The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20

the appointment and the time when the suc-
cessfuS candidate reports for duty ait West
Point, ne viii be seventeen when he does
report. and the age of entering is between
seventeen and twenty-five. A candidate
must be an actual resident of the district
from which he is appointed.
E. c. T., Milroy. Ind. asks III any reader
OF the Journal can tell who is the author
of a Loem which appeared in the early part
OF our civil war and If it appears in any
published collection. The first versa was
as follows:
Weave no more silks, We Lyons looms
To deck our girls for gay delights.
The crimson flower of battle blooms
And solemn marches fill the nights"
&c. Can you give me recipe for an ink that
VIII fade after a few hourS?-W. w. w.
We do not find any recipes for inks such
as you describe. James Payn, the novelist,
wrote book on just your idea, but didn't
tell how the sympathetic ink was made.
There are many inks that are invisible when
used and become visible afterwards; milk,
for example, or onion juice. These are in
visible at first. but turn brown If exposed
to heat. Ordinary ink, if diluted with water,
will fade in time, but not so quickly as
you seem to want.
Where are the records of deeds kept in
England-transfers, leases etc !? q Is the
law of entail abolished in England-J. A,
There is no compulsory registration OF
title deeds and papers involving titles in
England. There is a law permitting such
registration, under which the papers are
registered in the Land Registry Office, Lon
don; perhaps eight thousand estates are so
registered. The papers ere secret and can
be consulted only by the owner, or by per-
sons permitted by him. In the cases of es-
tates not SO registered, the title deeds, ETC.,
must be looked up in the offices of the so
Hcitors to the estates. 2. No; it still ex-
lists wherever it did exist in England.
is any portion of A. T. Stewards estate
still in litigation, and if so, what is the esti-
mated mated value value? Was any will left, or did
any heirs secured anything from the eS-
tate? Where could procure an account of
the handling of the estate from the time Of
the death of Mr.. Stewart?-G. E. L.
No part of the estate is in litigation now;
the latest attack on it has just been de-
feated by the courts-a school teacher hav-
ing brought suit against Judge Hilton has
just had her case thrown out of court
Stewart left will. The alleged heirs have
recovered nothing. We don't know that you
can get history of the management of the
estate; there is no reason for publishing
such a thing, and we think you would have
to search the papers filed in the courts.
2 What was he court-martialed for? 3.
Where was he when court martialed? A.
When, where and how did he die?-J. II.
P. f.
Treason in surrendering Metz to the Ger,
mans in 1870, without attempting to defend
the place. 2. For this offense. 8. He was
court-martia1ed at Versailles; the court sat
in the Little Trianon. = 1t met Oct. 6, 1873,
and on Dec. 10 found him guilty of capt.
ulating, of having agreed to terms making
his command lay down their arms, of hav-
ing negotiated with the enemy without do
ing all that honor and duty demanded, and
of having surrendered a fortified place in
trusted to him to defend. He was sentenced
to death, but President Mcmahon COM
rluted the sentence to twenty years impris-
onment. A. He was imprisoned on the
island of Ste. Marguerite, escaped to SPAIN
and died in Madrid, Sept. %, 1885,
A number of correspondents have asked
about enlisting in the navy. We place
all their questions together to save room
What is the monthly pay of sailor in the
navy? 2 What are his rations? 8. What
is the shortest period for which one can
SHllSIs t. HOW Ola must one De DeIOre ne
can enlist? 5. Where can one enlist?
An enlisted man in the navy of the lower
class. if he is a. seaman and not what is
called a landsman, gets $40 a month. q He
gets one ration q day, which is supposed to
be worth 80 cents a day: its component
parts are regulated by law, and it is quite
sufficient and perfectly good. 8. A person
can enlist in the navy for three years now;
the old long-term enlistment is abolished.
4. He must be over eighteen. If he is not
of age he must have the consent of his
parents or guardians. s. One can enlist at
any navy yard. There are eight yards: At
New York, Boston. Norfolk, Portsmouth,
N. H., Philadelphia, Washington, Pensa-
cola, Fla, and San Francisco.
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