The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-03

Namyk Bey, Governor; Tunis, Africa, Sid
Ali Pasha, Bey. The colonies OF European
nations are not given
Would 1.-THE Pierian' be an appropriate
name for a small amateur paper devoted
largely to poetry?-J. /. S.
Being an adjective. the word properly re-
qlires an accompanying noun. 1t is suita-
bic as to significance.
Please describe the method of loading our
modern ten-inch guns. Is the projectile and
cartridge all in one? What is the powder
chamber?-J. j. l.
The breech block is swung back and the
gun sponged: then the projectile is brought
up on it's carrier and rammed into place.
The powder charge, sometimes in two bags,
is then rammed into it's place, the fuse in
serted, and the breech block swung back
into place and locked. Charge and projec-
tile are separate for all guns in our service
larger than the six-inch rifle and for most
of the six-inch rifles, too. The powder
chamber is place in the bore of the gun
where the powder is placed. Its diameter is
greater than that of the rest of the gun.
Please give me some information as to
settlements conducted on the cooperative
plan and how to reach them by mail.-F. s.
A Swedish colony is at New Sweden,
d Il q
sian in Middlesex county, Virginia; an Ital-
ian at Bowie Tex; German at Anaheim,
Cal, and English in Crawford, Plymouth,
Sioux and Woodbury. counties, Iowa. There
is a colony at FaiThope, Ala; at Grand
Blanc, Mich; at Manistique, Mich; at
marlborough, Miss, and at Greenwood,
Ark. The Bellamy colony of equality is near
Duluth. Mimi There are socialistic and
porous than the cooperative colonies.
Is there not a bill now in effect, recently
passed by Congress- giving to volunteer,
as Well as regular army officers, an addi-
tional 20 per cent. of their salaries as long
as the present war continues? 2. Besides
washington and Grant, We're Sherman or
Sheridan ever generals in the army ?-P.
b. G..
War pay is for enlisted men only, and is
not to be paid 20 officers. q Sherman was
general from March 5, 1869, until Nov l.
1SS3 when he retired with that rank Sheri-
dan was lieutenant general from March 5,
1869, until June /, 1888, when he was pro-
NOTED to general. He held that rank I'M
til his death, on Aug. s. 1888.
A man and woman walking down the aisle
of a church or theater where the space is
narrow, should the man precede the Wom-
an? Does the same rule apply to a man
and woman entering dining room? g. In
walking through the crowded corridor of a
hotel should the man or the woman advance
first "A. A S.
The general rule is that man precedes
a woman wherever he can protect her.
either from danger or discomfort. l. He
might go first here. 2. Probably not, though
it might. 3. The man should go first To
carry out the rule, a man should go up
stairs first. and downstairs afterward; he
should alight from carriage first and enter
after; enter a strange place first and leave
house first. the idea being to see if any
one is waiting to attack the woman, or If
anything is outside that might disturb her.
For the same reason man walks between
woman and the edge of the sidewalk.
Where can get stamps to put on checks
as required by new revenue bill? Is it re-
CURED to stamp any order for a small
amount of money drawn, for instance by
farmer on his merchant to pay one of his
laborers for days work? Is it lawful to
draw drafts, ETC., without stamping them?
j. G. H.
The Postofffce Department has offered its
services in distributing the new stamps, and
they should be we'll distributed by the time
this is printed. The law imposes tax on
checks and sight drafts; whether the order
you describe is correctly classified as a
sight draft we cannot say But if the law
should be thus interpreted be cheerful; ev-
erybody gets a bit of it. If stamps are not
now ready banks vii, not permit business
to be interrupted. Probably they will in
dorse unstamped checks with the statement
that the maker will pay tax on them when
ne can procure stamps, and thus make the
checks good
contend that in adopting the Krag-Jor-
genSen rifle the government of the United
states did so solely upon it's superiority
over an other rifles, and this contemplated
It's eIlclency at 900, 900, 500 yardS-in fact
at any range-over any other rifle. The
other man held that the Springfield rifle
was equally effective at 1000 yards and
CANNED that recent tests had demonstrate ted
this. This is a matter of general interest
in these times, and 1 therefore ask that you
give as much information on the subject as
possible, or direct me to some source where
1t can be obtained.-R. f. L.
The Krag-Jorgensen rifle was chosen by a
board of experts appointed by the secre-
tary of war and the commanding general in
rifles, including three or more varieties of
the Springfield rifle, and then gave second
trials to several makes of guns. They re-
ported that the Krag-Jorgensen was the
best all-around rifle submitted. The model
adopted by us is an improvement over the
original adopted by the Danish govern
ment. In the ordnance report for 1892 APP
pendix tx, Pages 110-3O7, you will find report
and diagrams. For hunting purposes the
Springfield rifle is still authorized to be
issued to the army; so we suppose that the
Krag is not such a good sporting rifle; but
it was chosen only after prolonged and
severe tests, lasting over two years.