The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-25

wetted expands into green rosette is ma
tive OF Mexico and Central America. and
often is exported to be sold a curiosity.
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Will you print a brief description of
Oman, country near Persia "a. Il. &.
II is a Mohammedan state or sultanate,
with coast line of about 1900 miles on the
gulf OF Persia, the gulf OF Oman and the
Arabian sea. and has an area of about
$1,000 square miles and population of
100000. The population Is chiefly Arab.
and where remote from the coasts doesn't
recognize the Sultan's authority. 1t ex-
ports dates. cloth. salt. fruits. pearls. dried
fish and mating. Muscat is its capital.
Will you print short sketch of Walter
Gay?-W. ID. l..
He was born in bingham, Mass, Jan. %.
1856, and was educated at Boston public
schools and Roxbury Latin School He
began to paint flowers in 1873. and in 1876
went TO Paris to study art under Bonnat.
He is constant exhibitor at the Paris
Salon, and his paintings are present in the
art museums of Europe and this country.
He was made chevalier of the Legion of
Honor in 1894 He now resides in Paris.
Please inform me where / can find an arti-
Gle on THE American Novel of To-day.
e. g. K.
In Harper's Magazine of October, 1902 is
an article by w. d. Howells on American
fiction. If you have access to a file of the
Critic or the Bookman you will find some
thing on the subject in nearly every issue.
The subject is also treated in the following
let lie
Public" by Boyesen: American Litera-
ture,' by Katherine Lee Bates, and
American Literature in the Colonial and
National Periods" by Sears.
In what State did the prohibition move
ment develop?-J. l..
Agitation for prohibition began with the
birth of the Republic. Thus, in IVA the
first colonial Congress resolved THAT it
be recommended to the several legislatures
of the united colonies Immediately to pass
laws the more effectually to put a stop to
the pernicious practice of distilling, by
which the most extensive evils are likely to
be derived if not quickly prevented" Push
| ing the movement began about 1929. and a
| few local prohibition regulations were Sc
cured, but state prohibition laws did not
come until the decade from 1850 to 1860
Maine enacting the first in 1851
What was the year. long time ago, of
| famine all over the world? 2 Was the dodo
| real bird or myth?-Three.
The years $40 and 1l62 are spoken of as
times of universal famine. 2. Real. but
long extinct. 1t was found only on the
| Island of Mauritius. though close rela-
1 tive was found in Rodriguez and still an
t0II of hxrt rnu QC
being on the Island of Bourbon The dcdo
was larger than swan. gray, with brown
and yellowish shadings, unable to fly and
very stupid. Being good to eat, 1T disap-
peared altogether within a century of the
colonization of Mauritius. and until 1866 the
only relics preserved were a few bones
! treasured in European museums. In that
year number of bones were recovered
| from marsh, and since then others have
| been found.
Who rid Cyprus of locusts, and how?
L. A. w.
| An English reference work gives credit
| to Richard Mattel, for suggesting the
means, and to Samuel Brown for modifying
and perfecting it: The plan hinged on the
| fact that locusts when about ten days old
and ION the march will not turn away
from any obstacle, but will crawl over it,
and also that they cannot make Roadway
| on a polished surface. So the marching
myriads were barred by long cloth screens
put up on stakes and fitted at the top with
| vanished leather. From the latter the
insects fell into deep pits whose sides were
lined to the height of few inches with
| polished zinc. The slain for the first year
were 200, O0.OOOOOO, according to the his
/ torian and perfecter, who claims that in
| five years the insects were exterminated in
Cyprus
Will you inform me about the lives Of
| Hartman BlennerhaSSett and of TheOdOSia
| Burr B.
The former was born in Hampshire, Eng
land. Oct 8, of either 1894 or 1885, was edu-
Gated in London and Dublin, and settled on
an island in the Ohio, near Parkersburg.
Here he spent his time luxuriously in scien-
tific recreation He furnished Aaron Burr
with rendezvous and outfit for his
Southern schemes, and became mixed up
in lawsuits and confiscations. He tried un-
successfully to recover his fortunes in
Canada and England, and died in Guernsey.
Feb. l. 1881. His wife died in this country
while striving to get back losses from the
| government. Theodosia Burr, the idolized
daughter of Aaron Burr, was born in New
York city in 1888, and under the immediate
direction of her father developed as a re-
markedly accomplished and brilliant wom-
an. At her mothers death in 1894 she be-
came mistress of her fathers household. In
1901 she married Joseph Aston, talented
South Carolina planter, afterward Governor
of that State. The two were cognizant
of her fathers schemes against Mexico,
and she was with him at his trial at Rich
mond. Later she was helpful in paving the
way for his return TO New York. Dec. 20
1872. she embarked at Charleston on the
Patriot for New York. The vessel never
was heard of afterward