The Indianapolis journal., 1904-05-15

paid the common stock. The latter on
the other hand, may. pay in prosperous
seasons. a much higher rate than the pre-
ferred- In general, preferred stock is the
more valuable, because. the surer dividend
payer.
What are the ''six companies mentioned
as having certain Cinnamon as members? |?
e. S.
Mutual aid societies representing each a
different portion of a province Of China
They not secret societies, and began
with the combining, for self-protection, of
agents in San Francisco who were en-
gagged in the traffic in coolie labor.
What fine relic of the past was broken
in the British Museum by a crazed visitor
to the 1nStitutiOn?-W. p.
This must be the Portland vase, Of hand
some cameo-like glass, which was found in
Roman sarcophagus some $50 years ago.
The damage occurred in 1916. and after
ward the vase put together so skill
fully that the breaks hardly could be seen.
Will you give me an idea OF the general
manner in which ordinary oilcloth is man
ufactured?-P. o. NJ
Its foundation usually is burlapS or jute
and this first gets sizing of glue or paste.
Rubbing with pumice stone follows, and
then comes painting. Rubbing and paint
ing repeated several times. On the
| number Of repetitions the quality Of the
oilcloth depends. Next the pattern is
printed on by machinery, and last the
cloth is dried and vanished.
In what countries Ioac rnicf1ofoa oroxv
and is it used to any great extent, and
| for what purposes?-W. A.
| Over four hundred species are known,
| and a majority of them grow in the
| tropics, but most all temperate countries
| have some sorts. The shrubs hardly can
| be said to be useful, though among the
numerous old-time superstitions connected
| with the mistletoe (to-day's Christmas
practice Of kissing under the mstletoe is
| a trace was belief In medicinal powers not
| now indorsed.
| Are wills made in England kept by the
| British government and shown at any time
/ for a fee?-W. d. r.
Yes. There are forty district registries,
| and a principal registry at Somerset
| House, London. At the latter are kept
copies of all the wills deposited at the
district registries. The will of any deceased
| person, for living makers of wills may de-
posit them for safe keeping, IL they care
! to. may be consulted on payment OF a
shilling. but copying Wills provisions
involves payment of a further fee.
|
| Will you print a short sketch OF General
Mansfield Lovell?-Beam.
/ He was horn in Washington. d. c., In
| 1922, graduated from West Point in 1872
and served with credit through the Mexi-
| can war. Resigning from the army in
1854. he was an official Of New York city's
| streets department from 1858 to 1861. when
he entered the confederate army. His
services a major general kept him well
toward the south. After the war he passed
few years on a Georgia plantation and
then became assistant engineer to General
Newton in blowing UP Hell Gate. He died
in New York cits. June 1. 1854
| While looking at the sun through ha ze
| caused by smoke. / discovered black
spot about the size of silver dollar In
the northwestern quarter of it's face This
spot still can be seen through smoked
| glass. though seemingly nearer the cen
| ter Of the sun. What is this?-H. S. H.
You have a "sun-spot." one that
may be 10000 miles in diameter. These are
present much os the time. having periodic
| spells of frequency. and are believed to be
great chasms, at times $500 miles deep
in the light-giving surface OF the SUM- In
any encyclopedia you'll find an article
telling something about them, but not all
for like many of the matters of astronomy
Imuch concerning them II conjecture.