The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.


Which is correct at the beginning Of let
ter, Sir, or Dear Sir?-B. and III.
Both forms are correct; the second is in
most common use.
Please give me the verses Long, long
ago." and their author?-Arroyo.
We haven't the space for the verses. Thos.
Haynes Bayly was their author.
Please give me a recipe for making vine
gar cheaply.-B. NJ. i.
Two gallons of molasses, two quarts of
yeast, twelve and one-half gallons of warm
rain water. This can be used after the mix
ture is fermented.
Please give the number killed in both land
and naval engagements in our war with
Spain.-H. K.
For the army. $50; for the navy, 10: The
wounded were, respectively. 1.577 and as.
There died Of disease 1855 men for the army,
and Sc for the navy.
What is the difference between a square
mile and a mile square?-C. Il.
Nothing, in area, but to point the mean
ing of the two expressions, let it be two
miles square and two square miles. The
latter is self-eXplanatory; the other is
square two miles on side.
How long was the Oregon in her recent
famous voyage from Puget sound to Key
West?-R. H.
The Oregon's justly famous trip lasted
sixty-five days, but the starting point was
San Francisco. and her officers first report
ed to Washington from Jupiter inlet. Flor
Ida. Several stops are included in this time
In the manufacture of artificial honey
alum is used twO-thirds of one ounce to
twenty pounds of sugar. VIII that amount
of alum be injurious to health?-W. II. G.
We think not. At that rate a diners
portion of honey would contain very small
quantity Of alum. 1t isn't as it would be
did a person make honey his chief dish at
meal.
Please give a recipe for a good whitewash
for barns and hen houses.-J. III. j.
Put into a water-tight barrel one-fourth
bushel of lime. Stake by pouring boiling
water over it, enough to cover five inches
deep, and stir until thoroughly slaked. Then
add one pound of sulphate of zinc and
half pound of common salt dissolved in wa
ter. A pound and half of yellow ochre
will give this a cream color, if that is de-
sired.
What rank did Gen. Joe Wheeler hold in
the recent war, and what in the Confed-
crate service LAND.
He was major general of volunteers. In
September, 1861, he was colonel; in Octo-
Der, 1862, a brigadier general; in January,
1865, major general, and in February, 1865,
a lieutenant general Such rapidity of pro-
motion is unparalleled in history especially
when it is borne in mind that at the last
named rank he was but twenty-eight years
old.
What paper should use in sending man.
uscript 10 publisher? If it is too bulky
for legal envelope, how shall I inclose it
safely with addressed coveE for it's possible,
or rather, probable, return?-E.
1t would be well to get an envelope to fit
your MS, or to use paper to suit your en-
velopes. But a manuscript of sufficient
thickness can be mailed fiat, with perhaps
a thickness of pasteboard at each side for
stiffening. Whatever you do, don't roll it.
Hitson: 1t is too early as yet to tell what
this country will do as to schools for the
Philippines, except that if we are to assume
charge of the islands, there will be more
schools than at present. w. p. r.. The
President of these United States does not
gives bond for the proper performance of
his duties. Dunder: This century is cor
rectly called the nineteenth. The century
including the years l and 100 was the first
century, not century number naUght. w.
p: Nothing in the Constitution of the
United States forbids a Roman Catholic
to be President.
What volunteer regiments were sent to
Cuba during actual hostilities? To the
Philippines? To Porto Rco?-Ig
To Cuba The Seventy-first New York.
Second Massachusetts four troops of First
Volunteer Cavalry dhe Rough Riders,
Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Michigan.
TO the Philippines: First California, First
California Artillery, First Nebraska, Tenth
Pennsylvania First Wyoming, First Idaho,
Thirteenth Minnesota, Astor Battery CNew
York;, two batteries Utah Artillery. First
South Dakota. First Tennessee, First Wash
ington, Twentieth Kansas. First troop Ne
vada Cavalry and four companies California
Artillery To Porto Rico: Second and
Third Wisconsin, Sixth Massachusetts,,
Sixth Illinois, Fourth and Sixteenth Penn
sylvania, Third Illinois. Fourth Ohio, First
Kentucky, two troops New York cavalry
Philadelphia city troop. two companies, the
Twenty-seventh Indiana Battery. one bat
terry from Illinois and one from Missouri
What was the origin of the expression
Were there no others% and There were
others?' What was the date of the sinking
of the Merrimac. and did Hobson and his
companions escape upon a raft?-A. p. NJ
There are Others usually preceded by
oh" and always with jocular or sarcastic
emphasis, is, we think, the form accepted
by scholars. Where it started we do not
know, but it was spread by means of variety
show performers with whom it was COM
panion TO You're not the only pebble on
the beach, You needn't think you're the
whole ocean because you've water on the
BRAIN and like select classics. 2. June g.
1898. They didn't escape. but were captured
by the Spaniards from what was variously
described as raft and a catamaran.
Did Congress ever make an appropriation
of money to the Catholic Church? 2 How
do you pronounce Molokai? 3 Is there
town in Arkansas by the name OF Pea
Ridge? If so, where is it, 4. Where is the
Smithsonian University?-F. Fl.
No. 2. Mo-lo-ki. accent on the last syl-
liable 3. Yes; in Benton county. in the
northwest corner OF the State T. We don't