The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-14

| Who is the author of
"Rocked in the cradle of the deep,
Hay nae down in peace to Sleep.
| ROCKVILLE. Ind w.
| Emma Willard. She died in 1870.
SILVER CERTIFICATES.
| To the Editor Of the indianapolis Jourrass
| Can any holder pf standard dollars send the
same to the United States Treasury or sub-treas-
I ury and receive for them silver certificates
[ No; the present administration has denied that
! right in New Orleans
| STANDARD MONEY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
| What is the standard money of Great Britain;
| and is silver a standard, the same as gold in
l every respects READER.
| KNIGHTsvnLE.
Gold and Bank of England notes; and for all
| transactions under Ell. silver.
TOM BALLARD
! To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
| Q.( Is Tom Ballard, the noted counterfeiter,
still in the Albany, N. Y. penitentiary, and how
long was he sentenced t. Where can sketch
| of his life be foundl BANK NOTE.
| Cry.
| L) Yes; seventeen years t2) We do not
know.
QUAKERS.
| 70 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
| Where does the name Quaker" applied to a
| member of the Society Of Friends, come fromg
MONTICELLO, Ind ANNA B.
| The name originally applied by Derby
shire iEnglandI magistrate because George Fox,
| the founder of the sect, admonished him to trem
| BILE at the name of the Lord.
I SALARIES OF sUB-TREAsuRERs.
| To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
| What are the salaries of the United States and
| the sub-treasurersa ".
I City.
The salaries are as follows Baltimore. 81 500;
Boston, $1,000; Chicago. $500; Cincinnati,
"a. 50O New York. $S, 900; New Orleans. 81 900;
Philadelphia. $4,000; st. Louis, 81 500 San Fran
cisco, s., 500; treasurer United States at Wash
| ington, sc, 00G
| To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal.
| What is the name of the largest pyramid. and
what is its sze2 SCHOOL GIRL.
Cry.
| Cheops, near Cairo. It is 1853 feet square,
thus covering space of nearly thirteen acres.
It's height is 4s0 feet. An estimate has been.
| made that it could not be built at the present
| day for less thar $3.50, 900, 900.
IN ENGLAND.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Jou rnaI:
Is silver a legaI-tender for United States
bonds held in England, if gold is demanded9
CARP. JOHN HUGHEs.
United States bonds are payable in the United
States. 1t has been the custom to pay insured
United States bonds in gold coin, but the right
to pay in coin of standard value of the date of
the issue of the bonds has never been contro-
verified.
LoGAN's BOOK. ETC.
70 Editor Of he fundamentals yourroy.
a. Is John A. Logan's Great Conspiracy" on
the market yet? f2) When and at what age did
Oliver p Morton diea f3.l When and at what
place was the first newspaper printed IN Indianag
MUNcIE, Ind Fl. O. OsIER
a. It is not. a. He was born Aug. 4.
1929 in the village of Salisbury, Wayne county,
Indiana. and died in Indianapolis Nov /, 1877.
(3.l The Western Sun, at Vincennes. about
1896
NOT DEAD BUT GENE BEFORE.
To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journsi:
Who is the author of the phrase mot dead
but gone beforep ii.
VERNON. Ind.
The poet Samuel Rogers It occurs in the
lines:
Those that he loved so long and sees no more.
Loved and still loves-not dead but gone before =
He gathers round him.
The expression is said to be literally from
Seneca.
NEWSPAPER QUESTIONS.
To tho Editor OF the Indianapolis Journals
IL Which is the oldest paper, Journal or
Sentinel2 e. Who is the Oldest printer in the
city now working at cases. t3) Whe is the old
est newspaper foreman in continuous service
Two COMPS
a. The Journal, in respect to having continu-
ously borne the same name The paper out of
which grew the Sentinel was founded before that
which was the forerunner of theJ Journal. (2l Cal
vim Frary. (3l E. H. Perkins, foreman of the
Indianapolis News.
INDIANA SOLDIERS.
TO the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
IL How many soldiers did Indiana furnish in
the late wari t. What was the number of the
last regiments SUBSCRIBER.
MACE. Ind
u) Nearly two hundred thousand, including
recruits to the regular army and negro regi-