The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
at st. Helena after his captivity?-C. w. w.
Josephine died May %, 1914. Napoleon
reached st. Helena, October 16. 1915.
What was the number of federals killed
on the field of battle in three days fight
ing at Gettysburg? What of the confed-
crates killed?-W. s.
Federal 800; confederates, 1852.
Why is tarred rope stronger than the
ordinary sort?-T. /.
When new, white rope is stronger than
tarred; tar enables the strands to with
stand exposure to the weather.
Is there any island or group of islands
in the world by the name OF Dago? If so,
what is the location?-C. R.
Dagoe. or Dago, is a Russian island in the
Baltic sea that supports a population of
about 1900.
What are the technical names OF the lit
tie reptile known as the horned toad?'-
c. H. G.
Phrynosoma doulassii and phrynosoma
cornutum are the hard names given to the
common sorts.
Is the house in which Benedict Arnold
was born still standing? II so, please give a
description OF it.-A- c.
1t was torn down in 1853, having for
years borne the reputation Of being
haunted. or Of bringing misfortune to its
occupants.
Should a man fall mile. would he fall
faster than sixty miles an hour?-C. B.
W., Jr.
He would fall mile in trifie over eigh-
teen seconds, this without reference to at
mospheric resistance. and in the last Sec
ond would go through $50 feet.
When. where and by whom was the high
est balloon ascension made?-H- w. G.
This distinction was claimed by two aero
nauts. Glaisher and Coxwell. who assembled
from wolverhampton. England. Sept. S,
1863 At height of 5z miles they became
insensible. so their claim to having attained
an altitude of seven miles is not clear.
Are any minerals found In meteorites
that fall to the earth that are not found in
the earth ftself?-S. p.
No. though the elements are COM
compounded differently from those of any
known terrestrial minerals. When frag-
ments OF either stony or metallic meteor
ties are heated in vacuum, they surrender
gases which are tamll1ar also.
When and where was the Crystal Pal
ace opened, and when was IL destroyed by
fre?-F.
The Crystal Palace, designed by Carsten-
sen and Gildemeister was opened at New
York city, July IA. 1853, and was burned
Oct. 5. 1853. An earlier Crystal Palace at
Sydenham, near London. England, and its
successor at the same place. are also his
toric structures
Is II possible for ventriloqust to cast
his voice so that the sound is actually pro-
duced at point other than where the ven
trfloquist stands?-M. r.
No. nothing like 1t. Words uttered by a
ventriloquist are formed in the same man
ner as in ordinary articulation. The diff
ference comes mainly in the method of
respiration. Unless ventriloquist calls a
listeners attention to some object that he
wishes to be regarded as the source of his
voice he will not prove much of deceiver.
Were the first Europeans TO explore
Louisiana Spaniards or Frenchmen?
They were Spaniards under Alvarez de
Pineda- They entered the Mississippi in
1919 and spent six weeks among the In
dams on it's banks. Then came expedi-
Soto. The last. In 1871. concluded the Span
ish exploration. Robert de La Sale de-
scended to the mouth of the Mississippi in
1sS2 and took possession of the land for the
French King. Louis XIV.
What size are California's big trees?-
A. b.
The North Calaveras grove OF fifty acres
contains ninety-three trees, of which four
are over 800 feet tall. The tree called the
keystone State is 325 feet high and forty
five feet in diameter six feet from the
ground. This gives an idea OF the size of
the very large sequoia- The professional
strong man you name is credited with hav-
ing lifted. or pushed upward. 400 pounds.
live weight, at Boston, in 1895.
lecturer made statement to the ex-
act effect and in nearly the words OF the
following: Modern science has shown
that the perfume of flowers is one proof
OF the wisdom OF the divine plan" Then
he didn't explain the statement; can you
do so?-Doubter.
The meaning. probably. was that the
perfume attracted insects TO the blossoms,
and that In getting at the nectar Of the
bloom the insects received more or less
pollen on their bodies 10 take away TO
other blossoms. Modern science discovered
that this service OF insects Is indispensable
for the fertilization OF many kinds Of bios
SONS.
VIII you explain the Bessemer steel
process? Were they ever in the form OF
a patent?-T. p.
You viii ind them treated at length in
any modern encyclopedia. Briefly. they
consist In oxidation. by means of air
blasts. OF the carbon and silicon or phos-
phorus In melted cast iron so as to make
IL malleable. During the process some iron