The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06

season. The show is now in the middle
West; will exhibit at Marshall, Mo-, Mon
day, Sept. 4; at Mexico. Mo-. Sept. 8; Kinks
Vile. Sept. 3; Ottumwa. Sept. 10; Grinnell,
Sept. II. and Eldora, Sept. u.
What substances besides iron and steel
are attracted by magnets. and what. if any.
are cast on?-H. r.
Nickel, cobalt, manganese and chromium
are some of those attracted; silver. anti
mony and bismuth are some of those re-
PEELED.
How came the name Know Nothings" to
be applied to a political party?-C. F.
From the practice of members of secret
societies out of which the party grew of
replying to all queries as to their organi-
cations, Il don't know"
What poet buried his manuscripts in his
wife's grave, and afterward permitted them
to be dug up?-A. C.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti. His wife died in
1860. and the manuscripts remained in her
coffin until October. 1869. when his consent
to their disinterment was obtained.
Is Rochester known as the Flower" or
Flour city? If Flower was it ever
Flour From what does it derive its
name?'-G. F. c..
Flour City is the nickname. 1t was Civ
en- years since because of the city's Touring
mills, but long ago might have been passed
on to Minneapolis.
What is meant by the flash point for oils,
like kerosene, gasoline, etc. Nv. S. b.
The temperature at which the liquid gives
off enough vapor to ignite momentarily
with slight explosion at the approach of a
flame. 1t is the standard most used in
testing illuminants, having replaced for
such use the higher burning point.
What number of votes did the Governor of
New York get in 1892? Also the Governors
of Pennsylvania and M~ichigan?-J. o. B.
In New. York and Pennsylvania there was
no election for Governor in 1892. In Michigan,
John T. Rich, Republican. was elected Gov
ernor by a vote of 221. 22S to 2o5.1 SS for Allen
B. Morse, Democrat; the Peoples party
polling 21,417 and the Prohibitionists 20. IA.
What difference is there in the moral guilt
of an accessory before a crime and the
actual criminal?-J. w. w.
Very little. in general; circumstances
might make the accessory's share greater
in some cases than in others. Modern legis-
lation has shown a tendency to treat Access
series before the fact as principals, and to
permit their trial and conviction even when
the principals have not been convicted.
Did the inventor for whom Bessemer steel
was named get up any other inventions?- rs.
C.. S.
Yes; among them, a method of making
bronze powder, a means of shaping the
graphite put into lead pencils into solid
blocks, a way Of casting type, employing a
force pump, and a ship with a cabin sta
tionary so far as rocking from the waves
went. The last was a costly fizzle. The 9TH
ers were very valuable.
What is used in coloring essential oils and
leaving them a clear and even color?-Cos-
metic.
With few exceptions, essential oils are
colorless. When newly distilled, they often
are cloudy because of traces of water that
in them. Usually by letting them
rest for a time at a temperature between
60 and 20 degrees Fahrenheit, oil and water
can be separated by d%ecantation. But to
render the oil absolutely free from water. it
should stand over fused pieces Of chloride
of calcium. The ordinary commercial prod
uct does not have this treatment, however.
The discoloration that comes with age is re-
moved by redistilling.
Will you explain how deep-sea s%oundings
are made?IC. p. G..
A sixty-pound sinker is attached to steel
wire that unwinds from a reel, an indicator
on the latter showing how much wire has
been run out. The sinker detaches itself on
striking bottom, and afterward the wire is
reeled in by steam power, making the sound
ing and recovering the wire taking about an
hour in water 1900 feet deep. Several self
acting instruments are sent to bottom and
recovered. They include a thermometer to
record the temperature, a closing cylinder
to fetch up water from the bottom and a
cylinder to take up a sample of the mud.
Was there a Democratic national conven-
ton to which Daniel S. Dickinson was a
candidate for the presidency? And when 1t
seemed at one time that the convention was
likely to be stampeded for Dickinson him.
self, but was prevented by his proclaiming
that he was pledged to his candidate under
all circumstances to the close of the con-
convention held, who was Dickinson's can
didate and who the nominee?@S.
Yes: this was at Baltimore, Nd. in 1852.
Mr.. Dickinson was a supporter of General
Cass. and when on the fifth day of the con-
vention the Virginia delegation voted for
the former, he Immediately rose and de-