The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

What acid or combination of acids is used
to etch iron?-IndeX.
Nitric acid and water is the principal NOR
dant, but many other acids are used.
What are the principal products of the
Island of Jamaica? 2. How. is the island
governede 5. Is there a line of steamers
from Galveston to Jamaica Wv. NJ. t.
Sugar, coffee bananas and cocoanuts
3 AS colony of Great Britain. 3. No.
What is the height of the highest building
An Chicago?-T. MICA.
We GO not know the height in feet, but the
highest building in Chicago is the Masonic
Temple, which has twenty stories and cost
to build it $3,OOOOOO.
To decide a bet please say how many
p. '-'- . - '''' 1>'-ie' 'o''i mas sam
There are forty-five stars just at present
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona are
still simply Territories. Utah is the youngest
State.
Please give the present address of Clara
Barton, president of the Red Cross Society,
or some address at which letter will reach
her?-Indiana
Miss Barton's present address is Washing
ton d. c.; letter to her as the president of
the society will be forwarded to her, where
ever she may be.
AS the United States Supreme Court has
declared the Nebraska railway maximum
freight bill unconstitutional, are not all
State railroad commissions a nullity? And
If so. ought not they to be abolshed?-R. H.
State railroad commissioners have other
duties than to enforce the law you mention
so are still useful.
What is the difference at the present time
between the rank or title of Sampson and
Dewey?-J. +. M.
Dewey is actually a rear admiral; Samp-
son is senior captain in the navy. with the
temporary rank of rear admiral. That is,
Dewey is two steps ahead of Sampson, but
apparently is of the same grade
When and by whom was the MORO Castle
at Havana built?-J. M.
The MORO or cliff castle at Havana was
begun in 1889. Additions have been made to
it since then The name of the governor
who began the Moro is not preserved in
American reference books.
What Presidents were unpopular? O. What
i TSs!sS were ADMITTED as save states after
1t is hard to say. Unpopularity is such a
comparative term Avoiding living Presi-
dents and ex-Presidents, perhaps these
may be said to have been unpopular: John
Adams, John Tyler, James Buchanan and
Andrew Johnson q Tennessee, louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida
and Texas.
Kindly let me know how to go about get
ting with the Red Cross Society as nurse?
Mrs. ]. p. K.
DR.. Lesser is the surgeon-in-chief of the
American Red Cross Society; bis address is
Washington. The society has hospital
and training school for nurses on West
One-hundredth street, New York city; adj
dress the superintendent there. He can
give you detailed information.
Is three miles square league, or three
square miles Postal
A league is a measure of distance not of
square surface, is of great antiquity and of
variable length with different countries.
ranging from 4.6 to 2.42 English statute
miles. The English land league contains
approximately three statute miles; the
marine league most commonly used is one
twentieth of a degree-three geographical
miles
How can 1 make ginger beer or ginger
pop?-H. b.
To make ginger beer take ten pounds of
sugar. nine ounces lemon juice, one-half
pound of honey, eleven ounces bruised gin
ger root, nine gallons OF water, three pints
yeast. Boil the ginger half an hour in one
gallon Of water. then add the rest of the
water and the other ingredients and strain
when cold. Add the white of an egg beaten
and one-half ounce essence of lemon; let it
stand four days; then bottle tightly.
Can you give your readers the origin of
the expression recently become famous
again, Eiobson's Choice?"-D. S.
Hobson's choice means this or none" 1t
comes from Tobias or Thomas Hobson, a
famous Cambridge. England. carrier and
stable keeper, who was born in 1914 and died
in 1891. He IS said TO have kept forty good
horses in his stable, bat each customer,
though be saw all the horses, had to take