The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

teen-inch gun as the largest: but we think
1t is wrong. and that our American sixteen
inch rifle is the largest in use. The gun
throws a shot weighing 2,SIO pounds, using
a charge OF loco pounds of powder; the
range depends on the elevation given to
the gun. but the extreme range probably is
about sixteen miles.
Why does William Goblet refer to Fox's
Book of Martyrs as "CoxS lying Book OF
Martyrsg' Is there no truth in Fox's work
and is Cobbetts history of the Reformation
regarded as truthful statement OF those
troublous times IN. 5. X.
The swing Of Cobbett's religious pendu-
lum was at it's furthest point when he
wrote hiS History of the. Protestant Ref
ormation, and from having been free
thinker and then an opponent of free
thought he had become temporarily an ar
dent upholder of Roman Catholicism His
history is too violent to be reliable, but,
like all his writings, it is interesting and
well written. There Is as much truth in Fox
as in Goblet.
is there any law that compeIs practicing
physician to go, whenever called LOT, 70
render medical assistance? 2 How wide is
the Mississippi river at its mouth IL. Il. D
We do not know Of any law, but each
graduate, before he receives his diploma,
has to take the Hippocratic oath, one OF
the promises of which is that he will go
when called upon. 2. At the head OF the
passes" the river is 2,470 feet wide. Its
width at the gulf cannot be given, because
there are so many mouths. The head of the
passes is seventeen miles from the gulf, but
is taken as practically the mouth of the
river.
How shall I obtain acid phosphate of
lime? g How is hard rubber made? 3. How
blue ink made? s. How are nonalcoholic
fiavoring extracts made?-E. A H.
Look in good book on chemistry; the
process is complicated and difficult 2. BY
the Incorporation of sulphur with india rub
Der; the two articles are subjected to a
considerable heat in a retort for some time,
varying with the hardness desired 3. BY
the addition of a little gum arabic to the
starch, we think. 4. By molding the in
gradients in the form of balls. The ordi-
nary blue is made of purified indigo and
starch, with a little gum arabic to bind it
together, and nodded. 5. By making
syrup of the fruit and sugar. These syrups
will not keep very well.
Please explain the distinctions between
these grades of war boats: Battle snip,
cruiser, torpedo boat and torpedo destroyer.
Il. H.
Battle ships are designed for fighting with
war boats and land Notifications; are
armed with heavy guns, protected by heavy
armor and usually are comparatively slow,
and with limited coal capacity; that is,
they are not well adapted to long voyages.
Cruisers are planned for cruising, carry
fewer heavy guns and lighter armor, are
faster and can cross the ocean at good
rate of speed. Torpedo boats are small, and
set so low in the water that they are a
poor target for an enemy. They carry tor
pedoes to throw in the air or set going in
the water against the enemy, have few
small rapid-fire cannon to keep off small
boats, but depend chiefly on their speed to
escape disaster. Torpedo boat destroyers
are, in effect, large torpedo boats. They
have little heavier guns, and are just as
fast as they can possibly be made.
Will you please tell me something of Hen
rick Ibsen, his life, habits, present home,
and what is considered his best drama?
Mrs. II. l..
Ibsen was born in Norway on March %,
1928; he studied medicine at first and then
took up literature, his first play "Caitlina"
(Catiine), appearing in 1850. From 1857 to
in Christiana. He was pensioned in 1866,
and has resided since then in Dresden or
Munich. At present he lives in a plainly
furnished fiat on the second floor of the
Hemmeter House, in Munich. He is very
methodical, rising at Z, breakfasting at $780,
working from 8 until i; he walks for a
while, dimes at o'clock, walks again and
goes to bed early. He goes out but little,
though every day he ends his walk at the
Cafe de rOpera, where he drinks glass or
two of beer. He is very neat, very pune
tual, and never in hurry. His chief works
are: Brandt 1868; Peer Cynt,'' 1867;
Poems, 1875; Pillars of Society,"" 1877;
Ghosts" 1881; "a Social Enemy 1892
'Hedda Gabler." 1886; THE Master Build
Ell" 1892, and Little Eyolf," 1896. Which of
his plays he considers the best we DO not
know.