The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-24

the former is electroplated on the latter,
the precious metal and the impurities of
the crude copper being left behind.
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Will you prepare little sketch of the
life OF Henry Ward Beecher? 2. What was
Mrs. Humphry Wards maiden name!
Miss l.
He was a son Of DR.. Lyman Beecher,
popular and influential preacher. and was
born at Litchfield Conn, June "a, 1873 He
graduated from Amherst College in 1884,
studied theology at Lane Seminary, or
which his father then was president, and
settled at Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis,
both in Indiana until 1S47 when he was
installed at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn,
N. Y Here he was remarkably successful
lecture tours and published writings ex-
tending his reputation and influence. The
TiIton-Beecher suit came in 1874, its six
months trial ending in disagreement of
the jury. He died in Brooklyn March 8.
1887. 2 Mary Augusta Arnold
What the purport of the inscriptions
on the Rosetta stone? 2. How long was II
before they were translated?
1t was a copy of a decree issued by a
synod of the Egyptian priesthood in 195
B. c., and in honor of Ptolemy V. Epipha-
mes, because Of taxes he had RENTED and
reduced and of benefits he had conferred.
1t directed that the text be cut in three
kinds of characters on stone and displayed
in Egyptian temples, that statues Of him
should be kept in the temples, and that
wooden figures of him should be carried
in ~ 9th
kings, and set the time for special services
IN his honor 2. 1t was found in 1899, and
it's problems were not solved until 1872.
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To smooth out a dispute, will you state
the comparative efficacy OF a file in the
hands OF a workman, and Of an emery
wheel running at ordinary speed? What
are the gall nuts used in inks?-L Moyne.
The file will cross the work to be abraded
at the rate of about sixty feet per minute;
the emery wheel at about $500 feet in the
same time. The advantage OF the wheel
is even greater than this indicates owing
TO it's greater hardness. 2. The hard, woody
swellings formed on oaks by gall insects,
and constituting the place of deposit for
the insects eggs and the home of the
young. The sorts used in inks are import
ed from Asia Minor, and are used with sui
phate of iron. The ''blue gals" the more
valued ones. are gathered before the insect
issues from within.
What is the significance, in English pol
tiles, of the term Liberal Unionist?
Is there an owl that digs holes In the eartn
in nest making? &C. II.
Reference is had to the party formed in
1886 by a separation from the Liberal party
Ind Of
rule Its leaders were the Marquis of Hart
ington and Joseph Chamberlain. Through
the alliance of the Liberal Unionists and
the Conservatives Mr.. Gladstone was de-
feated, and when next he was atop it was
through help of Irish Home Rulers 2
Yes but usually they prefer to pre-empt
the holes dug BY other eatures. Through
this last trait comes the oft-told story that
owls and prairie dogs live peacefully in the
same burrows, when the fact is that young
prairie dogs form a large share of the owls
food
How did Palsy, the Huguenot potter,
spell his name? 2. Will you give a short
sketch of his life?-B. p. E.
AS you have spelled 1t. His given name
was Bernard. q He was born at Capelle
Biron, France, about 1910, and early in life
was apprenticed to a potter, but for a time
followed land surveying. enamelling, glass
painting and like arts of pottery. He was
a Protestant. and was exempted from the
massacre of Bartholomew by order Of the
Queen, but twice was imprisoned as a
hereto, the second time to his death in
the Bastile in 1889. Many examples of his
pottery and art glass remain to this day,
and are especially valued for the unique
character Of their design. He was well APP
preciated as an artist in his lifetime, but
the truth of his writings on scientific SUBJ
jects was not recognized till the eighteenth
century.
Please inform me In next Sundays Jour-
nal of some responsible firms in Indianap-
oils from which l may rent a Prince Albert
suit of clothes and dress suit.
READER.
We do not give business addresses in
this column. Several of the Washington
street clothing houses. perhaps all of the
large houses, have dress suits for hire. and
presumably other clothing can be obtained
in the same way.