The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-20

diarrhoea and the escape of blood. Usually
it is marked, too, by fatal end. >. 1t is not
thoroughly understood, but stimulants, free
incisions of affected parts and applications
of weak solutions of carbolic acid or chic
ride of zinc are recommended. If you can
consult a veterinarian you should do so.
The best preventive is thorough drainage of
pastures. the disease occurring among cat
tie on wet land.
What is the height of the Yellowstone
falls-of the long, single jump, / mean? >.
What were the treaties of Tien-Tsin?-
David.
Three hundred and ten feet. ?. -Four treat
les concluded in 1858. between China and
the United States. Great Britain. Russia and
France. BY them the number of ports open
to foreign trade was increased. protection
was promised for native and foreign Chris
tians in the practice and spread of their
faith, China was opened to foreign travel
and the residence of foreign ambassadors
therein was sanctioned.
Are not deserters from the British army
sometimes branded on the flesh? 2. Why is
there less dew on cloudy nights than on
clear ones?-J. l.. d.
No; "branding'-really tattooing with
needle and India ink, not burning with a
hot iron-was once practiced. ID" signify
ing d%eserter, and "B c." bad character,
but this was abolished in 1879. 2. Because
clouds check the radiation of heat from be-
low, or return, by counter-radiation some
of this lost heat. Dew is caused by the
cooling of the bodies on which il gathers,
the cooling being due to heat radiation into
space. With the same degree of moisture in
the air. the clear, still night is the one on
which the most dew forms.
What kind Of hay is called vetch? 2. On
what principle does a centrifugal pump
k?-E
Hay made from that species of vetch
known as "vicia s%ativa,' probably; there
are many sorts of vetch. but this one is
much cultivated. 2. The water in A pit is
| caused to revolve rapidly by arms at
tached to a power-driven central shaft.
This results in pressure on the walls of the
pit. which causes the water to rise TO a
height depending on the ,~rapidity of revo-
luton. Water enters the center of the re-
volving mechanism, and passes out through
a pipe at the circumference. The height OF
rise is. in theory, the height from which a
body will fall in vacuum TO attain the We
locity maintained by the revolving pc
riphery.
A claims that il is not unsafe TO connect
a copper lightning rod 10 the side of a
house by galvanized iron clamps without
glass insulators? 3 claims that it is unsafe;
which is correct?-Lightning.
A is right; the object of lightning rods is
not go much TO carry the electric dis
charge to the earth without allowing il to
use the building as a conductor. as it is to
! join with the earth all parts of the building
that are electrical conductors. That is, the
better and the greater the electrical con-
nection is made. the greater current can
be carried away without damage; and it
should be remembered that a full charge
of lightning is quite beyond the capacity of
a very good system of rods.
Had any officer of the United States
army held the rank of lieutenant general
previous to General Miles? If so. who were
they2-A. NJ. H.
In 1875, when there seemed TO be a prob
ability of war with France, the rank OF
lieutenant general was created and con-
ferred on Washington by Congress. Ten
months afterward office ana title were
! abolished. In 1856 the grade of lieutenant
general, by brevet. was conferred upon