The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-30

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What States do not have divorce laws?
Inquirer.
South Carolina is the only one.
who was Queen victoria's husband?
Prince Albert of saxe-coburg. her cou-
sin
What is the address of Secretary Shepard. |
or the National educational AssociationT
X Y. z.
winona, Mimi. His first name is Irwin.
What steps should I take to get rural
mail delivery near me?-W. r. c.
Make application to the first assistant
postmaster general at Washington.
Is the Guinea pig at all related to ordi-
nary pigs?-H. L.
No; it is a rodent; nor is 1t from Guinea,
but is found wild only in South America.
How many rounds did Sharkey and Fitz-
simmons fight in San Francisco?-Five
Stars.
The fight was given to sharkey on a foul
in the eighth round.
Is the silver dollar a legal tender to the
amount Of SIC,
Silver dollars are legal tender in any
amount unless otherwise expressly stimpu-
lated in the contract.
A owns a tract OF land. B sells A lumber
TO improve It. B files lien for securing
payment. but before filing lien the land is
sold for taxes. What can B do under the
laws of Indiana?-C. o. r.
You should consult a lawyer. We cannot
undertake to answer legal questions in
this column.
Is it of any use to afix a special delivery
stamp 10 a letter sent to a town whose
postal force does not include carriers?-C.
&. a.
IL is if the person addressed lives within
a mile of the postoffice; otherwise the post
master may ignore the special stamp, and
let the letter be delivered by the usual
course.
Who composed the first Roman Trium-
virate &c.
The coalition of Pompey. Caesar and
Crassus in 60 B.. c. is often spoken of as
the first, but these men had not the of
fetal title and exercised only usurped pow
ers- The official title and official recog-
milton by the Senate first fell to Octavian,
Marc Antony and Lepidus in 43 B. c.
Where does the Chicago drainage canal
start? Where does ii empty, what was its
cost. and what are it's dimensions?-S. C.
1t starts in the Chicago river within the
city limits. and empties into the Desplaines
river just above Joliet. It is twenty-eight
miles long, has a minimum depth of TWEEN
ty-two feet of water, and is from 10 to
20 feet wide on the bottom. Its cost has
been about So. OoO.O 900.
Whom did George Vanderbilt, of Bit
the author of the lines, IT'S sweet 10
hear the watch dogs honest bark?' VIII
you complete the quotation ?-Tim.
Edith Stuyvesant Dresser. 2. This is
from Lord Byron's Don Juan" The rest
OF the stanza runs: bay deep-mouth'd
welcome as we draw near home; tits
sweet to know there is an eye will mark
our coming, and look brighter when we
come"
How does harveyized steel differ from
other steel?-G. T.. b.
1t is face-hardened by a process I'm which
the steel absorbs carbon. The piece of
steel TO be treated is put in a furnace while
its face is covered with bone black and
charcoal, the rest OF 1t being sunk in sand.
The temperature within the furnace is al
most that which melts iron. Water Is
sprayed on the steel when it is taken out
10 chill 1t. Armor plates thus treated
gain in their resistance to cannon shot
from so to 100 per cent.
Does ice ever form at the bottom of a
body OF water before the water is frozen
throughout the entire depth ?-Disagree-
ment-
Yes; it is called ground ice, or anchor
ice, the latter from the fact that II some
times brings up boat anchors when it rises.
Il may come from the lower water being
colder than at the surface, or, when the
temperature is uniform. from the fact that
a current keeps ice crystals from forming
at the surface. Sometimes bits OF broken
surface ice or snow carried downward by
eddies are its basis.
How long have pianos been made? . Be
fore them, what instruments took their
place? 3 How old is the upright piano?
Il E. N.
Since about 170. when a harpsichord
maker OF Padua. Italy. invented one. In
ventors OF Germany, England and France
were close s~econds-indeed. claim preced-
ence over the italian. but he has the best
OF the evidence. 3 The clavichord, the
cithara. the harpsichord and the spinet
The first named was the Oldest. dating
back to the fourth century. The last was
popular down to the early days OF the pi-
ano. 3 1t appeared in 1875. but in it's early
forms was faulty in soon getting out of
tune.
When was natural gas first discovered?
z How are gas wells sunk?-S. d. A.
IL was known In very early times in Asia
Minor, where burning springs and wells
were taken as shrines by fire worshipers.
in our own country the existence OF burn
Ing springs was known long before any
use was made OF the gas This was first
done al Fredcnia. n. Y In 1924. 2. Methods
vary with the nature OF the strata to be
pierced and with the magnitude or the
work. but most wells are drilled by steam