The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-21
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.

QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
TAN proper questions of general interest will be adj
mtted to this column, and answered, il possible IL
the answers cannot DO given the questions will be
printed to invite replies from the outside The col.
umn is for the mutual pleasure and profit of our
readers.
J. WILKES BOOTH
To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journals
Was John Wilkes Booth cousin, brother or
half brother Of Edwin Booth9 ACTOR
LIzToN.
Brother.
OAKS FROM AcoRNs.
To the Editor Of the Indianapolis JournaE
Who wrote Tall oaks from little acorns growY'
DUBLIN. Ind. SCHooLBoY.
David Everett; born, 1869; died, 1919.
SPOONFUL
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
What is the plural of spoonfulf Is 1t spoons
full, or spoonfulsl L. g.
SALEM, Ind.
Spoonfuls
To the Editor Of the Indianapo Journal:
What does the word nicotine come from!
Cry II.
John Nicot who introduced tobacco into
France in 1860.
THE MYRIAD MINDED.
70 tho Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
Who first called Shakespeare "the myriad
minded" SEARcHxR.
Cry
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
DON'T KNOW.
To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
Is the per cent. loan of Cincinnati, Of which
7. S. Gardener is manager, a fraud or nots
BOSWELL, A SUBSCRIBER.
Inquire through some Cincinnati bank.
THE 'HoosIER sCHooLMAsrER"
70 the Editor OF the indianapolis Journals
Is the s,Hoosier Schoolmaster" dramatized,
and whore. if it is, can it be hadf
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. W. H D.
We do not know. Address Samuel French.
FOUNTAINS OF MOSES.
70 the Editor of the indianapolis Jou rnsi:
Where are the wells or fountains of Mosesa
CITY. ).
A collection of springs near Suez, in Egypt
There is tradition that here Moses, and Miriam,
and the children Of Egypt sang Itheir song Of
triumph.
MAIDENS LIKE MOTHS.
TO the Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
Where may And the lines
Maidens, like moths. are ever caught by glare,
And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might
despair.
GREENFIELD, Ind. L.
In ChiIde Haroldts Pilgrimage Q4ord Byron,;
Canto 1, stanza 9.
INTEREST,".
To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal
Tell G. D., Oxford, Ind, in his interest prob
lern to add to the 1850 the interest for the whole
time the two notes run, and from that product
subtract the 5000 with interest on same for six
months and the product will be the amount Of
new note. WIN ALLEN.
MERIDfANvILLE, Ala.
O. w., Vesdersburg. Ind. says the face of the
new note is $4,000.
CONCEALED WEAPONS.
To the Editor of the Indianapogis Journal:
Please give the correct meaning of concealed
weapons, and whether it is against the law of
Indiana to carry revolvers it they are in belt
in plain view. f. SHIELDS
LAKE VALLEY, Ind.
If the weapons are not concealed, the law
against concealed weapons will not apply.
CONSTANCE FENIMoRE wooLsoN
70 the Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
Is Constance Fenmore Woolson a relative of
James Fenimore Cooper, the novelist2 Is she
married. I only know she lives in Cleveland,
and is the author Of Anne" and other stories.
CITY. CONSTANT READER.
She is the daughterof Charles J. Woolson, and
Hannah Cooper Pemeroy. who was niece of
James Fenimore Cooper.
MARY ANDERsoN's BIRTH.pLAon.
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis ION rnal.
Where was Mary Anderson born, and where
did she make her first appearancef T.
CITY.
She was born in Sacramento, CAL, July %,
1859, and made her first appearance at Macau-
avs Theater, Louisville. Nov. "a, 1876
FOUR QUESTIONS.
To the Editor Of the indianapolis journal:
Would you favor one of your readers by an
swering the following questions, ~ Who in
vented the multiplication tablet ~ Who is
called the ''Attic Moses?' 81 What Greek dra-
matte poet called '.rhe Cup-loyer2 a.
What inscription was placed over the vestibule
of Platos houses
Answers to the foregoing will be highly appre-
ciated. SUBSCRIBER.
REGIcIDE's GAVE.
70 the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal
Is there cave in this country called the Regi-
cide's Cavsl Where is it? ALBA.
JAMESTOWN, Ind
It is q cavern in rock near New Haven,
Conn. where Edward whalley and William
COTE. two OF the judges who condemned Charles
to death and Afterwards, on the restoration of
the Stuarts, had escaped from England, were
secreted and lived for some time.
SOVEREIGN OF INDIA
To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journals
When was Queen Victoria given the title EN-.
press of India9 MARY.
Upton. Ind.
She was proclaimed Sovereign of India in