The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-13

address. a divorce is a matter Of public
record. but at the discretion Of court and
attorneys proceedings may 5e conducted
without unpleasant publicity.
What IS black rot in grapes? ?. ] see the
statement that tho electrical current has.
in many cases. replaced the surgeons
knife" How is this?-A. T.
\ disease that attacks fruit. leaves and
shoots. resulting first in brown ana then
in black spots, and finally whitening the
fruit until black and hard. It IS the result
Of a black fungus, and is combated sue
cessfuIly by spraying several times in the
season with l per cent. solution of ammo
niacal copper carbonate. 2. The electrical
instrument consists Of a platinum wire be
tween the poles Of a powerful battery.
This shortly becomes white-hot. and. sup
piled with suitable handles, is used in place
Of the knife. especially IN operations in
deep cavities. producing neither pain nor
hemorrhage.
How much does the thread OF a spiders
web weigh? 2. If, as i understand IS the
use. heavy cannon usually are fired when
at an angle with the horizontal, why Is
accuracy Of aim not interfered with be-
cause the gun Kicks to one SlQe or up
ward? or is the cannon ball out Of the
gun so quickly as not TO be a1ected!-H.
a J.
We do not find exact figures, but a stand
ard textbook Of physics states that a half
pound of the web will encircle the earth.
2. The time consumed by the missile in
passing from its seat TO the muzzle is
measurable, and there also is an apprecia-
bic jump. Accuracy is secured by careful
allowance for these facts, the angle of ele-
walton being always less than the angle
Of the missiles departure, the difference
being a small angle due to jump.
VIII you print a short biographical sketch
Of Cen Henry LeeH-A-
He was born in Westmoreland county,
Virginia. Jan. %. 1855. graduated at Prince
ton, and in 1775 became captain of the Vir-
ginia Cavalry. Later, as major and Heuten-
ant colonel. he had command Of Lees Le-
gion. getting the name Lighthouse
Harry and becoming noted for boldness
and activity. He did much, according to
General Greene more than any other man.
10 defeat the British in the South. He was
in Congress in 1886, a member. In 17SS, of the
Virginia convention that ratified the Con-
stitution and Governor Of Virginia from
1892 to 1895. In 1914 the house OF the friend
he was visiting in Baltimore was attacked
by a mob. He took part in the defense OF
the house and was put in jail for safety.
The mob attacked the jail and killed or
MANNED the whole party. General Lee never
recovered from his injuries. He died on
Cumberland island. Georgia, March Is, 1918.
Gen. Robert e. Lee was his son.
VIII you print the date and cause OF
death Of all the dead Presidents of the
United StateS2-L. $. 7.
George Washington, Dec. II, 1893, pneumo-
MIA; John Adams. July 4. 1926, debility;
Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1926, chronic
diarrhea; James Madison, June %. 1896, de-
bility; James Munroe. July 4. 1891, debility;
John Quincy Adams, Feb. %, 1913, paralysis.
Andrew Jackson. June s. 1915. consumption:
Martin Van Buren,. July "a, 1862, asthmatic
catarrh; William Henry Harrison, April 4.
1S41, bilious pleurisy; John Tyler. Jan. Il,
1862, bilious attack; James X. Polk. June 10.
1919. chronic diarrhea: Zachary Taylor.
July 9, 1850, bilious fever; Millard Fillmore.
March .. 1874. debility; Franklin Pierce,
Oct. s, 1860, Inflammation of the stomach:
James Buchanan, June /, 1868, rheumatic
govt; Abraham Lincoln. April Is. 1865, as
sassination; Andrew Johnson. July 81. 1875.
paralysis; Ulysses S. Grant, July %, 1885,
cancer: Rutherford B. Hayes. Jan. II. 1898.
paralysis of the heart; James A. Garfield,
Sept. 10. 1881, assassination; Chester A.
Arthur. Nov. II. 1856. Bright's disease; Ben
1amin Harrison, March -, 1901, pneumonia;
William Mckinley, Sept II. 1901, assassina-
ton.
What is standard pitch" in musical in
struments? 2. What were the provisions
2F the Platt amendment respecting cu0a'-
hat In which A equals 4S5 double vibra-
tiOns per second. This is the pitch fixed in
1859 by a French commission Of noted musi-
clans and physicists, and taken UP by most
American piano makers in 1892. 2. 1t au-
thorized our President TO leave the gov
eminent Of Cuba 90 its people. so soon as
a government should be established under
/ constitution or laws hat defined the fu-
ture relations Of the two governments sub
stantially thus: The Cuban government
shall not make any treaty that shall i'm
pair its independence, nor permit a foreign
power to obtain control over any part of
the island. nor contract any debt whose
interest or reasonable sinking fund provi-
SiOH Shdh Oe beyOhu the AsIdHu OIulHdTy
net revenues; the Cuban government agrees
that the United States may intervene for
the preservation OF Cuban independence,
for the maintenance of adecuat govern
ment, or for ~discharging obligations i'm
posed on the United States by the Treaty
of Paris, and transferred to Cuba; all acts
of the United States during it's military
occupation OF Cuba to be ratified. santa
ton of Cuban cities to be provided for,
title 10 the Isle of Pines to be left for later
adjustment, Cuba 10 sell or lease cOaling
or naval stations to the United States, and
all these provisions to be embodied in a
permanent treaty.
Old Jane.