The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Were julius Caesar and Cleopatra mar
ried?-L. A NJ
Not to each other.
Which is the shortest day in the year,
and has it distinguishing name?-F- p. III.
Dee. q. The period is known as the
winter solstice-
Is La Paz or sucre the capital of Bo-
hvfa?-Land Spring
sucre. also called Chuquisaca, is the CAPT.
tai La Paz is the largest city of the coun-
try.
What was the age OF Fanny Davenport,
the actress, when she died, and when did
she die?-Dido-
She was born April. 10. 1850. and died Sept.
26. 1895.
Is England at liberty IN the appointment
OF a governor general for Canada to APP
point a citizen of England?-H- A F.
Yes; the present governor general. the
Earl of Mimic. was born in London.
Surprising shipment is made of 100000
gold by a New York banking house 10
England, is the amount supposed 10 be gold
bullion TO the value of 100000 or coin?-
W. r. p.
II may be either.
bet that the Harvard eleven would
not meet with defeat during the football
season of 1899. Because OF the game be-
tween Harvard and Yale B contends that
the bet is off. How about it's. S. s.
The tie does not affect the bet as you
word it.
How shall / proceed to take an impress
sion N MASTER If nariS2-I w X
Mix the powder with water until 1T is of
workable consistency. and make your i'm
preston quickly. The mold will harden as
IL dries.
When did John Paulding David Williams
and Isaac Van Vert arrest Captain John
Andre, of the British army? When was he
executed? Was he hung or shot?-Reader.
He was captured Sept. %. 1850. and was
hung the second day of the following
month.
What is the exact length of a sidereal
day? 2 Who had command of the British
army at the beginning of the revolutionary
war?-L.
The sidereal day consists of q hours. Sc
minutes and seconds of mean solar time.
2 Sir William Howe.
What was the "Annus Mirabilis'' of Eng
lish history. and by what English poet was
1t sung? 2. What was the Bastille?-C.
B. A.
The year 1866. The poem is Dryden's. 2.
A Partisan fortress used as prison and
destroyed by a mob in July. 1889.
To settle a controversy, please state
when, where and how the elephant Jumbo
met his death?-B. II.
He was run into and knocked down by a
railroad freight train at st. Thomas, Can
ada, July Is. 1856. 1t has been said and de-
MED that the animal was hopelessly i'll and
that his death was prearranged.
What is the national flower of each of
the chief nations of the world?-D. A.
The following is the nearest to a COM
plete list that we find: Wales, the leek;
France. ieur de lis; Florence. lily (giglio
blanco); Prussia. the linden; Saxony. the
mignonette: Spain. pomegranate; England.
rose; Ireland shamrock; Scotland. the this
tie; Canada, the sugar maple.
Why is Tennessee called the Volunteer
State, and when did she receive that title?
2 Why Is San Francisco called the Golden
Gate?-L. Il.
Tennessee got the name In the Seminole
war and war of 1872 from the large number
OF her volunteer soldiers. 2. This name
was applied to the strait connecting San
Francisco bay and the Pacific by Explorer
Drake. 1t is supposed.
BY whom was slavery first introduced
into America, and Wherein. p.
BY Spain. in her West Indian colonies
and very soon after her occupation. At
first the Portuguese. who fifty years before
had introduced negro slaves to Europe had
a monopoly of supplying the great Spanish
demand. Later the English took part The
first slaves sold to English colonists were
landed at jamestown from Dutch vessel
I'm 1913.
Who are the authors and what the con-
text Of the quotations, mo nature ever
rose so fair and fell so free of stain," and
Truth crushed TO earth shall rise again %
Mrs A p Y.
The first quotation We do not trace. The
second is from William Cullen Bryant's
1.-THE Battlefield" 1t runs:
ssTruth crushed to earth shall rise again.
The eternal years OF God are hers;
But Error. wounded. writhes with pain,
And dies among his worshipers."
In what year was Delagoa bay given to
Portugal? 2. Is General Joubert, the COM
mandant of the Beers connected with the
Huguenots? g. Where is the original por-
trait OF washington Crossing the Della
ware" by Thomas Sully, TO be found?-
N NJ.
The contention was decided in Portugals
favor on April 10. 1875. by the President of
France. who had acted as arbitrator 2
Yes. directly. though he is as much a Boer
as are his countrymen of Dutch ancestry.
3. IL is at the Boston Museum.
What Is IL made of from what is IL
used for and what value is there in it?-W
PIG.
Platinum is a steel-gray metal that is
heavier than gold. little softer than iron.
and that is found in the native state mixed
with iron, copper and other metals. 1t is
used in dentistry. for jewelry. in the man.
ufacture OF various electrical appliances
BIZ chemists and formerly 1t was coined in
Russia, where most of it is mined. Its
price varies greatly. but II is never low
SO ounce being common.
Please distinguish between an anarchist
socialist. a communist and nihilist
2. When and where did Theodore O'Hara
the famous Southern poet. die. and what
We're the circumstances OF his death?-
I. r.