The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

York between Corbett and Sharkey would
last over fifteen rounds; which wlns!-J l.
Neither; the referee declared all bets off.
His say-so, and his alone, decides such
| point.
Please state the lowest degree the mer-
| curry reached at Indianapolis during the
months of January and February 1Ss1-H.
V. H.
Jan. %, 1897, IA degrees below zero; Feb.
q, degrees above.
How should a tent be preserved to keep off
mildew?-O. b.
This is recommended: A solution con-
| tanning equal parts by weight of glycerine
and crome alum. Mix only what you plan
to at the time. for once the mixture
| set it cannot be reliquefied.
What is necessary to be done when a mem
Der of a family in whose name the family
property has been dies without leaving
| will?-G. E. K.
So many things may be involved in
| matter of this kind that no general answer
would suit all cases. 1t is a question for
| lawyer.
When did the Cars peace proposal ap
Dear?-C. A. e.
1t was sent to the foreign ambassadors on
Wednesday, Aug. "a; the Official Gazette, of
| st. Petersburg, published it on Saturday,
Aug. %, and the European and American
papers on Monday, Aug. ~
What was the highest military rank and
| how conferred on Z. S. Grant? What sec
| ton of Illinois grows most corn?-B.
General Of the army. The rank was made
| by Congress especially for Grant and was
| conferred on him by the President. e Cen
| trail and southern part,
In the days of fast-sailing ships, what was
| the best time made between New York and
| Liverpool?-P. E.
| Nine days, seventeen hours between New
York city and the Irish coast, by the Dread
naught, in 1860. This ship, however, took
| three days to reach Liverpool after sighting
the coast because of storm. Even then
her trip was very fast.
Can you give the author of an article writ
| ten on the Corfu" over fifty years ago?
| Its principal occupation seemed to be to sit
| upon huge pinnacle above the earth and
commiserate upon the weakness and mis-
| takes of mankind and to criticSe upon it's
| foibles and errOrs.-S. 7. R.
We find nothing about the Corfu; do not
identify it in the least.
What part of the cost of the National
road was appropriated by the national gov
| eminent and what part by the State? What
| is the roads eastern terminus?-W. A.
l. The total amount appropriated by Con-
| gress was $6S21, 246. The road was built en-
| tirely by the United States government, the
States through which it passes bearing no
part. q Cumberland, Md.
Are there any publications in the United
States devoted to the subject of Woman'S
rights?-Th. II.
Yes; the following are some: The Woman's
Tribune, bi-weekly, Washington, D. c.; the
Friend of Home" monthly, Effingham, Ill. ;
Club Life, monthly, Quincy, ILL.,; the
| WOm9nS Column and tho Wopoop,S To,,r-
nal, weeklies, published in Boston; Woman's
Weekly, Omaha, Neb., and the Wisconsin
| Citizen, monthly, Brodhead, Wis.
Was. Andrew Johnson President Of the
United States, ever impeached?-J. B. F.
Yes; the House of Representatives i'm
peached him on March 8, 1868, and presented
the impeachment to the Senate on March 5.
On March ID the Senate began the trial, and
sat as court from day to day, with oc-
casional adjournments, for several days
until May &c, when the President was ac-
quilted by vote of 80 guilty and 10 not
| guilty AS the Constitution required a vote
of two-thirds to convict, President Johnson
was acquitted.
| In 1903 the United States bought Louisiana
| from the French for $l5,000,000 When and
| how did the United States pay for this ter
ritory? 2. In what year was Jesus Christ
Killed? VINO killed him, the people, the SOL
| dierS or the Jews?
| The purchase money was represented by
| government stock drawing per cent inter-
est, to be paid after fifteen years in INSTALL
ments of IS, 100000 at least The last of it
was paid about 1922 2. In 80 "A d. He
was executed by the Roman Governor CT
| Caesarea, Roman soldiers being the actual
| eXecutioners
When was there total eclipse of the sun
| in this and h0u - Il .
Telephone.
There was a total eclipse of the sun visible
| only in Alaska, SO far as the United States
were concerned, on Aug. SO, 1896; but this
| really is not what you are after The last
total eclipse of the sun visible in the United
States was in 1889, on Jan. 1; the totaIity
lasted about two hours at most Even this
eclipse was not visible east of a line drawn
from Hudson bay to New York city.
Can you tell me how to prepare glass dry
plates for use in photography?-B V. f.
After the plates have been in the silver
nitrate bath, wash off the excess of silver.
coat the plates with preservative and then
dry them. Tannin coffee, tea, tobacco, or
| other organic substances are used as pre-
| servatives. The plates thus made will keep
some time, but are much slower than even
wet plates. You should get a book on
photography, one of the books published by
large dealers in Photographic materials
| Is there any magazine devoted exclusively
to art published in this State? g Can YOU
| suggest anything which would produce
| flesh upon thin and bony hands? 8. Is there
/ a school for comic illustration in this CITY ?
| Subscriber.
| l. None that we know of. 2 Very thin
and bony hands are apt to belong to an ILL
nourished body. Frequent rubbing of sweet
oil into the hands is said to increase the
flesh upon them. 8. No A New York maya
! zine called the Art Student, and edited by
Ernest Knaufft, has recently been giving
| especial attention to the making of car
| toons
In what year and in what war was the
needle gun first used?-J. B.
The Prussan army was equipped with the
needle gun, in its first form, about 1S41 It
was crude form Of ARM but was improved
and, as improved, was used by the Prus-
slams in the Schleswig- Holstein war of 1864
! The war of 1866 between Prussia and Aus
| tria was the first large war in which the
needle gun was used, and largely by it's aid
the Prussians defeated the Austrians COM
pletely. The defeat was so quick that the
war is called the six Weeks War"
NJ. L.: The commissioner of patents,