The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-03

nah. Ga. to Liverpool. taking twenty-five
days. For eighteen days she used her pad
dies, sailing the rest Of the time.
Who was the author OF Venetian" q
Who OF "Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight"
$. {.
Benjamin DisraeH. 2. Mrs. Rosa Hartwick
Thorpe.
q. McC.: We do not undertake to ac-
count for the doings Of spiritualists hypno-
fists. etc. If they annoy you keep out Of
their way.
Where and when was Mary Johnson, the
writer. born, and where does she live?-B.
She was born at Buchanan. Va. Nov. q,
1870. and lives in Birmingham, Ala,
A says a melodrama has no music except
what is known as "hurries; y that IL is a
stage production interspersed with songs
and music; who is correct2-J. W. NJ. &.
A. The melodrama originally was a must
cal drama interspersed with spoken dia-
logue. but is now taken to be drama with
romantic plot and sensational incidents.
When was Volapuk, the universal Ian
guage. first advanced? 2. Did II have, with
its rules for wOrd-making. an especial sys-
tenn or pronunciatiOn?-D. /. II.
Its inventor first offered it TO the public
in 1879. 2. Yes; though in general the letters
had their familiar values. Accent went with
final syllables.
What became OF Columbuss son after his
father was recalled to Spain?-Listener.
His legitimate son, Diego, who was his
heir, lived until 1926. HIS body was trans
ferred TO the cathedral at San Domingo
and lay beside the body that many believe
to have been his fathers.
Which attains the greatest height, the
giraffe or the elephant? 2 What is meant
by needle-gun? III. r.
The giraffe is the tallest Of living ami
mails. 2. A breech-loading gun whose cart
ridges were exploded by a needle thrust
into the decorating charge. 1t was for
years the arm Of the German infantry.
Was one attempt to tunnel under the De-
troit river failure? 2. When was the pres
ent tunnel opened2 g. How near the bottom
| Of the river is the roof of the tunnel?
| e. NJ.
| Yes; it began in 1871, and was abandoned
chiefly because of the surprisingly great
pressure of water inflow 2. In 1892. s. Fif-
teen feet at the nearest point.
How much did Paul Tulane give to Tu-
| lane University, and when was It given?
| How long has he been dead?-F. Z.
About $11OO,OOO, beginning on May 2, 1882.
| He had expressed the intention OF giving
the remainder OF his estate. about s1,0OoOOO.
likewise. but died intestate. March q, 1887.
and it fell to his legal heirs.
r
Is there a department at Washington, d.
| c., from which one may procure geologi-
| cal map of Texas?-B.
| No bureau of our national government
has issued a general geological map of
Texas. The United States Geological sur
vey has put out geological folios and maps
OF Uvalde and Nueces counties. and the
state geological survey of Texas has in
cluded in its reports few small maps.
Was Sir Francis Drake ever married? If
| so. had he any children? Did he have broth
/ eTs and sisters? And where can L get
/ book telling all about him?-Mrs. l..
He was twice married, but died without
issue. and made his younger brother Thorn
as his heir. Two brothers accompanied him
on his early trips to the West Indies and
died there. Several lives of Sir Francis
have been published.
VIII you print particulars Of the great
Forth bridge in Scotland?-B.
1t is on the Cantilever plan, has two
shore arms, each $50 feet long, two main
spans of 40 feet each, and is over a mile
and half long. The towers are S43 feet
| high and there is clear Roadway of 152 feet
under the central span. There were used in
it 200 tons of steel, and it cost $13OOO,OOO.
|
How many States have no capital pun
1 - ,f1t. y TIaN toto
| have abolished it, after a trial, restored ii?
| 3Will you give for any year the number
of homicldes and legal executions?
-Four; Rhode Island, Maine. Michigan
and Wisconsin. 2 Iowa and Colorado the
former restoring in 1873, the latter this
year. In 1899, according to the compilation
of a Chicago newspaper, the homicides
numbered 6,225; the legal executions, 131.
| Where can one get reliable informa ton
| concerning Stradivarius violins, and what
is the value of one made in 1727?-T. A. b.
An encyclopedia, especially one devoted
exclusively to musical topics, will tell you
much about this make of instruments.
| Antonio Stradivarius made his best instru-
ments between 100 and 1725, and these
have been much counterfeited. The worth
of a genuine one cannot be told without ex-
animation by an expert valuer. Single in
| struments have sold for several thousand
dollars.
| If a husband dies without children and
| leaves a bank account, building, loan and
| other personal properties is his widow the
| only heir his other relations,
mother. brother and sisters, claim a share
( under the Indiana Pc. .. n.
| The Indiana statute provides that in such
case one-fourth of the personal estate shall
go to the father and mother of the dece-
| dent or the survivor of them. This applies
to cases where the whole amount of prop
erty, real and personal. exceeds $1,000.
Where it is less than that sum all goes to
| the widow.
From what do mosquitoes grow? Do they
| have stage corresponding to the butter
| hys caterpillar?
The mosquito lays her eggs on the sur
face of the water. usually mooring them by
a glutinous substance to some floating OBJ
ject The young that hatch from these cor
respond TO the caterpillar stage. but are
aquatic. and turn into the "wigglers" of
| stagnant water. After these have shed
their coats several times, they rise to the
| surface OF the water ard their skin splits
| open. The perfect mosquito energies, is
supported by the floating skin until its