The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

How do Mexicans make ''mescal?"-w. A.
They take fermented juice of the agave
tree, a species of aloe, and distill it. The
distilled liquor is mescal.
B. L.: The battle ship Indiana cost So
02O,O00, the Oregon $3 31S0,OOO. C. T.: Moro"
means promontory, high hill, or some
thing that juts out over.
How many rounds did Sullivan and Kill
rain fight at Richberg, Miss. ?-B. B. NJ.
Seventy-five rounds: the battle lasted two
hours sixteen minutes and twenty-three
seconds.
How many ale breweries are there in the
United States?-Subscriber
The census of 1890 reports 1,24S breweries
In the United States, but does distinguish
between ale breweries and those that brew
beer
Should a person born on the 29th of Feb
ruary celebrate Feb. 2S or March l as birth
day?-C. e. o.
Such a persons birthday is March 1, but
If a yearly celebration is desired there seems
no reason why he shouldn't have his pick
of days-Fourth of July might do, Bun
ker Hill day.
What articles of diet commonly used are
nitrogenous and what farm aceous?-E.
Milk, fish, eggs, beans. meat and peas are
nitrogenous foods. and there are others: the
farinaceOus foods are bread and other
wheat products-everything made of any of
the usual sorts of fiours.
What proportion of plaster paris should
De put IN lime to make good hard finish
on tWo-coat work for stone wall?-J. w.
Work about one-half lime, strained and
clean sand with one-half plaster of paris 1t
may be that less plaster of paris can be
used
What were the respective weights of Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons on the day of their
fight at Carson City?-W A. w.
Fitzsimmons said he weighed 159 pounds,
though many persons who saw the fight
thought he was at least fifteen pounds
heavier. Corbett claimed to weigh 1873
pounds.
rifle on board the Indiana? 2. Does a con-
tinual firing of six hours hinder in the work.
ing of the gun?-Admral and Ensign.
Several minutes elapse-four or five, we
believe-between discharges. g We don t
think any thirteen-inch rifle ever had such
test, which would be a severe one, to put
it mildly.
What troops did North Carolina furnish
the Southern Confederacy during the civil
war;. w. r.
We find no report of the actual number
of men sent by North Carolina, but we find
these as the numbers of her organizations:
Infantry, sixty-nine regiments and four
battalions; cavalry, one regiment and five
battalions; two batteries of heavy artillery
and nine batteries of light artillery
What is the highest salary paid to a. bali
player in the National League? 2 Did St
Louis ever win the pennant? If so, in what
year?-J. *. T.
The rules of the National League limit
co MI.
never won the National series. While the
American Association was in existence, the
St. Louis won the championship in 1886. 1887
and 1883.
A wagers with B that the Oregon is the
finest and best equipped boat of the United
States navy. Which one wins?-E. K. A.
The Oregon is a sister ship to the Indi-
ana and Massachusetts, each of the three
being of the same weight and armament.
The Iowa is heavier by one thousand tons,
but her four biggest cannon are twelve-inch,
while the other battle ships have four thir-
teen-inch guns each. We don't know who
wins; perhaps no one knows
Please give a short life sketch of Lady
Caroline Lamb.-Literary.
Lady Caroline Lamb was born Nov. IS,
17s5, her father being the Earl of Bess-
borough and her maiden name Ponsonby.
She married the Hon William Lamb in
1906: in 1916 she wrote novel, "Glenarvon," T"
the hero of which was supposed TO be Byron,
to whom she had been much attached since
1913 She published two other novels,
Graham Hamilton and Ada Refs" In
1926 her husband was separated from her;
she died in retirement on Jan. 26, lS2S
What has become of the log of the
Mayfiower that Mr.. Bayard brought from
vcf
names of the pilgrims?-J. J.
The so-called log of the Mayfiower is
now in possession of the State of Massa-
chusetts. Here is list of the passengers
on the Mayfower: Isaac Allerton, John Al
lerton. John Alden. William Bradford. VIII
liam Brewster, John Ellington, Richard
Bltterige. John Carver, Francis Cook.
James Chiffon John Crackston, Richard
Clarke, Edward Dotey, Francis Eaton,
Thomas English, Samuel Fuller, Edward
FULLER Moses FFlefchar Johx. (zoody,1ar