The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-01

What is the full name of the secretary OF
state of North Carolina?-Tarheel.
Cyrus Thompson. He took office in Sep
TENDER, 1891.
Did Olive Schreiner. the South African
euthoresS, marry a negro?-A. l..
She did not. She married, in 1894, a Mr..
Cronwright, an Englishman recently set
tied in the colony.
Where can I get a detailed life of Moritz
Moskowski?5C. NJ.
We do not know. We cannot find even
the most general mentor of him, let alone
q detailed life of him.
What was the ancestry of Hannibal Ham
less.
He was the son of Cyrus Hamlin and the
grandson of Capt. Elijah Hamlin. who had
served in the revolution. On his mothers
side he was descended from Elijah Liver
more, one of the original owners of Liver
more township. Maine. Both families came
originally from England.
To whom should one apply for Informal
ton about revolutionary. soldiers, if one
wishes to become a member of the Sons of
the Revolution? &C. f. Nee.
No general answer can be given TO this
question. You will have TO apply to some
one in the State from which your ancestor
came when he entered the revolutionary
ermy. Some States have compiled their
records of the soldiers who entered the
revolutionary army and of their services;
other States have taken no action in the
way of preserving those records.
Please give the population and number of
K0idiers for both the British empire ana
HISsia--TeXas Soldier.
Tine population of the British empire is
SS1. 0OO,0O0, and it's army numbers 200 600
Russia's population is 129, 900, 900, and her
soldiers are 1,743,000. These figures as to
soldiers are on the basis of the peace estab-
IS lishment. but the preponderance in Russia's
favor is quite as great in reserve forces.
Man for man the Russian forces are SUI
perior, so you see how completely England's
power rests in her enormous naval forces.
1 have several thousand postage stamps.
Can you tell me where / can dispose of
them2-G. H. NJ.
To business men, If they are uncanceled:
TO dealers in stamps or to junk men if
Cancelled. Stamp dealers will pay for can
celed current issues in denominations that
are seldom used, from 8 to 20 per cent. of
their face, making 100 stamps the unit of
such transactions. Cancelled 2-cent stamps
of current issues are, so far as We know,
unmarketable When you write to a dealer
be more explicit in your query than you
were to us.
Can horseradish be raised in southwest
Texas? II so, where can / get q book on
horseradish raising ?-Bach.
Yes. Horssradish needs a light, friable
soil. This must be trenched to about three
feet in the fall and the surface turned down
with a liberal supply of farmyard manure. In
the spring a second manuring should be
dug IN two feet deep, and then pieces of
the root about six inches long may be
planted a foot apart in narrow trenches.
The ground must be kept clear of weeds
and must be manured twice or thrice with
liquid manure. 2. We do not know.
Is there any pretender to the British
throneI II so, what are the facts concern
ing the case2-Inquirer.
There is no actual pretender, but there is
3 person who, unless the British ParIia-
ment had declared differently in l702. would
now be Queen Mary of Great Britain. She
IS the Archduchess Maria Theresa of Aus
tria-Este. Duchess of Modena, the wife of
Prince Louis of Bavaria. She was born in
1879, wy married in 1865 and has three sons
and seven daughters. She is descended
from Henrietta Maria, Duchess of Orleans,
daughter of Charles /. There are some
harmless persons in England who call them