The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19

dale, Miles Standish, George Scale, Edward
Tilly, John Tilly. Thongs Tinker. John
Turner, Edward Winslow, Gilbert Winslow,
William White, Richard Warren. Thomas
Williams. Several of these men brought
their wives with them.
Suppose a ship sails from port at the rate
of five miles per hour, and that at the same
time man begins to walk from bow to
stern; what will be his rate with reference
to the wharf and with reference to the ship?
2. Please define the word "kirmess. "-Imag-
inc Now.
He would keep before the spot on the
wharf opposite to which he started, and the
boats deck would pass under him at the
rate of five miles per hour. 2. Primarily, an
annual church festival OF Holland and Flan-
ders; in this country, a fair or festival, in
doors or out, in partial imitation of the old
country affair. 1t is preferably spelled
'kermess." n
WHAT armored boats were bought by the
United States since the Maine disaster?
Please name also the unarmored gunboats
and auxiliary cruisers bought or chartered,
especially for this war.-B.
The United States have bought the cruis-
ers Albany admiral Abreu) and New Or
leans (Amazonas) from Brazil, and the
cruiser Topeka (Diogenes) from Argentina;
they also bought the torpedo boat Somers
.in England Besides these they have ac-
quired by pure hase or charter eighty-one
other vessels, too many to name here, and
are using the vessels of the revenue marine
service and of the lighthouse service. AL
together, it is said, that the navy now con-
tains 200 vessels of all Sizes
Was Stonewall Jackson killed in a duel
or in battle? g Was the first issue of green
backs redeemable in gold or silver, and how
W. HnxxrYT CT. lolx
on the second issue, and was this redeem
able in gold or silver?-Reed.
He was wounded at the battle of Chan
cellorsville by a shot fired by one of fis
own men, in the dusk, as Jackson was
riding up reconnoitering. He died a week
later from blood poisoning following the
amputation of his arm. q No redemption
money named. $15OOOO,O0O were issued.
g. Under the second greenback act the
same amount of notes was issued; these
were expressly redeemable in coin.
Which is the better rifle the Mauser, of
the Spanish army, or the Lee straight-pul?
z. Which is the better the KragJ Jorgensen
rifle or the Lee? 8. Will our troops going
to Cuba and the Philippines be armed with
the Lee, the Krag-Jorgensen or both? a.
VIII they carry any guns shooting black
poWder?-G. l.. S.
We do not know; both rifles are reported
as excellent. g. The army experts took the
Krag-Jorgensen after many trials; the ma
val experts took the Lee. We are inclined
to think the Krag the better gun. g. The
regulars will have the Krag, the volun-
teers the Springfield, and the sailors and
marines the Lee This is one of the mis-
fortunes of getting into a war before we
are ready for it. a. The Springfelds use
black powder
hof icsf fI,o 0f
of our national flag, the proportionate size
of the blue field and the correct arrange
ment of the stars?-W. r. G.
There seems to be no official proportions
for American flags; but these may be fol-
lowed successfully. The fly of flag is it's
upper edge the hoist its left edge the union
the blue field on which the stars are dis
played. The proportions are: The fly nine
teen feet long, the hoist ten feet, and the
union extends seven and three-fifths feet
along the fly. These proportions hold in all
sizes. The hoist is divided into thirteen
equal spaces and the union extends down
the hoist to include the seventh of these
The proper arrangement of the forty-five
stars now in the union is: Eight, seven
eight, seven, seven, eight.
In what way did Sitting Bull meet death /?
2 OF what religious belief was Thomas
Jefferson?-Alex.
To the excitement and troubles caused by
the Indian Messiah in the late fall of
1890 Sitting Bull contributed largely, and
the authorities decided to arrest him and
put him out of the way of increasing the
trouble. On Dec Is a party of Indian po-
lice arrested him in his lodge on Grand
river about forty miles from the Standing
Rock agency in South Dakota. He surren-
dered quietly. but suddenly drew a cutoff
shotgun from his blanket, called for help
to his son and attacked the police. They
attacked the Sioux in return, and in the
battle which followed Sitting Bull, his son
and five hostiles and seven of the Indian po-
lice were killed. The survivors of the police
won and carried the old chiefs body back to
Standing Rock. 2. Jefferson nowadays
would be described as an agnostic. He
didn't know or didn't believe.
What is a passport, and are they needed
in the United States? 2 How is developer
and toning solution made in photography? :?
g. How many newspapers are there printed
IN the United States? How many Demo-
cratic and how many Republican? How
many printed in the world?-R. C.
A passport is a paper issued by the de-
partment of state of a country to citizen
containing a description of him and COM
mending him to the ministers and consuls
of that country in the lands where he in
tends to travel. 1t is useful as a means Of
Identification chiefly. 1t is not needed in
this country or in England, but is needed
before one travels in the continental coun-
tries of Europe. q The developing solutions
in photography are acid solutions of pyro-
gallic acid or ferrous sulphate, etc. If you
are interested in photography get some
modern book on the subject. Every dealer
in Photographic supplies sells such. 3. In
this country there are 21G9 dailies 3SS semi
weekies, 1859 weeklies and 2,617 month
lies, besides other papers published three
times a week or at unusual times, the total
being 20,44S papers. There are thought to
be about $1,000 papers issued regularly in
the whole world. We have no idea how the
American papers are divided politically.
Will you kindly print the address of the
headquarters of the Red Cross Society in
America2-E w.
In Washington. D. C. Miss Clara Barton
president of the society, resides there.
Please inform me of the most direct way
to offer ones services to the government as
nurse in our present war. Would prefer to
go to the front.-E. B.
Address National Red Cross Society,"
Washington, D. c. This organization will
have Of the nurses for the China n