Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-11

l Atwood.-I am told the time t, bark trees to kill them is in the au tumn.
 ! F. s, C,-Your silver three cen piece of 1851 is worth five cents il in prime condition.
 -q- l E. B. W.-Your 1853 half dollar If without arrows at date or rays or the eagle, is worth $2O to $50. 9th. erwise it has no premium. -p-- B. F. E.-Please give me the office address of Professor R. Hicks, the weather prophet? A.-St Louis, Mo, care of Weed and Work.
 Blank.-To settle dispute, please say if there is a driveway on the big railroad bridge across the Mississippi river at Memphis? A.--There is. J. T. MI am not inormed as to the Greek Indian appropriation. You can write Merrill E. Gates, Washing ton, D. C., secretary of the board of Indian commissioners. G. w. O'H.-Several readers have replied to your question how to get The Emphatic Diaglott, by saying it is published by the Watch Tower Bi- ble and Tract society, Bible house, Arch street, Allegheny, Pa.
 A. G. P.-Please interpret /, these words: Antonius Hieronomus Amati Cremonen Andre fiji TIT? A.-The second word is a puzzle. Quitting this, read Antony Amati, Getty of) Cremona, son of Andrew, l1717.
 H. H. K.--Why is Turkey some times called the Sick Man of the East?.
 A.-An allusion to it's decaying condition, first used by Car Nicho- las of Russia in conversation with British Ambassador Seymour. V
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 J. E.-One born January 16 should be proud, independent, versatile, natural head of large corporations; May 19, strong likes and dislikes, good memory, great endurance, fond of the opposite sex and apt to be jealous; December 19, see answer to L. w. F., above.
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 L. A. J.-Does the Bible tell of Solomon distinguishing boys from girls by the way they wash their hands? If so, in what chapter.
 A.-An excellent way to find out would be to take Bible and read the book of Solomon. It would not De time wasted, you may be sure.
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 W. N. C.-Did the Romans ever practice immersion as water bap- tism?
 Alt cannot be stated positively. but probably not. During the Ro- man era the Christians were perse- cuted relentlessly and generally met in secret. Under these circumstances immersion would have been difficult.
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 H. P. VI have received bear and deer hides from a friend in the west and desire to know how to tan or soften them?
 Ali you place any value on the hides take them to a tannery. Recipes for tanning are plenty, but experience is necessary to do the work properly, to say nothing of the 
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 What Is a mongoos?
 A.--An animal common in India, easily domesticated and kept in many houses to rid them of reptiles and other vermin. as rats, mice. etc. It has been said that 1t nectralizes the poison of snakes, which it fearlessly It is of a gray color, fecked with black, and about the size of cat.
 E. D.--Where can one have ore analysed and tested?
 A.-There are government assay offices in Philadelphia and New Or leans. There are mineralogists in most colleges. who would tell you charge the contents of ore. And there are assayers in any city whose names may be found by looking at a directory.
 J. C. S.-Please print recipe for a cheap ink?
 A.-Take dram of sulphate of copper, a quarter ounce of gum arabic. an ounce of copperas and four ounces each of nutgalls and extract