The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-19

A.: Dickens was nearly or quite the great
est novelist OF his day, and one of the very
great for all time.
Is there chemical used in melting brass
so that it can be melted on common black
smith forge and run into molds.-C. w. ID.
No; we can learn of no such chemical
Can Americans live in Cuba any consid-
cradle length of time? , Would Cuba offeB
any great inducement for q young man
wanting to so there and locate?-Subscriber
Yes, if they take care of themselves prop
erly. . Probably not at present unless he
has some money to invest.
What was the date the cars first appeared
in Indianapolis on the Madison q Indian
apolis Railroad? 2. VINO was the president
of the road at that time? 3. What was the
first railroad built in the United States? 4.
How many railroads have a terminus in In
dianapos2-R. NJ.
Oct J. 1S47. 2. Samuel Merrill. g. The
one from Boston to Quincy, Mass. A. Fiji
teen, not including the Belt road.
Please inform me why the women of Utah
and Washington were deprived of suffrage
when those Territories became States.-A
Reader.
The women Of Utah have the full right of
suffrage. having been granted it by the Con-
stitution adopted when the Territory was
admitted to statehood. In Washington an
equal suffrage provision was not included
in the Constitution and the women have not
yet succeeded in securing an amendment TO
that document.
Can persons living in this country and
claiming an estate I'm Edinburgh, Scotland,
obtain same by proving their helrship? 2.
Can you outline a good course to pursue to
obtain an estate like that? 8. Can person
make oath to the names and parentage Of
their ancestors who were dead before they
were born by hearing their parents tell these
names while living, and would such affi-
davit stand good in court?-Old Subscriber
l. Certainly. q Put the case into the
hands of a good lawyer. g. You could only
make oath to what the parents said not to
the fact itself.
Does the sun move?-Charlie.
Modern astronomy has disclosed a very
slow motion on the cart of at least all
the brighter stars in the heavens, and the
common explanation of this is that the sun
has a proper motion toward the constella-
ton Hercules. Like the earth and the
planets the sun rotates from west to east,
the period of rotation being about twenty
six days, and. a curious fact is that it's
equatorial regions rotate in less time than
those near the poles.
Where is the public domain Of the United
States, if it has any?
Land belonging to the United States is
what is meant by this term. OF this there
are, by a general estimate made in Novem-
Der, 1898, 2,SS6757 square miles. OF public
lands subject to entry there are over three
hundred million acres, this exclusive of
Alaska and various lesser tracts. With the
exception of possible isolated tracts in Ohio
and Indiana, all of this is west of a line
connecting the eastern borders of Michigan
and Florida.
Who was the author Of "Alice in Wonder
land?" What was his real name? 2 What
geological period was the age of reptiles?
3. Whre are the highest tides in the world.
IF. y. II.
C. L. Dodgson, writing under the pen
name Lewis Carroll. 2. The fifth age, COM
ing after the so-caled age of amphibians,
and before the age of mammals. 1t is repre-
scented by the secondary rocks. 3. In the
Bay of Fundy, where they often reach sixty
and sometimes seventy feet. Forty and fifty
foot tides are sometimes noted in the Eng
fish channel
What is cyanide and what is it used for?
How many working people are there in the
United States?-Like to Know.
Cyanide is a salt of hydrocyanic or prussic
acid. The cyanide made in the largest
quantities is commonly called yellow prus-
slate of potash, and from this Prussian blue
and potassium cyanide are made. Some Of
these are of great Importance in the arts.
being essentials to electro-plating and pho
Biography. Most of them are deadly poi-
sons. g. working people isn't a very eX-
act term, but probably the persons en-
ployed in manufactures are those whom
were 4,712,622 of such.
Is there a constellation which never sinks
into the sea, but circles around the polar
star all the year? ?. Who wrote, in what
poem, He prayeth well who loveth we'll,
Both man and bird and beast?" 3. What
great modern composer has built a trilogy
of operas on northern mythology? 4. What
famous Italian painter became a monk be-
cause of Savonarola's influence and horror
at his fate?
AS viewed from the Northern parts of the
United States, yes. It is Ursa Minor. q
Samuel t. Coleridge, in 1.-The Ancient
Mariner" 3. Wilhelm Richard Wagner
He 'built" other operas as well. 4. The
Florentine Betuccio, more generally known
as Fra Benedetto. He was a miniature
painter.
Please give some of the sayings that went
towards making history In our recent war
with Spain For instance. the expression
Don't curse-fightn'-V. L.
Don't cheer, the poor devils are dying"
was the remark of Captain Phillips, of the
Texas, and was made just as his battleship
came abreast of the Almirante Oquendo,
near Santiago. It was Sergt. "Bill'' An
thony, who in the terrible moment follow
ing the explosion of the Maine, saluted his
captain and said: IT have to inform you,
sir, that the ship has blown up and is sink
ing" Capt Bob Evans's Characteristic
comment on Spanish craftsmanship was
'"rhey didn't hit a - thing but the water"
And Dewey's gunners, when the fleet was
withdrawn after the first half of the fight
at Manila that the men might eat followed
Evans's suit in expressing their lack of APP
petite for breakfast. These are few of
many.
Could a girl that is good and smart in
everything but spelling become a member
of a Protestant order of Deacon esses Wee
Blossom.
Perhaps. Judging from your sample, your
spelling will not debar you, but here are
sorae of the requirements Of the Baptist
order Their idea of the office of deacon
ess is that of lone soemnly called of the
Lord to His service" and the ordination of
a deaconess is looked on as "a setting apart
for life exactly as in the case of a minister"
should only marry in the Lord with full
recognition of the prior claim which He has
upon her life and service, and only with the
assurance that she has His approval in so
doing" Most of the deaconess' work is in