The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28


tation for long-range deadliness- 1t is
cultivated in the Conservatives Of practi-
cally all large botanical gardens.
How are sugar beets harvested in this
country and in Europe. and are they taken
to the factory right from the held!-A'
NJ. 4.
They are loosened from the ground by
digger that passes beneath them. and then
are lifted by the tops and thrown into
heaps After cutting off the tops and
part of the neck of the beet, they are ready
for preservation in silos. or for removal
to the factory. September is the harvest
month here and in Europe the California
crop being gathered in August
Which of milk and water is the heavier?
2. Why does hop vine grow around
pole way, and morning glory the
other?-J. w. G..
Milk, its specific gravity averaging about
1852 to 1000 for water. g The twining in
both cases is due to successive alterations
in the rate of growth of the sides of the
stems; the succession with the hop and
honeysuckle is such as to effect rotation
in the direction taken by the hands of
, watch. and with the yam, bean and morn
ing glory is the reverse. but why there is
knows
Who was Anneka Jams, said to be the
original owner of the Trinity Church prop
| erty in New York city? When did she live,
@ ana was e she a queen or related TO a queen
| She was the wife of Roelof JAMS. to whom
was given in 1886 a grant of sixty-two
| acres in the heart of the present business
| section of New York city. On Roelof's
| death she married Dominic Bogardus.
| Later the Jams grant became incorporated
| into the Kings farm, and in 1908 was given
| by Queen Anne to Trinity Church, whose
| title has been upheld completely by the
courts after many contests. Anneka was
not of royal blood.
| = =
Who were the, Hyksos? Were they the
| contemporary with Jesus?-R.
| The shepherd kings of Egypt who ruled
| at Memphis. comprising, it is claimed. the
| fifteenth to the seventeenth dynasties, about
2214 to 1903 B. c. They are supposed to
have been Of Semitic origin, and by many
writer's are associated with the abode of the
Israelites in Egypt. King Apepi Nub is
| believed by some to have been the Pharaoh
who made Joseph his prime minister. g
| No; Josephus was born about seven years
after the crucifixion, and the date of his
death is uncertain. but he is believed to
have been living at the opening of the
| second century. 80.
will you. print something about homing
pigeons, where they are raised and IL they
| have any special training?-W. A. P.
The homing pigeon, not the carrier is the
breed that carries messages. and came
| from Belgium BY careful selection the
birds natural liking for its loft has been
intensified. and he is trained for long flights
by being taken from the loft in a basket
and liberated, successive alterations being
made at increasing distances. Many
pigeons go astray in such trials, which
begin when the bird is three or four months
old. Fine birds three years old will return
over several hundred miles at an average
speed of thirty miles an hour, and double
this speed has been made. Many fanciers
raise homers.
| Please publish the names of the mem
bers of McKinley's Cabinet; also Roose-
vets Cabinet at the. present .time.-A
Reader. "
Members of the Cabinet at the time of
Mckinley's death were: John Hay. Sec
rotary of state Lyman ]. Gage. secretary
| Va Tic treasury EIlnu Root, secretary OF
war; Philander c. Knox. attorney general:
Charles Z. Smith. postmaster general: John
d. Long. secretary of the navy: Ethan A.
hitchcock, secretary of the interior: James
wilson. secretary of agriculture. Messrs
Hay. Root. Knox. Hitchcock and Wilson
retain the same positions I'm the presen,
Cabinet Leslie NJ Shaw. is secretary OF
the treasury, Henry c. Payne postmaste,
general and William H Moody secretary
of the navy.
VIII you print some facts from the live,
OF y. u. Holland and Bayard Taylor anf
name the chief work of each7 p viii VOL
sketch English literature to the Marina
conquest?-D. B.
The first was born at Belchertovn Mas.
July "a. 1919; graduated from medical col
lege of HIS native State and practiced medi
cine for three years. For a year he wa,
superintendent of schools at vicksburp
Miss From ls4s to 1866 he was an edito,
of the Springfield CMass) Republican. ant
In 1850 aided in establishing Scribner.s ma o.
azine, editing 1t and its successor until hi,
death In New York. Oct. IL, 1881. He wa,
prolific producer of fiction and verse. am
was officially connected with New Yor,
cfty's school system for several years he
fore his death. "Bittersweet" was one a
his heat HLod v,o>~n~. -