The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-31
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
here do we get vegetable ivory?

Where do we get vegetable ivory?
1t is the hardened kernel of the fruit of a
South American tree.
What relation is my grandfathers broth
er's grandchild to me?-E. B.
You are children of first. cousins, there
fore are second cousins.
Is it the John, or Johns, Hopkins Univer-
sity at Baltimore? IS. q. NJ.
The Johns Hopkins University, after the
name of it's founder.
Where is the quotation, Speech is silver,
silence is golden" to be found?-A.
In Thomas Carlyle's 'Sartor Rosartus,"
as from a Swiss inscription.
When and where was st. Peter, the apos-
tie, crucifed ?1Citizen.
At Rome, probably, and Sc or 81 is the
time most generally accepted.
When, where and at what age did Brig
ham Young die?-C.
On Aug. %, 1877, at Salt Lake City, early
in his se~venty-seventh year.
How came the name printers devil?"-
e. T.
AC AAlN = aPPAtINACC NoAAO ~ w ~
called in the days of the hand press, when
he attended to the ink roll and became
much blackened
What was the name of the general who
taught General Ross at Baltimore and Gen
eral Packenham at New Orleans?-WI
A. B..
spectively, General Stricken and General
Andrew Jackson.
What is the origin OF the saying. "Curios-
ity killed the cat?"-J- p. w.
We do not know. 1t is care that will kill
a cat, according to Ben Johnson in Every
Man in His HumOr," and to George Wither,
in Poem on Christmas"
What would you suggest in twenty-five
words as the best article on Theodore
Observation-Disclosures.
If you will look through the files of the
Journal of the past two or three years you
will find many brief and excellent essays
descriptive of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Is there any instrument that can be put
in a megaphOne that will intensity the
voice ?|Carter.
We do not know Of anything more effect
i've than the complete m%egaphone, with
large speaking trumpet and two receiving
tunnels fitted with flexible ear tubes.
Has the State of Washington a State
normal school? If so, where is 1t? 2.
To whom should l write for Information?
3. What day of the week was Feb. 20,
1SS3?-B. .
Yes. there are State normal schools at
Ellenburg and Cheney. 2. To State
C,-.;%ou1or oF Caboo1e L ID Druon Of
Olympia. 8. Monday:
Is there a medal Of honor for any part
of Company B., Tw~enty-seventh Indiana
Voluntary Infantry, for bravery at the
battle of Buckton Station, Va.-Veteran.
The only medal issued to any member of
that regiment, according to record at hand,
was to Thomas ]. Box, Captain Company
D., in 1865, for rescue of flag at Resaca.
Write to War Department.
Will you print the names of the chief
justices of the United States ?-Rustin.
Yes. In order from the first they were
John Jay, of New York; John Ruttledge,
South Carolina; Oliver Ellsworth. Con-
necticut; John Marshall, Virginia; Roger
P. fancy. Maryland; Salmon P. Chase,
Ohio; Morrison r. Waite, Ohio, and Mel
Vile w. Fuller. of Illinois.
A says that the present Queen of England
was at one time engaged to the Prince of
Wales's brother, and that after his death
she married the Prince of Wales. nov Ed
ward VII. b says that this is true, rather,
Of her sister. and that the prince in Ques-
ton was of Russian royalty. Which is
right?-MrS. L. b.
Neither. You seem TO be confused with
the present Princess of Wales. She was
Princess Victoria May Of Teck, and was
betrothed to Albert Victor, Duke of Clar-
ence, eldest son of him who now is Ed
ward VII. Albert Victor died in 1892. and