The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-06

known regions, were tho source OF the
stories which arose at period when
spaniards were noted for credulity and
cupicity.
BY what process * wood made into pa
per. and what kinds Of wood are useds
What kind or paper does Ii make?-D. w
1t is ground to pulp and usually mixed
with more or less of wood fiber. The lat
ter is obtained by chemical process. the
wood, In chips, being digested in steam
heated watts under the action Of alkali or
acid The succeeding processes are much
the same as those for other paper stocks.
Spruce. pine. poplar and hemlock the
woods most used. News, book and the
cheaper grades OF miscellaneous papers are
the product. -
Are there any shoes imported TO this
country from Germany, France or any part
of the continent? What is the duty OH
shoes imported TO this country?
So far as we can learn, few leather shoes
are brought TO this country. The United
States customs office of Indianapolis re-
ports that it handles none. The duty on
them is Is per cent. ad valoren. Most of
the importations of footwear consist of spe-
cial makes of shoes intended for foreign
communities. as cloth shoes with wood
soles, etc. The American leather shoe is
generally recognized as superior to any
other.
Will you give a list OF the great floods in
this country besides those at Johnstown
and Galveston. in the last 100 years, and
their dates?- l.. III.
Here are a few of the very serious ones:
New Orleans, May Il, 1870; Mill River VAL
ley, near Northampton. Mass, May 16. 1874:
Eureka, New, July "a, 1874; Pittsburg. Pa.
July 26. 1874 in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and
Minnesota during the middle of June, 1881;
Ohio and Mississippi valleys. February.
1882; at Cincinnati and neighborhood,. Feb
ruary. 1883. and Pennsylvania. New York
and New England. Jan. 5. 1856 Galveston
was inundated, too. on Aug. 20, 1856.
Who was the first poet laureate of Eng
land, and when was he appointed? q Who
has the legal right to name child, the
father or the mother?-Newt.
Ben Johnson was the first to be officially
appointed, his patent for the office issuing
in March, 1880. But he had been appointed
sixteen years previously, and in the days
of the Norman kings of England there
was often attached to the royal household
a kings poet, who described his sovereigns
achievements in Latin verse. 2. The father.
A case of record wherein fathers prom
Use to give child a particular name has
been held a valuable consideration for
note of the promiser.
Give an account of what women have
done as lawyers? What women were the
most successful?-E. G. l..
To do this would require more space
than we can give in this column. The
subject is thoroughly covered in a book
called "Womens Work in America" in
the Indianapolis City Library. Consider
able information is given also in Volume
14, Indiana Law Reports, in Elk parte
Leach-this being a suit brough to test the
legality of womens admission to the bar
in this State. Mrs. Myra Bradwell, Laura
De Force Gordon, Ada NJ. Bittenbender
Carrie Burnham Kilgore, Clara M. Foltz
Leila Robinson-Sa wtelle and Belva Lock-
wood are names best known OF women in
the profession.
Please give small history of the Philip
pine archipelago giving distance from
United States, number of islands, popula-
ton, etc.-B. +. X.
The islands were discovered by the Span
ish navigator, Magellan, in 1921. They were
named in honor of Philip Il, then King of
Spain. Since then, until the naval victory
under Admiral Dewey in 1898 they have
been noDlinally under Spanish control,
though this rule was constantly disputed
by Independent Malay Mohammedan
tribes. The present population OF the
islands is estimated at about 100000 The
islands lie southeast of Asia between the
Pacific ocean and the China sea- Luzon,
the largest of the group, has an area of
nearly 1900 square miles. The western
coast of Luzon is about 600 miles distant
from the western coast of Asia. The dis
lance from San Francisco to Manila is
1000 miles.
How long was Greek fire kept secret from
other people, and would it burn under
water? When was the religious war fought
between Catholics and Protestants, where
and by what nations?-J. c.
It's composition was kept secret by tho
Greeks for several hundred years, but at
the conquest of Constantinople was finally
learned by the Mohammedans. The fire
burned under or on water. 2. They followed
the reformation, and were carried on at in
tervals during the sixteenth, seventeenth
and a part of the eighteenth century In
deed, full religious and civil liberty was
not given to Protestants in France until
near the middle of the nineteenth CEN
fury. These wars We're not between ma
tions, but were rather prosecutions of COM
munities. and We're most bitter in France.
as the history of the Huguenots and the
Camisards show. In England and Germany
a more liberal spirit prevailed and religious
freedom was secured at an earlier day.
A Correction.
To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
Were you not in error in Sundays Zones