The Indianapolis journal., 1899-07-23
lawyer. II he has been dishonest the GRIN
inal courts are open to you.

lawyer. II he has been dishonest the GRIM
inal courts are open to you.
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Is there any law where the Town Board
of small incorporated town can pass an
scrape and Keep the Street clean to the
center of street in front OF property!-Ne"
Palestine.
Town boards are authorized to enact such
ordinances within their respective corporate
limits as they may deem necessary to pro-
tect the public health and comfort. The
necessity for cleaning Of the streets might
come under either or both OF these heads.
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Is there any institution in Indiana where
sculpture and modelling are taught! III so,
where is IL? 2. What sculptor modelled the
Goddess of Liberty on the soldiers ano
sailors monument. and what was the COM
pensation ?-H. ". Q.
We do not know of any such school.
Write to John II. Mahoney, sO9 Huron street.
Indianapolis. for information in this line.
q His name was Brewster; We do not
know what he was paid. Write to monu-
ment board.
All of the press allusions to Hong-Kong
indicate that 1t is city, seaport, While
the Britannica and other encyclopedias
mention it as an island lying off the coast
Of China, belonging to England.-Reader
Hong-Kong is an island and a British
crown colony. Victoria, the capital, Is
seaport city. and nearly all the British be-
longing to the island reside there. 1t seems
to have become the custom to speak of both
island and city as Hong Kong and to
ignore the name Victoria"
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What was the name of the writer of fiction
of twenty-five years ago who signed
fnrfxr M IOfNGN 10 nr1 f- hA .ls
Who originated. compiled and was really the
author of the Mckinley bill?-W. A. B.
/. His name was Clarence Gordon, but
We do not know whether or not he is now
living. 2. 1t was called the Mckinley bill
because Nj. Mckinley. as chairman of the
House committee reported it. No one
mans name Is associated with ii as the
author bur it is presumed to be the work
of the general committee and of experts
called in as advisers.
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When was the battle of San Juan hill
Fought Where is Jaunarica? Is it in
Porto Rico. and was any fighting done there
during the late war?-Reader.
A fight on San Juan hill was one of the
engagements Of the campaign by Shafter's s
men before Santiago, Cuba. There was a
brief naval bombardment of the forts at
San Juan. Porto Rico. by Admiral Samp-
son earlier in the war. We do not recall
the place you name. The harbor of Guanica.
fifteen miles from Ponce, was the first
place in Porto Rico taken possession of by
General Miles. There was no fighting
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Where are the finest pearls in the world
to be found and who possesses them?-Ma.
The most famous Iearls are those of the
east. The ancients obtained theirs mainly
| from Ceylon and the Persian gulf. whence
| many of the best still come. The most
important marine pearl fishery on the
| American continent is off Lower California,
| the central point being at La Paz. The
| finest black pearls that reach the market
are found there. The most extraordinary
pearl known is owned by an Englishman,
Mr.. Beresford Hope. 1t measures two inches
in length and four inches in circumference,
and weighs 1,sOO grains.
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Is it definitely known If the planets are
| inhabited? If so. what methods are used
| to obtain this knowledge and who are the
| authorities on this subject?
We are yet very far from having definite
| knowledge on this matter, but there is evil
| dence going to show that no animals of
| sorts with which we are familiar could live
| on Saturn or Jupiter. OF all the planets
Mars is most like our earth. Reference to
| an encyclopedia or to an astronomy will
| give you a hint as to how little is known
| of the planets by authorities who are as
tronomers. and also will give an expiana-
tlon for this state of affairs that you will
readily understand.
| Has liquid air as yet been put to any prac-
4 ticaI uses? Where can / get information i'm
/ detail conforming nrONaCC H.
| facture and the experiments that have been
made with it? What is the difference be-
tween liquid air and compressed air?-Jake
The topic is too new for treatment in en-
cyclopedias. but the magazines contain
many articles on It, Three magazines OF
last May, for example, had articles on
liquid air. 1t is too new, also, yet to reach
practical usefulness. But 1t has been dem.
onstrated that it can be produced cheaply
in practically unlimited quantities. and a
new field for scientific study and invention
has been opened. Compressed air is still
gaseous; liquid air is lquid-one that
boils at BE degrees below zero. The sub
stance is the cause Of phenomena that are
quite as remarkable as this statement.
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How may ! keep grape juice from fer
menting to preserve its freshness so far a:
| possible ?-W.
Ohe nnethou Is pdseu OH the principles
used in canning fruit. To one quart of water
add three quarts of grapes from which the
stems have been taken. Let the water com,
slowly to the boiling point. and strair
through thick cloth. Then let the juice
boil. when put in glass jars and seal a
once. A porcelain-lned kettle and wooder
or porcelain spoon should be used. Chemi
Gals are also used to preserve grape juice
some of which is suspected of containing
salycilic acid. This will be remembered al
of unpleasant repute in the army beef in
vestigation," and in the hands of other
than expert chemists at least, is not
suitable addition to human food. Snicate o
soda also arrests alcoholic fermentation.
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