The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04

Confederate than did any other Federal
general. He resigned his commission
March 2s, 1863, and settled in California.
but removed to Missouri. where he re-
sumed the practice of law at Carollton.
Here he served in the Legislature and as
railroad commissioner. He. died June l.
1879. at Ottumwa. Ia.
Are juniper berries the source of gin, and
how is the liquor made? Will you print
something about the juniper?-J. NJ.
Gin is distilled from grains. small pro-
portion of juniper berries being added for
fiavoring. Cheaper gin is made by rectify
ing corn whisky with oil of juniper or oil
of turpentine, and there are not a few
villainous sorts of composition known only
to their makers. Juniper is small ever
green shrub. a native of Europe and of
this country. growing here on sterile
ground from Maine to New Jersey, along
the great lakes and in the Rocky noun
tains. The fruit is about the size of pea,
bluish-purple. of aromatic odor and sweet
ish taste.
ture in Massachusetts,? 2. Will you ex-
plain the difference between the Pilgrims,
Separatists and Puritans?-V. z. G.
The General Court of Massachusetts,. 2.
The Pilgrims, or Pilgrim Fathers. were the
first settlers of Massachusetts, and denomi-
nationally were Independents. Puritans is
applied loosely to all who in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries objected to the
ceremonies of the Established Church in
England; but strictly, when used rightly
In reference to the early history Of this
country, two classes should be recognized;
| Puritans, who held to that church and
| sought to mold it to their views. and indie
pendents (ffrst known as Separatists and
Brownists), who stood out for entire sepa-
| ration from the established church.
Please name the present Cabinet officers
of the United States; also the state off,
GERS Of Indiana.-J. V. B.
Presidents Cabinet: John Hay secretary
of state; Leslie NJ. Shaw, secretary of the
treasury: Elihu Root. secretary of war:
Ethan A Hitchcock, secretary of the in
terror; William H. Moody, secretary of the
navy: James Wilson. secretary of agricul-
ture; Henry c. Payne postmaster general;
Philander c. Knox, attorney general. Indi-
ana state officers: Winfield T. Durbin.
Governor; Newton w. Gilbert, lieutenant
governor; Daniel z. Storms. secretary of
state; David Z. Sherrick, auditor; Nat u
Hill, treasurer; Charles w. Miller, attorney
general Fassett A. Cotton, superintendent
of public instruction; Robert A. Brown,
clerk of the Supreme Court; Charles Remy
reporter of the Supreme Court; w. s..
Blatchley, geologist; B. F. Johnson, statis-
tician.
Will you explain about macaroni. its in
| gradients, their source and processes of
| manufacture, and inform me IL it is made
here?-New Style.
| 1t is made from certain very white and
glutinous sorts Of wheat This is ground
| by an especial process, being first wet and
heated. The very coarse flour that re-
| suits is mixed to a uniform paste with
/ warm water, and then is forced through
| holes in an iron plate According TO the
fneness and character of the holes, the
product is fedeline, vermicelh or macaroni;
| or. if the paste be rolled thin and cut into
| pieces it becomes Italian paste" Partial
| baking follows. Some macaroni is made
here, and some is imported. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has experimental with
the suitable sorts of wheats and reports on
them very favorably as grown in the West
and Northwest. so increase of the home
| manufacture of macaroni seems a likely
| prospect