The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-11


dramatist. It occurs in his play of The Twin
Rivals"
WHERE THEY ARE.
TO the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal
Ill Please give me the address of McClure's
Literary Bureau. (2.) And of the publishers
of Petersons Magazine. j. II. MCKEE.
1 DUPONT, Ind.
I (LI No. 40 Nassau street. New York city.
F2y T. B. Peterson g. Co., Publishers. Philar
delphia, Pa.
THE TocsIN OF THE SOUL.
10 the Editor of the Indianapolis Jonrnals
Please give me the verse in which appears this
line:
The tocsin Of the soul-the dinner.bell.
CITY W. j. RICHARDS
Byron. in don JUAN" Canto v. stanza 40:
That alLsoftening, overpowering kneI.
The tocsin of the soul-the dinner.belL
GREENWICH
TO the Editor of tho indianapolis JournS.:
When was Greenwich Observatory England,
establithed and when did they begin TO compute
Nonsitude from the meridian of that place! O.
FRANKLIN, Ind.
Built by Charles II. The English began to
compute the longitude from that place. about
l675; some make the date four years later.
CORRECTING TRANSPORTATION.
10 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
The Indianapolis Times, of June &c, says the
presidential succession bill did not pass and that
New Orleans is the capital of Louisiana Is the
paper correct in it's statementsa What is the
capital Of West Virginia. A READER.
ANDERSON, Ind
AS matter of fact the presidential succession
bin did pass Baton Rouge is the capital of Louis
lama; Charleston of West Virginia.
THE BRITISH UNION.
10 the Editor of the Indianapolis Jou rnaE
When were England and Scotland united, and
when Irelands EDWARD.
Cry.
England and Wales were united A. D. 1888;
Scotland was united to both in 1907, and the
three were styled Gre1s Britain. Ireland was in
bcorporated with these countries by the Act of
Union january l. 1901, and the whole called
ssThe United kingdom Of Great Britain and
ireland
no tho Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
To decide wager: A friend holds that the
Dutch, differing from other colonizing nations,
have never been guilty Of great acts of cruelty
ito the natives of the countries they colonized.
Is he right Y
SEYMOUR. Ind
In 174O the Dutch massacred 20. 600 of the uR-
armed natives of Java, sparing neither women
nor children. In New Amsterdam (now New
York they massacred Indians with as little
Icompunction as the English did =
euELPHs AND eHIBELINEs.
TO the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal;
What is the erigion Of the names Guelph and
Ghibeline! MARY FRANCIS
KNIGTsTowN.
These were party names supposed to have
been derived from HieweH and Hegiblin, the
names of towns. The designation began in
ataly, A. d., 1885, and distinguished the contend
ing armies during the civil wars the Guelphs be-
ing for the Pope, and the Ghibelines for the
Germaa Emperor.
MILITARY sALUTEs.
TO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
Will you publish o list of the military salutes,
0n5 obige civilian. LEE
CITY.
Eleven guns brigadier- thirteen, ma
3or general; fifteen, lieutenant general; seven
teen. COMMUNICATIVE nineteen Vice-presi-
dent; twenty one, President thirty eight, nation
al saiute-one gun for each State A committee
Of Congress visiting United States fort or mill
gary station is honored with salute of nine
guns
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal
ILL Give recipes for making the following
inks namely: gold, silver, copper, and gloss
have taken place during the present administra-
aion. e. E.
POPLAR GROVE, Ind.
IL 1t ought to be apparent to the inquirer
that to answer these questions would require
large amount Of space, and would not be in the
line Of this column which is to give brief answers
to topics of general interest e. The doings of
the present administration are to be found from
day to day in the Journal
AMERICAN POETS
70 the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal
III Please give date of birth of five noted
pane of the sky-larkl g. Does the Journal &C
cept manuscripts, and what does it payq
LEoNA B.
H. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born at
Portland. Me-, Feb 81. 1907 Nathaniel Parker
Willis, Portland Ne, JAM 20, 1906 William
Cullen Bryant Cummington, Mass, Nov 3,
1894; Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, Feb. 10. 1909;
John Greenleaf Whittier Havsrhill. Mass. Dec
IL, 1907. OF these, Whittier alone survives
r. ALAMEDA arvensis (3) No.
PREcEDENcy, ETC.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal;
A. In British court etiquette who comes next
70 the royal family in the matter of precedence2
Cd What annuities do she royal family receiver
1RvTNGToN. Ind. INQUIRER
III The Archbish of Canterbury III Her
Majesty f3S5.0Q0, of which EGO, 900 are for her
privy purse, fl3l, 200 for salaries Of household,
Gl7e. 500 expenses of household, fl3.2O0 royal
bounty, 5000 upappropriatsd; Prince of
Waa. 10000: Princess Of Wales. 10000;