The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
What is the true reason for the famine
that now exists in India?-Number -Four.
Drought. primarily, and the density, pow
erty and ignorance of the population
Where and when was the last spike
driven on the Union Pacific Railroad &C.
j. p.
At Promontory Point, Utah. at sos CNew
York time) in the afternoon of May 10.
1869.
Did the Cary sisters write the poem en-
titled IAN Order for a Picture" and be-
ginning, "Oh. good painter, tell me true, +"
and also the verses beginning, up.
Gregory. the cloudy east?"-E. L. X.
Alice Cary wrote both. The second poem
is entitled "a Christmas Story"
What seems TO be the purpose OF the
poem. Longfellow's "Hiawatha?'-J. A.
We do not think he had any purpose
dian legend which happened to take his
fancy.
What is the population of Peking. China?
j. K.
No one knows exactly and estimates vary
greatly. One million is liberal estimate,
though not very long ago the population
was believed TO exceed this figure very
much.
To what race do the inhabitants of the
Philippines belong?-H. r.
The aboriginal population is believed to
have been negritos, a race much like the
negro. Few of them now remain, Malays
nd rnf~ If he odo
having replaced them.
Is Alexander Dumas dead? And If so,
where, when and at what age did he die?-
j. b. per L.
He died in his palace at Marly-le-Roi
Nov. q, 1885, In his seventy-second year
His father, Alexander Davy Dumas. died
at Puys. near Dieppe, Dec. 8, 1870. He was
then sixty-seven years old
Where can ! sell cancelled postage
sramps?-J. ~. N. and T. H. w.
OF the issues Of the past ten years all
the ordinary denominations are unstable
Dealers in stamps purchase in lots of one
hundred the denominations and sorts that
rarely come to the ordinary citizen-that is,
from Is cents UP to IS. special delivery and
postage due stamps
In playing chess when a pawn Is adj
vanced to the eighth square may it become
anything the owner desires? That is NAV
player have two queens? 2 What is the
address OF our minister to Siam?-J. L. H
On reaching the eighth square a pawn
may be promoted into any piece of the
same color except the king. 2. Hamilton
King. consul general u. S. A, Bangkok.
Siam.
Where is Jennie Lind? Is she alive? II not
when did she die, and where and when =?
What was her nationality? What is the ma
tional flower or tree?
Jennie Lind died in 1887. in London She
was born in Sweden. 2. There is no national
flower or tree. Some States, we believe,
or organizations within States, have Sc
lected flowers to represent their respective
commemorative.
have heard IL stated that General U.
s Grant was a Democrat when he was
nominated for President by the Republic
pms In 1868 Can you refer me to any
history that states this2-W. ID. c.
Ellis says: There was some ground
for the declaration that the Republicans
had nominated a former Democrat" STAN
wood puts it: General Grant, 1t is well
known, had never voted for Republican
candidates in his life
At reception in honor OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown who should receive the guests Mr.
and Mrs. Il. themselves ?-Jessie.
Guests Of honor imply the existence of
a host or hostess in the person of a repre-
sentative of city. or organization or a pri-
vate individual. This host receives" the
guests and introduces them TO the guests
Of honor. SO that. properly speaking, the
latter may be said to receive also.
Please publish the substance of the late
act OF Congress I'm regard to pensions under
act OF June q, 1S9O.-Subscriber.
The chief features I'm the G. A r. pension
bill which has just become law are. first.
that a widow with an income of $50 a year
can be pensioned. the previous limit having
been SO; second, the creation of a court
OF appeals to which cases can be taken on
appeal from the decision OF the commits
sioner OF pensions.
What is meant by hypnotism "A ID. C..
The word is a general one for the phe-
nomena OF hypnosis, sleep-like condition
OF mind and body in which the mind acts
readily upon suggestion. and on regaining
normal consciousness retains but little rec
objection OF the actions or ideas held dur
ing the condition. Hypnotism covers the
facts designated by mesmerism, mental
suggestion. animal magnetism. clatrvoy-
ance and like terms.
Has the battleship Maine been rebuilt ?
Or is there hospital ship by that name?
Any Other.
The hull OF the Maine is still at the bot
TEN OF Havana harbor, the vessel having
been rendered away beyond rebuilding by
the explosion OF February. 1S9s But Con-
gress has authorized a new and heavier
ba:;ieship OF that name. The hospital ship
Maine is being used to carry sick and
wounded soldiers from South Africa to
London
We have three town trustees. In trying to
determine a question j. makes a motion
the president calls for second TO said mo-
ton and b. is opposed TO and will not act
or second it, Has the president of board
any right TO call for and second the mo-
ton himself2 2. Can town trustees buy land
for school purposes or any other purposes
they see nj for benefit OF said town?-A
Subscriber.
J. The presiding officer. under such cir
cumstancez. may ignore the secondine of