The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21


erty and estate whether real, personal or
mixed, and constitute and appoint my
| said wife sole executrix OF this will In
testimony whereof hereunto sign my
name this 2lst day OF June, A d. 1857.
Is there law In Oregon prohibiting coll
ored people from owning properly ana
other restrictions in civil and political az
| fairs REX
| There are such restrictions In the Consti-
tuition OF Oregon. but they are of absolute
ly no effect, having been destroyed by the
| fourteenth and fifteenth amendments TO
the Constitution OF the United States. Col
ored people own property, vote and exer-
else all the privileges of citizenship en-
joyed by white residents of Oregon
| Do the terms machine gun" and rapid
| fire gun" mean the same thing? If they
/ are two classes of gun, TO which do the
Maxims belong?-Hoer.
A machine gun is one that is loaded and
fired by machinery; rapid-fre gun Is
| loaded by hand. and fired by hand or by
machinery. Generally. but not always, the
latter class of gun is of larger caliber and
has but one barrel There is a Maxim
automatic machine gun, and semi-auto-
matte Maxim rapid-fre gun.
| Why is ii that an alloy Of nickel Is used
| as the anode of a nickel electro-plating
| bath? 2. And is the deposit on the work
| to be plated alloy or pure nickel?-Novice.
Because pure nickel will not dissolve
| freely enough. The result is that more
nickel goes on the articles to be plated
| than comes off the anode, and that in con-
4 he Hot toI
| BY combining carbon with the nickel, the
metal is fed to the solution as fast as it
is deposited. 2. 1t is pure. or very nearly
that.
| VIII you give some facts about feas?-P.
They are notable for agility and hard
ness. and for complex structure Of the
mouth, which the microscope shows as
veritable surgeons case of lancets, probes
| and saws. While eager for blood, they ap-
| parently can endure long fasts, for rooms
Hclosed for a long time and that contain
nothing known to nourish the mature in
| sects may be thick with lively fieas BY
| some entomologists fleas are regarded as
| of the wingless creatures, while others
| place them a degraded form of the two
| winged insects.
| Where are some of the finest farms in
| this country, particularly in this State? Is
1t conceded that Iowa has the best?-L.
| Probably there are no better farms for
general purposes-the raising of grain,
| vegetables. fruit, stock. etc.-than are to
| be found In eastern and southern Indiana,
| including Shelby Fayette, Rush. Wayne.
| Henry and several other counties. The
prairie farms of the northern central coun-
| ties of this State are also hard to equal.
Iowa is great agricultural State, but it
is not conceded" so far as we are aware.
| that it has the best farms.
| Is rain water chemically pure as it falls?
j. w. NJ.
| No; in condensing and falling through
| the air it dissolves and holds some of the
| gases of which the air consists. also such
| fine particles Of soluble solid matter as
may be held in suspension in the air.
| Nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide are
| thus collected with much less of ammonia
| and nitrous salts. Near cities where much
coal is burned sulphur is washed down,
| and by the seaside salt is traceable. Dust
| and pollen of plants are other common i'm
purities. The last rainfall of a long storm
is then washed clean. and winter rain is
| purer than that of summer.
|
| What might cause a well that has fur
| nished the best of water for many years
| to become unfit for use? Three times the
water has been drawn off and the we'll
cleaned, but still the water is foul.-C. G..
Contamination from sink drains and out
houses. teaching from decaying matter on
4I,< oh r1f he f,,&@
the well of surface water are common
causes of bad well water. In very dry
season the flow of water into the well might
be slight to cause stagnation that
frequent stirring would overcome More
| likely there is contamination. With sam
pie of the water chemist could ascertain
the cause of the foulness. and he might
suggest simple remedy.
Who are the admirals of our navy?
| 2. What kind OF vessel was the first
British ironclad, and when was it built?
| -Four X.
Frederick V. McNair, John A Howell
Albert Kautz, George C. Remey, Norman
II. Farquhar. John C. Watson, Winfield S.
Schley, Silas Casey. William T. Sampson,
Bartlett ]. Cromwell. Francis ]. Higgen-
son, Frederick Rodgers, Louis Kempff
George w. Sumner, Albert S. Barker
Charles S. Cotton. Silas w. Terry and
Merrill Miller. 2. They were floating bat
teries of slow speed for in shallow
water. Erebus and Terror were the names
of the two completed Oct. "a. 1856. having
been very hastily put together according to
type the French had just advanced.
They were crude and difficult of manage
ment. but served to lead the French at
once to convert wooden line of battle
ships then the docks into ironclad.
The Warrior, Great Britain's first IRON
clad frigate. ordered in June. 1859.
| Do astronomers agree that the fixed stars
| move in orbits like those of our planets :?
q When an astronomer discovers a new
star does it mean that the star has been in
existence all along, but that its light has
only just reached US? 3. Is astronomy a
| science?-A- A.
No; the delicate measurements of modern
astronomy show that at least all the
brighter stars have a slow proper motion
but no exact law governing these motions
has been discovered, and if they are not in
straight lines, as they now appear to be, it
will take centuries to ascertain the fact
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