The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

How is preserved ginger made?-N. p. o.
The root is boiled until it is tender and
then preserved in sugar like fruit.
What is the name of the fort at Key
West?-E. ].
Fort Taylor; it was named after General
Taylor, who became President.
Did Congress or Mr.. Lincoln propose to
pay the South for their slaves. provided
they would not take up arms against the
Union doubtful.
This suggestion was made, but not Off
cially. Congress never made it, and Pres-
dent Lincoln never contemplated it.
What nations recognized the Southern
Confederacy during the civil war?-L. H.
Great Britain was the first to do so. on
May 13, 1861. France followed on June 10,
Spain on June H. and Portugal on July 81.
Russia never recognized the South.
Did the ship City of Rome make trips
across the Atlantic in 1S5S?-P NJ.
Certainly not the present City of Rome,
which was built in 1881. We have no record
Of vessels that were in use as far back as
1853.
How many persons were in the parade on
Grant day last year, and how many in the
parade at Frankfurt on Jan. % last, the
Kaiser's birthday
In the Grant day parade there were about
sixty thousand persons; we find no account
Of the parade at Frankfurt on the EN-
peror's birthday. The papers simply said
that there had been one.
How many children grandchildren great
grandchildren, and great-great- grandchil-
eren has Queen Victoria of England
G. L. 3.
Queen Victoria has living seven children,
and has lost two; she has thirty-three lv-
.r11r.sI
has thirty-one great-grandchidren. None
of her great-grandchildren has died. She
has no great-great- grandchild.
Please inform me if Consul General F'itz-
hugh Lee is the same Lee that had charge
during the civil war?-W. G..
It seems not to have been the same. Fitz-
hugh Lee was with ]. e. B. Stuart, not
with Forrest. There was another Lee W.
F.. II. Lee, otherwise known as Rooney
Lee. He may have been with Forrest but
We are not certain. AT all events, it was
not the present consul general at Havana.
Will you advise me what are regarded by
those having authority the most inn
portant modern achievements in science?
As factors in our modern civilization. what
discoveries or inventions are looked upon
as landmarkS, so TO sneak. in the develop
ment Of mankind ?-T. d. G.
The application of steam tn transporta-
ton; the application of electricity to the
transmission of information; the telephone;
the electric light; the application of cleo
trieity to the transmission of power; the
discovery Of the Roentgen ray This is dis
ttnctly an age of electricity.
What was the amount of the public debt
at the end of the war. and what was the
amount last year? 3 What was the amount
Of import duties s. at at the end d Of IT, the war;
On July !. 1865, the national debt
amounted to $2,6SO,e47,S69 On Nov /, 1897,
1t was $1,SOS. 7.7,slS. ?. The custom duties
for 1866 were $S4. S2s 261; for the year 1897
they were S176,554.126
How long does it take fish eggs TO hatch.
nd is there any difference in this with diff
-erent varieties of tish?-No Name.
DR.. Dean, an authority on pisciculture,
says: After leaving the yolk membrane
the young fish is nourished by the yolk for
a period varying from a few days, as in
the case of the pike-perch, shad and bass
10 several weeks. as in the case of salmon
and trout The Matching period of lobster
eggs in 1892 varied from two days TO thirty
five days. according to temperature of the
water
In what years did the United States begin
to coin gold, silver and copper?-J. w. ".
The act of April 2, 1892 authorized the
coinage of gold. silver and copper coins,
but the actual coinage did not begin for
some time afterwards The first gold coin
struck was the eagle; it was minted first
IN 1884 In 1882 the silver half dime was
coined, and in 1894 the silver dollar and half
dollar were coined first; and in 1898 the
copper cent and half cent were struck for
the first time. So the silver half dime was
our earliest United States coin.
How much per shot does It cost to fire
tie largest cannon in user What is the
weight Of projectile, OF powder. and what
Is the range2--F. E. w.
The cost is said TO be about 81 200 a shot
ore new almanac gives the English seven