The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

committed 10 transportation for life TO
New Caledonia. When amnesty was
granted to political prisoners in 1850. she
returned to Paris. where her participation
in communistic enterprises brought her i'm
prisonment in 1855 and 1886. Since then. she
has made her home in London. and has
written memoirs and plays.
How old are the Sphinx and the pyra-
mids supposed 10 be? ?. Are there chambers
in the Sphinx and the other pyramids,
well as in CheoDs? 3. Were they finished
and what is their size?-D. =. i.
The age Of the Great Sphinx at Gizeh is
absolutely unknown, though many writer's
have assigned it to many periods. The sec
ond of the Gizeh pyramids dates back to
1866 B. c. 2. There is no chamber within the
Sphinx, so far as is known. All the pyra-
mids, being royal tombs, had a chamber or
chambers suitably finished to receive the
royal mummy, and varying much in size.
The second of the Gizeh pyramids has a
chamber 461axl6 1-3x2211 feet.
VIII you sketch the lives of Alice and
Phoebe Carlyle. l.. NJ.
Alice was born April 90 1920. near Gin
ing for the press. In 1850, she published,
with her sister Phoebe. a successful book
of verse, the next year she put out another
successful work, and in 1852 the two re-
moved to New York. Until 1869 Alice was a
prolific writer of verse, sketches and sto-
ries She died in New York. Feb. II, 1871
Phoebe was born Sept. 4, 1924, and when
seventeen wrote lone Sweetly Solemn
Thought Comes to Me Ger and Ger" She
wrote many poems and hymns and occa-
sionally contributed prose to the maya
zines. She died at Newport, r. l., July 81,
1911
VIII Paderewsh play here this season,
and when?
1t is yet uncertain whether he Will
come here or not. Announcement will be
made in the Journal as soon as the matter
is decided.
Reader. OIinviIle: Your questions as to
the motion Of the balloon and the earth
are not quite clear. and. in any case, be-
long to the class of problems which the
Journal does not undertake to answer.
What well-known American sculptor died
in Italy? What work made him famous
of the saying, when in Rome do as the
Romans do?" 3. Why was Christmas day
once called ''the day of new clothes?" l..
What two famous Americans lie in the
same cemetery?
Presumably you mean Hiram Powers,
who died in Florence. The Greek Slave"
is one Of his most famous pieces. 1t is in
the Corcoran art gallery at Washington,
d. C. 2. Burton and Cervantes. g. We
never heard that it was so called. Easter
Is by some considered time for wearing
new garments. 4. That is broad question.
Many distinguished men are buried at
Greenwood, near New York, at Mount
Auburn, near Boston, at Arlington, near
Washington. In fact, in every large ceme-
terry in the country and in not a few small
ones can be found the tombs of men of ma
tional reputation. In Crown Hill. near In
dianapolis, for instance, are the graves of
Benjamin Harrison, oliver p Morton and
Thomas A Hendricks.
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To the inquirer who two or three weeks
ago asked for the number and location of
the beet-sugar factories in Michigan the
following information is offered In the
State of Michigan there were during the
winter Of 19O1-O2 thirteen beet-sugar fac
tories in operation, including the follow
| ing: Michigan Sugar Company, Bay City;
Bay City Sugar Company, Bay City; West
Bay City Sugar Company, West Bay City;
German-American Sugar Company, SalZ-
burg; Saginaw Sugar Company, Saginaw;
Alma Sugar Company, Alma; Lansing
Sugar Company. Lansing; Peninsular Sugar
Refining Company, Caro-; Detroit Sugar
Company, Rochester; Marine Sugar Com
pany, Marine City; Holland Sugar Com
pany, Holland; Wolverine Sugar Company,
Benton Harbor, and the Kalamazoo Sugar
Company, Kalamazoo. Four additional fac
tories are under process of construction
the Sebewaing Sugar Company, Sebewaing
Valley Sugar Company, Saginaw; SaniIac
Sugar Refining Company, Croswell, and the
Macomb Sugar Company. Mount Clemens