The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

When was Jesse James killedt-N. ID. ~.
on April 8. 1852.
How long must a person live in Oklahoma
to get a divorce?-S. r. &.
One year. according to the most recent
reference book.
Must the members of the Presidents Cab
inet be native-born CITIZENSHIP. b. r.
No The present secretary of agriculture,
Mr. James Wilson. is a Scotchman by birth;
and several other Cabinet ministers have
been naturalized citizens.
Are greenbacks subject to taxation? Is
any circulating medium Omitted states cur
Tency) exempt from taxation?-X. Y. u.
Greenbacks are not subject to taxation;
in fact. no circulating medium in the United
States is subject to taxation as such.
Please name half dozen American his
torians of the United States.-J. I. j.
These are good writer's: John Fiske,
James Schouler. George Bancroft, Richard
Hildreth. Edward Won Holtz Thomas w.
Higginson, but this last at long distance
from the others.
Who was the originator of the two-step?
Where and when was it first danced?-A
Dancer.
The waltz has been danced in France as
far back as the XVI century. In 1889 Baron
De Nieuken, Russian attache in Paris, in
troducad the variation known the two
step"
Who is the United States minister to Rus
STA. and who is Russia's representative to
our country?-lA l.. V.
Our minister to Russia is Ethan A. Hitch
cock. The Russian minister here is Count
Cassni. He is absent just now and his place
Is taken by Mr.. Dewollant, first secretary
and charge d'afaires.
Where can get serum treatment for
consumption? 2 What does it cost? 3. Can
st be successfully used at home-adminis-
tered by the family doctor?-R. L. G.
Go to a doctor. ?. We do not know: the
cost must vary in different places. 3. 1t can
be administered by a family physician.
How many times have the Cubans fought
for liberty, and when?-A.
The present war is the third. The first
war was not thoroughly organized. 1t be-
gan in May, 1850 when Lopez landed; and
It was ended by Lopez's execution on Sep
TENDER l. 1851. The second war broke out
in September, 1868, and lasted until Febru-
airy 1878, when it was terminated by the
treaty of Zanjon. The present third war
began in February. 1895.
In what battle of the world were the most
men killed?-O. NJ. w.
In the battle of Leipsic. otherwise called
the battle of the nations" fought on Oct.
16 is and 10, 1918. The French army under
Napoleon numbered 10000 men; the Aus
trian, Russian and Prussian armies num-
bered 100000. The French lost about As, 900
men. the allies about 10000 What number
OF these were killed and died of their
wounds we do not know.
Can a person take up more than one
claim, such as timber mining and other
claims, during natural lifetime? Or has
person right to take up two or three
different claims2-J. Z. Q.
One person can take up agricultural
homestead. presumption claim. and under
the timber culture act (now repealed) a
timber culture claim. He could also take
up a mineral claim. He could take up only
one of EACH however. The timber culture
act was repealed March 3. 1891.
Where was the paper. Brother Jonathan,
printed somewhere in the fifties. and IS
there any place that keeps files of old pa
pers that could be able to get one from?-
9. =.
The Brother Jonathan, a weekly literary
paper, was published in New York city in
the late thirties and early fOrties We do
not know where a file can be consulted.
The Brother Jonathan and two other pa
pers printed as news the various new nov
els published in England; those were about
the only things they did print.
When was the first cottonseed oil mill
built? For what purpose is the oil used?-
A. F. B.
Cotton seed oil was made as far back as
17s5. though rot commercially. In 1855 L.
Knapp invented a decorticating machine
which stripped the seeds; after that, the
pressing out of the oil was simple, and the
manufacture became of commercial impor-
lance. The oil is used to adulterate oils
tlinseed. sperm. lard, olive, a substi-
tute for butter in soap making, leather
and wool dressing and in other similar
work.
How much electric power viii 2Oo-horse
DOWer engine generate when attached to
an electric dynamo? Measure or state the
electric volts in horse power If possible
w. F. C.
The loss in generating electricity may be
taken on an average at about 10 per cent:
that is. II the dynamo is run by a 2OO-horse
power engine, about 17O-horse power will
be developed One horse power equals
1854 watts; it cannot be expressed in volts.
One watt equals the power expended in
raising 44A pounds one foot in one minute.
Give direct reason why a hundred years
elapsed from the discovery of America to
the first English colony? 2. What agree
ment did Constantine make with the Pa
Have we any logical proof that we keep
the right Sabbath Student.
Spain claimed all the new discoveries. and
so long as England was Roman Catholic
country and at peace with Spain. she had
10 admit SPANS claims. When England
first became Protestant, men We're too much
engaged IN other things TO go exploring or
colonizing: finally under Elizabeth began a
general widening of interest. and war with
Spain and the difference of religions re-
lieved the English Of any need for respect
Ing Spanish claims. So the colonization fol-
lowed 2. He made none. according to Glib
bon. He allowed them to retain most of
their rites and their temples. though he sup
pressed some OF these because of their i'm