The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-12


thorize payment of General Eagan's salary.
OF what nationality is Rudyard Kipling
and his birthplace?-D.
He was born at Bombay, India, of En-
glsh parents. -
+. r., Muncie: The answers to your ques-
tons would take more time and space than
we can give. Miss Gould. 70 Bowen avenue,
Chicago. supplies data for club papers.
school essays, etc., for moderate fee.
Please explain the significance of college
colors; that Is, why certain colors are Sc
lected in preference TO others? DO they
mean anything or are they simply adopted
to distinguish the different schools.-Student
They are used merely as distinguishing
marks.
How many bales of cotton were raised In
1898? 2 When are children of age in this
country? 3. Are there any American and
German colonies In Central Amerlca!-H. j.
The crop of 1893 established record for
size 1t was 1,1SO.96O bales. 2. AT twenty
one. 8. No.
What is the correct way of spelling the
word bois dare? Is it the proper name OF
the tree that we call by that name?-Post.
Bots dare is correct. If the tree you call
by that name is the Usage orange, the other
name is rightly applied.
How will letter be sure to reach major
released from duty in one of the Southern
camps and ordered to Havana to report to
the commanding officer i'm charge there for
assignment to duty? Who Is the command
ing officer in charge?'-Howard X
Address your letter in care of the War De-
partment at Washington.
Please name the best remedy for seasick-
ness Poor Sailor.
One is as good-oT bad-as another usual
ly. and none is sure in all cases. Doses of
Trfy To mir oirS of no of
sodium three times a day are recommended
by some. and many travellers swear by
many other remedies.
Who discovered the use, Of steam. and who
invented the first steam engine Of any kind?
Dewey
1t is hard to say. Hero. a mechanical
philosopher, who lived in the third century
3. c., mentions the use of steam a mo-
tive power. The first useful steam engine
was made by Edward Somerset, second
Marquis of Worcester. prior to 1868.
When calling to see a mother and her
daughter daughters, ought / to leave
each a card, or only one? 2. When calling
to see young lady who is visiting her
friend should leave each Candidate.
card should be left for the mother and
for each daughter who has come out into
society. 2. Yes; in such case you should he
especially careful to leave a card for the
hostess. even though your call was exclu-
sively on her visitors account
In the questions and answers column of
your paper several Sundays ago Ii was
the best sta in 'n the World o Didn't the cruiser
New Orleans reveal that the English wire
wound guns were better than our guns?-A
Patriot.
Wire-wound guns are not used in the Brit
scI, ;o1 lN.r
not been found satisfactory. Inventors are
still working on them. however, and a test
recently made with one at Bethlehem. Pa,
showed much Improvement and promise.
The statement still stands that the guns
used by our navy are of the best.
I wish you would inform me as to the
best way of destroying bedbugs.-No Sig.
There is hardly n best way. for what one
housewife finds effective will seem to pros
per the pests in another locality. Infested
furniture is gone over with spirits of tur-
pentine or with corrosive sublimate the
first being highly inflammable, the other
deadly poisonous to human beings. A drug
gst will offer you insect powders guaran-
teed to exterminate the vermin. which will
thrive on four out of five of the prepare
tons. An ounce of prevention is here worth
tons of cure, and to clear out a house that
| is overrun with them is a job requiring a
| deal of persistent effort.
Is indigo poison? Has it any medical
properties, and what are they? Is that
| called Madras indigo different from any
| Other?-Reader.
The encyclopedias do not mention any poi
| sonous or any medical properties as belong
| ing to indigo. The indigo of commerce, how
| ever, is not entirely pure; it contains a GER
| tain amount Of inorganic matter which
| might, perhaps, lend the substance poison
| Gus quality. There great many grades
| OF indigo; that of Madras is good. but the
| Bengal, Java and Guatemala indigoes are
classed as best. Artificial indigo. identical
| in every respect with the natural product
| is manufactured from coal tar. but owing to
| its higher price has not displaced the other
| Please inform me of the actual cost of the
national capitol building. 2. Also, the cost
of the new church to be erected by Bishop
| Potter on Fifth avenue, New York city
| &C. J..
We cannot give exact figures because the
| central portion of the present Capitol was
begun in 1918, and the wings were com.
| menced in 1851 and were not finished until
| 1853. So 10 separate cost of erection from
outlay, properly classified as repairs, is diff.
| cult. Altogether these items foot over
/ SlO,Vv,VU. :. Inc cdIneOral which Is being
| erected not on Fifth avenue but on Nom
| ingsde Heights, will cost from 100000 tC
100000. possibly much more No one car
| now tell its final cost or the date of its
| completion.
| How is the name Faure (the late Presi-
| dent of France) pronounced? 2. Which is
| considered the more intellectual by natural
| lists. the negro or Indian? 3. When and
| where was the first postal free delivery in
| augurated in the United States? Does the
system exist in Europe? 4. Is the city OF
Port-au-Prince, Haiti we'll governed? >. Are
| there any fine modern public or private
| people black or mulatto? Z. What is the pop.
| ulation of the city, and what city ranks
| next in size on the island?-D. s. w
Fore. q We take it you mean the Ameri
| can Indian. He is intellectually the superior
| of the African negro. 8. In 1863, in about q
dozen Of our largest cities. Yes, in some
| form or other for the large cities T. No. 5
! None, or very few. Most of the buildings
| are wood. building with stone having beer
given up because of earthquakes. 6. Yes
four-fifths of them. Z. About forty thousand
San Domingo comes next.
| b. Z. X: James Lane Allen is Ken.
| tuckian and as a writer takes the charac.
| tiers, institutions and landscapes of his
| native State as his material Kenney Read
| Deer of temperate and northern chimes lose
| their horns yearly and il is generally be-