The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-30

menty III. G.. MANN.
AUSTIN, Ind
Twelve thousand dollars.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal.
Is P. T. Barnum dead or living9
STONES CROSSING, Ind. j. M. FULLER.
Phineas T. Barnum, the great Snowman, is
very much alive.
WISER THAN SOLOMON
To the Editor of the INDIANAPOLIS Jou ruaI;
Who is the author. and where may be found
the following expression He twas wiser than
Solomon, grander than Moses, broader than
Plato" Can you give the paragraph completes
Cry. WAY.
That's right; there's no answer.
ORANGES
70 the Editor of the indianapolis Jou rnal:
How many oranges can be grown on treea
CICERO. Ind E. II.
in one year. 25,O 600 oranges, four-ffths of them
fit for packing.
TO CATCH RED BIRDS.
To the Editor of the Indian a polls Journal.
Please describe through the columns Of your
paper good way to catch red birds alive.
WILLIAMSPORT, Ind. GS.
theoretically, putting salt upon their tails has
long been favorite method. There may, how
ever, be better way.
STOPPING
TO the Editor of the Indianapolis Journais
To decide dispute, you properly say
man ''has arrived and is stopping at a hotels"
CITY I'D.
Stopping cannot be continuous act like going.
When man stops be terminates the previous
action. There are some queer things in this
language Of ours.
CLEANLINESS NEXT TO GoDLINEss
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
WHO'S the author Of the expression, "Cieanli-
ness is next to Godlinessf Is it in the Biblea
BRAZIL, Ind. e.
No The phrase was quoted by John Wesley,
and something like it is found In the Talmud,
the Jews teaching it as a religious principle and
a sanitary law.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journat
What does the word s'snob" come FRONT
CITY. JOSEPH.
The word snob has been grated on the En-
glsh language by Thackeray. In some Of the
English college lists those who are not of noble
birth entered as "a nob"-that is, sine nobil-
itate-without nobility.
sPREAD-EAGLE.
70 the Editor of tho indianapolis Journal:
What is meant by the spread eagle style Of
oratory? DEMosTHENEs
FRANKLIN, Ind.
1t has been described as ga compound Of ex-
aggeration, effrontery, bombast and extrava-
gance, mixed metaphors, platitudes, defiant
threats thrown at the world and irreverent APP
peals flung at the Almighty"
THREE QUESTION:
To the Editor OF She Indianapolis Journal:
Q) In which part of India is Calicutg az
Where is Hatfield, Ind.2 g. J Syllab,fy "soothed.'
DEGoNIA, Ind. M. w. RoTHERT.
a. Calicut is a maritime city on the west
coast of India, province of Malabar last province
but one to the end of the peninsula. (2ll There
ia no postoffice of that name in Indiana. 81 1t
is a word of one syllable.
THE PTOLEMIEs.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
Who were the Ptolemies, and how long did they
reign9
CITY.
They were kings of Egypt. Ptolemey I. sur
named Softer, founder of the dynasty, was a
Macedonian, supposed to be a natural son of
Philip II. and became favorite general of Alex
ander the Great By the death of Alexander.
B. 9. 1913, Ptolemy Softer obtained Egypt FOR his
province. The last of the line was Ptolemy XIV,
Cesarian, an illegitimate son of Caesar and Cleo
patra He obtained the title of King from the
Roman trumvirs, B. c. AZ. and was killed by
order of Augustus OF the age Of eighteen, B.
c. 90