The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-18
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.

IAN proper questions of general interest will be ad-
mtted to this column and answered. if possible.
the answers cannot be given the questions will be
printed to invite replies from the outside The column
is for the mutual pleasure and profit of readersi
WHAT PARTY NOMINATED FREMONT AND DAYTON.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
Please say what party issued the call for the con-
vention which nominated Fremont and Dayton, in
1926, and styled the party Republican"
WESTFIELD. Ind AN INQUIRER.
The call for the national convention which was
held at Philadelphia, July IT, 1856. and nomi.
mated Fremont and Dayton, was addressed ito
the people of the United States, without regard
to past political differences or divisions who are
opposed to the repeal OF the Missouri Compro-
mise, to the policy of the present admnistra-
tioE to the extension of slavery into free terri
tory; in favor of admitting Kansas as a free
State; restoring the action of the federal govern
menJ to the principles of Washington and Jeffer-
son." The Free-soi party, the precursor of the
present Republican party, was born in the year
1848. The name Republican, applied to the
new party, began to come into use about 1854.
TABOO.
To tho Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
Isthe word taboo" proper ones tits In table
going about in the papers a word TO be avoided.
CITY, Oct II, 1885. X.
Taboo is word borrowed from the Polyn esian
islands. As used by them it means sacred. in
violable. holy. To declare a thing tabooed is to
shield 1t from profaDe and to dedicate 1t to holy
in a right sense. We find vegetarans taboo
ing the eating OF flesh, and teetotaers placing
fermented liquors under taboo with sublime
contempt for the meaning of the word
HUNG OR HANGEDa
To the Editor of the India ma polls JournaI:
Now that criminal executions by the ropeare coming
off, and some of them badly bungled, would like to
know whether the newspaper reporter spast partcips
hung is proper or thatof Lindley Murray hanged"
CITY QUESTIONED.
sion for the purpose of destroying life. Beef is
hung, gates are hung, and curtains are hung, but
murderers are hanged-or should be.
ORPHANS HOMES.
To the Editor or the Ihdiahapoiis journal:
Will you please tell me the names Of tho orphans
homes IN your city, and which is the that good
for children. SUBSCRIBER.
THoRNTowN
There arc three-the Indianapolis Orphans
Home, the Coored Orphans Home and the
German Orphans Home. Direct your inquiry
to either or ali of these institutions.
GoURMAND AND GOURMET
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
What are the meanings of these two wordsi see
them frequently in the newspapers. MARYJ.
The words French. A gournand is GUT
ton, greedy, heavy feeder; one who looks more
to the quantity than the quality of his food. A
gourmet. on the other hand is epicure deli
cate in the choice of his food and looking more
to quality than quantity
THE AGE OF EUGENE
To the Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
How old is Eugene. ex Empress of the Frenehi
GO.
Eugene Marie de Guzman, Countess OF Tebas
ex-Empress of the French was born in Spain,
on May B. 1926, and is, therefore, nearly sixty
years old She was married to Napoleon III or
Jan. 30 1853. and has been a widow since 1873
EESa
To the Editor OF the indianapolis Jon rnal;
What is the meaning of the adfx ness applied to
promontores off the English and Scotch coasts
Tt is from the Anglo-Saxon term ''huese" nosa
In France it is nee as in Grisnea (.'Grayn y
DEMAGoGY
To the Ed,ror of the indianapolis Journal.
Is there such a word as dem agogueryf SnAs.
Not in the dictionary. The word is dema-
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