Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-28

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 J.D. S.-Any art store will supply you.
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 D. B. J.-For analysis of well wa ter apply to the board of health.
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 x. Y. Z.-Your coin Is not rare. A cent with a hole in it is worthless.
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 Mrs S. G.-The horoscope for De- cember 16 is not easy to become ac- quainted with, bold and fearless, &C., tive, have great fidelity in love re- lations. ......
 G. G. F.--Callous places on the bottom of the feet may be kept in check by bathing the feet in hot salt water and then rubbing the callous places with piece of pumice stone.
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 w. W.-Whence comes the saying |" As mad as march hatter?'
 A. The reference is not to a hat maker, but to snake, the viper or adder, for which the Anglo-Saxon name is ''atter."
 T. P. Ills there any record of each confederate soldier to be had? CD What is the value of Colum- bian half dollar, and dime of 1853? A. There is not. (2) 51 cents and ten cents respectively.
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 H. F. C.-Please state the ad- dresses of John Burroughs and Er- nest Thompson Seton?
 A. MT Burroughs resides at West Park, N. Y. MT Seton may be ad- dressed at so West 40th street, New York, or Wyndygoul, Cos Cob, Conn.
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 N. E. S.-Who is entitled to the name Father of the American Navy?
 A. It is mooted question. Both John Paul Jones and John Barry have their partisans, and both won great naval honors, Friends of the latter claim that he is the real father of the navy.
 c. H.-What system if any, is used in naming vessels of the navy?
 A. To the ships of the first class are given names of the states, to those of the second class names of principal rivers or cities, and the names of vessels of the third class are chosen by the president
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 A. D. N.-Please print recipe for peanut butter?
 A. Shell and skin freshly roasted peanuts and pound or grind them to fine powder Mix to smooth paste with half as much butter as you have peanut powder. If the butter is rather fresh, add little salt.
 N. NJ. H.-Can you tell me of a good way to clean furs?
 A. Corn meal is the best medium for the purpose. Put quantity in a deep pan and heat it very hot in an oven. Wash the furs in it as if it were soap suds, Keep the meal hot all the time. and when cleaned shake them well.
 T. S. C,-What is the oldest paper published in the United States? CD who was the oldest president? (3) What is the horoscope of one born May 16?
 A. The Maryland Gazette, An napolis, was established in 1745. t2) w. H. Harrison, being 6S. t3) Strong likes and dislikes, good mem ory, strong mentally and physically J. A. B.-How are so-called invisi- ble inks made? A. Solutions of lead acetate make no visible trail upon paper, but ex- posture to stipulated hydrogen forms sulphate of lead, which is visible h. visible writing in cobalt nitrate so- lution turns blue if treated with oxalic acid. If the writing is done with cobalt chloride or nitro chlo- ride it will be invisible until heated when it becomes green or blue. AS the paper coels the writing fades. .. -?- Reader-Who discovered the tele- graph and telephone and when; also wireless telegraphy? Has wireless telephony been discovered and by whom?
 A. Telegraphy was invented by Samuel F. B. Morse in 1885. Alex ander Graham Bell exhibited the tel ephone in 1876. Wireless telegraphy was first experimented with by Hein- rich Mertz in 1895 and communiea- tion was established across the Eng fish channel in 1899. Wireless tele- phony is yet in it's initial stages of development.
 -?-- Hafed-What is the object of the bureau of American republics? A. The international bureau oi American republics was established in 1890, by a conference at Washing | ton, for the purpose of maintaining closer relations between the repub' | lies of the western hemisphere. IT 1901 it's scope was widened by an. other conference. held in the city oi Mexico The bureau is governed bS | <1f ha ir,lr aoff fs