The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08

circumference or the wheel, the distance
may be counted rapidly: or. as In the cy-
clometer. this is done automatically by a
graduated series OF gear wheels and re-
corded by dials-
Where Is the Twenty-third Infantry, and
where do they receive maI2-B- B.
Companies A, B, c, D, e, F, G and H
left Manila on the transport Buford. Sept
%. and arrived at New York Dec. l; ad-
dress care quartermaster's department, IS
Whitehall street, New York city. Compa-
MES I and VI are at Fort Logan, Colorado;
K at Fort Russell. Wyoming; L at Fort
Douglas, Utah.
VIII you give a formula for removing
printers ink from paper2-B.
often such ink cannot be removed. One
method is to put a thick pad of white blot
ting paper beneath the solled sheet. and TO
apply sulphuric ether with cotton wool.
rubbing gently. Apply blotting paper to alb
sorb the color, and repeat both applica-
tons until the stains disappear. Don't do
this near a light or fire.
VIII you print a short sketch of Francis
Hopkinson Smith?-H. B..
He was born in Baltimore, Nd, Oct o,
1898; early in life was clerk in an iron
works and then was educated as a mechan-
ical engineer. Becoming engineer and con-
tractor, he did much government work,
Race Rock Lighthouse and the foundation
Of Bartholdi's Statue Of Liberty as parts of
it. He has done charcoal work and illustra-
tons and much landscape work in water
colors. Since 1885. too, the output of his
published writings has been steady.
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Where and under what circumstance did
the expression 'Gretna Green" originated
W.. D. B..
Gretna Green was a Scotch village at one
time famous for its numerous runaway
marriages. The English law then recog-
nized as valid any marriage contracted in
accordance with the laws of the country in
which it took place, and the Scotch law re-
CURED simply a mutual declaration Of mar
riage before a witness. SO young English
couples who lacked the consent of parents.
or who did not wish to await publication
Of the banns, hurried to Gretna Green and
declared their marriage before the first
convenient witness.
Were Scent nickels or 1-cent nickels IS
sued by the United states government? II
so. az what time? 2. Were half-cents is
sued, and at what timer. II. c..
Nickel 3-cent pieces were authorized by
a law passed in 1865. and were abolished,
together with s. and 81 gold pieces, in 1890.
A nickel cent was substituted for the cop
per cent in 1857, and gave way TO the bronze
cent in 1864. 2. Yes; they were authorized in
1892, and their coinage did not cease en-
tirely until 1857.
How is the depth of a deep place ia the
ocean aScertained?- F. A.
CO. - = l. tit T. -
heavy weight is paid out from a reel, an
attachment called the friction line being so
arrange as to maintain a balance between
the friction and the weight Of wire run out
at any one time. When the weight strikes
the bottom the reel stops revolving, and
the depth is ascertained by multiplying the
circumference of the reel by the number
of revolutions. The wire is reeled in by
steam power.
Who were the original authors of the
British Constitution? 2. Who are the lake
poets? 3. Who was the Mahdi?-Query.
Various sovereigns, members of Parlia-
ment and very many others. The word
constitution has, in England, a very differ
ent meaning to that given to it here. There
1T signifies the whole body of public law in
England, written and unwritten. This has
been a matter Of growth during centuries,
and includes parliamentary e-nactments.
judicial decisions, settled precedents and
immemorial customs. .. Poets of the lake
region OF Westmoreland and Cumberland,
England. Coleridge, Wordsworth and
SOuthey were the more important ones.
The name originally was given in con-
tempt. 5. This word signifies the Moham.
medan Messiah, who, the Mohammedans
believe, will reign spiritually and tenn
porally in the last days and convert the
world TO Islam. Many have claimed to be
the Mahdi, notably Mohammed Ahmed,
who, in 1888, started an Instruction in the
Egyptian Sudan.
What is the origin of the bakers dozen?
.. When and where was the first college in
the United States founded? 8. Where was
the first newspaper in the United States
published? 4. What is the origin of the
saying. "a little bird told me so?"-Eden.
The old-time custom of bakers giving thir-
teen for a dozen. Brewer states that this be-
gan at a time when avery heavy penalty was
inflicted for sh~ort-weight bread and was
meant to avoid infiction of the penalty.
The surplusage was styled inbread, the
thirteenth loaf, the vantage loaf. 2. In 1917
the first steps were taken toward establish
ing William and Mary. which later was
erected at Williamsburg, Va, a charter
coming in 1893. 3. A t Boston. 4. Ecclesiastes,
X. 20, perhaps: Course not the King . = .
for a bird of the air shall carry the voice,
matter"