The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25


riot in Chicago?-Reader.
1t occurred May 4, 1886.
Aunt Jennie" Radnor. Ind: The advice
you ask can only be given by a physician
after personal interview.
Reader New Harmony. Ind: An answer
to the question you ask concerning an cleo
4ric generator would be too much of an adj
vertisement of the machine to appear in
this column.
What Is the first day of the twentieth
century? Inquirers.
'Ehe first day of January, 1901. Authority.
Century Dictionary.
What is the population of ManiIa?-J. L. f.
It is usually given as 154.OS2. according to
q census taken in 1887. Our War Department
places it at 10000 inhabitants Probably the
latter figure is nearly correct.
To decide a bet please say whether ior not
the Queen of England is a German or of
German descent.-Two Readers
The Queen of England was born in Eng
aand, but she is directly of German descent.
August this year had two full moons; when
will it have two agan?-B. 4. j.
August had two full moons in the years
,ds41, 1860, 1879 and 1898 IT. will have two full
moons again in 1900.
A says that the President issues procia-
nation for Thanksgiving day and establishes
legal holiday. says that without the
Governors proclamation Thanksgiving
would not be a legal holiday. Who is right?
b is right. The Presidents proclamation
applies legally only to the District of Co
lumbia and the Territories.
OF what nationality were the men who
gave US the Revised Version of the Bible?
u. II. II.
- x,,o, done IN, collaboration he+u,eer an
association of EngIishmen and like organ
ization of Americans. Chapter by chapter,
the work was passed to and fro. the process
covering fourteen years.
Why do our Supreme Court judges wear
rObeS2-G. L. G.
The judges of the Supreme Court have
worn robes from the beginning. They prob
ably took the custom from the habit of the
British judges wearing gowns In our colo
NAL times judges wore robes, and the trial
judges of New York are about to assume
them.
A thinks that Moody, the evangelist. is a
Baptist; B that he is a Methodist; who is
right?-H. w.
AS we understand it, Mr.. Moody has never
been ordained a minister of any denomina-
tion. His first church, established while he
was employed in store in Chicago, was an
Church He became a professor under
the preaching of DR.. Kirk, of Boston, who
was a Congregationalist.
Were any Columbian quarter dollars
coined in either 1892 or 1893? If so how
many?-Citizen.
No quarter dollars of the Columbian issue
were coined in 1892; but in 1893 $10O05. 70
worth were coined, numbering 4O,023 pieces.
The Columbian halves were coined in 1892
CS475,OOO, or $4,000 pieces. and in 1893 ($2,-
O26O52.5O, or 4,O52,1O5 pieces.)
Please give me the size of Jackson Park,
Chicago, and state the sizes of the large
parks in the country.-Subscriber.
Jackson Park has $50 acres Large city
parks in the country are: Paramount Park,
Philadelphia, 2,74O acres; Pelham Park, New
York, LOO acres; Van Cortlandt Park New
York, 1,064 acres; Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, lob acres; Central Park, New
York, $50 acres; Belle ISLE Detroit, ECO acres;
Druid Hill Park Baltimore, 693 acres.
Has the United States government the
right to conScrIpt a citizen in time OF war
and send him out OF the country to fight?
-B. z.
There is no law allowing the President to
do so; but if one were deemed necessary it
would be constitutional for Congress to pass
one. The militia law allows the President to
call on the militia National Guard for
nine months at a time. to resist invasion,
enforce the law and suppress insurrection.
Please tell something of the Arctic Wv
age OF Sir John Franklin. K NJ
lie led Arctic expeditions in 1875 1919. 1925
and 1915. His last expedition 0S45) engaged
the Erebus and the Terror. Many hxpedi-
-tions sent to rescue him came upon. relics
and in 1889 Captain f. L. McClintock: found
at Point Victory in the Arctic regions, docu-
mentary proof that Franklin died near Ian
caster sound June IL, 1S47. All his men prob
ably persisted with him.
What is the extent of the jurisdiction of
Iourth-clasS postmasters in making ont legal
papers ana qualifying persons to the same
Dy oath or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Any postmaster is authorized to aslminis-
ter the oath of Office TO any person employed
in the postal service. or in any other de-
partment of the government. His authority
ends there, as he cannot take affidavits or
acknowledgements. Under the pension act of
Aug. "a, 1894, postmasters of the fourth-class
are authorized to execute pension vouchers
In many late editions of Shakespeare. Act
], Scene s. of Hamlet" Polonius is made
to say:
''rhe friends thou hast and their adoption
Erapple them to thy soul with hoops of
steel"
Old editions and all the players / have
ever heard, and have heard many. have
the word hooks instead of hoops" Did
any competent editor or critic ever give a
reason for the change of hooks to
''hOops?"-,J. S. p.
Hoops is the original and correct word
Pope was the editor who substituted
hooks"
How can become member of brass
band in the navy? What is the salary of a
player?-Alt0.
only flagships carry recognized bands;
the bands on other ships are simply made
up of men who have instruments and play
together Every ship carries buSlers. who
get $50 a month. The fagships carry first
musicians, who get $50 a month, first-class
musicians who get $50 a month, aud sec
ond-class musicians. who get $50 a month
To become a member of the band you should
enlist as a bandsman.
Has the War Department records of the
names OF officers and soldiers who served
IN the war of the revolution? Can YOU tell
me of any completed volume where such in
formation can be haS?-K Il. w
The War Department has no such record.
unless it may have in its library the vari-
GUS volumes published by some of the