Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-26

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 M, B, Wood alcohol may be made from saWdust,
 E. R. H. We do not retain address. es of questioners,
 L, M.-For information as to the automobile rules in Yellowstone national park write the interior de- partment, Washington. D. c. -u--.
 J, S.--Of what nationality was the ancestry of President Buchanan7
 A, His father emigrated to this 17S3.
 Drummer-fs there a tax on com- mercial travellers in the Province of Quebec?
 A. Not now. It was abolished last spring.
 F. E. B. Is Brittania metal mined
 Alt is an alloy of tin, antimony and copper, varying in composition but generally containing from 80 tc 90 per cent of tin. It is used for the manufacture of many articles for the table.
 P. w. R.-What is the birthstone and the horoscope of one born June 8?
 A. The birthstone for June is the moss agate. Restless, social, looking for change and excitement, but not ambitious.
 B. M. N.-What is the eastern boundary of Egypt now?
 A. The Red Sea and the Gulf of Abaka to the head of the latter arm of the sea, and thence a straight line almost parallel with the Gulf of Suez to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
 H. M.--What is the surest method of getting letter to the French gov ernment?
 A. Perhaps the surest way would be to send it, unsealed, to the Ameri- l can ambassador at Paris, with re- quest that he deliver it to the proper official.
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 W. G. K.-What is the cause and | what the remedy for a bump on a | horses face. midway between eyes and nose; it has been enlarged more | than year, and is running a little | now.
 A. Can some reader suggest an answer?
 Hattie-How are sweet pickles made?
 A. The standard for all sweet pickles. think, is three and half pounds of sugar. one pint of vinegar and seven pounds of fruit. Spicing is varied to suit the taste, and tiny bit of alum is added to keep the fruit firm.
 L. L.-Please print recipe for oys- ter cocktail? A. A few dashes of lemon juice in tumbler, a dash of tabasco sauce, a teaspoonful of vinegar, a few dashes tomato catsup, six blue point oysters with all their liquor; season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix and serve with spoon in the glass. S. c. As the English language spoken most correctly in Dublin or Boston?
 A. Comparison would not be fair | as the standard differs. Englishmen think the language as we speak it is incorrect. Among the educated people of Dublin the language spoken prob- ably adheres more closely to the { English of England than does that ' spoken in Boston. S Law-Under what conditions can I an officer arrest man without a f warrant? ! A. Generally the officer must see the man commit the offense for . which he is arrested or be near T. enough in time and space to be sure |, that the man is guilty of the offense, ', and fully persuaded that there will . be danger of his getting away if he o is not at once arrested.
 -p- |, B. J. L.-Is November a good time c to visit Atlantic City. and are there a indoor amusements there then? n A. It is a pleasant place to visit n at any season of the year, though as fl a resort it draws it's great crowds in O summer. There are amusements of J various sorts during the winter W concerts being given at the II larger hotels and on the piers, and tC there are theaters, skating rinks and o alleys.
 A. D.-what gives the aeur-de-lis st It's eminence among flowers? A. It is not the flower. but the 1T emblem of the kings of France, that q gives the f1eur-de-lis prominence It n was adopted as such about the year ll 12sO. Many fanciful explanations sl are given for its adoption. but none nl Is authoritative It Is maintained m by some that it represents a lily, to while others maintain that it repre- P' sents the head of a lance. ol
 al c. W. F.-When and by whom ~as the poem of Heloise written? ia A It was written by a German th ,oet. Hessler. in 1s1s- The romance hs ,f Abelard and Heloise. however, is pr lesrly a thousand years old Abelard th Dz-seF1- -h-zs-E-- -r-, 1f-,1 l.. |.