The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

Abner Jones, a Baptist, organized a church
In Vermont, and a little latter, in Ohio and
Kentucky. Barton w. Stone and Presby-
terrain ministers founded a third organiza-
tion.
I understand that there will be a civil
service examination in this city next month
10 secure man clerks and carriers. Where
positions? Old subscribed
Write to W. L. Dynes, Federal Building,
Indianapolis. He conducts these examina-
lions and will give you full information.
The appointments are based entirely on the
result of the examinations and no outside
influence, Republican or Democratic. enters
into the matter.
Is quicksilver found in so nearly the COM
mercial form that il is liquid? 2. IF NOT.
from what Is 1t got and how?-E. M. J.
Yes, In comparatively small quantities.
z or various ores, cinnabar, it's sulphide.
Is the only one that furnishes much of the
metal. Cinnabar Is heated to above the
point at which mercury boils. The latter
Is given off in vapor, which is condensed.
great care being taken in this process TO
protect the workmen from the hurtful
vapor, and to prevent waste Of the latter.
Was there a battle at Baton Rouge, La,
between confederates and federals? If so.
VIII you give brief details NICK.
There was. On Aug. 5, 1862, the COM
manders. respectively, being Gen. John C.
Breckenridge and Gen. Thomas Williams.
The numbers engaged were about $500 on
each side. The lighting was severe for two
hours, ending in repulse for the confeder-
ates. The ~latter's losses were eighty-four
A kila6 G1E uynrrndcd or1 Gff-- -s-.-
the federals lost eighty-four killed. 2s
wounded and thirty-three missing. General
Williams was among the killed.
Where was the first electric trolley car
run In America?-P. G..
OF the many experimental vehicles 1t is
utterly impossible to identify the very first.
An early experiment of especial promise
was an exhibition line In Chicago in 1883.
A Kansas City line that Is written of as
practical was built in the following year,
and In 1885 Toronto, Ontario, had a line.
The installation, however, that first demon
strated thoroughly the success of this form
of traction was the equipment Of the thir-
teen-mile line In chmon Va, in 1857.
Can you tell me anything of the breeding
places and times of common eels?-G. r. s..
They are believed to go in winter from
fresh to salt water, there to remain for
eight months. Their eggs are deposited In
late summer or fall, are heavy, sink to the
cold water of the depths and so develop
slowly. During winter the young go In
enormous numbers from the ocean to fresh
waters, the period between the going OF
the old and the coming of the young being
two years. 1t Is believed that the young
are Matched In water 1900 feet deep.
Will you state the most important points
in the life Of John Randolph, of Roanoke?
And GU In what way is his name connected
with that OF Pocahontas?oJ. L. w.
Yes; birth, JUNE 2. 1913; study of law
under Edmund Randolph; election to Con-
gress in 1923. and reelection except for two
terms, until ISIS; separation from his politi-
cal associates In 1896; antagonism to the
Missouri Compromise and nicknaming that
measures supporters "dough-faces:' serv-
ice in the United States Senate from 1925
to 1879; duel with Henry Clay; the making
OF a will freeing and otherwise providing
for his several hundreds of slaves; death.
June "a. 1888. 2. His grandfather married
a great-granddaughter OF Pocahontas.
VIII YOU give me some facts OF the life of
Mast. the cartoonist. especially as TO
Tweed?-B.
Thomas Mast was born at Landau, Ba-
varia; was brought TO this country when
six years old, and when fourteen was en-
ployed here as ~draughtsman on an illus
trated newspaper. In 1850 he went TO
Europe. making sketches throughout the
war In Italy that were printed In Paris,
London and New York. Later his drawings
- fLo Ar~orf,cr cf.~gf -.o- - -..-l -
' ton, and his caricatures are credited with