The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

What was the maiden name Of President
Lincolns wife?-G. w. NJ.
Mary Todd.
How old, respectively, are Robinson
Crusoe' and "Don Quixote:"-Bonaparte.
The first dates back to lbs, the other to
1906.
Is there an American scientific society of
apothecaries? IL SO. where is its head
Quarters?-C.
There is and has been since 1852. 1t is the
American Pharmaceutical Association;
headquarters, Baltimore. Md.
What are the coloring matters used to fix
hurtfui?-w. r. b.
Annatto, coal-tar colors. saffron. turmeric,
chrome yellow. marigold and carrot juice.
2. Not at all. putting IT generally.
Which crop is safer from such diseases as
smut and rust, wheat or barley E. j.
Barley is much the safer, though affected
by both diseases. 1t is the safest Of cereal
crops from such damage.
When was the "Gadsden purchase made,
and CD what lands were acquired?-PostaL.
In 1854. 2 A tract of 45,535 square miles
between the ella, Rio Grande and Colorado
rivers. and lying in the Arizona and New
Mexico of to-day.
Which is the larger serpent boa con-
etrictor or an anaconda? 2 Which of these,
II either. is a water snake? 3. VIII you
give an idea of their respective sizes?
&C. o. J.
and 2. The anaconda. 3. Constructor,
twelve feet long; anaconda, twenty to
thirty feet
An old-time myth or superstition attrib-
uted an especial fate to children whose
mothers died at the time of the formers
birth. What was this especial fate?-W. /.
The promise was fame and early death
for the offspring, according to the supersti-
ton of the middle ages.
Was William L. Yancey, Of Alabama,
put to death by the confederate Congress?
II not, when and where did he die?-J. NJ. p.
No; he died near Montgomery, Ala, July
Is. 1853. He was a member of the Senate
of the confederacy at the time of his death.
Can a man prevent his estate being set
tied at the time OF his death If his heirs
of age? If so. can he prevent his wife
getting her third then?-X.
He can. by will. place the estate in trust
II his widow chooses not to abide by the
will she can. we believe, claim her third
OF the estate at once
When was the Derby, the great English
horse race, first run? p Can you tell me the
length OF course, and the weights carried?
S. III. r.
In 1870. ?. Length. one mile four furlongs
and twenty-nine yards; weights, 126 pounds
for colts and 121 pounds for flies. Formerly
the weights were considerably less.
for a school blackboard Teacher.
Dissolve four ounces of shellac in a quart
of alcohol. add six drains OF lampblack, one
dram ultramarine blue and five ounces of
powdered pumice stone. Before painting
the board should be dry and free OF grease
Do oranges come true from seeds? 3
How far are the trees set apart in ORCH
ards?-S. z.
Some do; more do not. Budding is the
common method OF propagation q From
ten feet for dwarf varieties, and about
twenty feet for medium sizes, to thirty or
forty feet for trees of stin larger growth
What is the explanation of the very scant
light given OF by the flames of a gas
stove?-F. b. ID.
That the combustion is complete. owing
TO a greater supply of air than is given
in burner planned for light. In the latter
1t is chiefly the incandescence of uncon-
sumed carbon particles in the flame that af-
fords light.
Do some forms of ants make slaves of
other ants, or is this fairy e?-G. A. w.
1t Is truth. The captors go out in armies
and secure larvae of other ants. These they
bring to their nests. and there raise them
and train them servitors. Some such
captors are so constructed as to be unable
10 feed themselves. and have their food put
into their mouths by their captives.
Will you please tell me all the constit-
uents OF commercial arithmetic.-W. b.
Your question is not quite clear. In
general way it may be said that commercial
arithmetic deals with the practical mathe-
matics of business-the computation of in
terest and discounts, weights and measure
ments. etc. and going into such matters
with more detail than is done in the ordi-
nary school arithmetics.
When was the city of New Orleans set
tled. and CD was there any especial reason
Tor locating IL where 1t stands to-day? 3.
When was the levee that protects the city
frcm the Mississippi first built?-G b. c.
In HIS. =. The location was chosen as one
suitable for a city worthy to become the
capital Of louisiana" :. The French engi-
neer De la Tour, in the same year the city
was settled directed that levee be built
1t was begun in ITO and completed in 1727
Is there any good book on squirrels? II
so. name one IN what States Is il unlaw-
fui 10 hunt or trap them?-A. T.. X.
We are unable to learn that there is such
book u. T. Sweeney, Indiana fish COM
missioner. Columbus, Ind, might give you
Information the subject. or Professor
Blatchley. state geologiSt, Indianapolis he
being also a naturalist. The game laws
are summarized in Mr.. Sweeney's annual
report. but the list is too long to be given
here.
Is there any way by which a man can
prevent his widow from getting one-third
OF his estate at his death If his widow has
heirs Nv. NJ.
Under the Indiana law she is entitled to
one-third OF his estate after legal claims
against it settled. If she is a second
wife. and there are children by the first
wife. she has only a life title in his portion
OF the property. The fact that she NAV