The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.


the expression.
why is the word colonel pronounced
kurnel?"-H. w. III.
The word came from the Spanish about
1548, and was originally "coronel,'' becom-
ing Colonel later from the French form.
The pronunciation was originally coronel
and col-o-nel. The first form became in
time pronounced cornell, and then curnel
retaining the r. of the Spanish form, but
the spelling kept the French form. which
probably was more familiar to the English.
A bets B that the old motto of the Order
of the Garter, viz, 'HOni soft qui NAL y
pense," is Latin; B bets it is French. Which
wins?-T. L.
1t is old Norman French. ''Honi' is the
past participle of an old and now obsolete
verb, 'honir,' meaning to be damned. The
expression really means. not 'evil to him
who evil thinks" hut May he be damned
Cor condemned) who evil thinks of this.
still alive?-N. B.
We do not know. In 1893 list of the
Union major generals and another Of the
Confederate generals, lieutenant generals
major generals and brigadier generals was
published. 1t showed 210 Union major gen.
erals, without taking account of brigadier
generals; and 164 Confederate generals Of
all grades. Since then several on both
lists have died.
| / came to this country from Italy without
having done military service there Can
return TEMPORARILY am a citizen here
noW-without being arrested and compelled
to serve ?-Pasquale +.
Legally you can be compelled to serve
there, and the United States will have no
legal right to help you. This is because
Italy says that she will not let her subjects
naturalize themselves elsewhere or recog-
nze their naturalization until they have
done their military duty. She has as much
right to refuse to recognize our naturaliza-
ton laws as we have to refuse to recognize
her military service laws. SO she might
cause your arrest, and a matter of cour-
tesy might release you from service on our
request.
What is the correct quotation: where
| sits McGregor is the head of the table?' or
should it go, Where sits Mcdonald is the
head of the table?"-D.
The first rer dering is that usually given,
and also that given by Scott in Rob Roy"
Emerson, in his American Scholar" puts
Mcdonald there. and some years ago it was
quoted as Where sits McNab is the head
of the table," The idea is found in Don
Quixote.
In the eplogue to Shakspeare's Henry
VIII he uses the expression (which we have
not done neither" Kindly enighten me upon
this apparent grammatical error.-L. ). L.
1t was not a grammatical error in Shake
speare's time. You will find the double neg
alive used all through the plays and poems
Compare King John, Act v, Scene z: This
England never did nor never shall lie at
the proud feet of a conqueror." Tanning of
the Shrew, induction, Scene /: (Which never
were, nor no man ever saw
How many men were landed off all the
vessels at Manila at the first landing, about
the 9Th of July? How many were sent on
the first Philippine expedition also, how
many on the second and third? What is the
tors and Speaker of the House?-J. d. B.
and c..
| In the vessels of the first expedition were
about $500 men, Two died on the voyage
The first Manila and the first Philippine
| expeditions were the same On the second
| expedition 1920 men were sent; on the third
about 1900 went. A congressman gets the
same pay as a senator, $1,000 year. The
Speaker gets $1,000.
| Will comic papers accept Jokes from anna
| tours? 2. Which is the best to send same
to? g.. In writing one with picture, should
| the picture be in ink or pencil? 4. How
much will they pay for them?-M. r. E.
| Some WILL others will not q We can't
advise further than to suggest that you first
) ,ubmit your matter to the publications that
you consider most prosperous. 8. Some want
| drawing completed in ink, others have pen
| men to finish or elaborate from contribu-
| tors sketch. A. You should consult their
editors. Good jokes and comic pictures were
| never scarcer.
| What is the minimum height for a soldier
| in the British army (not Including several
| of the fancy regiments)? What is the length
| OF enlistment and the pay? Can an appli-
cant join any branch of the service he de-
| sires? Is there a distinction as to nation
| atty made in a large majority of the regi-
| mentS ?-'95.
| Five feet four inches in the infantry; five
feet five inches for light cavalry and en-
| gineers; five feet six inches for gunners
and five feet seven inches for heavy artil-
| lery The length of enlistment is twelve
years. divided into two parts In the in
fantry man serves six years with the col
ors or in the army and six in the reserve
In the other arms the periods are eight and
four years. The pay of a private in the
| infantry is 1 shilling a day; in the cavalry,
| 1 shilling pence; in the artillery, 1 shill-
ing pence half-penny; in the engineers, 1
| shilling, penny, half-penny. An applicant
| can join any branch of the service for which
| he is fitted The so-called Scots regiments
| are recruited largely from Irishmen. The
English regiments are and always have
been recruited so. There is no distinction,
except in theory, between one nationality
and another. in the various regiments
How is the artificial stone made? O. Why
does not the magnetic pole coincide with
the true pole of the earth? g. What is
meant by car mile" in speaking Of the
cost of running different kinds of street
cars? A. When was ink first used? 5. How
are ivory pool balls turned?-Arusan
There are formulas, but in all cases the
main thing is a mixture of clean sand and
cement and tar and asphalt. 2 There is
no reason why it should. The whole earth
is a magnet. and there are several magnetic
poles, not one of when has anything to do
with the so-caled poles Of the earth. g. A
car mile is a distance of one mile actually
Travelled by a car. A train of forty cars
running one mile shows on the record that
forty car miles have been run. 4. There is
no record. Ink is as old as writing and
much older than pencils. 5. The ivory is
cut and turned to shape. The balls are col
ored afterwards by dyeing them, either in
whole or in part, covering the parts to be
left white or to be dyed a different color
than that to be applied at any time by wax
that keeps the dye used at the moment
from entering and affecting the ivory.
Levy: BY the census of 1890 there were
27S4,S 1874 inhabitants of this country of Ger