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

How are Edward VII and Prince Henry
of Prussia releted?-J. +.
Edward is uncle TO Henry.
How many degrees of heat does ii take
TO melt gold and silver?-J. p.
For gold, about 2,51S; for silver, about
lisp; of Fahrenheit.
What is the daily output of the United
States mints?-B.
1t varies much from time to time. Last
month it was sl22, 451.
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Did Evans and Hoey ever play "Hoss and
Hoss" in this city? 2. Can you tell me
where Bob Fitzsimmons was born?-T. B.
Yes. ,. Cornwall, England.
How much greater in area is Lake su-
perior than Lake Michigan?1. c. p.
About $500 square miles; Lake Huron is
som GOO miles bigger than Lake Michigan.
r. c., Wabash: For information concern
ing summer schools address Irwin Shep-
ard. secretary OF the National Educational
Association. Winona, MINI. We do not
care to give such addresses in this column.
What is the variation OF temperature in
Texas?-N. NJ. NJ.
The highest ever recorded by a Weather
Bureau station was 113 degrees, at Ell Paso;
the lowest. II degrees below zero. at Fort
Brown.
Who was the author Of a fiction called
Hot Corn" published in the late forties
or early fftes? Hot Corn Pete" in Sun
which was a very popular novel in its
day.-W. s. X.
Scion Robinson.
In the firm Of Nixon & Zimmerman. op-
cratic managers, can you give me Mr.. Nix
ms initials. or address, or both?-M. M.
w. n.
We cannot learn his initials, but a letter
addressed to him as o~perstic manager. in
will reach him.
When and where was Peter Farley born.
and where did he die? Did he write under
a nom de plume?-M. L. f.
Samuel Griswold Goodrich, who put the
pen name Peter Farley to 116 of the 10
volumes he wrote. edited or compiled. was
born at Ridgefeld. Conn. Aug. 10. 1893. and
died May .. 1860, in New York city.
How long is the Mississippi river? q
HOW Nllt Is Il az IL WAutSl. D. TlOM lildly
n~avigable miles has it?-V. Moo.
From lake Itasca, $500 miles: but from
the headwaters of the Missouri, which
should have been taken as the parent
stream, 400 miles. >. About three miles. 8.
About 2.160 miles of the Mississippi proper
are ~navigable, and some 5000 miles of the
entire river system are thus classed.
When and where did the term Yankee"
, originate? >. To whom does it have refer
ence now?-H.
1t is of doubtful origin, being traced by
some to the Scotch ''yankie," meaning a
big lie. a sharp blow. a pushing woman or
an incessant talker; and to ~"Yenghees," a
corruption of the French "Anglais' by
American Indians. .. Natives or residents
of New England; but in Great Britain. and
not infrequently in other foreign parts. TO
any citizen of this country.
Where can I get a list Of United States
marshals for Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri? =. Where can L find the words be-
ginning.
''When music. heavenly maid. was young,
While yet in early Greece she sung?"
A. G. w.
Here: For Kentucky they are S. G.. Sharp,
at Covington. and Addison d. James.
Louisville: Illinois. John c.. Ames, Chicago,
and Charles p. Hitch, Springfield: Iowa.
Edward Knott, Dubuque. and George NJ.
Christian. Des Moines; Missouri. Louis c.
Bohle. st. Louis. and L. r. Durham. Kan
sas city. >. IN The Passions" by William
Collins.
vii you print a description OF Wheat
stones magnetic telegraph? 2 Where was
"Heivetia"-a country &C. Nice.
1t was a variation of Cookies apparatus
of 1886. and included six vertical index
needles. each worked by a separate multi
plier. Two needles were acted upon at
once. and the letter on the dial at the point
Of intersection was read. Six wires were
required for this system. Later he devised
a single-needle instrument. and then, for
greater speed. a double-needle affair. This
required TWO lines OF wire. and before long
went out with Other multiple-wire systems.
.. In Europe, including the Switzerland OF
to-day.
How can black-lcs in cattle be identified?
.. How can II be c--cd or prevented?-F
p. 5.
! 1t is marked yelling Of a joint. leg
' or quarter. by the formation OF abscesses.