The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-14
Questions and Answers

Where is Company 1. Thirtieth United
States Infantry?-G II. II.
At Fort Crook, Neb.
What kind and size of vessel is the United
States Bennington?-A. e.
A gunboat, of LILO tons displacement.
What is George AIDES postoffice address?
-R. New.
Care the Chicago Athletic Club. Chicago.
Ill.
How many revenue vessels are there. and
are they armed?-A. c.
Thirty-seven, of which all but ten carry
cannon.
Has an antitoxin for cholera infantum
been discovered?-L. Z. L.
Yes. and success was reported for it last
summer.
Who painted the picture entitled ''The
Spirit of 1910. l..
Tomkins Harrison Matteson, an Ameri-
can, who lived from 1913 to 1884.
What is the population of Dublin. Ire
land? 2. Who is the city's lord mayor?-P.
Including it's suburbs. as given by the
census of 1901, 379.Sel. g. T. C. Harrington.
BY whom and when was this expression
used: "Be sure you are right, then go
ahead?-D.
This was the motto of Davy Crockett in
the war of 1872.
How many telephones are in use in this
country?-H. J. F.
The Bell systems have over 100000. and
there are a great many thousands in the
circuit of the independent companies.
Will you print a recipe for a simple
method of setting" the hair in tanning
small in?-Trap.
Repeated rubbings in of equal parts of
finely powdered alum and saltpetre con-
stitute the usual course.
Please name three or four wholesale news
dealers.-O. S.
The American News Company and the
Union News Company. with headquarters
at New York and branch offices at Chicago.
What is the altitude of Baker City, Ore. :?
2. What is the population? 3. What are
its surroundings most noted for?-H. L. II.
Three thousand. four hundred and thirty
five feet. 2 6,6s3 by the census OF 1900 3.
1t is a center of gold mining, numbering and
stock raising. and is not surrounded re-
markably.
How much tariff is on wool and wooden
goods?-A. 7. b.
On wool from cents to II cents a pound,
according to grade. Woolen worsted yarns
pay from 271k cents to 3S1k cents a pound,
and 40 per cent. ad valorem Woolen or
worsted clothing, A cents a pound, and 90
per cent. ad valorem.
What is the custom in foreign countries
of the marriage of male rulers? Do they
select their own wives or are they com
pelled to marry whoever is selected for
them Pr. j. @.
They may exercise a choice within GER
tain limitations of rank. in most countries
a marriage between a member OF the royal
family and one not of the nobility not being
accepted as legal.
What in the British army are the House
hold troops ?-G. +.
The regiments that form the permanent
garrison Of London, and whose especial
duty is to attend on the sovereign. They
include the First and Second Life Guards.
three battalions of Grenadier Guards, the
Royal Horse Guards. two battalions OF
Coldstream Guards. Scots Guards and Irish
Guards.
Are not duties charged at present on many
articles imported into England. and what
are the dutiable articles?-D. r. g.
Yes, the list includes beers, wines, liquors,
tobaccos and it's manufactures, tea. coffee,
cocoa and its manufactures, sugars, mo-
lasses, candies, preserved or dried fruits,
condensed milk, milk foods, chicory, play
ing cards and certain drugs and chemicals.
Three Democratic national conventions
made Grover Cleveland their candidate; by
how many ballots and by what vote each
time?-F. w. NJ.
In 1884, on the second ballot, by a vote of
6S3 out of S9O the number necessary TO
choice being 547; in 1883. on the first bal
lot, by acclamation; in 1892, on the first
ballot, by GIT 1-3. out of $685., the number
necessary to choice being COZ.
Thirty years or more ago horse named
Goldsmth's Maid held the trotting record
was the animals record 2:16 what? 2.