The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-25

sible to say which is of most value. Any
book dealer would order a manual for you.
The following periodicals are issued: Bee
Hive. Port Huron. Mich; Progressive Bee
Keeper, Higginsville, Mo-; Bee Keepers
Review. Flint. Mich.
What city in the United States, also in
the world. has the largest Jewish popula-
tonic. L. s. c.
New York has the largest Jewish popula-
ton of any city in the United States un-
doubtedly, though in religious statistics we
do not find the distribution given by cities,
but countries. Russia and Austria-Hungary
have by far the greatest number of Jews
g. 900 and /, 10000. respectively.
If you knew nothing of a certain dwell
ing and heard it styled cottage, what
would be your impression of its size and
neutrality-suspicious..
The term is not an accurate one origin
ally signifying a small, humble, detached
dwelling. and now being applied as we'll
to country homes of moderate dimensions
and TO all manner of summer residences,
the latter including palatial structures of
multi-millionaires. The first sort of cot
tage is the most numerous, so that mean
ing may be understood when no clew is
given to another.
I have a copy of the Boston Gazette,
dated March u, no. Was this the first
newspaper in the United States? If not,
what paper was the first issued, and the
date?-M NJ.
The Boston Gazette was first issued Dec.
p, 1719, in opposition to the Newsletter,
first published April "a. 1704 This often is
mentioned as the first newspaper of this
hut mi Ior
riss Publick Occurrences. Both Foreign
and Domestic, which came out at Boston,
Sept %. 1890. Its publisher meant to get it
out monthly, but after its first issue the au-
thorities of the province suppressed it.
What years for the past twenty-five were
marked by commercial parties? 2. What
have been the prices for wheat and oats for
that period?-R. j. b.
The years 1884 and 1898 q Taking the
New York market and No. 2 red winter
wheat and No. mixed oats. respectively,
as the basis of reckoning. the figures were:
In 1879. s1.21 and &c; 1880 s1.27 and 43c; 1881,
sl.32 and &c; 1882, sl.2s and SIC; 1888, sll7
and 4Sc: 1884. &C and 36c: 1885. s6c and S6c:
1856, sSc and CSC; 1857, sec and &c. 1883, &c
and Csc: 1859. ssc and &c: 1890. &c and 29c:
1891. sl09 and 46c; 1892, 90c and SEC; 1S93 74c
and SEC; 1894. Gle and SIC; 1895. &C and PC;
1896, 7sc and &c; 1897 CSC and &c; 1885, 95c
and SOC; 1899. 7sc and &c; 1900. soc and &c;
1901. soc and sc: 1902, SAC and 45c.
VIII you give me brief history of the
ginseng root? What Is il used for? What
makes ii so valuable?-G. @.
It's value rests in the belief of the Chi
nese that it has extraordinary power as a
medicine. They will pay for roots resem-
| bling measurably. the form of a man, the
weight in gold Early in the eighteenth
century a published description OF the
species that grows in China and Korea led
to the discovery OF the American sort,
which is found more or less all over the
eastern half Of this country. The wild
sort gradually became scarcer, fetching
over s. pound last year. Cultivation of il
is accomplished in the Eastern countries
in the past few years. Remarkable me-
dicinal properties are not recognized by
Western practitioners. so the demand is
limited to the export trade.
How came the name Blackfeet for the
tribe OF Western Indians? 2 What tribes
fed? 3. What about their numbers in the
past and present?-S. w. NJ.
IL is said to come from the fact that when
these savases first appeared about the
upper courses of the Missouri their leggings
were blackened from marching over burnt
prairie country :. The three big tribes
| were the Blackfoot proper. the kama or
Blood and the PieSan. The Grosventres and