The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26


rails. Americans. Indian. colonial and for
eign: it handles mines home, American, In
dian, colonial and foreign; brewery shares,
omnibus shares, corporation shares and
probably six other varieties; and then it
has the bonds divided into about as many
kinds. We think that 3 loses the bet.
What is the punishment of a United
States soldier Il he deserts the army and is
captured? 2. What is the reward for the
capture and return Of a deserter?--Sub.
He must serve out his time in prison,
perhaps, and may be punished further as a
court martial may direct. AS rule he
spends the rest of his time in a military
prison, forfeits all retained pay and gets a
dishonorable discharge. 2. $40.
A and B both have wagons of the same
make and size; the wheels of AS are four
feet in diameter and BIS two feet Owing
to the size of his wheels A claims the light
est draft. BIS wheels being smaller claims
the lightest draft. Which is right, and
why?-J. f. Page
A is right. The power needed to pull the
wagon is to the weight as the radius of the
axle is to the radius of the wheel If you
work it out you will find that AS wagon is
pulled more easily.
Can young man study law at home with
any success, and can young man with
good English education enter law school
on an equal footing with a college grad
uate? g. What should / first do to study
law at home, and what books should /
pTocure?-A Subscriber
He can study 1t, but he would better en-
ter law Office and so study under the d.
rection of an older person. A knowledge
of the classics is required in many law
schools. A college graduate is credited
with q certain amount Of work done which
is not allowed to the nongraduate. 2 Get
a lawyers advice, and look up the require
ments of admittance to the bar, and study
to fill them. The books vary from time to
time.
Kindly give a full description of the old
frigate Constitution, and a condensed his
tory from her completion to the present
day.. Mac D.
The Constitution was designed by John
Humphrey, of Philadelphia, and built by
George Claghorn, in Boston; she was
launched Oct. p, 1897, having been three
years in building, and COST ready for sea,
about 100000. She is 175 feet long, 431s feet
beam, 141a feet deep, with a tonnage dis
placement of 1876. She was called a forty
four-gun frigate, but carried thirty "a
Founders on her main deck, twenty-five 30
pound carronades on her spar deck and two
24-pound chasers She served in the Med
iterranean in 1SO3-1SO6; in the war of 1872.
under Hull defeated the Guerrero; under
cambridge defeated the Java; under Stew
art the Cyane and the Levant She was in
the Mediterranean in 1904 and in the Pa
cific 1S44-47; from 1861 to 1872 was school
ship at Annapolis, and has been laid up most
of the time since then.
Who is the author of the poem COM
mencing II would rather live in Bohemia
kIa., 4
give me the best idea of the altrustic
manners of living of the Bohemian people?
2. Why will universities and the higher in
stitutions of learning not recognize and
teach phrenOlogy? Is 1t not just as impor-
tant q science as many other branches
taught, and worthy of as much careful re-
search? 3. What book would give one a
good general knowledge Of grammar whose
opportunities have not enabled him to be-
come familiar with school grammar?-Stu-
dent.
John Boyle OReilIy; the poem is called
''In Bohemia and does not refer to the
inhabitants of Bohemia, but to the so-called
Bohemians Literary people of more or
less reputation and little or no money in
whom, according to themselves, were found
all the redeeming vices and all the neces-
sary virtues. O'Reilly was supposed to be
a Bohemian, and his poem idealizes the b.
hemians. Nowadays the only "Bohemians'
are called tramps and buns. 2. Because it
has not been decided that phrenology is a
real science, or that it is of any value what
ever 3. A grammar.
How does the money made at the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing get into general
circulation? 2. What is a bank clearing? 3.
What is the difference between national and
representative currency? 4. When is the
balance of trade favorable?-J. E. N.
The government has to pay it's expenses,
which are enormous, and banks get new
bills to replace worn ones, so the money
scatters quickly. 2. A comparison of the
business done by and between two or more
banks and a settlement of the differences
in amounts by the payment of a small sum
of money Thus, Bank A owes Bank B
81, 900, and owes A $500; if A pays $500
the matter is settled. The other day a New
York bank settled $S,O000O0 worth of BUSH
ness by paying $1,000 in cash. 8. A
natural currency not nationaD is
a currency that has some intrinsic
value-like the Spartans' iron money, the
Virginia tobacco money. our own gold and
silver representative currency represents
something of value, but has no intrinsic
value Of it's own, like our paper money,
bank checks. etc. T. When we exported
more goods than we imported it used to be
said that the balance of trade was in our
favor. The expression is not used so much
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