The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

fan In 1901. o. II.
Tuesday.
Did the government ever adopt a nation
al hower:-H.
II never dill.
Please tell me where the Thirty-frst
Regiment, u. S. V, is statioEed.-J. J.
1t is now on the way from san Francisco
10 Manila. and due to arrive any day.
What were the total receipts of our gov
eminent for January and February l%l!-
January. 1880. PSI. February. si5.Ses. $50.
Where is the Thirty-fourth United States
Volunteer Infantry?-J. T.. o.
The regiment left Manila March l on the
transport Logan for San Francisco. The
T~hirty-third regiment also was aboard.
Did the proposed adjustment of the war
tax on bank checks and prOmissory notes
pass at the last session of Congress? 2 If
so. when does the change 80 into effect?-
8. NJ.
Yes. =. July 1 next.
When and where did Patrick Henry de-
liver his celebrated speech that has been
tn our school readers ever since?0Q.
In the Virginia House of Burgesses in
1765, the occasion being the introduction of
his resolutions against the stamp act.
Is il lawful TO fish with hook and line
during the months of April, May, June and
July in the streams around Indianapolis
Qor example. Fall creek, White river, Eagle
creek, etc.)?-C. r.
The new law in complete form was print
Cd in the Journal of March s..
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road lines enter the following places: Lon
don, Paris. Berlin, New York, Chicago
and San F'rarcisco.-Schoolboy.
London. seven trunk lines; Paris. seven;
Berlin. nine; New York. ten; Chicago,
twenty-five; San Francisco, four.
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Are both of Abraham LincoIn's sons llv-
irg2 III so. are they in the United States
, army?-Jay.
His sons were four. Edward Baker died
in infancy. William Wallace died at the
age Of twelve, Thomas died when eighteen
years old and Robert Todd is now in civil
life.
In the poem "Curfew Must Not Ring To-
night" who is Cromwell?-L- D..
Oliver Cromwell. lord protector of Eng
land. An historical basis is claimed for
Mrs. Thorpe's oft-recited verses, the man
condemned to die at curfew having been,
according to this claim, one Basil Under
wood.
Who carried Nebraska in the last presi-
Dental election and what was the winners
plurality?-E- +. O..
The State went for Mckinley by a plu-
rality of S,222 and the Republican State
ticket was elected by pluralities of from
SOL for Governor Dietrich to All for Auditor
Griess.
Can you put me in communication with
the manager of the agricultural department
al the Pan-American Exposition?-A
Reader.
Address your communication to Mark
Bennitt. superintendent of Exposition Pub
l:city Bureau. Buffalo. n. Y. and it will be
referred TO the proper bureau.
F. ]. W.-Troop y. Eighth Cavalry, is
stationed al Ft. Reno, o. T. Mrs. Laura t.
The Thirty-eighth regiment has not left
the Philippines, but is to sail before long.
s. NJ. C.-The entire Ninth regiment of in
fantry is in China. Address China, via San
Francisco. H-ermann-The battle ship Ore
gon is at Hong-Kong. China.
What became of Queen victoria's half
brother and half-sister? Did the Princess
- wv I'D Il anu hANh 0A0 1AC W.
Den.
The half-brother, Charles Frederick VIII
liam Ernest, died in 1856. The half-sister,
Anne Feodorowna Augusta Charlotte VIII
helmina, married in 1S2S. Ernest Christian
Charles. prince OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
and died in 1872.
Where and in what manner does black
pepper grOw?-Alva-
Il fc tho f-trif of a .0Iipohino Sh-rrh uhoSa
stem grows from twelve to twenty feet
long and has opposite each leaf a spike
of flowers with fruit the size Of a pea.
1T is a native of the East Indies, but now
Is cultivated in most tropical countries.
What Is monazite, and where can it be
obtained?|. X H.
A rare mineral described chemically as
q phosphate of the cerium metals. and US
ually containing some thorium silicate. 1t
Is found in North Carolina, at Norwich
Conn, in the Ural mountains ana else
where. II is washed from gravels result
ing from the disintegration of granite
rocks. OF which it is a constituent.
Which was the larger vessel. the Kaiser
Wilhelm Der Crosse or the Great Eastern?
Wager.
The Great Eastern. 1t was ESQ feet long.
s213 feet beam and IS feet depth of hold:
the corresponding dimensions for Kaiser
Wilhelm are s26. s. and 80. The Great East
ern was larger than the Oceanic, the big
gest vessel now aloat. though the lat
ter is 7A feet long.
Can sound waves be concentrated in a
rehectOr?-Two.
IN some degree. yes: but not so mark
edly as. is the case with light. the effect
being dissipated gradually as the dis
lance from the reflector increases. Ex-
periments with fog signals have shown
that the reflection is far more effective
with moderate sounds than with very loud
ores.
How far is Neptune from the Sun9 .
How long does IL take the light of the
sun 70 reach us? 3. How much greater
IS the mass of the sun than OF al the
planets that revolve about it?-R. NJ. s.
It's mean distance is about 2.77O.OoO.Oe
miles. 2 Eight minutes and eighteen
seconds when at mean distance from US.
u Between seven hundred and eight hun
dred times as great.