The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
With whom should / correspond TO gain
some information regarding jamaica, West
Indies p. c.. Il.
You could write to Louis A. Dent, United
States consul, Kingston, Jamaica, or to the
colonial secretary, Kingston. The govern
ment publishes an annual handbook
Please give me the main reasons that are
urged against compulsory education? What
States of the United States have adopted
compulsory Observation-Disclosures
We have never heard any reasons urged
against compulsory education Every State
in the Union has a compulsory education
law of some sort.
Where can 1 find copy of the old English
carol beginning thus: God rest you, merry
gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay B.
L. I'll.
You will find it in Chamberss Book of
Days" and III any collection of English
ballads and carols. 1t cannot be printed
here because of its length.
What are the ingredients Of champagne?
Does champagne give one the govt? Ii so,
why?-F. r. II.
Champagne is fermented grape juice, for
titled, at d certain period of the process of
fermentation. with a little brandy and
sugar syrup. Very sweet champagne might
excite latent equity tendencies. but dry
champagne, which has almost no sugar,
would hardly do so.
Why is time not called A. d. from the
exact date of the birth of Christ, instead
of four years later? .. If there We're no
inclination of the earths axis what effect
would it have on the seasons?
Dionysius the Little, who arranged the
present system by which all Christians
date events from the birth of Christ,
thought he had calculated correctly, but
later astronomers and historians have
learned that he was from three TO four
years out in his calculation. 1t is too late
to change now, though 2. The seasons
would be changed. so much so that prac-
tically there would be no difference be-
tween them.
Was the dam of the Auburn horse by
King Champion purchased by Robert
Bonner for 500 and driven by the late
Hiram Woodruff to a wagon at better than
a two-minute clip for q quarter mile a
Morgan mare, as claimed by sOme2 Kindly
give her breeding if known: also weight
height and color of Justin Morgan.-G. p. s.
The breeding of the dam Of the Auburn
horse is unknown. The original Morgan
horse. or Justin Morgan, was foaled about
1893 He was bay in color 1t is said that
he was less than fifteen hands high and
weighed about $50 pounds. We cannot state
his exact weight or height.
What are the chances of young man
obtaining a position with the United States
government as Il stenOgrapher, and what
course is necessary?-F. II.
1t all depends on where a stenographer is
wanted and whether he can fill the require
ments. Stenographers are appointed after
examination by the civil-service examining
board of the department which needs them,
and each branch of each department has
its own board in each large city. So, if a
stenographer is needed in the customs serv-
ice in San Francisco, the examination is
held there by the board Of customs service.
Choose the service you want and the place
you wish to serve; then apply to- the secre-
tary Of the board for information.
If I buy a house for taxes, the house be-
Jig mortgaged, viii the person holding the
mortgage get anything out of it? If so,
Who will pay it? How long can the party
stay the property after L receive the tax
title?-R. q. A. *,
A tax sale, as a rule, sells the use of the
property for the shortest length of time
that the purchaser will take it in consid-
Grafton of paying the taxes; it does not.pass
title or affect existing mortgages. But in
those cases where it does convey title mort
GO ges must pass with ii, and the purchaser
buys it subject to the mortgage There is
no fixed period during which the delinquent
may stay after his property has been sod.
Explain the system of differing vessels
OF the American navy in the early part of
this century: that is, the division of labor
of the commissioned officers, the standing
of watches, the navigation and the keeping
CT discipline. We hear of the first lieuten-
ant, the second lieutenant, etc. Were these
distinct ranks or We're they so designated
merely in order of seniority? Was the sail
ing master commissioned officer?
In the youth of navy the senior Off
GER was commanding officer; next to him
was the executive officer, then came the
leutenants. The junior line officer was the
navigator, called also the master and the
sailing master. Now the three senior OFF,
GERS are the commanding officer, the execu-
tive officer and the navigator, in the order
named The other line officers stand the
watches, and are called deck or watch off,
GERS Isieutenants were never ranked Off
cially as first, second and third. The sailing
master was a commissioned officer.
What are the duties OF an ambassador. a
minister plenipotentiary. an envoy extraOr-
binary and a consul. respectively?-A. W.
NJ. L.
Ambassadors and ministers plenipotenti-
airy bear also the title of envoy extrardi-
nary. The combination of titles seems to
have come about more or less accidentally
To begin WITH ambassadors and ministers
represent the governments that send them
at the headquarters of the governments to
which they are accredited. and they are
called plenipotentiary because they have
full powers. or are supposed to have, to
traordinary originally We're sent for certain
special purposes. In time. perhaps when the
latter became more and more unusual. the