The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-27

lSldDuS "A Reader.
English. There are about 1,5OO persons on
the islands. at the most. Most of these are
English and Scots with a few Buenos
Ayrean Spanish-speaking persons.
What is the supposed wealth of Mrs. Het-
ty Green? 2. How many children has she2-
A. NJ. Z.
About $SO,OOO. GEO. 2 Two: a son, who lives
in Texas. and daughter. who lives with
her mother.
Is It possible for lady to lead german
If so, tell me figure?-Luella H.
In leap year, leap-year germans are not
uncommon. Except for these, women never
lead germans. If they should do so, how
ever, they would lead the same figures as
men lead.
Have the United States ever coined any
coins Of the denomination of GA and 1914
cents?-No Signature.
No They never struck any coins involv-
ing fractions except the half-cent, which
was struck between 1893 and 1857. The coins
you speak of were simply conventional
that is, there were supposed to be sixteen
sixpences (64 cents) in a. dollar, and eight
shillings Q21a cents) in dollar. These i'm
aginary coins were called sixpences and
shiliings, but they were never coined.
How many persons are on the pension rolls
now for service in the civil war? 2 How
ice during that war?-G. r. w.
On June 80. 1897, there were 976,014 pension
ers on the rolls, to whom were paid $780,
7s9,242. 2. The total number of enstments
during the civil war was 2,S59, 1872; PISS, 416
claims for pensions Of all kinds (widows
children, dependent parents etc. had been
filed up to the end of 1897.
How are copyrights obtained, and at what
cost?-C. N.
The Ynefbods 0F obto;riyor oor.,,-;rrY,+- -
not involved, but description of them calls
for more space than we care to give here.
The librarian of Congress, Washington, D.
c., furnishes free to applicants a pamphlet
embodying the entire method of procedure.
The cost of obtaining copyright on a work
of an American author or artist is 80 cents,
on a work of a foreign author or artist is 81.
For certificate of copyright, the charge in
each case is so cents additional.
Is the report that the Empress of China
has married again true?-S. w. b.
Probably not, though as no one outside of
the palace can say with certainty what goes
on within it's walls, it is impossible to
answer definitely. Widows in China do not
remarry, and it is hardly possible that the
very shrewd woman who practically rules
China would offend against the custom of
her country in little thing like remarrying,
when she may have to break the laws in i'm
portant matters. The Emperor. remember.
may be dead without anybody outside of the
palace ring being the wiser.
Please give the average price of cotton
from 1S45 to dated. B. =.
We have not the records for any year
further back than 1919. The United States
Bureau of Statistics publishes the prices for
middling cotton for the years from 1S49 to
1897. The highest price during those years
was in 1864, when cotton reacred 1O1.50 cents;
the lowest was in 1894, 6.94 cents. The aver
age price was 1851 cents. This high average
was due, of course, to the high prices dur
ing the war. Recently cotton has sold for a
little less than cents per pound.
At what time were carriages first used IN
New England?-M. o.
We do not know. There were few car
riages in this country until after the revolu-
ton. Hawthorne, in his Scarlet Letter"
which Is laid in 1850, speaks of wheel tracks
before the pillory on which Hester Prynne
stood. But not for years afterward were
wheeled vehicles at ali common. Franklin,
when postmaster general of the colonies,
used chaise in his travels on official bust
ness. but his daughter rode a horse, be-
cause it was easier. There could not have
been many carriages in those days, in the
early seventies of the eighteenth century.
What are the duties of our government to
a private soldier If he should die in camp
or hospital? Would he be buried in his uni
form? Would he be buried where he died:
SO. S.
The army regulations direct that SOL
der be buried decently, and seem to re-
quire that he be buried in his uniform, as
they provide for the issue of uniform for a
deceased soldier. II he has parents or rela-
tives the body may be sent to them, other
wise ii will be sent to the nearest national
cemetery; or, if the commanding officer
thinks it necessary, he may order the body
10 be buried where the soldier died. report
ing the fact and the reason for it to the ad-
Jutant general.
What. is the American Geographical So
ciety? 2 Where may Ope Reed be adj
dressed? 3 What is the pronunciation of
Alger and of Aguinaldo? 4. What is the
tribal marriage law of the Indian Territory?
w. w.
society in New York, composed OF men
interested in geographical research. It is
not an Official body, but practically every
man Of geographical prominence. like Peary,
Henry M. Stanley and others. belong to IL.
and explorers and discoveries who come to
this country lecture before II and In some