The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26

one-dollar gold pieces have been abolished
by act Of Congress. 2. About 5000 tons. 8.
He announced his weight as 159. but APP
peared to experienced judges to weigh 10.
Corbett put his weight at 1sS.
When does the present century close and
when does the twentieth begin?-Reader.
Midnight, Dee. 81, 1900.
Is there any premium on a half dollar of
1878. If SO how much?-H. M.
We cannot undertake to give answers con-
corning the value of coins.
When does the salary Of newly-elected
representatives and senators in Congress
begin ? When does the salary of the old
cease -E. NJ.
Congressional terms begin with the 4th of
March. Salaries of outgoing members end
with the 3D.; salaries of new members begin
on the 4th.
Is there q paper or journal similar to the
Scientific American, published In the inter-
est of the mechanics, but at a more reason
able rate.--C. w. D.
The Popular Science News, a monthly
published in New York, is $1.60 a year. The
Engineering Record and Sanitary Engineer,
published weekly in New York, is IS a year.
a gave me a check on Monday for full
amcJAt he owed me. / took the check to
the bank on Thursday. In the meantime A
checks his money out. Check given me is
turned down. Does that lnValldate the
debt?-Grocer.
The question involved is whether or not
due diligence was used in presenting the
check. In this case it could hardly be held
that the delay was great enough to affect
the validity of the debt.
If a woman has real estate in her own
name what part does her husband Inherit
at her death? Do their children get it all or
nOt2-W. H.
Under the Indiana law he inherits one
third, subject, however, to its proportion of
the debts the wife contracted before mar
riage. Their children inherit the remainder.
This rule does not apply to lands acquired
by her through a former marriage where
there are children by such marriage.
How many tons Of coal per day were con-
sumed by the first and second-class battle
ships prior to the naval sOrtie" made by
Cervera?-H. E. ID.
The Massachusetts, frst-class battle ship,
consumed about ninety tons a day in sail
ing at squadron speed, the Texas. our only
~second-class battle ship, burning about
seventy tons daily in the same serv-
ice. While waiting for Cervera to come out
fires were kept burning, but the daily con-
sumption of coal was probably not more
than half that for squadron speed.
Has Caliban, in shakspeare's comedy of
"The Tempest" any prototype in any other
of S~hakspeare'S writings ?-Mrs. j. p.
No; nor in anyone else's work. BY COM
menators he is classified as being without
example or parallel in poetic invention. "as
degraded in mind as we'll as in moral affec-
tions, below the level of humanity and yet
essentially and purely poetical in all his
conceptions and language, a creation to
whose originality and poetic truth every
critic, from Dryden downward, has paid
homage"
Can you tell me where the Delaware In
dams now iive?-C. D.
The main body of them is now incor-
porated with the Cherokees in Indian Ter
ritory, and some of them are in Ontario,
Canada. Originally they held New Jersey
and the Delaware basin, but they began to
settle in Ohio before the French and Indian
war. Here they were Joined by the remnants
of other tribes, and at the close of the revo-
luton were in possession of a large portion
of Ohio and Indiana, which by several
treaties rapidly passed out of their hands.
What is the difference in time at Manila
and here? l have noticed kilograms from
Manila dated ahead of time received.-R.
Il. B.
The difference in time is about thirteen
hours; that is, when it is 8 o'clock Sunday
morning in Manila, it Is. approximately. Z
o'clock Saturday night here. Telegraphic
messages from Manila com by many diff
ferent cables, and, under ordinary condi-
tions, some three hours are consumed by
the passage of a message. So it is possible
for you to read here about a Manila hap
pening before the Manila time of its occur
renee.
Please give me the name of the United
States representative in Honduras, c.. A;
also, whom shall l address concerning land
9 uaiT + s. s. colonization by private indiVid-
F.. H. Allison, Tegucigalpa, is consul.
Commercial agents are: William Heyden,
Amapala; Louis Bier, Ceiba; John L. Eos
ter, Nacaomi; William z. Alger, Puerto
Cortez; E. E. Dickson, SAM Juancinto; ].
N. Mitchell, Jr., San Pedro Sula; H. P.
Boyce, Truxillo; B. Johnston, Utilla; Will
liam Bayley, Bonnacca; William c.. Wildt,
Ruatan. The agents can probably give you
detailed information concerning land in
their own localities.
What was the date Of our first Asiatic
SquadrOn?-H. Z. d.
Captain Bainbridge's squadron, consisting
of the Constitution, flagship, forty-four
guns; the Essex, thirty-two guns, and the
Hornet, eighteen guns, may, perhaps, be
considered our first Asiatic squadron,
though it was not then called by that name.
The Constitution and the Hornet sailed from
Boston, Oct. &c, 1912, the Essex having
started two days earlier from Delaware bay.
to cruise in eastern waters. The British ship
Java was captured and destroyed by the
Constitution off the coast Of South Ameri-
ca and the squadron sailed for home, reach
ing Boston Feb. %, 1913. The Essex had not
Joined the other vessels.
1 notice in a newly-adopted speller many
words spelled differently to what I'm used.
Such words as meagre, lustre and mitre, |
What authority backs the re- spelling? Q.
What does the word gaol mean, and where
did 1t originate?-A 2 by 4 P~edagogue.
All six spellings you give are correct, the
weight of authority, as expressed in the
latest really fine dictionary, being for luster,
meager and inter. Gaol, gaoler and gaol-
bird are variants of Jail, jailer and jailbird,
having exactly the same meaning as the
more familiar forms.
L wish to find to whom the use of the
following quotations is attributed: /. ''One
mans profit is another mans loss" 2.
MEMS ears are less rustworth than their
eyes" 3. 1T is easier to be wise for others
than ourselves" 4. 'ul-gotten gains are
oft times nhnnUa - lace