Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-27

 to build locomotive engines with smooth wheels or cogged?
 A. The early inventions in this line were accompanied by rackwork rails of toothed wheels. It is said that the first application of the steam engine to locomotion on land was suggested by Robinson in 1759, but it was not till 1913 that it was dis covered that adhesion between smooth wheels and smooth rails was suffi- cient.
 P. J. M.-Please print sketch of James s. Sherman, republican candi- date for vice-president?
 A. He was born in Utica, N. Y.,- in 1855, graduated from Hamilton college and began the practice of law. He early took great interest in poli- tics and was chairman of the republi- can state conventions in 1895 and 1900. He was first elected to con- gress in 1887, and has served twenty years in that body since then. He is most likeable and his friends call him Sunny Jim
 D. B. C.-What is the origin and significance of Flag day."
 A. The originator was George Balch, who was in charge of a free kindergarten for the poor in New York city, in 1889. It occurs on June IA. the day on which, in TIT, con- gress by resolution described what lne nag of the united States should be. MT Balch's idea struck popula chord and was soon incorporated into the laws of New York, which pre- scribe the method of it's observance in the schools.
 Student-Is it possible to say posi- lively from which one of Noah's sons the Mongolians sprang?
 A. It is not-some ethnologists assert, however, that the Mongolians from earliest history were a nomad race, of mixed stock, and distinct from the Aryans proper and also dis tinct from the Shemites and Hamites. The presumption would seem to favor their Japhetic origin, but even this cannot be positively affirmed. Shem had five sons, the descendants of only two of whom are recorded, so it is possible that the Mongols have a claim to Shemite extraction at least.
 A. N. B.-Please give rule or form by which ones age, the number of brothers and sisters, may be deter mined by using figures-one column telling the number of sisters, another the number of brothers and the third the age?
 A. l doubt if there is any such form. The age of a person and month of birth may be determined by directing the one to put down the number of the month of his birth CJanuary counting as one, February as ?, etc) and multiply by 2, then add 5, then multiply by 50,, then add the present age in years. and then subtract 365. Then ask him to state the result. and point of the last two figures. which will represent the years of age. add 115 and the left hand figure will represent the mont, of his birth. For instance, if the re- suit is 6.24, his age is 24 years and he was born in June.
 D. B. 0.-Please advise me how to make blackberry wine? How much spirits is required to keep it from spelling? (2t Also how to keep cu- cumbers in vinegar. as they get soft in brine and are not if for use?
 A. Cover blackberries with csld water, crush with a wooden masher. let stand 2i hours and strain, and to one gallon of juice put three pounds of brown sugar. Put in wide mouthed jars for several days. carefully skim ming of the scum that will rise, then skim again and pour through a fun mel into your cask. Then let 1t r. main till March. and strain and bottle. These directions care fully followed out will insure you excellent wine. This recipe is taken from the White House Cook Book. Nothing is said of spirits. (2l When cucumbers are taken from the vines wash and put in a frkin or half bar rel alternate layers of cucumbers and rock salt and cover with salt. Put on a weight to keep the cucumbers un-