The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-20
Grifin. Jan. q 17sS. to the time of Wash
ington's inauguration April 80. 1889.

Grimm. jan q, 17sS. to the time of Wash
ington's inauguration April 80. 1885,
Can a man take up, lease or buy land in
the Chickasaw Nation Indian TerritOry)2
Please state the law concerning a citizen
moving in there.--J. NJ A.
White men who have been occupying
lands in the Chickasaw Nation can now
purchase them outright. We cannot quote
the law; but the Indian commissioner in
Washington can do so.
viii you please name three or four OF the
leading firms in the United States that deal
In second hand books. Those located at
Chicago indianapolis, New York and Phil
adelpffia are especially desired.-H. l..
F. NJ. Morris. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chi
cago; f. M. Grouse, Indianapolis; Francis
p. Harper, David G. Francis, Legget Bros,
New York city; Henry T. Coates & Co., Ed
ward Stewart, Philadelphia; Boston Book
Company, successor to T. o. H. P. Burn
ham, Boston.
Who is state treasurer of Indiana at pres
ent time? What is his salary? What was the
substitute for troy weight before II was
used?-C. F. K.
F. ]. Scholz; Sc, 500. 2. Nearly all the prin-
cipal towns and seats of commerce in the
middle ages had their own weights and
measures, the pound, foot gallon, ETC., diff
fering greatly from one town to another.
The pound of Troyes, France, came into use
in England and elsewhere early in the four
teenth century.
How is printing on china burned or fired
on? 2. Are there any books that treat on
the subject? 3. How should 1 proceed to
learn i'm A. t.
The painted article IS placed in an oven,
heated to the heat required for the special
article and allowed to remain in the oven
the necessary length of time. 2. There are
several books on the subject 8. Get some
book and study until you are advanced
sufficiently to appreciate lessons; then you
will have to study probably in one OF the
large cities unless you are fortunate enough
to find some local teacher.
How can 1 get information needed in the
preparation of a club paper on an historical
in a small town which has no public library.
Does the indianapolis Public Library have
an attendent whose business it is to look
up such facts for applicants PM. f.
We do not know of any library that
makes business of supplying extended in
formation on any subject, though most of
them will probably answer questions requir-
ing brief answers and little labor in re-
search. Write to Miss Gould, 70 Bowen ave-
nue., Chicago, who undertakes, for reason
able fee, to look up information on all SUBJ
jects for papers and essays.
Please publish a receipt for making a
hektograph or copying machine, giving the
different constituents and amounts.-A Con-
slant Reader.
The material used for taking the impress
sionS is what is known to printers as roller
composition, and can be obtained at any
printing office. 1t is placed in a shallow pan
of a size to suit the paper likely to be used.
The article to be copied is written with HEX
tograph ink, an impression is made upon
the gelatin and copies taken from this. 1t
is patented process, but is so simple that
the patent is apt to be disregarded Hekto-
graphs are madeby the Hasselman Printing
Company, of indianapolis.
Where do the inhabitants of the Nile val
ley stay during the overflow of the river?
be amended in order to do away with jury
service in the state courts?-Lovetta.
The Nile runs in a sort of natural trench,
so that unless it rises more than twenty
seven feet it causes no particular damage.
The people simply grin and bear It,, much
as we do when river overfows its banks.
The people do not have such domestic es-
adjustments as We do, so stay where they
are and wait for the river to fall. 2. Yes,
because Article VI of the amendments pro-
vides that in criminal trials the accused
shall have the right to a trial by an inn
partial jury, and an amendment would be
needed to take this right away from him.