The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11

and Mr.. Squires had given way to George
NJ. Fisk
Do not fish lay an enormously greater
number of eggs than ever become fry?-G.
w. +.
Yes, and fertilize them. only to have
them become the food of other fish. SINH
larry. a very large proportion of the fry
never comes 10 maturity. Some scientist,
Darwin, We think. in illustrating the strug-
gle for existence going on in nature. made
the statement that if all the eggs should
hatch. the descendants of single pair of
Goldfish would. in twenty-five years, have
a bulk greater than the earth's.
Just how sensitive are the balance scales
employed by chemists in analyZing? ?. Is
there anywhere such an instrument kept,
for more complete accuracy. in room by
itself and read from another room?-H.
]. +.
They will record a weight. according to
the delicacy of the instrument, of from
.0003 TO .000O4 of averdupois grain. AS
sayers use such balances, too. p This fits.
generally, the practice at the international
Bureau of weights and measures. near
Paris, France. Here the weigher operates
from another room, reading his balance
through telescope.
S. S-The stars that showered in 1888
Nov. Is was the date--were meteors like the
falling or shooting stars to be seen
any clear night. The astonishing feature
of that night was their abundance which
warranted describing the display as a fiery
snowstorm. I. j. 1.-the heating values
of anthracite coal, coal oil and dry ash
wood are, in order, about 1850, 1850 and
$3.50. there being considerable variation in
anthracite Goals and much more in coal
oils. Oil may be used safely as a fuel in
especially constructed furnaces. Usually it
is burned in the form of spray, oil being
forced into the furnace through a nozzle.
How came Col. Seth Pomeroy to fight as
private at Bunker Hill?-A. +. 3.
Even then it was General Pomeroy, he
having been made a brigadier general by
the Provincial Congress early in 1775. At
the beginning of the Revolution he was an
ardent patriot, and appeared at Cambridge
to volunteer Hearing cannon fire at Bun
ker Hill, he grabbed a musket, borrowed
horse and was off for the fight 1t is
said that when he reached Charleston Neck
and found it raked by the fire of a British
warship, he was so alarmed for the SAT jty
of his borrowed steed that he left it in
care of a sentry and went on afoot. Ger
tainly ne reached hot section of the bat
tie. A few days later the appointment of
senior brigadier general was offered to him
by Congress.
OF what species of tree is that from which
cork is taken? 2. Is the cork stripped from
IN m @
w. A. S.
1t is a species of the oak, with acorns
that have the taste of chestnutS and that
are eaten. 2 If left alone it will flake off,
but the practice is to strip it off a year
or two before it naturally would fall. Only
the outer, dead bark is taken, and usually
this first is loosened from the inner, live
bark and allowed TO remain the tree for
a time. Thus the tender inner bark that
is essential to the trees life is protected
from the sun and from insects until it be-
comes toughened. Taking the bark by this
method is helpful rather than hurtful to
the trees, many of which live to be sew
eral hundred years old.
Will you give the date origin and some
thing of the history of the one-time anti
Masonic party in the United States?-J
1t arose I'm 1896 as an outcome of the
mysterious disappearance of William Nor
gan. of Batavia. N. v, who was said to