The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Please tell me what part of the real estate
OF deceased husband is the widow's.-L. G..
She inherits one-third if there are children.
Do official bonds of county and township
olhcerS require a United States revenue
stamp?-W. B. w.
All indemnity bonds are taxed 80 cents
each.
What is the meaning of Vanity Fair in
Pilgrims gress?'-School Boy.
1t was meant to stand for European So
ciety as it existed in the days of Charles II.
Who is the register of the treasury of the
United states and is he white or colored?
z. Who is the deputy register and is he white
or colored?-Kokomo.
Judson w. Lyons, of Georgia, colored 2.
Nolen l.. Chew, of Indiana. white.
How did the spelling Xmas" originate?
Subscriber.
1t comes from the Chrsmon or mono
gram of Christ which combined the first
two letters of the Greek word for Christ
These correspond to our Y and p, and were
thus put upon Christian tombs as early as
the beginning of the second century AS
now used, the tx" alone remains.
What is the size of the largest tree stuno
yet found in California ?-Reader.
The tallest tree of which we find record
measured $50 feet in height, and was nearly
100 feet in circumference. The largest in
the CaIaveras grove was "a feet. H. inches
in diameter, and probably with the bark
would have been q feet in diameter
Why do we cape when sleepy?-Reader.
Yawns are excited by improper aeration
of the blood, and are akin TO the uncon-
scious. tired sigh. Both are evidence of
mental fatigue. AMI sometimes are symp-
toms of brain disease. There is no reason
to be worried over fit of yawning, how
ever, for often such is brought on merely
by sight of some one else yawning.
Tell something of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee: was
he in the Confederate army?-Susan Jane.
Yes; he was a lieutenant at the outbreak
of the civil war and went with his State,
Virginia. In the Confederate service he
was a brave and dashing cavalry leader,
and at the time of Lees surrender was ma
jor general, commanding the cavalry corps
of northern Virginia, though then less than
thirty years DID, He has since been con-
gresham. Governor of Virginia and consul
general at Havana
What is the difference between a ministeI
and an amba ssador as representing a gov
ernment?-J. +. b.
An ambassador is one step higher. The
relative rank OF SuCH representatives., as 1Ol-
lows was laid down by the plenipotentiaries
Of eight leading powers in the Congress Of
Vienna: First, ambassadors, legates or
nuncios; second, ENJOYS, ministers, or 9TH
ers credited to sovereigns third resident
ministers; fourth, charge d'affaires. These
distinctions are not sharply drawn. We
send and receive five ambassadors, Great
Britain, Germany, France. Italy and Mex
leo being thus distinguished.
What country produces the greater num-
Der of bushels of wheat to the acre, United
States or Great Britain?-W. l.. T.
In 1896 according to the statistical alb
stract of the United States, the average
production of wheat throughout the United
States was 1874 bushels per acre. In Great
Britain in the same year the average pro-
duetion was 35.6 bushels per acre. The acre
age was very much smaller. of course; the
land in some parts of the country is ma
nured. almost as If wheat were a garden
crop. The acreage in 1896 was ,693, 957.
In the recent war did our navy capture
any Spanish war boats? That is, take any
that can be again put TO service? Were
all of Cervera's four biggest vessels rem
dered useless brother Henry.
Yes. a dozen of them; two captured in
Cuban waters and now at the Portsmouth
~. H.) navy yard being repaired. and ten
taken by Dewey. seven Of which already are
in our service. the other three being re-
paired at Hong Kong. Four Of these meas
ure over 1000 tons each, and all viii be