The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.


Please translate for me the italian words
crt Bulwer Lytton: Non ii scordar di
rec. p. S.
They mean, do not forget me-" Liter
ally they mean, Forget not myself of me-"
How many different tribes of Indians are
there in the United States?-J. r.
According to the report of the commits
sioner of Indian affairs Tor 1886 there were
then 263 different tribes of Indians in the
States and Territories Many of these were
hardly more than names:
What Southern States, if any, pension
their soldierS?-Subscriber.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi, North Carolina South Carolina
and Tennessee. Texas and Virginia do not
pension their soldiers, but provide homes
for them, which amounts to the same thing.
Tennessee, besides pensioning them. has
home for some of them.
Did Barry Sullivan ever appear in the
United States? Did he ever appear in
Bridgeport, Conn. ?-No Name.
Yes, several times He came here first in
1858 and stayed some months. In 1868 he
came again, and returned q third time in
1875 II is quite possible that he played in
Bridgeport, but we find no mention of the
fact in theatrical history.
Where does the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
re Railroad begin, and where does it end?
IS. II.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road
has no general terminus. The original road
ran from Atchison, Kan, to the west line
of the State. Later the Chicago, Santa Fe
g. California road was built from Chicago
to Kansas City. The road has branches in
various States, but has no special beginning
or ending.
Are there any States in the Union that
allow negroes and whites to marry? 2. Do
any of the States allow negroes to attend
the same free schools with white children?
Subscriber.
Yes, these States do: Connecticut. Illinois.
Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts,, Michigan,
Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New
York North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania. Rhode Island South Dakota,
Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin,
and Wyoming. 2. We think that negro
children attend the same schools as white
children in all the Northern States-certain-
ly they do in New Hampshire, Massachu-
sets, New York. New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania.
Why are particular signs of the zodiac
connected with particular parts of the
body? Tarus the neck, Aquarius the legs,
GO. b. T.
There must have been some abstruse as
biological reason for giving to each part of
the body a particular part of the zodiac;
but we do not find it set forth. The Roman
poet Manilius, who lived early in the first
century, describes each part of the body as
being under the protection of part of the
zodiac. so it is evident that the system is
as old as our era. -
Was there ever any trouble between Ohio
and Michigan over their boundary line?
Debate.
Yes. during what is called the Toledo
war" which was waged at some period not
stated by historians, but between 1929 and
1887. The trouble was over the boundary,
and turned on the ownership of Toledo and
Maumee bay. The militia was called out
on both sides, and one thousand Michigan
men marched into Ohio to prevent the SUI
preme Court of that State from sitting.
The matter was settled without bloodshed
Ohio won and kept Toledo and Maumee
bay.
What is the capital punishment of Ger
many?-G. l..
According to the report of the commits
sion appointed in New York some years ago
TO decide on a way to put criminals to
death, there are several ways of executing
condemned person in. Germany. In Ba-
varia he is guillotined In Brunswick he is
decapitated by an ak; in Hanover the gull
lotine is used as 1t is also in Saxony; in
Oldenburg a criminal is shot, and in Prus-
STA he is decapitated by a sword What is
used iii the other states Of the empire we
gio not know
Is the apparent twinkling of the stars due
TO waves in the atmosphere? q What fee
did DIR. Mackenzie. of London, receive for
treating the Emperor of Germanys throat?
"A Subscriber.
1t is said to he due partly to refraction
and partly to the exhalations from the
earth. which place a sort of tremulous veil
between the earth and the stars, through
which the latter are seen. 3. We do not
know what the money fee was. DIR. Mac
kenze was created knight by Queen Vic
toria. and was made knight of the Hohen-
zollern Order in Germany
OF what material are violin strings made?
How are they made. and are any made in
1hts country?-C. w. E.
Eiol.n strings are made of the intestines
OF various animals, principally sheep; for
in spite of their name they are not really
made of catgut. 1t is said that the best
strings are made from the thinnest ami
mails. The intestines are cleaned freed from
fat and STEPPED first in water and then in
an alkaline I've. scraped. smoothed and
bleached in sulphuric acid fumes, dyed, as
sorted and made into skeins for sale Few.
any SNtluSS are HlduS ia lnlS country,
the best come from Naples
Why is the present Pope OF Rome called
Leo XIII?-Subscriber.
The early Popes retained their own
names until in the year 1903, a Pope was
chosen whose surname was "Bocca di
Porca" (pig's snout) This Pope very wise
~ changed his name on ascending the papal
throne and assumed the name of Sergius.
Since his time all the Popes have changed
their names, each one taking the name of
some saint or some other sanity person.
The present Pope, whose baptismal name
was Gioacchino Pecci, took the name of
Leo when he was chosen in 1873 because
he admired especially the life of Pope Leo
XII, who had died in 1899
How many machnists are employed on a
United states war boat. and what is their
pay?-Subscriber.
The engineer force is not considered part
cf the machinists' department: but on the