The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
Questions and Answers

AS the contract related to real estate and
had more than one year to run. it should
have been in writing. If merely verbal it
could not be enforced at law by either
party. 1t is evident. however. that the buyer
was at a disadvantage in having 20 pay
interest for so long a time, as this would
eat up considerable part of his payments.
But unless the contract was in writing it
could not be enforced at law by either
party.
Where can I find the verses that COM
mence:
AN Austrian army. awfully arrayed.
Boldly by battery besiege Belgrade;
Cossack commanders cannonading come,
Deal devastation's dire destructive doom?"
w. y.
AT a booksellers search in collections
of light recitations, if he can't direct you
straight to it. ALTERATION, the Siege
of Belgrade, a Rondeau," is its title. and
there is a line for each letter of the alpha
bet, with two additional "A" lines thrown
in. as if for good measure.
Will you name the various colors of heat
used by mechanics in judging the temper
OF steel?-J. w. b.
Pale yellow. or 800 degrees. is used for
lancets; straw yellow. 2SO degrees. surgical
instruments and razors; golden yellow, 243
degrees. common razors and penknives:
brown, 255 degrees, cold chisels, shears and
scissors; brown. dappled with purple. 265
degrees, axes, planes and the like; purple,
"a degrees, table knives and large shears;
bright blue, 2SS degrees, swords and coiled
springs; full blue. 29S degrees, fine saws and
augurs, and dark blue, BIG degrees, hand
and pit saws.
If a plant of upright growth be secured
in horizontal position. its new growth soon
VIII assume the vertical again; why?-
A. L. G.
Because growth of the under side of the
plant is stimulated, and it grows faster
than the other side till the direction of
growth is again straight upward. Just how
this stimulation is accomplished is not
understood, but related tendencies are seen
elsewhere in the vegetable world, as in
those of primary roots to grow straight
down, and of some climbing growths to
wind about their supports, one species
winding always to The right, another ever
to the left.
r. z. N.-For the fur called baby Persian
lamb, the unborn creature and its mother
are sacrificed. 1t is not used commonly
for gloves, but is employed in garments and
trimmings. The altitude above sea level of
Waitsburg, Wash, is 1910 feet. II. P. t.
The French canal company planned for the
Panama, digging depth at the bottom of
y feet. N. A C.-Your Haitian insurgent
leader is Dominique Francois Toussaint
Louverture Cor L'Ouverture), but he was
sent to France a prisoner charged with
conspiracy, not under promise Of safe con-
duct. c. D.-The people of the Isle of Man
are called the Manx. w. ]. E. B.-Augusta
Evans lives at Mobile, Ala. She was edu-
Gated privately.
Will you outline the Eastern Question"
and the treaty of Berlin?-L.
By the former is meant the extremely
complicated problem of International af-
fairs Ringing on the relations of Turkey
and the Balkan states to the larger Eu-
ropean powers and to themselves It's be-
ginning dates back $50 years to the lessen
ing of the power and territory of Turkey
because of entertainments by Russia. This
policy of the latter country was checked
about the middle of the nineteenth century,
and when resumed brought on the Russo
Turkish war of 1S77-7S. In this struggle
Turkey was overcome, and Russia exacted
severe penalties In the treaty of San
Stephano. Displeased at the prospect of
great gains for Russia, Great Britain and
Austria-Hungary declared the treaty unsat-
isfactory, demanded congress of European
powers to revise il, and in the end Russia
was compelled to submit the entire treaty
for reformation. Germany, France and
Italy besides the powers named in the
foregoing. joined in this Congress of Berlin,