The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-25
QUERIES AND W

QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
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IAN proper questions of general interest will be ad-
mltted to this column, and answered. il possible.
Ii the answers cannot be given the questions will he
printed to invite replies from the outside. The column
Is Tor the mutual pleasure and profit of our readers
PLURALITIEs.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal.
Please give Blaine's p~luralities in the States he ca,.
ried, by States, and also Cleveland's in the States car.
~ Ny, y a j. W. WILSON.
| Here is the vote given for the two candidates..
Alabama. Blaine, SO, 59l. Cleveland, 90. 95l: Ar.
kansas, B., so, 895, c., 70, 927; California. B, TO2..
4l6 O.. SO, 2SS: Colorado. B.. Sc, 800, c., 81, 72s;
II, 1851, c.. 16. 964; Florida. b., 2s.031, c., 81, 766;
Georgia, B., 4s. 6O3, C., 94,667; Illinois. B.. 3s7.--
Ala, c., 3l2, 355; Indiana, B.. 23S, Aga. c., 244, 800;
Iowa. B., 1877. Os9. c., III, SIC; Kansas, B.. 1874
4o6, G.. 80. 1872; Kentucky, b.. lis. 122. c., 1872
72.2O9, G., So, lao; Maryland, b.. So, 699. c., o.
932; Massachusetts, B.. 146, 724, c., 1922
Minnesota, B.. III. 92s. c. 7o,l44; Mississippi,
235, 9Ss; Nebraska. b, &c. 912. C. 81 39l; Nevada,
B., 1888, c., 5.578; New Hampshire, b.. 43 249.
@, 80 1873; New Jersey, b., 123. 44O, c.. 1877, 79S;
New York; B B.; ,e $50 Ooo, G, 563, 154; North Caro-
G., 36s. $50; Oregon. B.. &c. $50, c.. "a GOA; Penn.
sylvania. B., 473. sO4, c.. 1872, 1856: Rhode Island.
B., 19. 030. c., 1891; South Carolina, B., 81. 733..
c.. SO, $50; Tennessee, B.. 124. 078. c., 1873 25S:
| Texas, B.. SO. 141. c., 225, 800; Virginia. B.. 1870,
1856, c., las. 497; West Virginia. B., SO, O96, G..
1917; Wisconsin. B., 161. l57, c., LAG 459.
Blaine's total vote. 4,S51, 9Si; Cleveland's total
vote, 4. 874, 986.
TEETH TRANSFORMING
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal.
Has the process of transplanting teeth ever been
successfully performed in this countryl If so, where
and when? A. w q.
FOWLER. Ind.
We understand it has, several times. In this
city teeth have been removed and replaced in
the sockets from which they were taken, and af-
forwards became firmly fixed in the alveolar
process. 1t is, however, a very delicate opera
ton. An indianapolis dentist a few years ago,
as a novel experiment., transplanted teeth to the
comb of a cock. They fastened themselves to
the caruncle and remained there.
THE MIKADo."
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Can you give me the date of the first production of
The Mikado" at the Savoy Theater, Londona
JIM. B.
The first production of that opera in the
United States was by the Sidney Rosenfeld Com
pany, in Chicago, early in August, 1884. We
have no exact data, but think it was given at the
Savoy about two months previous to that time.
THE DIFFERENCE.
10 the Editor of the indianapolis Journal.
VIII you please answer the following in to-moProW'S
Journal: What is the difference between a Republican
and Democrat, as applied to the two political parties Of
the present dayl x.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. "a.
Ask the New York mugwumps, who have tried
both.
MoNsIGNoR oAPEL.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
You may say in your Queries and Answers
for the Information of the curious that Monsig-
nor Capels name. considering his calling. is pc
culiarly appropriate. Capel, in Welsh local
names, signifies chapel"
BRAZIL. OWEN GLENDwYR
FLANNEL.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
have seen the word "dannen, +" for flannel, in an oil
book. Was that spelling ever correct! MYRA.
City.
Flannel was originally written and pronounced
'taannen." The name is derived from the Welsh
"gwlanen," meaning WOOL
STATE OF FRANKLIN.
To the Editor OF the INDIANAPOLIS Journal:
To decide a bet, was there ever a State called
Franklin in the United States? MEMO.
ANDERSON.
About December. 1874, the State of Franklin,
or Frankland, was organized by the western
counties of North Carolina; it was given up in
1888.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Jou rnaI:
What are Gamers, usedin caper sauce9 x.
4HCS dEc hob OcETloS. 10 IL OuuulOuly tuOukHb,
but the unopened buds of a plant called the caper
bush. They are principally importedfrom Sicily,
Italy and Southern France.
KISS AND MAKE 1T WELL.
To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journals:
In what does this nursery remedy have its origins
KATIE.
It has been instanced as an almost universal
custom among barbarous nations for sorcerers to
pretend to cure internal and other diseases by
kissing and sucking the part affected.
C~LEvELAND'S VOTE.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Please give the number of votes Cleveland received
for Governor of New York. w. {. CRAZY.
SULLIVAN, Ind.
Cleveland, 535, 3lS; Folger, 342. AGA.
KITH AMI KIN.
To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
Please tell the meaning of 'kith and kin" B. B.
Kith is from the Anglo Saxon, and means ae-
quaintance; kin, or kinsman, a relative; kith and
kin, friends and relatives.
THE GREEK SLAVE.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Where is Hiram Powers's celebrated statue of the
Greek Slaye. s.
Several copies came from the artists studio.
One is In the Corcoran Gallery at Washington.
SCRAP-BooK.
TO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journals
Why is a scrap-book SO called? SCHooLBoY.
CITY.
1t shouldn't be. 1t is more properly a scrip
book, but it is too late to reform the term now.
COHORT.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
How many men go to make a cohorti TT. :
A cohort in the Roman army was the tenth
Of a legion, or from 500 to 600 men.
THE CITY In BRIEF.
Twenty-eight deaths occurred in the city the
past week.