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

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Is there such a sentence in the Bible
as Every tub stands on its own bottom!
r. e. H.
No. Charles Mackin. who lived from
1890 to 1897. wrote Every tub must stand
upon its own bottom" this in a play called
1.-The Man of the World" Before him.
John Bunyan used the expression. with
vat in place of tub"
When did the Danes land in Ireland, and
how long did they remain?-M. NJ.
Their incursions began in the eighth CEN
tury. but toward the end OF the ninth
century were checked for a period of forty
years. Then they returned successfully,
being finally overthrown by the Irish under
Brian Boru at the battle of Clontarf on
Good Friday of 1914.
VIII you please state if there are any
Indian students at Yale or any of the large
colleges?-A Subscriber.
A number of Indians, mostly of the Sioux
tribe, we believe, have been graduated from
Yale and other universities. They have
usually had their preliminary training at
Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va, and by
writing there you can probably get accu-
rate nformatio as to students at present
in such colleges.
What is the salary of a district United
| States marshall? How much patronage has
he at his disposal? What are the salaries?
Subscriber.
The salary of the United States marshal
for Indiana is $500. He has three deputies,
one at a salary of $1,000, one at $1,000. one
at s1,OG. lie has also a stenographer at
5000. The patronage of these officers de-
Ponds upon the amount of their work and
their consequent need of more or fewer
assistants.
What is university extension?-Country-
man.
An educational movement by which in
struction by university teachers is fur
nished to scholars that ann reside at
the universities. It's methods include lee
lures at intervals of a week or more,
with especial guidance for work between
lectures. instruction by correspondence and
in classes organized not far from the
university. and conducted as are classes
within the institution.
When, where and by whom was the first
labor union organized?-F. L.
The modern trades union is an evolu-
ton of the ancient guild, and appeared in
England about the middle of the eighteenth
century, but it's beginnings were so small
and obscure that your question is unan-
swerable. The first organization Of which
We find record in this country was the
New York Society of Journeyman Ship
wrights, formed in April, 1903.
Do looms and kingfishers burrow into
the earth to make their nests?-O. ID.
Kingfshers do, making a gallery several
feet long before a small chamber is hol-
lowed. Looms deposit their eggs on the
top of the ground or rocks so near the
edge of the water than the bird can jump
from nest to a diving depth of water when
alarmed. Its egg seems especially adapted
to this habit, being so pear-snaped that it
will roll i'm a circle and thus is not
likely to roll of into the water.
At what temperature will fire brick melt
or crumble? ?. Can fire brick suitable
for lining of furnaces be made as strong
as ordinary building brick?-F. Z.
We do not know; the best of it is not
fusible by any ordinary means. and crumb-
ling results from chemical action, not as
a direct cause of great heat. Thus in iron
furnaces the iron and the silica of the
brick form a Stag, the brick being thereby
gradually eaten away. .. No: and of the
various qualities of fire brick. those thai
are less affected by heat are the weaker.
Please name some of the most important
and beneficial social reforms of the last
twenty-five years.-M. H., Worthington.
Much has been accomplished in every line
of such work. but perhaps the greatest
progress has been made i'm the systematic
organization of charity work. the methods
OF caring for dependent children, the treat
ment of convicts in the adoption of the
r~eformatory idea, and in the more enlight-
ened treatment Of the insane. The short
ening OF the hours of labor and the adop-
ton of the manual training idea in schools,
though belonging TO the industrial and edu-
cational phases of development. may also
be said to belong to social reforms.
Have the Japanese, Chinese, Thibetans,
Siamese and Hindus the same religion?-H.
No; Bud6hists are more numerous than
any other sect in Japan, and the ancient
cult of Shintcism has many followers;
the dominant religion of China is an easy
going blend of Buddhism. Taoism. Con-
fucian teachings and countless myths and
superstitions: in Thibet. Lamaism, a cor
ruption of Buddhism. prevails, and there
are many traces of an old nature wor-
ship; Siam is Buddhist. and the especial
protector of that faith, and the Hindus
are named for their faith. which is a de-
velopment of primitive nature worship in
fiuenced by Buddhism and Brahmanism.
The following lines are quoted as by
Blair: who was he? Tell us. We dead.
vii. none of you in pity TO those you left
behind disclose the secret" :. Did Lewis
write anything but THE Monk" and when
did he write that? 3. Are fiamingoes
found i'm any part of the world except
along the Gulf of Mexico?-T. =. p.
Robert Blair. a Scottish poet and clergy
man, who lived from 1929 to 1746. The poem
from which you quote is entitled 9Th
Grave" and was his chief work. .. He
wrote much else. plays. stories and verse.
though he was known as Monk Lewis
because OF this work. 1t was written in
1895. 3. Yes; they are found in southern
Europe and northern Africa. and a small
species makes It's home in the Andes.
Where was Nathan Hale imprisoned the
night before his execution? ,. Where is
he buried? >. What is the inscription
on the Nathan Hale monument i'm CITY