The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

How much tea is consumed per head in
the United States, and how much conee!-
B. T.
A little over one pound and ten pounds,
respectively. per year.
Are government bonded warehouses con-
fined exclusively to seaports? z what
ports of entry has South Carolina?-G. II.
No. 2. Charleston. Beaufort and George
town.
How many silver dollars were coined in
1895? 2. How many dimes in 1s94?-W. j. b.
In the fiscal year ending June 80. 1895,
there were 3956.O11: for the calendar year.
1895, s62, $50. 3 For the fiscal year, 3,642,1S3;
for the calendar year, 2050.996.
Are the precious metals ever found COM
bfned with Quicksilver-that is. In the form
of amalgams? 2. What Is the composition
or the amalgam used on mirrors?-S. l.. +.
Yes, there are native amaIgams of gold
and of silver. 2. Three parts tin to one
part quicksilver. usually.
When and by whom was the Sunday
school originated? 2. How many countries
have Sunday schools? 3. How many pu-
pills do statistics show?-InQuirer.
Robert Raikes. at Gloucester. England in
1850. 2. All those of the civilized world.
8. Over twenty-three millions.
How far do domestic bees roam In search
of honey? e Will you give a remedy for
their stings-something of ordinary house
hold use?-P. A. n.
Some put the distance at a mile, but
thorities don't agree, and much depends
on circumstances. 2. Application of am
monia or a slice of raw onion commonly
affords some relief.
How much of truth is in wireless tele-
phoning? e Is single inventor going to
monopolize the ways and means of wire
less telegraphy and telephoning Pc. A. p.
1t Is a proven possibility, but undevel-
oped even more so than is wireless teleg-
raphy. 2. 1t is too early to tell; gigantic
legal battle over questions of priority is
likely to occur before this query can be
answered.
1.-The many uses of chicory'-what does
a writer mean by this statement?-L. l.. u.
Its young leaves are eaten in salads. also
as cooked green's! its more tender roots
are eaten, and some merit is claimed for
| it as a forage crop. 1t is cultivated on
| considerable scale for its roots, which,
roasted and ground are used as an adult
| Grant for coffee, snuff and other articles.
What were the beginnings of the charita-
| BILE fresh-air excursion scheme? p OF what
period was the Philosopher Bruno, and
| what were his chief characteristics?-B.
X. j.
| Short vacations provided by a New York
| City pastor in 1s49 for the poor and sickly
| of his parish. 2. OF the latter part of the
| Sixteenth century; courage, mental unrest
| and scepticism, strong enthusiasm, sublime
| speculation.
| Why are the occupants of a theater gall
| lery known as the "gods?" g Who was
''Saddle-bag John?'-L c. w.
This is traced to the fact that the Drury
| Lane Theatre in London had a ceiling
| painted in imitation of the starry heavens,
with cupids disporting amid consultations.
| 2. Gen. John Pope. the nickname coming
| from one OF his orders that described his
| headquarters as being on horseback.
| How is the extinction of such animals
as the mammoth and the mastodon ex-
planned, humans being scarcer in their time
| than now and less well provided with
weaponS?-Q.
| The cold of the glacial period is thought
| to have more to do with it than did man.
Indeed, students do not believe that the
] American mastodon and man were con-
temporaries. though man probably hunted
the mammoth in southern Europe.
:: :.
What were the Dead Rabbit riots in
/ New York city? Were they the outcome
| Of the civil war?-D. ID.
| They occurred July and 5. 1857, so had
nothing to do with the civil war-were
merely a wholesale settling of old grudges
/ between tough citizens. There were two
/ factions, the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery
Boys. and the fighting was serious. but
| the miscreants took to. and remained in,
cover when the military was assembled.
1
| Did the ancients use both capital and
/ small letters In their writings? g Do writ
| ers of literary standing use capitals diff
ferently one writer from another AR
/ gument.
| No. they used capitals only, and the en-
ployment of small letters was a matter of
| slow growth. Even now usage varies in
| different languages. the rule in writing
Danish and German being to capitalize all
| nouns. though Germans are breaking away
| from this. 2. Yes. individual usage varies
but very slightly.
| When was FIT. Erie destroyed in the War
! of 1872? 2. Just where was 1t? 3. Who had
| held Ii previously?-G. W. G.
Nov. 8, 1914. 2. In Canada, at the head of
Niagara river, opposite Buffalo. 8. In May,
| 1913, it was abandoned and partly de-
| stroyed by the British, and for the next
two months was first held by one side and
| then by the other. Gen. Jacob Brown cap
| tured its British garrison of 10 men, on
| July 3, and after the battle of Lundy's
Lane in July, 1914. the American army re-
| tired to the fort, holding ii against a weeks
| bombardment.
Will you describe the methods that should
| be pursued in producing artificial respira-
| tion?-W. j. w.
| The patient should be on his back, the
| operator back of the others head. Sieze
/ the patients arm just above the elbow
| draw them steadily and gently upward
| till they meet above the head. Then lower
| them slowly to the patients Sides In case
of need, this should be kept up, at the rate
| of about twenty times to the minute, for
| several hours. In the very beginning. the
| patients tongue should be drawn forward
/ in order to open the windpipe and be held
| When the breathing begins. limbs and body
| should lie rubbed, and stimulants may be
| administered.
| VIII Won translate in miles nor hour