Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-21
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 w. II. R.--Land can be sold fol unpaid taxes, no matter how 1t wa. acquired.
 B. o. D.-Knowing nothing of the character of the puzzle pictures you send, my guess as to titles would be of no value.
 New Home.-What is the meaning of the displacement of a ship in tons?
 A. Its weight. It displaces that amountof water.
 o. O.-What is the area of the Yellowstone National park?
 A. It contains S,312 square miles or 2,119,6S0 acres. M. A. M.-Your half dollar of 1877 is worth fifty-one cents if in good l condition. The others are not rare. Foreign coins are of no value here ] except as bullion. ' Rose.-Write the gentleman in care of the manager oI the Atlanta l baseball club. You should be proud, independent, talkative and competent to bear large responsibilities. -p--
 K. l.. O.-I regret my inability to advise as to what breed of hogs would be most profitable for local- tty have never seen. Better advise with stockgrowers in that section. --p- D. A. C.-Please advise me as to firms wanting valuable pearls, or have them write to me; I have some pretty ones?
 A. Show your pearls to a manu- featuring jeweler.
 w. A.-If the article you desire a patent on is simple one you can make application without employing a lawyer. Write to the commissioner of patents, Washington, for blanks and directions how to proceed. A patent costs thirty-five dollars.
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 A. N.-Has a woman been made an officer in the United States army?
 A. Dr Anita Newcomb McGee, d daughter of Professor Simon New comb, was distinguished during the Spanish war by receiving com- mission with the rank of first lieu tenant in the army as surgeon.
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 Nameless.-Please print recipe for soda pop? CD Also tell how to re- move red engine oil from a tin can!
 A. A recipe without the apparatus for making pop drinks would be worthless, and you don't want to buy the apparatus till you know how to use 1t. (2) There are any quantity of securing articles to be used in connection with hot water.
 L. E.-What is the meaning of "Kismet?"
 A. Kismet is an Arabic word meaning fate or destiny. For in- stance. if any misfortune happens to a Mohammedan he bows his head and says 'Kismet"-it was fate! philosophically accepting it as some thing which had been destined to happen and could not be avoided.
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 P. C.-What did the capitol buiid- ing and the congressional library building cost at Washington?
 A. The central section of the capitol was completed in 1927. With its furnishings and extensions in subsequent years it is estimated that the total cost of the national capitol has been $30,000,000. The ron- gressional library was completed in 1897 at a cost of s6,3O0,0O0.
 M. R.-By what process is kero- sene oil made?
 A. It is secured from crude petro- leum by distillation. A common form of still is horizontal iron cylinder 30 feet long by 12ls feet in diameter and holding from 600 to TOO barrels of the crude oil. Above this are dome and vapor pipe. Under increas- ing temperature, oils pass of in the order of their volatility. After gaso- lines and napthas come the illumin- ating oils, followed by 1ubricating oils, till little Is left but tar.
 B.-My pantry is overrun with large black ants. Can you tell me | sure method to get rid of them?
 A. Take tin pie plate, cover the bottom and sides thickly with lard and place it in the pantry, with short stick for permitting the ants to climb up on the plate. In a short time the plate will be covered with ants, as they will forsake even sugar Tor lard. When the plate is we'll covered turn 1t upside down over the hole of a hot stove and the melted lard will destroy all the ants in this trap.
 Ned.-How is iron or steel welded (21 How is there gain over the ordinary process? A. The two pieces are firmly helt insulated from each other. and being brought into perfect contact, are made the terminals of an electric cur -entof tremendous volume, though of mall voltage. At the flow of the cur -ent of tremendous volume, though of