Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-20

M. E. C.-What day of the week was August 31. 1880?
 A. Tuesday.
 R. w. C.-How long did Alexander the great reign as king of Macedon- ia?
 A. He ascended the throne in his twenty-flrst year and died at the age of thirty-two.
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 What was the amount of money paid by France to Germany as the result of the Franco-Prussian war?
 A. Five milliards of francs. equal to about one thousand million dcl- lars in our money.
 J. P. B.-Will you please print the time and place of the surrender of all the different confederate com mands?
 A. You will have to consult a his tory of the civil war.
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 L. A. C.-Your five cent pieces of 1883 are worth six cents; your ten cent piece of 1920 from 12 to Is cents, and your copper cent of 1912 from to 25 cents, according to con- dition. The cent of 1850 is not rare. H. E. L.-Has Tennessee build ing or exhibit at Jamestown? (2) Has the supreme court ever declared the dog to be property? A. Yes. (2) Probably not; why should it declare such self-evident fact?
 Please give me the New York ad- dress of Mrs Russell Sage, and also that of F. F. Ayres? A. Mrs Sage resides at 6S2 Fifth avenue. The address of Frederick Tanning Aver, lawyer and manager of the Aver medical concern, is the Mills building, New York. -
 l.. H. B.-Please settle a dispute about the Fourth of July being a national holiday?
 A. There are no national holi- days. congress having no power to create them. The Fourth of July is national only in the sense that 1t is celebrated in all of the states and territories.
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 E. A. S.-Is there a paper mill anywhere In the south? CD Is not the timber known as tupelo gum good wood for the manufacture of paper?
 A. Certainly, many of them Look in directory. (2) The pop lar tree is one of the best woods for pulp. I am not informed as to tht tupelo.
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 c. W.-Is it true that ashes may be used as fuel when mixed with a chemical preparation and some coal? If so will you print the formula? (2) Is there any way of removing stains on wall paper made by water
 A. Experiments are being made along that line, but nothing practi. cal has yet been made public. (2) There is no way. | -p-
 A. B. C.-What was the national. ity of Hendrick Hudson, the navi. ! gator?
 A. The date and place of his birth are not in evidence. He is general. ly called an English navigator. He sailed from London in 1907 in a small vessel to discover the north west passage, and two years later i discovered the Hudson river.
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 E. H. ,T.-Where can 1 get em' ployment in a piano factory where I can learn to repair and tune pi. amos? (2) What is my horoscope born March I?
 A. Apply to the superintendent at any piano factory. (2) Restless affable, kind, honorable, tendency toward despondency. capable oi filling position of responsibility and trust. I
 J. A. Gro whom must one ap' ply for copyright on a blank book and what is the cost?
 A. Send a printed or typewriter copy of the title with fifty cents tc 1 the Librarian of congress. Washing | ton. On or before the day of publi. ] cation two copies of the book must &o 4Az aAArora ni course. a book must be original tc be copyrighted.
 c. NJ. E.-Please print the names of the presidents of the following colleges:
 k A. Mount holyoke college. Mar, E. Woolley; Smith, L. Clark Seelyei yassar, James M. Taylor; Bryr Mawr. NJ. c. Thomas; Wells, c. NJ Ward; Dartmouth, William J. Tuck CT; Boston university. W. E. Hunt ington; Brown university, w. H. P Faunce: Institute of Technology. Ar thur Amos Moves (acting); Univer sity of Maine. Benjamin Flint Gould
 Out of Town-A says that priol to the outbreak of the Russo-Japan csc war Russia had entered into { treaty agreeing to remain out o Manehuria; B says no such treatl was In existence; who Is right, What was the cause of the war;
 A. B s right On the other hand Russia had treaty rights in Man churia. granted by China. Japan de manded that Russia evacuate Man churia and give up these i treatl