The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Please give month and year of VIM. Nc
Kinley's birth.-Subscriber.
Jan. 90, 1S43.
Was there ever distinct Irish language?
j. f. p.
Yes, the Gaelic, which is still spoken in
parts of Ireland
In literary circles is there such a person
as Jessie Scouthift?-M. Y.
We have been unable to trace such
person, in any circle.
Are North and South America one CONT
nent two continents?-J. K.
They are sometimes spoken of as one, but
much moro often as two.
Is there any difference between the we'd
ding and the engagement finger? If so please
designate the fingers.-F. +. c.
Both rings are worn on the same finger
the one next the little finger on the left
hand.
How many brothers and sisters did
George Washington have?-J. c. e.
Two half brothers, the relationship COM
ing through his father, and two sisters and
four brothers-Betty, Samuel, John, Au-
gustin, Charles and Mildred.
Has there ever been a Pope of the Roman
Church of other nationality than Italian?
Italy.
Yes, but not for several hundred years
The last Pope not a native of Italy was
Adrian VI, native of the Netherlands, who
was consecrated in 1922 and died in 1923.
Please give the order in which Alexander
Dumas works should be read. In what year
was Dumas born, and in what year did he
die?-L S. L.
Dumas name is affixed to some 1900
works" so please excuse us. q He was
born July 4, 1902 and died Dec 5, 1870
Who were the Republican senators who
voted against the Impeachment of Andrew
Johnson in 1868? 2 When did the Spanish
American peace commissioners leave this
country for Paris?-Longtaw.
Senators Fessenden, Henderson, Trum-
bull, Ross, Fowler, Grimes and Van Win
kle. 9. Sept. II.
A bets that when a persons twenty-frst
birthday comes the day after election day
he can vote legally; bets he cannot; who
is right?-A- S. r.
A is right. The common law of England.
which holds in this country, where it has
not been superseded, maintains that a per-
son is of age the first instant of the day
preceding his twenty-irst birthday.
What country do the Nez Perces Indians
inhabit? Also, from what is the name
white Indian derived?-C. H. A. W.
They occupied a large section OF the coun-
try along the Columbia river, in the north
western corner of the United States. 2. We
don't know, unless it is used as white" is
applied TO any man-that is, with the mean
ing of honorable or square"
Who made the English translation of
Oehlenschlager's Descent of Odin." and
where can l get a copy OF il? Where can l
get it in the original?-M. n.
We cannot find that any translation of
Oehlenschlager's works has been published,
and we have looked through the records for
sixteen years. You will probably have to
import his poems through some bookseller.
Is there new translation of the Bible
being made from the original manuscript
by any set of theologians or scholars-if so
please republish the chapter that was IN the
Journal some months ago, said to be from
the new Observation-Disclosures.
We do not know of any translation since
the Revised Version, published some years
ago. A number of different versions, but not
new TRANSACTIONS have recently been issued.
Among them the Literary Bible" edited by
Prof Moulton. and published by the Mac
Millans. There is also the Polychome Bible,
in which an endeavor is made to show the
origin and patchwork character of parts Of
the Old Testament by printing the pages in
different colors. We do not recall the pub
LEGATION to which you refer.
Please give the exact population of In
dianapolIs and the distance from Indianap-
oils TO Richmond. Ind NJ W.
The estimated population il 10000 the dis
tance to Richmond sixty-eight miles Your
other questions are rather trsfiing, not to
| say foolish, for a resident Of indianapolis