The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

QOEO 1ONO AND HNO w ERO.
When did the use of revenue stamps on
checks cease under the old law?-Stamp
On July !. 1883. in accordance with the pro-
visions of the act of March 8. 1885,
Can you give the address of a United
States government detective. to what au-
tboT1ty to write on matter pertaining 10
the secret service Of the government? -L. NJ.
The chief of the Secret Service division of
the Treasury Department is a Mr.. Wilkes
His Office is in the treasury building Wash
ingtoh. D. c. Write to him for information
How many battles has Fitzsimmons won?
2 Did Choynski not fight a draw with Fitz-
sinmons?-W. c. II.
Fitzsimmons has won thirty-seven fights,
has sold one Cor so claimed to have done
to Jack Allen. in Australia), and drawn one
2. This drawn battle with Joe Cho-
ynski; II was on June II. 1894. was stopped
by the police and declared draw
Please give the following distances: Ha-
vana to CadiZ, Spain; 2. New York to coast
of SPAIN 3, New York TO Liverpool; A.
Cadiz to Manila. via Suez; ). Havana to Ma
Mia, via Cape Horn; 6, San Francisco to
Manila?-Subscriber.
About 4.9cO English miles. q About 3.120
miles. g. 3,017 miles. 4. About 5000 miles. 5.
About 10. 400 miles. 6. About $500 miles.
for action?'-E. w.
In clearing for action guard rails, small
boats, awnings and a lot of material that
is not essential to the fighting outfit are
dashed together and pitched overheard, to be
recovered later Explosions of shells aboard
ship are made much more dangerous by the
presence of material that will splinter. The
danger of fire is lessened, too, and valua-
Bile room Is made.
What is the best way to crib corn with
q view to keeping weevis out? There are
already weevils in the new corn.-E. w.
Close the bottom of your crib tight, go on
top, tie a cloth around your mouth, and
sprinkle SOME bisulphde of carbon through
the grain. It's fumes will clean your wheat.
Write also to the commissioner of agricul-
tuFe of your State; it is possible that he
can give you advice of especial local value.
Send him specimens of the insect that is
troubling you.
Who appoints the paymasters in the army
what are their duties in general and their
salary? Pc. b. c. T.
The President by and with the consent
of the Senate, appoints the paymasters in
the army. Their duties are to pay the off,
GERS and men, as a rule; sometimes they
are placed on other duties. One of them,
for example is now military attache of the
United States in London. They draw the
pay of their rank, whatever that may be.
They begin as major and get 81, 500 a year to
start with.
N. w. H.: The order of the Spanish
squadron in leaving Santiago was Infanta
Maria, Vizcaya, Cristobal Colon, Almirante
Oquendo, Pluton, Furor. The order of their
destruction or Bleaching was Pluton, Furor,
Infanta Maria, Oquendo, Vizcaya, Colon.
L. G.: The Hawaiian islands are in Ocean
lea, but perhaps the United States will
have the boundaries of that division of the
worlds lands changed. NJ: The vowel
sound in news is that of tube; "nooze''
is incorrect Clifton: Schley is pronounced
sly" No name: Patronize is spelled
with ~
How is extract of witch hazel made. and
how much of the wood or bark is to be
used for any given amount of the extract?
Z. Y. X.
This is one Of many formulate: Take of
hamamelis shoots and twigs, ten pounds;
water, twenty pints; alcohol, one and
half pints. Put the namamelis in a still.
add the water and the alcohol. and allow
mixture to macerate twenty-four hours.
Distil to ten pints by applying direct heat
or, preferably, by means of steam. This
should be made only from fresh young
twigs of hamamels, collected in the late
autumn when the plant is in flower.
Do the best medical writer's recognize any
general cause of cancer? Do they believe
that the disease. when of such character as
aiiiicted General Grant. is durable after
reasonable development, by any yet discoy-
cred treatment2-X. Y. Y.
The origin of cancer is by no means
known certainly. The only tning definite
about 1t seems TO be that some external
cause. operating upon depraved condition
of the blood, viii produce the disease. No
treatment other than the knife has been
found that is successful and even the knife
simply prOlongs life without permanently
removing the cancer. The great trouble
with cancer is its tendency to grow again.
What is the money loss to Spain in the
ships captured and destroyed by our navy
since the war began?-A. II. H.
The four big vessels, the Almirante
oquendo, Cristobal Colon. Infanta Maria
Teresa and Vizcaya. cost about So 900
apiece. Ten other vessels. at least, have
been destroyed or captured, which cost at
a low average. about $780, 600 each. That
gives total loss of $1S,OO0OOO in vessels
alone at the lowest estimate We cannot find
the exact cost of the smaller vessels Span
lsh newspapers say that the loss of Ger
Geras feet caused money loss of $40 600 900.
What was the Mecklenburg declaration
:.
Sicard higher in rank than Sampson and
Schley before the war commences? -R j. T.
Towards the end of May, IT'S, Col Thomas
Polk. of Meckienburg county. North Caro-
lima, called meeting of the elected commit
tee of the county. The committee met in
Charlotte Courthouse on May 81, and chose
Abram Alexander chairman and Dr. Abra-
ham Brevard clerk. A committee on resoIu-
tons appointed. consisting of Dr. Bre-
ward Rev. IL. J. Balch, and William Kennon,
who reported a preamble and twenty reso-
buttons. The preamble read: Whereas by
an address presented to his Majesty by
both houses Of Parliament in February last
the American colonies are declared TO be in
q state OF actual rebellion, we conceive
that all laws and commissions confirmed
by or derived from the authority of the
King and Parliament are annulled and va
Gated and the former civil constitution of
these colonies for the present wholly sus-
pended. Therefore, resolved, that these col
onies are independent" etc. The other reso-
buttons provided for the government of
Mecklenburg county. a sort Of anti-climax
70 the declaration OF independence. 2. Adj