The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Where does the word grandmother appear
in the Bible?-P. 1. r.
III Timothy 1, 8: Faith dwelt in thy grand
mother.
When and where was the first lager beer
brewery started In this country?-B. S.
The first brewhouse in this country was
set up about 1888 by Governor Wouter van
Twiller, of the New Netherlands, but the
first lager beer brewery was started in
Philadelphia in 1912.
What is meant by the term 'fine ounce"
rs applied to gold and silver?-I. c. r.
An ounce of the metal of the requisite
fineness-that is. in this country, nine-tenths
pure. The expression originally may not
have been accurate. IAN ounce of fine
gold' seems more logical. but custom has
sanctioned the expression fine ounce
When and how did Russia acquire the
right to sell Alaska ?-IgnoramuS
Maps made as early as 1866 showed that
America and Asia were separated but
where this separation came was not known
until 1925 when Boring sailed through the
straits that have since borne his name. In
1872 a Russian fleet was driven eastward
made landing In Alaska and formally an
nexed it to the Russian empire.
When were steel pens invented? By
WlOn. Wnen ulu LneY come INTO general
use, displacing the old quill pens?-H. B. C.
In 1850 Arnoux. French mechanic, made
metallic pens; an American jeweler made
q steel pen for himself about 1908. James
Perry an Englishman, obtained a patent for
steel pens in 1880, and he is probably the
inventor Of the modern steel pen. The quill
pen began to disappear soon afterward
Patents were issued to Joseph elliott in
1881, to Sir Joseph Mason and John Mitchell
soon afterward.
What and where is the highest mountain
in the world?-A. S. P.
The highest mountain is Gaorinsakar
generally known by its English name. Mount
Everest. 1t is in the Himalayas at lati-
tude q degrees SO minutes north, Sc degrees
So minutes east, and is 2S,0O5 feet, nearly
five and one-half miles high. It's name
means the Shining One. 1t received its Eng
lish name in honor of Sir George Everest
an engineer who took an active part in
the general survey of India and especially of
the slopes of the Himalayas Sir George
was born in Wales in 100 and died in 1866.
What are the claims OF Don Carlos to the
Spanish throne?-D. j. A. i.
Don Carlos is the of a son of
a son of Charles ~, King of Spain,
while Alphonso XIII, the present
King, is the son of son of a
daughter of Charles Nv. The Salic law ex-
listed In Spain which forbade the crown to
go to a woman; Ferdinand VII set it aside
in favor of his daughter Isabella; and by
so doing caused his brother to claim the
throne. Alphonso XIII is a great-grandson
of Ferdinand VII, while Don Carlos is a
grandson of Ferdinand's brother, the first
claimant.
to rferir, Of 10 cn-ca1Pd SQOld-
en- ruler" Why is it called so?-E. r.
The Golden Rule reads: do unto others
as We would that others should do unto
you" The immediate origin of this is in
Christ's admonition in the sermon on the
mount: Whatsoever We would that men
should do to you, do We even so to them, ="
but long before Christ the Greeks had a
similar saying. and so, too, had the Chinese.
The Golden Rule got its name (Which is
known only in this country and England)
because, according to the story, soma
Roman Emperor had it displayed in gilded
letters on the front of a temple.
Please tell me how and when the Electoral
College changed from its original purpose
as expressed in the CONSTITUTIONAL. T.
The electoral colleges were never really
so free in their choice as the Constitution
expected they would be. Washington was
in 1896 congressional caucuses placed the
candidate in nomination, the Federalists in
Congress naming John Adams and Thomas
Pinckney. the Republicans Democrats)
naming Thomas jefferson and Aaron Burr.
This system Of nomination continued down
to 1881, when the first Wing national con-
vention was called by the Maryland Leg
islature. 1t met at Baltimore Dec. u. 1881,
and nominated Clay and Sergeant The
Democratic convention. held in Washington
May r. 1882, nominated Jackson and Van
Buren,.
Can the United States acquire territory
by conquest? For example is theHe any
law our statute books, or anywhere else
that would allow the United States to take
forcible possession OF and hold for our owr
benefit for ali time the island OF Cuba
Why did we not appropriate Mexico. OF
rather why did we not annex the country
at the time of our war with HE. ID.
There is nothing in the Constitution or thu
statute books on the subject OF conquest
because nothing is needed. The right o.
conquest is inherent In every sovereign