Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-16

-H- c. L. M. asks for a remedy for a "shoe boil'' on a horse. Can some reader send it?
 R. V. R.-It is stated nearly once a week in this column that foreign coins have no value here. -u- H. G. S.-Your copper cent has no value. The silver Scent piece of 1865 may be worth 25 to 60 cents.
 B. c. C.--August z, impulsive, lover of nature, unambitious, easily adapt himself to any condition ill life.
 w. N. O.-I have dime coined in 1902. What is it worth?
 A. From $2 to $4, if in perfect condition.
 F. G.-Copyright means that only the person owning it has any right to print or make use of the article in any way.
 s. J. L.-August 13, same as par agraph above. January 27, good na- tured, quiet and dignified, successful in dealing with people.
 T. MA la mode" means in the fashion.
 H. J.-Knowledge is never with out value. Of course it may cost more than it is worth.
 H. R.-What is the biggest run ever made in billiard match?
 A. George Sutton made the rec ord run of 232 points in a game at Chicago one night last week.
 A. E. W.-What day of the week was April 25, 1S44? CD Where can I get lives of General Marion and Josephine?
 A. Thursday. (2) do not know that any have Teen printed. Any bookseller can get literature relat- ing to either.
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 J. B. C.-Please tell me how to clean bronze ornaments.
 A. For bronze articles of house. hold use clean by washing first with soap and water. then after drying thoroughly apply furniture. cream and polish with soft duster. Al brush may be used for ornamental parts.
 Mrs B. M.-Please name the ad- dresses of John D. Rockefeller, Miss Helen Gould, Andrew Carnegie and Mrs Russell Sage.
 A. New York city is a sufficient address for such we'll known people. | Either of them have too many let 1 ters to pay any attention, or even see letters from strangers.
 S. P.-If my grandfather is living with his grandson, bearing the same l name, how can mail addressed to | one be distinguished from the other? | What title is grandson given in | such a case?
 A. There is no way to distinguish, of course. The janitor may ldd to his title, as B. B. Smith, Jr, or B. B. Smith, second.
 w. O. Els there a word in the English language which contains all the letters of the alphabet? Please name the word containing the great est number of letters?
 A. There is not. The longest word has been printed several times in this column: cabiitudinitatibus. It occurs in Costard's Loves Labor Lost" act Y, scene 1.
 L. C.-What kind of cement can use to stop leak in my aquari- lm?
 A. Take one gill of plaster of paris, one gill l!tharge, one gill fine white sand, one-third gill finely pow iered resin; mix we'll. When want ed for use mix in small quantities with boiled linseed oil and dryers, until as thick as putty.
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 Jaques.-How was the Greek Catholic church started? A. By the communication of he patriarchs of Constantinople and Alexandria by Felix II, the bishop ,f Rome, in 4S2, because they were in publishing a creed known as the "Henoticon," which , vas promulgated by Emperor Zeno, n which disputed articles of church , councils were avoided.
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 Lee.-How are magnets made. [ md how are they charged so they ( gill draw metals?
 A. The lodestone is a natural 1 and is not made. Soft iron nay be magnetized by contact with | magnet A magnet may be made I y passing a current of electricity trough a wire wound about the par [ If iron to be magnetized; this is alled an electro-magnet
 -o- tC c. L. Ills the population of t Louis greater than that of Bos- , on? A. According to the last census E [ is. St Louis had in 1900. SERBS ,eOple, while Boston had 5sO.Ss2 But Boston has Q very large subur- an population. which St Lotus has lot Within twelve miles of the city [ all in Boston there is a population f a million and a quarter