The Indianapolis journal., 1902-07-20

This also was styled the federal plan. 1t
was rejected, and the Virginia, or National
plan. was adopted.
At what date in 1863 was Jay Cooke en-
powered In regard to the sale of govern
59s msnt bonds? 2 When: few years ago,
ment's offer of bonds?-J. H. B.
Immediately after March 3. when Con-
gress authorized the bonds. > In Febru-
airy, 1885. August Belmont & Co acting with
them, both firms being in association with
foreign bankers.
What was the expense of the funeral of
President Mckinley? ?H. B.
n appropriation of $4,000 was recently
made by Congress for the payment of ex-
penses incident TO the assassination OF
President Mckinley. This amount will
cover all bills. including those of the sur
geons. Secretary Cortelyou. at the request
of the President, will settle all accounts
and the secretary of the treasury will honor
his acquisitions.
How is oxygen made? ?. How is hydro
gen made?-C. +.
OF many methods of preparation, the one
most used consists in heating potassium
1 0CiDe0
and FASTENED by grinding the chlorate and
mixing with small portions of peroxide of
manganese. ?. There are many ways of
getting it by decomposing- water, the most
commonly used agent being zine, and dilute
muriatic or sulphuric acid.
What horse won the English Derby this
year and what was the time? 3 What was
the time the fastest Derby was ever run
in? 3. What was the fastest mile ever run
and the horse that ran it? 4. How often
has the English Derby been won by Ameri-
can horses and the names of the horses?
C. II.
Ard Patrick. in PAP Is. q Last years.
2:4O 40 3. Salvator's mile at Monmouth
Park. Aug. 2S. 1890, 1:351a. 4. Once. in 1881,
by Iroquois, owned by Pierre Lorillard.
How can make luminous paint?-Le
Page.
OF the many recipes for luminous paints.
the simplest we find demands the manu-
facture of an especial varnish whose in
gradients you would have difficulty in Sc
curing Of the necessary purity, further in
gradients that would be very costly, if OBJ
tainable, and, last, a paint mill with gran
lite rollers. Then there would be a good
chance that the mixture would not come
true. So we doubt if you could make one,
and are sure that it would be cheaper for
your to purchase prepared paint.
o. j. W.: The interstate-commerce act of
1887 prohibited free passes and some State
laws have done the same. The general
tendency is toward abonshment of free
passes even for railroad employees G. B.
c.: The worlds record for hop skip and
jump is 40 feet pa inches. running, and 81
feet y inch standing, with weights, So feet
6 inches without weights. Crosswise writ
ing: In 1900 the eight greatest wheat-pro-
ducing States and their crops, Department
of Agriculture figures, were: Kansas. 81
1855 bushels; Minnesota, s, 500. .252; Cali
fornia, Is, 54S, ,62S; Washington, 25 O96. .66l Ne
braska, 24SOl.9cO; Texas. % ,915; Iowa.
p, ,79S. .22S, and Pennsylvania, 20 2S1 1884. South
Dakota was very close to the last named.
How can the horse power OF an engine be
calculated by the diameter of the cylinder
and how many inches TO each horse power
from 10 10 100 horse power?-A. ]. q.
More than the cylinders diameter is need
ed for the calculation, as you will see from
the following formula: With TO stand as
the mean effective pressure per square inch
of area in the receptacle receiving the
steam's expansive force; with \ as the
area OF the piston in square inches; with I,
as the length of the traverse of the piston
in feet and with \ as the number of ira
verses in a minute. then PxAxLxN divided
by 5000 gives the engines horse power.
How does Kit-Kat come to be taken as
! the name OF clubs? ?. Just what was the
! enteric fever OF South African war reports ?
| 3. VIII you place for me the "Tin-horn
| war of recent American history m
Nc. NJ.
! II was the name of a famous society
formed in London about 100. Its members
were interested IN the succession Of the
! House OF Hanover. but associated. ostensi-
bly,. for the encOuragement OF literature
and art. Walpole. Addison. Steele and Con-
greve were members. The name is said to
come from the fact that the club met for a
time in the house OF Christopher Gait. a