The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-14

Are districts of the national census fixed
permanently, or are they changed with each
census?--A. c.
They are fixed for each census.
Are there any railroad shops in Albu-
querque, n. NJ, and if so, what shops are
they?-A. d.
There seem to be no railroad shops in AL
buquerque. There are machine shops and
foundries.
When and for what reason was the name
OF butcher" first applied to news agents on
passenger trains TT. 3. B.
The term is of very recent application,
and we have not heard the reason for it,
Candy peddlers travelling. with circuses are
known as candy butchers. Perhaps this is
the source
Are acknowledgements to real estate deeds
taxed under the new internal revenue laws;
and if so. how much?-F. N. B.
There seems to be difference of opinion on
this subject; as read the law. acknowl-
edgments are not to be stamped. Leases
require stamps but after they are stamped.
the acknowledgment goes free.
What is the pay of privates and non-com-
missioned officers in the army now, volun-
teers especially?-C.
All persons in the army, whether regulars
or volunteers, draw war pay, an advance of
% per cent. over regular peace pay. An or
binary private gets $3.50 a month; corporal
gets SIS, a sergeant, $21.60. Men in the en-
gineers get rather more than those of the
cline service"
What would person have to do that has
once failed in business to get his name back
under the new bankrupt law and what
would it cost him?
He should see a lawyer. The bankruptcy
law is new. and questions are arising
under it, the proper person to answer them
is lawyer. We have no idea of the cost
of proceedings under the new law
Is lieutenant general a regular rank in our
army? 2 How many persons have ever
been lieutenant general with us?-W c. II.
1t is not. 1t has been created only for
special persons, by special legislation. 2
The lieutenant generals in our army have
BEEN Winfield Scott. by brevet; Ulysses S.
Grant promoted general; William T. Sher-
man, promoted general; Philip ii. Sheridan
promoted general At his promotion the
grade became extinct, but was revived some
years later in favor of Major General Scho-
field. who was retired lieutenant general
and still holds the rank, on the retired list
What is the level of the sea- and how is
It obtained? What is the method of finding
how much higher place is than the sea.
p. NJ.
The sea level is defined as the natural
datum plane for leveling operations, to
which all heights are referred. The level
usually adopted Is the mean-sea level, the
height of the sea at several different points
taken between high water and low water
and then averaged The height of a country
or of a point of land above the sea is OBJ
tained by the aneroid barometer, or by sur
Veying, taking levels with instruments and
running lines.
How many kinds of raisins are there and
nom what kind of grape does each grow?
%. r.
There three great divisions of raisins
ordinary or large raisins, sultana or seedless
raisins and Corinth raisins or currants
The large raisins are sometimes called mus
catel raisins, because they are grown from
the muscat grape They are graded as Ma
laga clusters, Malaga layers and 'lexias"
Then come Symrna raisins, graded as
eleme, the best. The Sultana raisins come
from a small yellow grape grown near
Smyrna There are local varieties of raisns
grown in the Greek archipelago and IN
Italy, but they are not exported. The Cor
inthian raisins are known as currants.
Please give the names and addresses of
ten OF the largest purchasers of bonds under
the last issue of Cleveland's administration?
II. l..
The principal purchasers were: ]. s. Nor
gan & Co. and associates, $9S lis, $50; Speyer
* Co, $56OO.OOO New york Life Insurance
Company, S5.OOO,OOO; Hanover National
Bank. $1,000, 900; Lazard F'reres, $500 zoo;
William Graves and others. $4,5OO.OOO; Kid
der, Peabody & Co., 100000: Kuhn, Loeb
& Co. 81 100000; the Investment Corpora
ton. $1,000, OC0; ]. & w. Seligman & Co., ST.
100000. ALI these have offices in New York
city.
What admiral or commodore had the row
with President Cleveland that caused the
naval mans retirement, and what was the
trouble about?
1t was Rear Admiral Richard Worsom
Meade. a brother of General Meade. of
Gettysburg fame. He was quoted in the
New York Tribune as saying: 81 am an
American and a Union man-two things
that this administration can't stand"
When the secretary of the navy asked if
this quotation was correct he refused either
to affirm or deny it. returning noncom-
initial answer. Then, when he heard that
he might be rt-martialed, he requested
10 be retired In his order placing him
the retired list President Cleveland took
him to task sharply for his words.
Is there danger of poisoning from using
paris green on cotton to kill boil worms?
?. What is the best method of applying it?
When is the best time TO use 1t? 4. What
IS the pronunciation of Hawaii?-Sub-
ecriber.
Very little 3 The usual way is to hang
q bag of paris green at each end of pole
about eight feet long, and to place this
across horse or mule. The animal is then
ridden slowly through the cotton field, the
paris green shaking out by the horses tread
and falling upon the cotton. In windy
weather the poison should be mixed with
water (about oRe pound to 200 gallons) and
sprinked on the plants through force
pump. With horse and bags forty acres
can be busted in day; about one pound to
the acre is the allowance. g. As soon as
the blossoms have withered. The cotton
bon worms attack the plants much earlier
than the caterpillar. 4. AS if it were spelled
''Eah-vah-e-e."
am anxious TO know the obligation the
volunteers assumed when they were sworn
IN. 2 What obligation is the United States
under 10 the soldiers? 3. What do the SOL
dlers have to pay for out OF their wages,
or dc they get pay at all?-G. II. p.
A volunteer swears to support the Con-
stitution and to obey the articles of war.
Then he enlists to go wherever he may be
sent The United States undertakes to pay
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