The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-07

miral Sicard was highest in rank, then came
Commodore schley. then only two numbers
later came Captain Sampson, and several
numbers further down the list came Cap
tain Sigsbee.
In using arsenic as a complexion remedy
how much and how often should 1t be used?
Il. N. II.
Arsenic is a very dangerous drug and
should be used. even as a complexion rem
ovator. under the direction of physician.
What are the duties of the reporter of
the Supreme Court? What is his salary and
what is his term of office?-P. d. q.
He has custody of the opinions given by
the Supreme and Appellate Courts and SUI
pervises their preparation for publication.
His salary is 5000 a year and the term of
Office is four years.
j. E M: There have been several deci-
sions against the express companies in the
matter of the stamp tax, and the revenue
department has ruled against them, but 1t
is understood these cases have been APP
pealed to higher courts. AS to the telegraph
companies, we are not aware that any suits
have been brought.
Is it true that there is now building for
the British government battle ship to cost
about $11 10000 and to carry eighteen-inch
guns? 3 What was the size. of the largest
Krupp gun at the worlds fair. and what
was the size Of it's projectile? g. How does
the United States army sixteen-inch gun
compare with other big guns of the world :?
j. ID.
We think not Such a vessel would carry
too many eggs in one basket Eighteen
inch guns are not adapted to naval service;
the British government has given up the
n 81 of uyli oh
had several on some of it's older vessels. 3.
1t weighed 124 tons and was sixteen-inch
calibre. 3. 1t is not so large as the British
sixteen and one-fourth-inch ri1ed gun, but
it is better Our guns are the best in the
world 1t is generally believed that the
extreme size of guns has been reached, and
that guns larger than sixteen-inch are not
serviceable in proportion to their size.
How did the Crimean begin and end, and
which contestant had to pay the indemnity?
B. o.
The Crimean war began by Russia inter-
fering in Turkey in behalf of certain Greek
Church, Christians, who had been pre-
vented by the Turkish government from
having their treaty rights in Jerusalem. To
prevent Russia obtaining the pre-eminence
in European matters that her interference
and victory would have given her, Great
Britain interfered in behalf of Turkey.
Then Napoleon ILL., of France, thought he
would interfere, too, to prevent England
getting too much glory; besides, being
Napoleon, he thought his trade was war;
and Savoy joined, hoping to use it's alliance
with England and France as a reason later
for getting control of Italy. So they let
the Greek Christians go, and fought Rus
STA. The latter country made a good fight.
but lost. When peace was made, it had to
surrender part of it's territory, but no
money indemnity was required.
What is the peace limit for each country?
We have heard that the peace limit of this
country was thirty-three years?-A. w. M.
No peace limit can be fixed for any coun-
try with any accuracy. The period of thir-
ty-three years does not obtain in this coun-
try. Our revolutionary war ended in 1888;
we had an important war with France in
179S-1S00; in 1S12-15 we had another war
with England; from 1871 to 1918 we had In
dian wars on hand; and in 1916 we began
war with Mexico. The civil war was only
fifteen years later: and though this war with
Spain is thirty-three years after the civil
war, we have had many fierce little Indian
wars meanwhile. England has been at war
constantly-not in large wars, but in wars
large enough to prevent any peace limit be-
ing fixed. France was at war in the old
days continually; but since Napoleon's time
she has had wars with Algiers, 1S27-1S9O; in
the Crimea, 1854; with Germany, in Mexico,
in Anan, Siam, Madagascar; Italy joined in
the Crimean and had war with Aus
tria and one with Abyssinia; Spain did not
wait thirty-three years for it's Cuban revo-
lutions We think the saying is, that there
is always big war every thirty-three years,
not that any one country is at war every
such number of years.