The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-07
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
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Bayard Taylor.
BOOK PUBLISHERS.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Who are the principal book publishers in
indianapolis. JOHNNIE b.
WABASH, Ind.
Carbon 6 Hollenbeck, Robert Douglass. and
the Bowen Merrill Company.
ADAH IsAACs MENKEN.
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
Can you inform me, through columns OF next
Adah lsaacs Menken's workf ". X
PERRYsytLLE.
Address some Indianapolis book house.
HE CAN VOTE.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
Is Senator Sherman entitled to vote while act
ing as president of the Senate2 d. s.
SIMS, Ind.
He was elected a Senator, and can vote on al
questions before the Senate.
A WELL WORN QUOTATION.
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Jou rnal:
To decide a dispute, was not Alexander Pope
the author of
20 for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless c~ontiguity of shade"
Cry. G. II. n
No; Cowper.
POOR RICHARDS ALMANAC.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis journal.
Where can / fnd the book entitled "Poor
Richards Almanac" written by Benjamin
Franklin? GEO. O. BALLARn
SMITHS VALLEY. Ind.
The Bowen Merrill Company. book dealers, ea
this city, can get it for you.
CORPORAL ANNER
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
viii you please give through the Journal the
- AAH~.-4--l T----- - Als-- -
who has read the Daily Journal for fifteen yearss
SPENCER. Ind. SOLDIER
He lives in Brooklyn. N. Y. letter addressed
to Corporal Tanner a tthat city would reach him.
FOREVER.
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
Will you please let us know through the col
umns of your paper the Hungarian word mean
ing 'forever?" @. I.
HoT SPRINGS. Ark.
We cannot find the information in any diction-
ary, and the only Hungarian we know has for.
gotten his native tongue.
GRAIN-DEALERs.
70 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Please give me the names of some grain firms
in indianapolis. ONE INTERESTED.
HARTSvILLE, Ind.
There are about thirty firms. amoag which ara
J. A. Closer 8 Co., r. S. Foster & Co., r. p.
IuSu % TO-. W1llAm CCObG O. To-, MuLCuuSE o.
Thomson, Wilson & Boyd. etc.
INDIANA ARTISTS.
To The Editor OF the Indianapolis journal,
H. To whom should I write for information
concerning the Art School of indianapolis. f2l
Who are some of Indiana's best artists, and
where do they resideY s. A.
LIBERTY MILLS.
IL Mary Dean, Indianapolis. r. Jacob Coz
and T. c. Steele, this city. There are several
more. indeed the list is a long one.
GEN. LEW WALLACE.
70 the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
Will you please give a short sketch of the life
of Lew Wallacef HI
I~RvINGT0N, Ind.
You can find what you desire in the current
number Of Harper's Weekly. illustrated by an
excellent engraving of the well-known author of
Ben Hur." one of the most popular novels ever
written by an American author.
BAYARD TAYLOR.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Is Bavard Taylor deada If SO, where did he
die2 What is his most popular workY
SNoDDY's MILL, Ind. NJ. G. L.
He was born in Pennsylvania, Jan. IL. 1926,
and died while minister to Berlin, at that city.
Dec. 10. 1878. Among his productions, popular
in their day, are Views Afoot," Travels in
Greece and Russia Poems of the ORIENT
1uuids SnAAa AZ o0PoSt - NaaSS "a
novels.
A KING IN DISGUISE.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
Who is the author of To-day is a king in dis
guiseY" =
ROCHESTER, Ind.
Emerson, in Lecture on the Times" He says:
To-day is a king in disguise. To-day always
looks mean to the thoughtless, in the face of q
uniform experience, that all good and great and
hapuy onfiouc ava rada mr. prerignlv Nf fhoeA
blank to-days. Let as not be SO deceived. Let
us unmask the king as he passes
HAIR TURNING WHITE.
To the Editor of The indianapolis Journal:
Are there any authenticated cases of anyoneis
hair turning white in a single nigh@ Il.
FRANKLIN, Ind.
No. Under certain conditions of bodily heaish
the coloring matter Of the hair ceases to be sup
piled, and. in consequence, the hair may become
white or grey in a very short time. In these
cases it is only the growing hair that has no color.
The hair. as it gradually rises from the root is
grey, while that which is outside the cuticie re-
tains its original color.
CANNON.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
Shakespeare, in King John, Act 2, Scene L.
mentions cannons that have their bowels full
of wrath to spit forth indignation" etc. I say
cannon had not been invented at that time. My
friend, with whom am in dispute, says thsy
were. Will you decldef CLINTON.
TERRE HAUTE.
Shakespeare was at fault in his chronology.
John died in 1916. The first cannon made was
c~ontriyed by a German named Schwartz. soon
after the invention of gunpowder, which took
place in 1896, over a hundred years after King
Johns death.
THoUGH LOST TO SIGHT,.
TO the Editor of the indianapolis Jou rnal:
Please tell me where the following quotation
appears: '.Tho lost to sight to memory dear
ONE Who WANTS TO KNOW.
ANDERSON. Ind.
George Linley is credited with the authorship.
He was born in 1898; died 1865. The lines ares
Though lost to sight, to memory dear
Thou ever wilt remain;