The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-13

tary Of the interior. The secretary of agri-
culture was created after the presidential
succession act of 1886: so he was not in the
line of succession. But we think that an
amendment puts him there now-though it
is to be hoped that he may not have to
claim his privileges under The act for a long
time.
Please name the men who rowed the
boat, also the companies they belonged to.
when Benedict Arnold escaped to the Brit
ish lines.-L /. C.
History does not give the names of these
men. There we're six of them, of whom
James Larvey was coxswain. Larvey said
afterwards that had he Known what Ar
nold's business was board the Vulture
he would have been shot before he would
have rowed him there, and his reputation
was such that he undoubtedly told the
truth.
What is meant by casting in chess
What is the proper position of king and
queen?-W. A. o.
CASTING Is to move the king from his own
square two squares to the right or left and
bring the castle to the square the king has
passed over. The queen is not used. SO 1t
has no proper position. CASTING is allowed
only when neither the king nor castle has
moved, when there is no piece between them
and when the king is not in check, and does
not in casting move through or into check.
/. Name the largest island belonging to
the United States. 2. In what State is the
geographical center of the United States. 3.
Name the ten largest cities of the United
states and give their population. A. What
city in Michigan is between two divisions of
standard time?-Subscriber.
l. Long island. 2. Nebraska. 8. New York,
which now includes Brooklyn; Chicago,
Philadelphia, st. Louis, Baltimore, Boston,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Buffalo and San
Francisco, in order named. 4. Detroit, the
division line being from that point irregu-
lar.
Who are exempt from military duty in
case of war;. K. S.
The Revised Statutes of the United States
(Secticn i629) exempts these persons: 1.-THE
Vice President, officers judicial and execu-
tive of the United States, members and Off
GERS Of both houses of Congress, customs
officers, postmasteTs, mail carriers ferry
men at post roads, inspectors of exports,
workmen in armories of the United States,
pilots, sailors, and all persons who now are
or may be exempt by the laws of the re-
spective. States
Please tell me how/to make a chemical
battery, and what chemicals are needed?-
c. A. G.
Get cell to start with. The simplest
cell consists of wide-mouthed jar of por-
celain. In this is put solution OF sulphuric
acid and water, in which solution are placed
two plates, one of zinc, the other of copper.
These plates do not touch, but from the
upper corner of each of them runs a wire.
When the free ends of the wires are
brought together, an electric current is gen
Grated which is perceptible at the point of
contact as an electric shock
Please name some of the most prominent
bicycle publications and their subscription
prices? 2. Is there Partisan weekly paper
in English that gives the progress of the
every week?-SubScriber.
The Wheel, the American Wheelman, the
Wheelwoman, the L. A. w. Bulletin, all of
New York city; the Cycling Gazette and
the Referee, both of Chicago. They will
give you the rates if you apply There are
others as prominent as these. 2. The Paris
edition of the New York Herald and Gal
ignani's Messenger are the only English
papers published in Paris Neither gives
the newe that you are looking for, and the
French papers give no news at all.
Is there home in Washington, d. c., for
disabled officers and ex-officers of the reg
ular army? IF so, what are the require
ments for admission, and who is in charge?
&C. =. S.
There is no home for disabled or retired
officers of the United States army. Such
officers are retired with a part of the pay
they had as active officers. There is a
home for the enlisted men of the regular
army who have served twenty years, in
Guiding volunteer service, or who served
less than twenty years if discharged for
wounds or disability in the line of duty
Application should be made to the Board
of Commissioners Soldiers Home, War
Department, Washington, D. c.
What test can one use to discover whether
alCln Is used In baking powder?-K. M.
Digest quarter of an ounce of fresh cut
chips of logwood in five ounces of methy-
lated spirits for eight hours; teaspoonful
of this tincture is put with as much sat
urated solution of carbonate of ammonia
into wine glass of water, and the mixed
solutions, which are of a pink color are
poured into plate. A slice of bread made
with the suspected baking powder is allowed
to soak in the solution for five minutes;
then it is placed on a clean plate to drain
In an hour or so it will become blue if alum
is present, and greenish if sulphate of cop
per is there. If there is neither alum nor
"copper" the bread loses the pink color which
it got from the solution, but never becomes
blue or green.
What is the process by which the total
gain in bank clearances is obtained? Does
one simply add up the sum of the several
Increases, deduct the decreases and then di-
vide the remainder by the number of cities
reporting? If not, how is it?-F. OBJ.
Mr. Frederick Baggs, manager of the In
dianapolis clearing house, makes the follow
ing statement: The custom of this office is
tnis Clearings for February 1896, $685.
317.47; clearings for February, 1898, ST., 1852, :
1894: increase, $4,107, O95.S7. Each day the
clearings are made in the same way, thus:
Feb. Is. 1897, $7O7 so; Feb. 15 1885, $751;
514.SS; increase, $1O7, 1888. 1 suppose this is
substantially the method of the New York
clearing house in making up their state
ment. / report to the New York clearing
house in this manner, and also to some
financial papers.
What person said in effect LET me make
the songs of q nation and / care not who
makes its laws?" 2 Who wrote the foolish
ballad of 'Lilliburlero?" What revolution
was 1T instrumental in causing? g. What
songs marked the progress of the French
revolution and how did they do sow.
7. MEG.
The name of the author of this proverb
is not known. Fletcher of Saltoun, q Scotch
writer, who died in ZIG, wrote to a friend.
the Marquis of Montrose, that ne ''knew
a very wise man that believed that if a man
were permitted to make all the ballads OF