. G.-Is there such a thing as arti- ficial eggs manufactured: 4. They have been made from casein. which comes from milk. I am not informed as 10 whether such manufacture is on the market. -p- c. s. M.-I have copEsr fpH bith ''ls59" on one side. on the other TX. h. 0esterischische'' and "Scheid- munze." What is it and what is it worth:
 A. The words sound terribly Dutch. but l do not recognize it as money. IL has no value here, anyway.
 -1-
 q. M-What are the laws relating to marriages between American w0- men and Chinese and Japanese men:
 \. Marriages between Chinese and Americans are forbidden in Arizona. California. Mississippi Oregon and Utah. A Japanese may marry an American woman in any state if she will permit it.
 F. K.-When was the water power at Niagara first used for manufactur- ing:
 A. A primitive sawmill was oper- ated in 1125. Nothing more was done in developing power till in ls42 An gustns Porter conceived the plan of hydraulic canals. and in 1881 one Of them was completed.
 --E- ]. VI would like 10 get the address of the family of Chief Engineer Key holds of the steamer Pioneer. who died while chief of the Omaha water works. or any of the crew of the Puritan ia 1885. A. Possibly s letter of inquiry 10 the postmaster at Omaha would bring desired results.
 . IT. n. Ills ice always at the teIB- persture of 32 degrees. And ii it f. colder does it continue 10 expsnds A. Water becomes solid af 22 dc grees. and at the moment of solidifying expands about 10 per cent. Ice will he the same temperature ss the at- m0sphere about it. but once fl becomes ice it no longer expands. I. V. s.-why are the silver dollars coined at San Franrsco in 1s.pi quoted as raref \. cd not know that they were You probably have reference to the dollars of fSD4. of whieh there are only l. seven in existence Two of ths-e gre ] in fhe Philadelphia mint. and The oth- [ CTS are in private collections.
 -6-- !. I--Is a soldiers widow who l. blind entitled is more thsn sl2 a mouth. when she hss 10 h-e cared for I by ofhersF IT not cannot there ie a I bSn gotten up 10 that efect: \. I think sI2 is the maximum. It I vould te diffiruit to zsf passed a spe- I eial h5u saeh as you suggest. YoH- I congressman womb ta rhe man t0 sp- I