The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-27

by birth. We do not know. NJ NJ B.: Rear
Admiral George w. Sumner was born at
Constantine. ST Joseph county. Michigan
He can be addressed in care of the Navy
Department oxford: batting" means
worrying or marrying Jews. 1t is a recent
word. NJ. l. L.: The letters IS. p. Q. r."
on Roman banners stood for ''Senatus
Populusque Romanus Cthe Roman Senate
and people.) Z. c.: Cotton is estab-
lished crop in large sections of China.
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/ have looked in vain for biographical
sketch of Hennepin, the explorer. Will you
print one2-C. h.
Louis Hennepin was born at Ath. Bel
GUM. about 1910. became a successful
preacher and in 1876 went TO Canada in the
same ship with La Sale. He was with the
latter's expeditions to Niagara and to the
Illinois river From the latter Hennepin
took party TO the Mississippi river, and
was captured by Indians. but soon was
liberated and returned to Quebec. Not
long afterward he sailed for France. and
once there he refused to return TO America,
though commanded TO do so by his church
superiors. Then he wrote accounts of his
travels that were very popular and con-
tanned some statements that were easily
disproved. notably his claim to have been
the first man TO descend to the mouth OF
the Mississippi. He died in 17c6. in Holland,
where he had taken refuge.
Please give a description of the Welland
canal, also the dimensions OF the Panama
STA? If so please describe them.-R. c. B.
The Welland canal in Canada extends be-
tween Lakes Ontario and Erie. lake and
ocean steamers being thus carried around
the falls of Niagara. 1t is twentyseven
miles in length, has twenty-five locks and
accommodates vessels drawing fourteen
feet of water. 1t is part of a system of
water communication by lake and canal
between Lake Erie and the head of ocean
navigation at Montreal The Panama canal.
including Lake Bonis. which is utilized
portion of the way. will be fortyfour miles
long. Its other dimensions are not known
at present The only important canal in
Russia is the St. Petersburg and Kron-
stadt canal, completed in 1884. 1t was built
to enable ships to reach ST. Petersburg. 1t
is nineteen miles long, twenty-five feet
deep, with bottom width of 275 9eet. ex-
cept near ST. Petersburg, where it is only
2O7 feet. 1t cost s,,2oOOOO.
When were fiint-lock guns first made?
| g Who reigned in England and Scotland
at that time? 3. What were the Christian
| names of the three brothers who made the
| original famous Guarnerius violins. in
| which years were the violins made and
| how could 1 get at full history of the
| brothers,. j. F.
About 1925, though il was not until 1911
that France adopted them. other European
f1lI@ ,ap1n
| The former year saw the beginning of the
reign of Charles 1 and the commonwealth
of Cromwell and the accession of Charles
| III came before the latter date. 3. The
famous makers of this family began with
Andreas, who worked from 1850 to 1895
| Then came his two sons; Joseph (sty!ed
| filius Andreae). who wrought from 1890 TO
1870, and Peter c'of Cremona'). who worked
from 1890 to 1725. Then there were Peter
of Venice, son of the Joseph already men,
toned, whose work covered the period
from 1870 to 1855, and Joseph del Gesu, who
lived from 1858 to 17f5. An encyclopaedia
about music and musicians will sketch
their lives, history of the violin likely
would give more extended mention.
| Please explain in the Sunday Journal how
| to find the gear of a bicycle. 2. How to
| figure the per cent. of baseball. 3. Please
explain the difference between preferred
| and common stock and what is watered
stock as referred to in the papers.-Sub-
| scriber.
! Multiply the diameter OF the rear wheel
| by the number of teeth on the front
| sprocket. Divide by the number of teeth
on the rear sprocket The rear wheel is
| used in ascertaining the gear, for the rea-
| son that many bicycles Chose built for fol-
lowing pace) have twenty-six-inch front
| wheels and sometimes as low as
| twenty-four inches in diameter. 2 Divide
the number of games won by the number of
games played. g. Preferred stock is some
what like the preferred debts of one who
makes an assignment. 1t has the advan-
tage over common stock in that dividends
| on preferred stock are payable before those
| on common stock and if the earnings are
only sufficient to pay dividend on pre-
ferred stock the common stock gets none
| When the original or nominal stock of a
| corporation is increased by the issue of
new shares without a corresponding in
crease of actual capital, the stock is said
! to be 'watered' to that extent. because
the increase does not represent actual value.