The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13

years position that they have been much
longer in reaching.
Before the LIST Of January, 1868, the cold
day was cold Friday" When was that, and
how cold was It'll Il. n.
We find no record of such a day.
Is there a school of design at Indanapo-
lis where one could receive the training nee
essary to become a designer of window
glass. wallpaper, oilcloth, frescoing, etc.?
Reader
There is no organized school, but Mr..
Rembrandt Steele, corner Pennsylvania and
Sixteenth streets, gives instruction in that
line.
To whom must apply for postal route?
3 When are the contracts let out? 3. When
and how must l send my bid, and TO whom?
Green Horn.
To the second assistant postmaster gen.
eral, Washington, ID. c. 2 One-quarter CT
the star route contracts are let each year,
the contracts run for four years, beginning
on July / and ending June 30. 3. Full infor-
nation will be sent by the postmaster gen.
eral
Please give the names of the leading Sun
day and other leading daily newspapers
published in Washington. ID. G. 2. How are
the living expenses in Washington, ID. c.,
compared with other cities? 3. When will the
government commence on the twelfth CEN
sus and about how many employees will
there be in the Washington office?-Sub-
scriber.
J. The Post and Times have Sunday edi-
TONS The Evening Star is published six
days in the week. .. About the same. g. In
1900. Probably between two thousand and
three thousand.
Can you tell me how much bone-producing
substance there is in corn meal in contrast
with wheat?-SarSh
Recent analyses show these component Of
Corn. Wheat.
Water .... ......................1O9 10.5
Ash ..................,... ID l.o
Protein, albuminoids 100 11.9
Crude fibre ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IL i.o
Nitrogen-free extract, starch
sugar, etc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. y6 tl9
Ether extract crude fat....... "a 81
Thus there is very little difference be-
tween the two foods.
What is the correct thing to do regarding
calling cards? When is it proper to leave
them, and how many should be left?
Cards should be left whenever formal
call is made. If a married woman calls she
should leave one of her own and one of her
husbands cards for each woman in the
husbands cards for each of the men of the
house. An unmarried woman leaves cards
for the ladies of the family, only: and an
unmarried man leaves a card for each lady
and gentleman
If the Sandwich islands or any other land
is annexed to the United States, will the ma
tives of the territory or land that is an
neXed have the privilege of natiVe-born
Americans. or will they have the privilege
of naturalized citizens?
Under the proposed annexation treaty the
natives of Hawaii would have no rights of
citizenship. The treaty leaves all questions
OF that sort to the Congress of the United
States after annexation; the only persons
who would have the rights of citizens
would be the Americans now residing IN
Hawaii.
Is Richard Croker son or a grandson of
John wilson Croker? 2. Is Rudyard Kip
ling the author and editor of the Cambridge
CodeX Bezae? 3. How old is Representa-
tive Landis?-J. MEG.
He is neither son nor grandson but he
may be a cousin more or less distant. q
No: the editor of the Codex Bezae was
Thomas Kipling. dean of Peterborough
who was born in 1894 and died in 1922 g.
Mr.. Lands was born on July O. 1858, so he
is in his fortieth year.
Has there ever been a decision rendered
dog was not property and could not be re-
covered for when killed? 3 What has be-
come of General Hoods children, who were
orphaned by yellow fever in 1S79?-A Y. r.
We think not. Some state courts have
| held SO, we believe; but no Federal Court
We take it that the decision would depend
upon the dog, to large extent 3 The
Hood children were adopted by various
persons in the South and North: the young
est is now almost of age. One or two have
died; one at least is married.
Please give the names of prominent il
Illustrators and tell where / may find their
hiStOry.-Mrs. c.
Illustrators as such are of recent reputa-
ton. and we think began to exist earlier
in England than elsewhere. Thomas Be
wick was an early illustrator William
Blake another; more recent illustrators are
Sir John Gilbert, John Leech, Richard
Doyle, George Cruikshank, f. C. o. barley
George Du Maurier. All of these are dead,
and their biographies are to be found in
cyclopaedias. OF living Illustrators there
are many such as Daniel Verge, a French
man; Sir John TennieI an Englishman;
and Frost, Wenzell, j. Bernard Partridge.
Kemble, Rogers, c. d. Gibson, w. IT. Smed-
ley and Steiner We do not know where
you would find biographies of these men.
Please tell me something of the life of
Seth Low.-H. n.
Seth Low was born in Brooklyn, n. Y,
on Jan. Is, 1885, the son of Abiel A. Low.
He graduated from Columbia College, New
York city, at the head of his class in 1870,
and then travelled for a time. On his return
he entered his fathers office as a clerk, and
in 1915 was made partner In 1881 he was
elected Mayor of BrooSlyn as a I;epub-
lican, and was reelected in 1883 serving for
four years In October, 1888, he was chosen
president of Columbia College, succeeding
DR.. Barnard He has built the college up
into a university has moved it from its cid
crowded location to better che and has
increased its endowment greatly. In 1897
he was the candidate of the Independents
for Mayor of the Greater New York." but
was defeated.
Where may I find Sunset Cox's famous
description of a sunset?-LiZZie Bayne
1t in the Columbus Statesman May
10, 1858, and is as follows:
A GREAT OLD SUNSET.
What a stormful sunset was that of last
night How glorious the storm and how
splendid the setting of the sum- We do not
remember ever to have seen the like on
our round globe. The scene opened in the
west, with a whole horizon fun of golden