The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04
In Virginia. In January of f75s she married
George Washington.


Has any canal that was ever finished and
made useful cost anything like SIS, 600.
as estimated for the Nicaragua canal?
Paul 3.
The Suez canal cost over one hundred
millions TO complete. and even the Man
chester ship canal cost three-quarters of
that sum. so the figures for the Nicaragua
project are not out of reason AS much.
probably. would be required to complete
the Panama canal. which something
like s275, 100000 have been spent.
When and how did the thirteen colonies
become States?-X. X.
On July 4, 1776. by the Declaration of
Independence they declared themselves to
be free and Independent States. At the
time that a committee was appointed to
prepare this celebrated paper another COM
mittee was set to getting ready a plan for
confederation. 1t did not report until Mo-
vember OF In, and its articles We're not
adopted by the States until 1881. In the
meantime the States were united only by
their own consent.
Can man born in England come to
before he left England?-J. r.
England originally held that allegiance
to the crown was perpetual and indissol-
uble, hence impressed into her navy sea-
men who had been naturalized here on
the ground that they still owed her militia
ry service. By the treaty of 1870 she re-
ceded from this view. and your man would
be considered a citizen of this country I'M
loss he had secured readu1iftarca IN Eng
lish citizenship. This. in ordinary circum-
stances. he could secure.
Who wrote 'sHudibras?" 2-3 How many
islands make up the Philippines. and what
are the names of five of the largest? 4.
What is good form for visiting cards for
a college student? 5. Should all his given
names appear, with the title Mr.. before
them?-Kellogg.
Samuel Butler, who was born in 1900.
2. There are over 400 of them. g. The five
larger ones are Luzon, Mindanao. Samar,
Panay and Mindaro. f. The last three to-
gether have not one-half the area of Ell
Their of the others. 5. The use of the full
name is optional, though one given name is
preferable, and Mr." should appear.
How did the names Pilgrims and Puri-
ple?-J. E.
The Puritans were sect of English
Protestants that arose in the reign of
Queen Elzabet subsequently to the
acts of Royal Supremacy and Uniformity.
They chung to the church and strove to
mold it to their views, but a branch from
them. styled variously Independents.
Brownists and Separatists. despaired of ac-
complishing the reform they desired. so
insisted on separation from the church
and entire reorganization. OF the latter
were the colonists who came over on the
Mayflower to Plymouth in 1920. and these
were the Pilgrims.
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How much revenue do 1 have to put on
two ounce and six ounce bottle of
medicine, and do / have to cancel the
stamp when L put it on, or the day sell
it?-T. l.. K.
The tax is not assessed according to
weight, but by the retail price Bottles
retailing at five cents or less require one
eighth of a cent; between five cents and
ten cents. two-eights of a cent; between
ten cents and fifteen cents. three-eights
of a cent: between fifteen cents and
twenty-five cents, five-eights of cent, and
for every additional twenty-five cents or
fraction thereof five-eights of a cent The
stamp should be Cancelled when affixed.
Are not lathes a matter of comparatively
recent invention?-Civit.
No. very far from it. They We're in use
among Greeks and Romans before the
Christian era, and in the form of the pot
ter's wheel, which is a sort of lathe. were
known to more ancient peoples. One early
form of lathe had it's centers placed in
trees that stood near together in the
forest. A rope was attaced to bent sap
ling. blight of it passed about one of the
centers, and the other end was attached to
was used in Europe at a period that ante
dates history.
When, how and where was Mohammed
buried. and what is peculiar about his
grave?
He was buried at Medina, Arabia, in
June, A. d. 632. His tomb is within the
Enclosure of the Mosque of the Prophet.
which is Medinas only imposing build
ing. The grave is inclosed by a doorless
house or chamber, outside which is an
iron railing so closely interviewer with
brass.wire work. that sight of the tomb can
only be had through occasional apertures.
Through these the faithful address prayers
to the prophet. The space between railing
and tomb Is rarely entered except by serv-
ants OF the mosque, and contains the
treasures of the mosque in jewel and plate.
To Islams. of course. the significance OF
the grave is religious. They make pilgrim
ages to it, but ii is considered only meri-
torious to do so. and it is not obligatory
as in case of pilgrimages to Mecca.
How many islands has government
iards were sent back home from the
islands? 8. What is the population of
Porto Rico? OF Cuba? OF the Philippine
islands? 4. Does the State or government
pay the burial of its soldiers?-A.
Porto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
Authorities differ as to the number of the
last-named group, some saying there are
1000. The most of them. however, are
very small. 2. About $4,000. 3. Porto
Rico, 100000; Cuba, 100000. No census has
ever been taken of the population of the
Philippines. and all statements are the
merest guesswork. T. The national gov
eminent, when they die in service.
j., Indianapolis: The first-named firm of
book publishers of whom you inquire we
have no information about; the second is
a well-known Chicago firm.