Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-27


 E. N. M.-Wooden clocks were first made in this country sometime in 1790 by Eli Terry.
 H. T. H-You are misinformed as to there being anybody who offers a premium for coins of recent dates.
 Mcdonald and Others.-Write de- partment of the interior, Washing ton, as to details of Indian land sales
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 J. P.-The last surviving veteran of the war of 1872, Hiram Cronk of Ava, N. Y, May IS, 1905, at the age of 1O5.
 w. A. N. and J. L. S.-The half dollar of 1927 is not rare. Modern coins do not pass for more than their face value.
 Hurry-Mails for the Sandwich Islands are dispatched from San Francisco about twice a week, and the trip occupies about seven days.
 M. J. CA man dies, leaving a will which leaves none of the prop erty to children. Can they get any of it ?
 A. Generally speaking. they can successfully contest the will.
 c. E. W.-When did the Johns- town flood occur :? CD At what date did Mount Pelee cause such loss of life ? (3) When was Galveston de- stroyed by tidal wave ?
 A May 31, 1899. CD May 8, 1902. (3) September 8, 1900.
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 J. A.-Please name some of the most ancient monuments in Vest minister Abbey |?
 A. The Abbey is world famous as the chief burial place of Great Britafn's distinguished men. but com paratively few of the monuments are artistically interesting. There is superb monument of Henry VII.
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 M. NJ. L.-Where did President Monroe die, and where is he buried?
 A. In New York city July 4, 1881. He was buried in Marble cemetery, between First and Second avenues on Second street. On the tooth an- niversary of his birth, April 2S, 1858, his remains were exhumed and rein tered in Hollywood cemetery, Rich- mond, Va. .G -
 D. c. M.-Has the New York sub way been completed. and if so what are its dimensions and cost l?
 A. It was opened October 27, year ago, the work of construction having occupied four and a half miles of viaduct. four miles of tun- nel and over eleven miles of sub way proper. The cost was about $40,000,000.
 c. L.-Please inform me how a diamond in its rough state looks, as color. brilliancy, etc, and the kind of stone they run with?
 A. They are usually found asso- ciated with peculiar rock of un- equivocal volcanic origin. In the rough the diamond looks something like rock crystal, and has a dull me- tallic lustre.
 Disputer-When, where and how did Colonel Robert G. lngersoll die |? Did he recant on his deathbed ?
 A. He died July 21. 1899, at his country home on the Hudson river, after an illness of few days. am not aware that there is any authority for saying that he repudiated the agnostic views he held, or claimed to hold, all his life.
 r. II. C.-What animal and vegetable life Is found in the Death Valley. recently referred to in this ?
 A. Animal life is confined mostly | to a few species of desert animals and | reptiles. such as snakes. lizards and toads. but blackbirds have been seen there. A growth of tall coarse grass Is found fin the salt marsh fin the northern section. and the slopes east and west have a sparse vegetation of | cacti and desert shrubs. The salty | bottom of the valley is destitute of | vegetation.
 w. B.-Please describe the meth | Ods by which the Indians worked the | Hint for their axes. arrowheads. etc.
 A. The making of stone imple- ments is supposed to have been the | work which first separated primitive | man from the rest of the animal | world Tn the South Sea Islands the | natives have been watched in the | act Of constructing old stone impIe- ments. and the process is quite dif- I fereat from what might have been The savage takes a small | block of flint between his naked feet. and. pressing II into a desired posi- iion with his toes. drops upon it end wise long Pes'le Of wood in such way as to Epall of splinter from the tide. This is repeated until by care iul chipping the arrowhead. or what aver it is. Is broken into shape. Doubtless this simple process has been pracfioed with slight modifica- lions by all the savage tribes of the sarfh. IH course of time primitive man discovered that by attrifion or rubbing he could reduce his tools to ] pattern more nearly approximating 'e tHs ideal forms which he had in his mind