The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

THE IND1ANAPOL
by courts, as Parliament had fun control
and might ignore ordinary legal methods.
How many alien immigrants arrived at
| the port OF Boston in August?-T. w.
| We have not access to the figures. Adj
dress Bureau Of immigration, Washington.
Dc.
How much space would be given to the
| camp OF a full regiment in wartime cam
| paigning?-C. Il. II.
Much would depend on such circum-
stances as the room available and the
time the troops were TO remain encamped.
but it likely would be between ten and
twenty-five acres, the former counting as
| crowding.
Is there a chance for a citizen now
| located here to obtain a position i'm the
civil service of the Philippines as proof
reader?-Steady.
the position by the promotion of compost
| tors already employed i'm the Bureau of
Public Printing of the Philippines.
|
| What are the names and salaries of the
| State officers of Alabama? >. Is Carson
City or Virginia City the capital of Neya,
| da 3. is Prescott Phoenix the capital
of ArizOna?-X. Y. u.
| Governor, William ID. Jelks, $500: secre-
tary Of state, j. T. Hefin. sl,sOO; auditor.
| j. l.. Sowell. $500: treasurer, J. Craig
! Smith, s2.10o: commissioner of agriculture,
r. r. Pole, $500. Carson Cityy 5. Phoe-
/ nix.
| What are the most common family
| nameS?-G. a.
! A canvass of city directories several years
! ago gave as the five most common in New
York city, in order beginning with the most
common, Smith, Brown, Miller, Murphy
and Meyer; in Chicago, Johnson. Smith,
| Anderson, Miller. Brown: Philadelphia.
| Smith. Miller. Brown, Jones, Johnson; Bos-
ton. Smith, Sullivan, Murphy, Brown, John
son. Investigation across the Atlantic
showed the Smiths most numerous in Eng
land. Wales and Scotland, the Murphys in
| ireland.
! VINO was Marie Antionette? .. Was she
/ beheaded? If so, what for &c. III.
| Queen of France, wife of Louis XVI. ..
| Yes; in her character caprice and levity
we're oddly mixed with virtue and high pur-
| pose, and i'm the rottenness of the court
| OF that period she was nearly overwhelmed
| by intrigue and Islander. At the beginning
| Of the revolution she was hated by the
| French people. and from the moment of her
| attempt at fight her death at the demand
| of the mob was practically inevitable.
| Finally it was treason for which she was
! condemned
| Who is Nance Oldfeld''? 9. | possess
| "The New American Spelling Book and Ju-
| venile Preceptor; adapted to Walkers Prin-
| ciples Of English photography and PrOnun-
states; revised and u enlarged. by bye Martin
Ruter. ID. D.. President of Augusta College,
Cincinnati. Published by Morgan & Sank
| ay; also by Shields. Whiteman & Co,
Marshall's Ferry, Tenn, 1884, Is this book
| of any value.-E. I. L.
| The original Nance Oldfield was a popu-
lar English actress. who died in $780, She
| figures as a character in a recent play. 2.
| Secondhand dealers here do not put any
special value of the book.
VIII you give me an idea OF the area and
| thickness OF the fields of ice that COW
| cred this country in the glacial period?
IT. M. S.
In the East ii was a field that covered
| all New England and New York. and this
extended we'll into New Jersey, Pennsyl-
| vania and the States between the Missouri
and the Ohio rivers. A thickness of several
1 thousand feet is indicated by the fact that
| such elevations the Adirondacks and
| White mountains show the characteristic
/ grinding from glaciers nearly to their high
est SUBMITS. From the mountain ranges
| of the West great fields descended away
out into the valleys.
| Why do we have more full-moon nights
c q s. september than in other m0nths'7'.
Because the full moon of the autumnal
equinox, the harvest moon.' is in that
| part of it's orbit where it makes the small
| est angle with the horizon. So il rises at
| nearly the same hour several nights in sue
| cession. In arctic regions this phenomenon
| is very noticeable. In the latitude of New
| York the difference between the hours of
/ the moons rising on successive days is
| twenty-eight minutes, the maximum being
one hour and seventeen minutes and the
| average about fifty minutes; while in the
| tropics it disappears altogether,
| Who was the Fries, who at some time in
| the early history of this country led re-
| bellion against tax on windows in houses?
And what was this taX?-Commander.
| John Fries, the son of a Pennsylvania
| farmer. He had been cooper, soldier in
| the whisky rebellion and an auctioneer.
| When, in 1898. direct tax of s2,oOo,OOO was
| levied by Congress, the share that fell TO
| Pennsylvania was put largely OH land and
/ houses, being assessed the latter &C
| cording TO the number and size of windows.
| Fries organized a considerable opposition.
| was imprisoned when the President called
out the military, and secured a pardon
| only after he had twice been sentenced to
| death for treason.
Have four acres of very rich land, hav-
| ing been in clover for past six or seven
| years; is high, rolling and mellow soil
Please advise of best paying crop Zone kind
| to put in) and least work and care. Do not
| wish 10 regularly garden il. How about dry
| onions orn?-Suburban.
Your question has been submitted to prac-
! teal farmers, who do not agree entirely i'm
| their opinions. One recommends the plant
| ing Of alfalfa on such tract, this forage
plant he says. having great possibilities i'm
| this region. though the cultivation is but
| just beginning. 1t would not be profitable
until the second season. however. when sew
| eral crops could be cut. Another strongly
/ carly potatOes proyidad tbat