The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-31

private in the Twelfth Pennsylvania on
April 25 1861, and was mustered out as coll
onel of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry on
July !, 1866. Nearly all the officers of the
present army who served in the civil war
served in the Federal army; it is only very
recently that ex-Confederate have been al
iowd to hold commissions In the army. Fitz-
hugh Lee is one Of the first to hold such a
commissions; Joe Wheeler is another.
What two chapters in the Bible are word
for word alike? 2 What verse in the Bible
contains all of the alphabet?-N. c. c.
II Kings, chapter XIX and Isaiah xxxvii
These are practically alike. The division of
verses is slightly different, and where Kings
says Verse 15), "And Hezekiah prayed unto
the Lord and said o Lord God of Israel"
etc., Isaiah says (Verse 49,, And Hezekiah
prayed unto the Lord. saying (verse 16),
Lord of hosts, God of Israel" etc. q No
verse contains every letter of the alphabet,
but Ezra vii. q, contains every letter ex-
cept ii" No other verse contains so large
a proportion of the letters of the alphabet.
Were the qualifications made easier under
the second call for volunteers than under the
first call? If so, in what way? 2. Has Mex
leo navy? If so, of what class of vessels
does it consist? 3. Which has the stronger
navy. Russia or the United States?-Quiz
We think not. Certainly not Intentionally
so. 2. Mexico has the beginnings of navy.
She has two dispatch boats built in 1875, two
unarmored cruisers QS75) of 425 tons and AIS
horse power, one steel training ship, the
Zaragoza- She has four gunboats building
and five torpedo boats. Her navy is manned
by about ninety officers and five hundred
men. 3. Russia Authorities place the four
largest navies thus: Great Britain, France,
Russia and the United States.
bond issues. q The vote in Congress on the
repeal of the Sherman law.-H. p. d.
The first bond issue Of Cleveland's second
term was in February, 1894, the second in
November, 1894, the third in February, 1895
Cthis issue was made to the Morgan syndi-
cate), and the fourth in February 1896. g
The Senate voted, yea 43, nay 80 (not voting,
100; the House voted, yea 1913, nay "a mot
voting, 66) The votes were divided thus:
In the Senate, % Republicans and 20 Demo-
Gratis for it, and II Republicans and q Dem
ocrats and Populists against it; in the
House, 1A Democrats and 50 Republicans
for it, and 50 Democrats, IS Republicans
and Popuists against it.
What is the lifting power of the lightest
gas per square foot? 2. What material is
used in balloons? 8. How long will bal
loon when inflated remain in the air? 4.
What does the authorizations OF. and 10 OF.
mean on domestic cloth?-T. T.
The lightest gas is hydrogen, which
weighs about lis as much as air, so, theo-
retically at least, it will lift about fourteen
times it's own weight in air. 2. The best
material is silk as that is expensive, alpaca
is used. 8. There can be no set time; it
will remain in the air until so much gas has
escaped that it falls of its own weight. Prof.
Wise once travelled more than 1,12O miles in
his balloon from ST. Louis 4. They mean,
in theory at all events. that the cloth
weighs eight ten ounces to the yard
BY what route does the cable go from
Cape Haitien to the United States, and
where does 1t land? 2 How many cables
are there from the United States to Europe,
and from what places do they start and
land? 3. Is there any cable from the United
States across the Pacific ocean? 4. Where
does the cable from Galveston go to? 5.
Did the United States assist in constructing
own any interest in them? 6. By what route
does the cable go from Cuba to Spain?
H. c. K
According to recent map, the cable from
Cape Haitien goes to New York direct g.
There are eleven cables to Europe, though
not all of them are in use. Two run from
this country to st. Pierre, Miquelon, and
thence to Brest, France; two run to Lands
End, Cornwall, and seven to valentia, on
the coast Of Ireland. 8. There is not a.
5. No. g. 1t goes from Cuba to Jamaica
thence to Halifax, and thence by one of the
regular cables to Europe and to Spain.