The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-10
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.


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QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
IAN proper questions Of general interest will be adj.
mitted to this column and answered IL possible. If
the answers cannot be given the questions will be
printed to invite replies from the outside The col
umn is for the mutual pleasure and profit of
readers.
NATIONAL BANK NOTE.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journah
Please state whether or not she national bank
note is legal tender. READER
It is not.
THE ERIE CANAL
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
How long Is the Erie canai JOSIAH.
Cry.
Three hundred and sixty three miles
SHRAPNEL.
TO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journals
Why are shells Of shrapnel so calledf B.
Cry.
After their inventor General Shrapnel
THE ARSENAL CANNON
To the Editor Of the Indi apolis Journal:
For the benefit of sli concerned. beg leave to
correct your answer regarding the arsenal can
on. 1t ia fired at 6 A. M. and at sunset.
U. S. ARSENAL. City. J.T.J.
CHINESE CANDLES.
To the Editor of tho indianapolis Journal:
OF what are Chinese candles madea SIS.
CRY.
Of the berries Of the candeberry myrtle,
which are fragrant and yield a bright light.
THE CUSTER MASSACRE.
To the Editor or the Indianapolis Journal:
Did any Of Clusters soldiers escape the massa-
cra2 All.
PAXTON, Ind.
49, 4 AZ
of the massacre.
NEBUCHADNEZZER.
To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journals
Here's queer thing from Notes and Queries,
July Il, 1877: In Russian the compound word
Ne Boch ad-ne -Tsar signifies There is no God
but the Gar" MARIE LAME.
CRY.
sILKwoRM CULTURE.
TO the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal,
Where can information as to the culture of
Silkworms be foundf A READER.
dREENSBURG, Ind
Address the Agricultural Bureau at Washing
ton, D. c.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal.
What is the derivation of the word tattoo9
BRAZIL, Ind. NJ E.F.
The word comes from the Dutch word slap
too," Simplifying the time when taps or drinking
shops are closed
SECURITY MINING AND MILLING co.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Is there company in Boston called the Sc
curity Mining and Milling Coz What is q share
worths Is it safe to investa g. w.N
ARNEY. Ind.
We know nothing about 1t.
BOOK OF GAMES.
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
Can you inform me where can get book of
games, such as would accompany social for
young folksY G. L. STUBBs.
SPICELAND.
At the Bowen Merrill Company's or Cathcart
6 Cleland's book store, this city.
THE PROPHET OF SAN FRANcrsoo.
TO the Editor Of the lndia annapolis Journal
Is the title Prophet Of San Francisco proper as
applied to Henry Georgei w.
VINCENNES.
1t has been applied to him by the Duke of
Argyll, we believe There is nothing improper
about it.
UNITED STATES BONDS.
TO the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
To settle dispute will you please inform us
whether the United States bonds have to be paid
in gold coin alone or can they be paid in gold and
silver coin9 Please answer through the columns
of the Daily Journal. D. K SMITH
VEEDEBsBURG, Ind.
They are payable in coin.
THE MICROSCOPE
70 the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
When was the microscope invented, and where7
ANDERSON, Ind. XII.
Invented. at nearly the same time, in 1921, in
Italy and Holland. Those with double glasses
were made at the period when the law of refrac-
ton was discovered, 1924, the honor of which
invention is awarded to Torricelli and Drebel
QUEEN ELTzABgTH's PoCKErPIsTOL.
70 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
What was Queen Elizabeth's pocket pistol!
MUNCIE, Ind. SCHooLBoY.
In Dover Castle is brass cannon called by
that name. which was presented to Elizabeth by
the States Of Holland The piece is twenty four
feet long and has on it Dutch motto which has
been POLITICALLY translated:
Charge me well and sponge me clean,
IN throw ball to Calais Green"
ocHILTREE
70 the Editor of the Indianapolis journal.
Please state politics and age Of Tom Ochil-
tree. Tro
COLUMBUS.
He is the first native Texan ever elected to the
Congress Of the United States. and is Repub-
lican He represented the Seventh Texas dis
trict in the Forty eighth Congress. He was
born in 1897
FRENCH sPoLrArIoN CLAIMS.
To the Editor OF the indianapolis journal:
a. What was the nature of the French spoil
alton bill passed by the last Congress? Il Has
the United States any moneyed interest In the
construction of the Panama canalf
PERRYsvILLE, Ind. GEORGE w. DBALAND.
~ The time for docketing claims Is limited
by the act to year from the Goth January, inst.
Write to your congressman for copy Of the bill.
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