New Britain herald., 1925-10-06
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can not be answered. All letters are standardization.
 Q. I have pet monkey. Can you give me some directions for housing and feeding It?
 A. Monkeys are natives of warm climate and cannot endure a low temperature: therefore they should be provided with heated quarters. at least during cold weather. If the animal is 10 be confined continually, the cage should not be less than four feet in each dimension. The cage should be entirely tight with only the front wired thus preventing draughts, which are fatal to these animals. The following is pre- scribed as a diet: Vegetables, raw or cooked; boiled rice, ripe fruit bananas, oranges, sweet apples: stale bread, occasionally a bit of well cooked chicken, fresh milk, to which raw egg has been added Water should be provided at all 1 times.
 Q. Are American consular off, cers allowed to act as administra- tors of the estates of deceased Americans leaving property within their Jurisdiction?
 A. They are so authorized if locs law permits.
 Q. What is the birth and death rate per thousand In the United States in 1928?
 A. The birth rate was PA per thousand; the death rate 12.4 per thousand.
 Q. How often is the word "Hell' used in the English Bible?
 A. Fifty-thrce times. Thirty-one times in the Old Testament to translate the Hebrew word "sheol;" and in the New Testa- ment, 10 times for the Greek "Hades," eleven times for "Gehen- na' and once for "Tartarus."
 Q. How could one secure a posi- tion as page in the senate or the United States house of representa- tives?
 A. The pages In these two bodies are appointed through the patronage of the senators and rep resentatives. Those in the house are paid about s99.oo per month for the lime congress is in session; those in the senate $1o3.00 per month for the same period. The age limit for pages is from 12 10 16 years. Your congressman or senator can give further particu- lars.
 Q. Where is the U. s. s. Ar kansas at present?
 A. It is now being modernized at the Philadelphia navy yard and will probably be there. for some months.
 Q. Is Harry Earles, inc diminu- tive star who plays in "The Cnholy Three" real midget?
 A. Yes.
 Q. Who discovered the vulcan izing process for rubber?
 A. Charles Goodyear. an unsuc- cessful merchant in about the year 1883 had been experimenting in the manufacture of rubber goods and was striving to find some pro cess which would obviate the de- fects of pure rubber and render 1t less susceptible to the influence of : heat and cold. He tried mixing 1t , with magnesium, with quicklime and water, and with nitric acid. It had been discovered in 1892. by 8 :. German chemist that by mixing dry sulphur with rubber it's stickiness ' was removed Hayward chemist of Massachusetts had also made a l discovery along this line. Goodyear ) acquired HayTard's patent and process. By accident one day Good 9 year dropped upon a hot stove l some of the mixture and found, tc r his astonishment, that the hea, { did not melt it. He next placed il ! in extreme cold, and its texture l still remained unchanged. Thus
 after years of patient experimenta' Q ton, the process of vulcanizinG n was accidentally discovered. |. Q. Is there any simple method t of removing water from oil? n A. There are several method, r but none of them are simple. One e Is to treat the mixture with super n heated steam in a specially design e cd receptacle, until samples show ' that the oil has been cleared. An
 other process Is to heat the mix
 ture and stir carefully. then filtel
 through fine linen cloth, into {
 wooden receptacle having twt s splgots,. one about an inch iron
 the bottom to draw off the water O and another four or five inchei 2 from the top to draw off the oil.
 Q. How long was Hans Wagnc t in the major baseball leagues anc
 what was his record during hi Q baseball career?
 A. Hans Wagner was in the ma
 for leagues for twenty-one yeare
 During that time he was credited
 with 720 stolen bases, battini average Of 1929 and fielding aver age of .944.
 U o. Is rubber conductor 0
 electricity?
 A. No. It Is a positive non.con - ductor.
 c. How many coal mines ar [, there in the United States and hoy
 many miners are employed in thes ,t mines?
 ,t A, There are around 14,00 bituminous coal mines In tn
 United States, of which there ar