The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

President Roosevelt; Ulysses >. Grant
was next youngest
Who was the engineer OF Deweys flag
ship2-L.
]. Entwhistle was chief engineer. E. B.
De Lany and ]. F. Marshall, jr.. were as
sistant engineers.
Has the writer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
married or added Ward TO her name, re-
Gently 2-An Inquirer.
Hardly; she married Herbert D. Ward In
1885
Can a man VINO owns eighty acres or
land enter adjoining land?-F.
He can, to the extent of eighty acres, in
some cases Put your case TO the land Of
fee Of your district.
What is the full name of the Greek
Church? ?. What is its numerical strength?
8. What are chief nationalties represent
ed?-E. A. McH.
Holy Oriental Tor Eastern) Orthodox
Catholic Apostolic Church. 2. About 9S,-
100000 g. Russians and Greeks.
What are the anniversaries of wedding
days?-F
Fifth. wooden; tenth, tin: fifteenth, crys-
tai; twentieth. china twenty-fifth, silver;
fftieth. gold: sixtieth or seventy-fifth. dia-
mond. The first anniversary is sometimes
styled the paper wedding.
What are the dimensions of approximate
ly the biggest up-to-date cannon?-R.
Take our guns of sixteen-inch bore; the
weight is 126 tons; length, 40 feet inches;
length of bore, 46 feet inches. The weight
of projectile is 2.4O0 pounds.
Where is Company I, Second Infantry, U.
S. A, and who are the of1cers?-T. ,. b.
In the Philippines; address Manila. In
the latest army record at hand name of the
captain is not given. The first lieutenant is
Archie ]. Harris; second lieutenant, Fred
Van 8. Chamberlain.
What companies are included in the two
battalions of the Twenty-second Infantry
that sailed from Manila for New York
Oct. 1?-H. f. a.
The entire Twenty-second Regiment is
still in the Philippines. The two battalions
that sailed on Oct 1 were of the Twenty
third Regiment
HOW long does a copyright last? 2. How
nearly complete must a work be to secure
copyright protection?-R.
Twenty-eight years, in the last six
months of which a renewal for fourteen
years more may be secured. 2. 1t need be
not more than projected. the law being only
that publication shall be effected within a
reasonable time.
How many cities OF 100000 population
has Germany. the world, and what are
their names?-W NJ.
There are twelve such-London, New
York, Paris, Berlin, Chicago, Canton, To-
kio. Vienna, Philadelphia, st. Petersburg,
Picking and Moscow. The populations for
Canton, Picking and Moscow are estimated.
A census return for Moscow of 9Ss, GA was
made four years ago. Berlin is the sole
German one.
I learn from an address delivered before
the Maryland Historical Society by ]. II. B.
Latrobe that Nicholas J. Roosevelt super
intended the building of the New Orleans,
the first steamboat built in the West, and
that he and his wife left Pittsburg in 1911
in this steamer, bound for NatcheZ and
New Orleans Was this Roosevelt related
to our President? If so, what relation?
Inquirer.
Yes; great-great uncle.
How is ale made?-E f.
II is brewed from malt as is lager, but
the first fermentation is so checked that
considerable quantity of saccharine re-
mains in the liquor. BY closer fermenta-
ton, in casks or bottles, this sugar changes
to alcohol and carbolic acid. the latter pro-
ducing the characteristic effervescence the
former being present in greater quantity
than in lager. Ale is fermented, too at
higher temperature than is lager
What are the source and meaning OF the
name Labrador?
Two explanations are offered. The SEEM
ingly more probable one Is that when Cor
tereal visited the country, in 1900 he took
home to King Emanuel some aborigines,
that the King thought he had discovered
new ''slave coast" so bestowed a Portu-
guese name, meaning "laborer's land" The
other story has a Basque whaler named La
Bradore sail into Bradore bay and give his
name to that locality, the whole region
later taking this visitors name
Did Louis Kossuth, on giving over the
sovernorship Of Hungary, come direct to
this country? ?. Is not arsenic the basis
of practically all the well-known or much
used insecticides dispute.
No; he escaped to Turkey, where he re-
ceived protection, despite demands from
Austria and Russia for his surrender. Not
till 1851 was he permitted to board the Mis-
sissippi which had been sent for him by
our government. .. No; though it is of the
preparations intended to combat insects
that bite or chew Sucking insects are
fought largely with kerosene 'emulsions
and sulphur and soap washes, for scale in
sects, are well within your classification.
What is the significance OF the Pan-Amer-
lean Exposition flag? 2. Who designed it ?
M. r.
The single white star in the blue field of
the upper corner typifies the north star. the
red field the south and it's four stars the
southern cross. The white band joining
these bears golden eagle of liberty in
whose claws are a banner with the motto
PAX, 1901" In this Latin word for peace
no abbreviation for "Pan-American Exposi-
ton was intended The colors red. white.
blue yellow and green are those used in the
various American flags. 2. Adelaide j.
Thorpe; her design was accepted from over
three hundred that were submitted.
When and where was John Fox IT.
born2 Where does he live at the present
his story. 1.-THE kentuckians?" Any par
ticulars of his life or writings will be glad
ly received.-G. II.
Biographical facts concerning John Fox.
jr.. rather difficult to find. The Mid
land Monthly CDes Moines. la of Decem-
Der. 1897. contains sketch of him. Write