The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
Questions and Answers

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When did President Benjamin Harrison
DIEM. b.
March 10. 1901.
How high above sea level is Santa Fe?
"A. L.
Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty four
feet
One inch of rainfall would be how many
cubic feet, and how many gallons, TO an
?-J.
Respectively, $3.50 and 27.154.
What causes dry rot in timber?-V. d.
fungus growth called merulius lachry-
mans, for whose development, despite the
name, moisture is essential.
What is the value of s.. 90 gold piece
dated 1896? same is in good condition
A Reader.
Its face value-nothing more.
What is the native home of the Irish
potato?-R. NJ. w.
America. tropical and subtropical, from
Chile to Mexico. A wild species is said to
grow as far north as Colorado.
To what committee of the United States
Senate are matters having to do with wom-
ans suffrage referred, and who is its chair
man?-C.
To the woman suffrage committee. Au-
gustus o. Bacon, of Georgia, chairman.
What year is this in the Japanese reckon
ing? 2. Was there really famous Hawk
shaw?-G. F.
The 2.564th. 2. Yes; Sir John, an eminent
civil engineer-not a detective-who lived
from 1911 to 1891
Please give the cash receipts of the St.
Louis postOffice for January and February,
1904, separately.-W. w. c.
Address Postofice Department, Washing
ton, ID. c., or the Postmaster. st. Louis,
for this information.
Do the policemen of indianapolis go in
pairs or singy on their beats in the resi-
dence portion of the city at night?-M. G. L.
They go in pairs at night and singly in
the daytime. This rule applies to the regu-
lar force, not to the merchant police or
night watchmen.
Is the burying ground of Gray's "Elegy''
identifiable? 2. When was this poem writ
en?-A. b. b.
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Of Stoke-Pogis. in Buckinghamshire. 2.
About 174s. it is believed. though it was
not printed until ISL.
Are employees of the national government
who are paid by the day paid for holidays?
If so. what days?-A. P.
Yes; for New Years day, Washington s
birthday, Memorial day (May 3O, July
Fourth, Labor day (the first Monday in
September. to printing office employees only.
Thanksgiving day and Christmas.
How long must a person live in Missis-
sippi to entitle him to vote? ?. What is the
limit of the session of the Legislature of
Mississippi?-D. L. y.
Two years in the State and one year in
the county, town or precinct, except for
clergymen, for whom the latter period is
reduced to six months. 2 There is none.
What is the composition of the metal
silver plate for tea sets, ice pitchers and
the like?-W. A. +.
The so-called britannia metal is the usual
base 1t is made of tin. anthony and cop
per in varying proportions, but usually not
far from ninety. eight and two. respectively.
Sometimes a small portion of zinc is AIDED.
Just what is wire glass, a form of window
in which glass and wire are I'm some way
combined, and how is ii made?-M.
Window glass in which wire netting is
embedded The netting is pressed into
molten glass, kept on a table heated by gas
flames from beneath, series of rollers ac-
complishing the embedding, and smoothing
and hardening the product at the same
time.
In our late war with Spain. was there a
blow struck before a declaration of wal?
When was war declared between this coun-
try and Spain?-G. j. x.
The gunboat Nashville captured the Span
ish ship Ventura on April % War was de-
clared by Congress April 25. Spain declared
war on April "A. The declaration of the
United States said war had existed since
the 21st.
What is the cause of mirage in deserts
&C. s.
Deviation of light rays. due to refraction
and reflection. In desert because of heat
radiated from the earth's surface. the lower
levels of air are less dense than are those
a little above the first. Then light rays
from a distant object enough above the
earth's level 20 be in the denser strata are
reflected from the rare to the dense layers.
their common surface acting as a mirror.
Is anthracite coal mined IN the United
States outside of Pennsylvania? If so
where? 2. Will you give the coal tonnage
of the country of bituminous and anthracite
for some recent years? w. l.. w.
Yes; Gunnison county. Colorado. and Santa
Fe county. New Mexico. produce a little
good anthracite, and a small tract along the