Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-12


 f1540-1603), was the creator of the science of electricity, the true nature of which even yet is not fully under stood. By him it was applied to the | phenomena of attraction and repul- sion as exhibited when amber (elec- | trum) and some other substance of a similar character were briskly rubbed. It's meaning has been grad l ually extended to include a large variety of phenomena.
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 | E. E. P.-Please print recipe for preserving eggs
 A. For every three gallons of water put in one pint of fresh slaked | lime and half pint of common salt. Mix well and let the barrel be about half full of this fluid, then let down your fresh eggs with a dish, tipping l 1t carefully so that the shells may not be cracked as they roll out. A board should be laid across the top of the. eggs, and little lime and salt kept on it will keep the fluid as strong at the top as at the bottom. do not think better recipe can be
 
 the bath as fresh as when they went in. Of course they must be kept im- merSed. -p-
 Soldiers Pay.-We are indebted to F. Staples, post quartermaster sergeant U. s. army, at Fort Sill, o. T., for the following correction of paragraph recently printed in this column: A private for the first and second year of his enlistment gets thirteen dollars a month; for the third year fourteen dollars. On his second enlistment, if he enlists with in ninety days, he gets fifteen dollars the first, sixteen the second and eighteen dollars the third year. His pay is again increased one dollar a month on the commencement of the eleventh, sixteenth, twenty-first and twenty-sixth year of continuous ser vice, so that his pay in the twenty sixth year is $22 a month.
 Miss NJ. F.-The souvenir coin you describe cannot possibly be of value unless you find somebody who wants it, and that is very doubtful. Coins dating back only ten or fifteen years are not rare.
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 R. E. Elf young man enlists in the navy under age and without the consent of his parents, serves one month, deserts and stays away two years, can he be arrested and taken back? If he desires to go back and his parents are willing, can he do so? And if so, would he have to pay his own fare? To whom should he write for instructions? a'- t-s ss,2 . A. It depends 6n What isIuhder- stood by under age" Minors of eighteen may enlist without the con- sent of parents. and are liable to arr rest and punishment for desertion. Under the circumstances I should say the government would take him wherever found if his enlistment were valid. If he were under age named his enlistment would not count on suitable representation to the navy department. The latter can be consulted.
 
 T. l.. L.-Applications for civil service examination for the railway mail service should be made directly to the Civil Service commission at Washington, who will furnish need ed particulars. Salaries are $500 to $1,400, believe.
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 R. D. H.-What and where is Pompey's Pillar? cannot find 1t in any cyclopedia. Is it art, or nat ural?
 A. It is a corinthian column of beautifully polished red granite at Alexandria, standing on pedestal or foundation of masonry. The total height is about 99 feet, of which the shaft measures 13 and the capital 1sIa feet. An inscription shows that 1t was erected in the year BOP in honor of Diocletian. whose statue stood on the summit. There is no reason for the name.
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 A. T. S.-What day of the week was December 1. 1868? t2D What period of the moon is light moon. and what is dark moon?
 A. Wednesday. (2D A contrac- tion of Tight of the moon" and dark of the moon." The latter means when it is not visible.
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 Operator.-Can a man of 22 learn And would you advise me to learn this, or to take up a homestead farm? [ have my own in- I struments and can operate very we'll now. Are there any good govern ment lands remaining in Wisconsin or Michigan? Can one get better in the United States or Canada? II the latter. in what | state?
 A. It is impossible to advise a young man whose tastes and habits I am entirely unecquainted with: I better choose that which you think will be congenIsl for a life work. . Your age is not against you as to telegraphy. There are a few thousand acres of public lands in Michigan and Wisconsin. but of their value am not informed. Prob . ably it would be better to so fur ther west. Northwest Canada is land on very favorable terms.
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 H.C. T-Is there land in Indian Territory that can yet be entered as a homestead. and what are the terms- t2D What is the leading marariue in New York. and its price