The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-21


Of cloth9 IaNoRANoE.
CRY.
The warp consists of the longitudinal threads;
the wool is composed of those running across
from selvage to selvage.
THE FITTEsr PLACE TO DIE.
20 the Editor of the indianapolis Journal
Can you give me Michael j. Barry's lines
Rhich speak of the fttest place to DIET
Cry. You've FRESHMAN.
But whether on the scaffold high
Or in the battles van,
The fittest place where man can die
Is where he dies for man!
woMAN's HEART MIRROR
To the Editor of the Indianapolis journal.
What is the proverb about q woman's heart
being mirrors MIsANTHRoPE.
CRY.
'SThe heart of woman Is a real mirror which
reflects every object without attaching itself to
any 1t is from the French.
MARINE EXISTENCE.
70 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journals
Who was the author of
"A life ON the ocean wave!
home on the rolling deep,
Where the scattered waters rave
And the winds their revels keep"
GREENcAsTLE J.sa
Epes Sargent
ROTTEN ROW.
How does the fashionable ride in Hyde Park
come to have the name of Rotten Row as, of
course, it was named long before Sir Charles
Dixie and the present nobility? Q.
PERU Ind.
The name is supposed to be corruption of the
French phrase, ''route du Roi," the Kings road.
TALLEYRAND.
10 the Editor OF the indianapolis Journals
Who was the author of the expression, Speech
WAS given to man to conceal thought" E.
ARCADIA, Ind.
Harel ascribed it to Talleyrand. but is believed
70 have himself been the author, though the
phrase had been employed before him. It fitted
1alleyrand, who was the prince of diplomates.
THE EXECUTIVE POWER
20 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
III Does any State in the United States now
elect her Governor by the Legislature7 ~
What person or body of persons exercised the
executive power under the Articles of Confeder
alton in this country? STUDENT.
CRY.
81 No. (2) The Congress of the United
States.
THE MORTON MONUMENT.
60 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
What did the Morton monument COST 9
How much, if any, did the government give2 g.
How much did the State of Indiana give? a. Of
what material is it madea JOHN G. DUNN.
ATLANTA, Ind -
L About $15, 900 was collected. 2. Nothing
3 Nothing. 4. The base is of stone, the statue
Of bronze.
NATURALIST.
70 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journat
Who was the first great naturalist
Cry. STUDENT.
Solomon, who spoke of trees, from the cedar
tree that was in Lebanon even unto the hyssop
that springeth out of the wall; he spoke also of
beasts. and of fowl and Of creeping things, and
of fishes II Kings iv, 49, Job was the earliest
authority on astronomy.
SHORTHAND
20 the Editor OF the indianapolis Journals:
Please state how many different systems Of
Shorthand writing now in useY Which of
the systems is the bestg Which system is mostly
used by the practical reporters SUBSCRIBER
FRANKLIN, Ind.
There are at least dozen different systems
an this city nearly all the court reporters the
Graham system. There is no great difference
between that and the Pittman.
WARDEN PIE.
10 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal.
The Ingoldsby Legends speak of warden
pie What is a Warden pie2 JEFF.
KoKoMo.
This pie. which is often mentioned in old
books, was made of large baking pears These
pears are still called "Wardens" in England.
The Warden pears were so named from the Alb
hey of Warden, the monks Of which cultivated
them.
PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS.
10 tho Editor of the Indianapolis Jou rnar
When the President of the United States
perves two terms. Is 1t considered as one. or as
two administrations READER.
C0vINGToN, Ind.
Each term of four years, or each change of q
President tcaused by death in ofice) is consid-
bred an administration We speak of President
Grants second term as his second administra
kion and of President Johnson's term Of nearly
tOur years as Johnson's administration.
THE HARE BELLS RING.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal.
1T you can, please give me the quotation from
1elands poem which contains the line about the
aFirst young hars-bell" HIGH SCHOOL GIRL.
CITY.
1t is from his poem on spring.
up rose the wild old winter king.
And shook his beard Of snow;
hear the first young harebell ring,
"Tis time for me to go!
Eorthward o err the icy rocks,
Northward Ger the sea,
My daughter comes with sunny locks
This lands too warm for met
BOYCOTT.
70 the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
Where and when did the word boycott orig
mattel A SUBSCRIBER
MARION Ind.
AT Tough Mask. County Mayo Ireland. in
1880 The term comes from Capt. G. G. Boy
s0tt cruel and tyrannical landlord, and the
hame boycott was applied to the deserved retri-
eutioe that overlook him. They boycotted him.
Peasants, who had to live on the miserable pit
Aance Of few shilings a week. dianlayed the