The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-01
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.


MARSHAL OF FRANCE ~
Who was the Marsha, Of g France In 1881
INDIANAPOLIS, March e. 1--WE.
Leroy de Saint-Arnaud
LONGEST VERSE IN TIE BIBLE.
Where can find the iongess verse IL the Bible;
In the Book of Esther, eighth chapter, ninth
verse;
LIFE IN THE MOON.
Is it considered by astronomers that the 10 i'm
habtsd By either i inhabit an Or plants
No.
ABOUT BISMARCK.
Is Bismarck relative Of the dead Emperor Ia ho
KINGMAN, Kan, March 2S. MRS M.
No, to both questions
FATE OF THE MoNIToR.
What done with the Monitor chat fought the
Merrilnac. 2. Was General U. s. Grant ever de-
MAIorT PARK, Ind, March %.
/. The Monitor foundered at sea of Cape Hat
teras. Dec. 81. 1862. 2. he never lost a battle
INEQUALITY or PENSIONS.
Please state why who only lost arm or legy
in the late war draws more pension than woman II
who lost her husband. her only support.
ALroR DsvrLLE, Ind, March &c. j. g. GOLD.
The only reply to be made To this 10 that il ia
the law. reason for the inequality can perhapEM
be given by the courts and jnries which fire.
quently award greater damages to man 49,
has lost limb in railroad accident than tgthdNM
widow of one who was killed.
DUTY ON SUGAR
What is the amount of .arif on sugari 2
him (BJ a legal tender of Sthe full $500
fuses TO accept it. can he afterwards sue sd
BARRY, Mo-, March Is. J.
l. The present duty on sugar ranges IN {,
40 cent per pound on sugars not above No
Dutch standard IN color to 2 20 cents DER pou
for sugar between No. Is and No. 16. cents II
grades between No 10 and No. 20, and & so con
for sugars above No 90 and all refined, Loaf
nr00 ad
2. Without knowledge of all the circumstancesy
it is impossible TO answer such INQUIRIES.
MARGARET HAUGHERY.
Please give information Of the life and work Of
Sister Margaret noted worker in missions, Of New
Orleans. MISSIONARY"
MooREsvnLE, Ind. March 21.
Margaret Haughery, known to all New Or
leans simply Margaret was not membeE
of any sisterhood or order. but devoted nearly
half century to charitable work. mainly in the
direction of establishing orphan asyums. Three
orphan homes in New Orleans aud one for aged
people were established as the result of her
efforts Her labor was not confined to these,
howevs- but touched every field of benevolent
work. She Roman Catholic, but gave her
aid in every good cause regardless of creed. She
was an illterate woman. the daughter OF Irish
immigrants, and was early lefta childless widow.
She did mental labor in q convent for some
years, having charge of dairy Afterwards
she established private dairy and later a
bakery, and developing high degree OF hnAn-
cial shrewdness. made both concerns profitable.
All the proceeds were devoted to charity Her Al
death, which occurred nVe or SIX years AGO, WAHW&
regarded as public calamity In New Orlennas
monument has since been erected In her hon.
or in that city
SERVICE PENSION BILL.
Please explain the service pension bill; does IL give
this pension to soldiers already drawing pensions
Respectfully, SUBSCRIBER.
BRAZIL. Ind, March Of.
The bill introduced by Senator MandsrsapI
and known the ''Grand Army bill, " now pend
ing in the Senate, is probably the one to whic
you refer The second section of this bill pro
vides that all persons who have s9EFe4 three
months or rassFs IN ne military or naval serefc>
of the United States during the war OF the re
bellion, and who were honorably DISCHARGED
therefrom, and who now, or who may here
ability, not the result OF their own vicious hAb~
its, which incapacitates them from the performs
of manual labor. and who are without#
other adequate OF self-support shall. W
upon making due proof of the fact. be plAcedM
upon the list of invalid pensioners OF the United
per month"; and auch pension rhal
commence from the date of the fling
of the application in the Pension Office after tho
passage of this act, upon proof that the disable
ity then existed. and shall continue during the
existence of the same; provided, that persons
who now receiving pensions under existing
laws or whose claims pending in the Pension
Office, may by application to the Commissioners
of Pensions, in such form he may prescribe,
receive the benefits of this act; and nothing
herein contained shall be construed as to pre-
vent any pensioner thereunder from prosecuting
his claim and receiving his pension under any
other general or special act; provided. howeN er,
that person shall receive more than onel
pension for the period; and proyided
further that rank in the service shall not b9M
considered in applications filed hereunder al
bill similar to this il pending 10 the House