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

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Who was the captain Of Yale's football
team?-G- b. G.
Gordon Brown.
What is the address of Troop c. Sixth
Cavalry?-D. q.
Manila, Philippine islands.
What were the populations of Dallas and
San Antonio. in Texas, in 1907. A
Dallas, SS.O67; San Antonio, 1858.
Is silver legal tender in any amount?
Silver.
Yes. unless the contract specifies other
wise
What did the word news" come from?
w. II. S.
Our adjective new, the French nouvelles,
and the Anglo-Saxon niwe.
How many children had Jay Gould, and
what were their names?-F. p. w.
Six-George Jay, Edwin, Helen Miller,
Howard, Anna and Frank Jay.
VIII you give the home or residence adj
dress of John ID. Observation-Disclosures.
Residence. West Fifty-fourth street.
New York city: office. 26 Broadway.
Were new bonds disposed of at private
sale in President Cleveland's administra-
ton? Ii so, in what amount, and at what
price?-P. r.
Yes; $50. 81, 400 worth at 1041s
Which is the largest secret order in the
United States? 2 What order comes next?
"A. j. G.
The independent Order of Odd Fellows.
9 The Free Masons
How long after young man has secured
an appointment to West Point IS he adj
mtted?-J. Z. w.
Appointments usually are made a year
ahead of the date of admission.
What is meant by seedlings as applied
to fruit trees sold by nurserymen?-Estil-
line.
Trees grown from seed, as distinguished
from those propagated by grating, bud
ding cutting.
Where does w. X. Fairbanks live?-J.
f. c.
We do not know "w. X. Fairbanks" Mr..
N. K. Fairbank is a Chicago merchant,
Mr.. c. w. Fairbanks. the United States
senator from Indiana.
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Where is the Fourteenth Infantry OF our
army starioned?-N. S.
Headquarters and companies E, T, G,
II, /. K, l. and NJ at Manila, Philippine
islands; Company A, Fort Brady, Michi-
gan; B. C and d, Fort Wayne, Detroit
Michigan.
When did the Indiana State Fair Associa-
ton stop charging an admittance fee for
carriages. wagons and vehicles generally?
Was it advertised in the Indianapolis news
papers before the fair began.-E. A. A.
The order was issued Sept. q, 1894. 1t was
advertised and the change made feature
of the fair that year.
Where are the Straits Settlements spoken
of as a great source of tin, and will you
give an idea of their size?-C. w. NJ.
They include some islands of the East
Indies and portion of the Malay penin-
sula, some $1,000 square miles in area, with
about Zoo. 900 inhabitants.
Will you give me the address of the
Thirty-eighth Infantry, which is now in
the Philippines j. Fl.
The regimental headquarters is at Ba-
tangas. but all letters to soldiers in the
Philippines should be addressed to Manila,
Philippine islands, the command being in
cluded. of course.
Who were the peace commissioners from
this country in the treaty with Spain? 2:
Who constitute the Philippine commission?
&C. G. II.
William r. Day, Cushman K. Davis,
William P. Frye. George Gray and White
law Reid. 2. W. H. Taft. Dean c. Worces-
ter H. c. Ide, L. z. Wright and Bernard
Moses.
=:
What is the address Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian University? 2. Milwaukees
population in 1850 was u5.57S and in 1890
it was 2O4 46S: what was the percentage of
increase. and how is it determined?-Ig.
Lebanon. Tenn. 2. Seventy-six and eight
tenths per cent. Rule: divide the increase
by the earlier population.
What Is the significance, in parliament
tary procedure, of moving the previous
queStion?-J. q. III.
1t cuts of debate and brings at once
a vote on the pending question. AS used
in the British Parliament, however, the
motion is employed as means of avoiding
bringing a question to vote.
How many United States senators has
Texas had. and who were they?-W. j. b.
Fourteen: Samuel Houston, Thomas ].
Rusk. j. Pinckney Henderson. Matthias
Ward, John Hemphill, Louis T. Wigfall,
j. w. Flanagan. Morgan c. Hamilton,
Sam Bell Maxey. Richard Coke. John h
Reagan, Horace Chiffon. Roger G. Mills
and Charles A. Culberson.
In what part of Michigan are its copper
mines? 2. Was Marshal MacMahon's rec
ord in the war with Germany clean one?
C. j. K
In its northernmost county, which ex-
tends into Lake Superior as slender PEN
insula- =. Yes; though beaten and made
prisoner, he was never accused of treach-
cry. as were most of the unsuccessful
French generals at that time.
/ hold that Lawrence Sterne was the
author of the adage, God tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb" and am disput-
ed; will you decide?-F. B. b.
You are right it appears in Sterne's
Maria" A hundred years earlier Henri
Estienne wrote proverb in French whose
English translation is God measures the
cold to the shorn lamb"
What is a suitable substance for small
filter. one that will last? ?. viii snow
evaporate?-J. NJ. c.
Fine sand. sandstone, charcoal, asbestos
or unglazed earthenware. All of these