The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-18

LIMITED.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journas:
What is the meaning attached to the word
limited" after joint stock company, as "Shel-
byvile Furniture Manufacturing Company, linn
ted?' w j. RANKIN
ARGOS, Ind.
1t means the responsibility Of each partner is
limited to the amount of his interest in the con
Germ.
TO the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
What is the derivation of the word easel?
Cry JACOB.
The name of the painters easel is from the
German word 'esel," an ass, suggested by the
placing of the burden of the canvas upon the
instrument.
CALLIGRAPHY.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Will the word calligraphy do to express the
idea Of writing! u
The word means beautiful writing in a small
compass. Calligraphy is said to have been in
vented by Callicrates, who wrote an elegant dis
itch on a sesamum seed, B. c. 472
GREAT ALLIES
TO the Ed'tor of the Indianapolis journal:
Can you aid me to find the quotation of Words
worth on great allies VICTOR
CITY.
Lines to Toussaint rOuverture
'"Thou hast great allies;
Thy friends Civilizations, agonies
And love, and man unconquerabie mind"
TARRY AT JERICHO
To the Editor of the Indianapolis jon rnal:
Where can find the origin of the expression
'tTarry at Jericho!" HoKEY PoKEY.
CRY.
Second Samuel chap. K. verse 81 When they
told it unto David he sent to meet them, because
the men were greatly ashamed; and the King
said, tarry at Jericho until your boards be grown
and then return.
MAYORS OF THE PALACE.
10 the Editor of the indianapolis Journal
Who were the Mayors of the Palace so.called9
ANDERSON, Ind. TX
High officers in France who had great infiu-
ence during the later Merovingian kings. termed
''do-nothngs." The last OF these mayors or
masters of the palace, Pepin, the Short. shut up
Childeric Ill in monastery aud took the king
dom himself, A. ID. 1852
LIVE WITHOUT COOKS
To the Editor Of the indianapolis Jou rnal:
What poet said we cannot live without cooks?
Cry. SIX
Owen Meredith in Lucille:
We may live without poetry, music and art;
We may live without conscience and live without
heart;
We may live without friends; we may live without
But civilized man cannot live without cooks
INSANITY.
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
To decide q wager which is the greatest cause
OF insanity, drunkenness or religious excite.
ment? SALooNATIc
CITY.
In a table of 1000 male patients, ITO are at
fph cd kn Iv,,N 1xnre -11:.~
thusiasm. Next to drunkenness comes 'sconse-
quences of disease" 100, and epilepsy" rs.
Twenty-six cases, nearly as many as to relg-
ious enthusiasm. are attributed to political
events"
PHoNoGRAPH.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
When was the first photograph invented
SHELBYvILLE, Ind c.
Mr.. Fenby. an Engishman in 1863. patented
a machine, which was proposed to be attached to
pianofortes and other keyed instruments, by
which any music that is played may be written
down on blank paper. since it rules and prints
the notes simultaneously. Machines with
similar object were projected by Mr. Creed in
1747, by J. F. Unger. 1774, by Mr.. Carreyrs in
1927. Thomas Elvey Edison announced new
photograph in December, 1877.
THE QUEENS NECKLACE
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journals
Please give description of the diamond neck
lace affair of the reign of Louis XVI, of France
-GREENCAsTLE Ind. MARGUERITE.
In 1885, Bnhmer, the court jeweler offered
Queen Marie Antoinette diamond necklace for
Esq. 000 The Queen desired it, but feared the
expense. The Countess De la Motto forged the
Queens signature, and by pretending that the
Queen had an attachment for him, persuaded
the Cardinal de Rohan the Queens almoner. to
conclude a bargain with the jeweler. De 10
Motto thus obtained the necklace and made
away with it, For this she was tried, in 178G,
and sentenced to be branded on the shoulders
and imprisoned for life. She accused in vain
the celebrated Italian adventurer Cagliostro of
completely in the affair. She made her escape
and came to London, where she Was killed by
falling from a window-sill in attempting to es-
cape arrest for debt De Rohan was tried and
acquitted. The affair has been made to figure
in fiction by Alexander Dumas aud others