Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-08

one persons opinion is as good al
another's.
| Il. G. F.-How can | get an ap.
pointment to the Annapolis naval
school?
A. Appointments are made by
senators and representatives in con-
gress, as result of examinations
publicly advertised as rule. You
can make your wish known to your
representative. The president has
the power of appointment also, but
his nominees are usually the sons
of distinguished naval officers.
J. T. D.-Please tell me how long
land mortgage that is registered in
good? Does it ever run out? (2) What
is the horoscope and birthstone Of one
born August 20.
A. A mortgage is given to secure
the payment of note or obligation.
Your letter does not say where you
live, therefore | cannot say what the
law it. (2) The sardonyx is the birth
stone for August; easy going, rapidly
adapting ones self to almost any con-
dition in life; will bear trouble rather
than fight it.
w. M.-What is the whistling
bush, and where is it found?
A. It is species of acacia
which grows in Nubia and the Sou
dan. It's shoots are frequently dis
torted in shape by the agency of
larvae Of insects and swollen into a
globular bladder an inch or two in
diameter. After the insect has
emerged from a circular hole in the
side of the swelling the opening,
played u1on by the wind, becomes
a musical instrument suggesting a !
distant iIte. There is also whis-
Ting tree in the West Indies.
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w. n. E.-Please give me the name |
Of the members of the presidents
cabinet, and their states?
A. Elihu Root of New York, sec
'etary of state; George B. Cortelyou
If New York, secretary of the treas
Try; William H. Taft of Ohio. secre-
AIRY of war; James r. Garfield of
ohio, secretary of interior; Victor HI.
Ietcalf of California, secretary of the
lavy; James Wilson of Iowa, secre-
airy Of agriculture; George Won l..
lever OF Massachusetts, postmaster
eneral; Charles ]. Bonaparte Of Mary
and, attorney general: Oscar s.
trauss of New York, secretary of
ommerce and labor.
H. H. H.--What is the process of
tching?
A. An etching is made by melt
1g a coating of wax over zinc
late, then scratching the design in
AK, than pouring acid over the
late. The acid eats into the zinc
My where the wax is removed.
inally the wax is removed and the
tching Ia ready to be printed from.
dry point etching differs in that
lie design is scratched on dry
nc plate. The ink is spread on the
late and rubbed of except where O
lie lines are scratched, and heavy
ressure Is used in printing. The a
Vantage of the first process lies In
lie fact that errors in the lines can n
corrected. In the latter the lines
ade by the engraver are there to .
ay. -
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r. L. D.-When Columbus discover
America and started on his home /"
ard journey, and storm came on
ID he expected the wreck Of his ships. ),
wrote description Of his discov- :
les. sealed them in wax and threw
EN- overheard. Have they ever been :
und? 60 Where can | get q post :,
nd camera, and what will it cost: .
A. columbus's sketch was given to :,
ocean in wooden cask more than :.
ur hundred years ago In the ricin- =
: OF the Bahama isles. which were >,
{ peopled till something like hun m
ed and fifty years later. The cask .,
Is never seen again, as far as 81
own. The possibilities Of its being o,
md were, under the circumstan- q