The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-15
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Norah Vining ................. Caroline keeler
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
What is the source of the heat in hot
springs?-COlumbus.
The earths internal fires.
What IS the age limit for admission to
the railway mail serviee?-C. j. s.
Eighteen to thirty-five years.
Will you state the greatest depth at which
divers are accustomed to work Tor any
length Of time in a diving suit?-H. 4. I.
The limit is about 12O feet.
VIII the Legislature elected in Ohio next
November choose a United States senator?
| Mexico!
Yes; It will re-elect Senator Joseph B.
Foraker or elect his successor.
::
When and where was cotton first grown?
%.
The early history of it's culture is OBJ
India was the beginner. both in cultivating
and manufacturing it.
|
What were the pension disbursements
during Cleveland's first term and Harri-
sons term? 2 Are any civil war deserters
/
For the first. sos, 600; for the latter,
$524000,O00. ?. No-at least, none that is
officially known as a deserter.
To what year of the Jewish era does the
present year correspond? ?. When does the
next European worlds fair come?-W. a. T.
TO 5G61-5662, the latter year beginning at
sunset of Sept. Is. 2. At Brussels, in 1905
the seventy-ffth anniversary of Belgian in
| dependence.
| VIII you give the names and addresses Of
| the nearest living relative of Henry W.
! Longfellow, Ralph w. Emerson and Oliver
| Wendell Holmes p. II. w.
William Pitt Preble Longfellow. 479
Broadway. Cambridge; Edward Waldo EN-
erson, Concord; Oliver Wendell Holmes. 29s
Beacon street, Boston-all in Massachu-
sets.
How long has the railroad at the isthmus
| Of Panama been in operation? :. What is
are the comparative weights OF iron and
copper?-David.
Since 1855. ?. 263 feet. 3. The specific grav-
ity of cast iron is III, water being taken as
100; bar iron is 40. and copper is S95 Steel
is rated as 7S3
To whom should an old United States
| soldier apply 10 be admitted TO the Soldiers
| Home?- Il.
To the board of commissioners Soldiers
Home, War Department, Washington, ID.
G.. if you were Il regular; to the board of
managers National Home for Disabled Vol
unteor Soldiers, also at Washington, if you
were Il volunteer.
What was the date of the discovery Of
Florida by Europeans? =. When and where
| did DE Soto lana?
The generally accepted date is March q.
1913, though it is not unlikely that Florida
was seen as early as l497 by Sebastian Ca
bot, or not much later by Portuguese and
Spanish traders. ,. At Tampa bay, in 1853.
Are gals on shrubs and trees correctly
| considered as the dwellings, OF the insects
| making them? = What is the effect of the
| 6aii on the strength OF the plants. y. Il.
Yes. though sometimes they are appro-
priated by parasitic species of insects that
prey upon the gall insects. = 1t saps
strength. The gals are at times so numer-
Gus as to kill the plant.
How long are the masts in Shamrock III
| and the Constitution! Also, how long are
| the masts IN our largest sailing vesselsY-
| q. W. Il.
The Shamrock mast is 15S feet inches;
| Constitutions mast is lis feet, her first
| e,
purposes of comparison there should be
added AZ feet for Constitutions topmast.
Some clippers, with mast, topmast, topgal-
liant, royal and sky-scraper sections have
exceeded these dimensions.
Can tourists climb Pixies Peak? What is
inc distance. ana now long does il take?
:. What is the vegetation OF its sides?
| y railroad now runs to it's summit but
r.-f.. ISln
almost daily during the summer, though
it was a very stiff all-day's jaunt. some
twelve miles each way from Manitou. steep
and much Of it through bothersome rarifed
air. =. Forests of pine and fir. with bare
rocks for the last $500 of its 14,1i7 feet of
height.
What is the commercial value of the per-
| oxide OF manganese in its native state, and
| where can II be sold III large quanttles?-
| y. y. w.
Manganese ores, including maganifcrous
iron ore, average in value at the place of
| production but little over two dollars a
ton. They are widely distributed, and the
| accessibility of deposit would be an i'm
| portant factor in deciding its value. The
peroxide is used chiefly in the manufacture
OF chlorine and in decolorizing glass.
|
VIII you explain how the Hessan fly at
| tacks wheat and now IL came by its name?
| =. WHAT Is done To overcome it?-W. j. H.
| It's larvae crawl in between stalk and
leaf sheath and remain sucking the plant
| juices. In about six weeks they pass into
the pupa state. and soon become perfect in
sects. They were so called because it was
| believed they were brought here by Hes
sian troops in revolutionary days. Burning
the wheat stubble in the fall kills many of
the larvae, work in which insect parasites
are of much assistance.
To whom should l apply for directions to
| establish my claims for membership in
Daughters of the Revolution and Colonial
| Danes Mass, 1885.
To Corresponding Secretary General Mrs.
Kate Kearney Henry, 9O2 f street, Wash
| ington, d. c., for the Daughters, and TO
Mrs. Timothy Mattlack Cheesman, 100 Uni
| versity place. New York city, or to Mrs
| William Reed, 10G Monument street w.
Baltimore Md. The two last named are the
secretaries of the two district organizations
having the name Colonial Danes OF Amer
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