The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.

QUERIES AND ANSWERS
Ian proper questions of general interest will be id
mitted to this column. and answered if possible II
the answers cannot be given the questions viii be
printed to invite replies from the outside The col
umn is for the mutual pleasure and profit Of our
readers
THE EDITOR
To the Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
Whoedits the National Republican at Wash
ington, ID. CT COUNTING RooM.
City
E. w. Fox Is manager.
HIGH-MIxED CORN.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
What kind of corn is high-mixedi
SMILEY, Ind. w. FL. BUGHEE
Two-thirds yellow. high colored, and one-third
white. or one-third red and sound.
THE ARSENAL CANNON.
TO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal
LIZ the cannon at the arsenal in this city fired
at sunrise and at sunset, or at 6 A. H. and at sum
set2 xyz
Cry.
At sunrise and at sunset.
SAILING VESSELS.
70 the Editor OF the Indianapolis JournaE
Have ships or sailing vessels ever sailed tina
mississippi river as far up as st. LOUISE
FINCAsTLE, Ind A READER
Ocean steamers have; sailing vessels have not
vICE-PREsIDENr HENDRICKS AND TOBACCO.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
Did the late Thomas A. Hendricks use tobacco
In any form9 3x.
CAsTLEToN, Ind
For years prior to his death he neither smoked
nor chewed.
WHERE rs MGINNIs2
To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
Commissioner Black has appointed Archie Nc
Ginnis as special examiner in the Pension Be-
reau. Can you give me McGinnis's postofiee
addressi l. T. DAVIS
RAGLEsvILLE, Ind.
We can not, but will send it you if furnished.
PosTMAsTER's OATH
To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
Does the postmaster have the right to admin
lister the oath of Office to his deputiesl G. D. L.
MUNDY, Ind.
The oath must be administered by notary
public, or some one qualified to administer an
oath.
q. g. ARMY RECRUITING OFFICE.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journa!:
/. Is there q recruiting Office at Indianapolis!
z Are they receiving any recruits now for the
regular armyf COB.
SPICELAND.
l. No. Yes; there's recruiting Office az
Columbus o. For particulars write to recruit
ing officer there.
To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal.
Will you give me the date of the great PORT
land fret HcR
CITY.
July 4. 1866. A fire-cracker thrown by a boy
kindled fire which consumed nearly all the
business part of the city. eight churches and
many dwellings,, destroying property to the valus
of $40, 0O0 900 and rendering 1000 families home
| less.
sPEcTAcLEs.
| To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
| Who invented spectacles, or reading -glassesf
| CHARLOTTESVILLE. H. NJ
| Spectacles were unknown to the ancientH
They are supposed to have been invented by
Alexander de Spina, monk, of Florence, Italy.
about A. D., 1885. Others claim that the CREST
English monk. Roger Bacon, suggested spsctae
in 1850. Others say that Salvino was the real
| inventor
BEARDED WOMEN
| TO the Editor of Indianapolis Journal:
Can you give me the names of any bearded
| women in history2 ALMA
| JoNEsBoRo.
bearded woman was taken at the battle Of
Pultowa, and presented to the Gar, Peter L
| liza; her beard measured one and half yards
The great Margaret, governess of the Neither
lands, had very long, stiff beard. A slight
mustache is considered in some countries q
beauty mark in women.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
| To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
a. Please give the address of Arm that selIe
| law books. ~ Which is the older language
Latin or Spanish? (3.) Is not the Spanish Lam
| guage derived from the Latinf a. Where can
one get treatise shorthand so be can learn
alonel Jpn
| EUGENE
a. The Bowen Merrill Co.. booksellers Indi-
annapolis. IT, The Latin. a. Yes. al An.
drew J. Graham, publisher Of Photographic
books, New York city.
GoBELIN TAPESTRY
| TO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal.
From what did the name Gobelin tapestry
| comet What is it. any how2 JONES
ANDERSON.
| Gooelin tapestry is SO called from house in
Paris once possessed of famous wool-dyers. Of
whom the chief, called Giles Gobelin who lived
in the reign of Francis T. is said to have discov-
cred the secret of dyeing scarlet and which was
called the scarlet Of the Gobelins This houss
afterward became mandatory of tapestry, to
which the name Gobelin was applied
SIGNING SONS OLE SORROW
| To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal,
Who is the author and where can find ths
song of which the following was the first stanzsa
1t was published in paper few years ago:
Hail. ye signing sons of sorrow,
| Learn with me your certain doom;
Learn with me your fate tomorrow
| Dead. perhaps laid in the tomb;
See all nature fading. dying.
Silent all things seem to mourn
Life from vegetation flying
Calls to mind the moldering urn.
| BRooKFIELD. j. " III. DAILY.
| We are unable to find out nything about It
| SPANISH ARMADA.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
| What We're the forces of the Spanish Armada.
| and who commanded thems ScaooLGIRL.
Il Grnxr