The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-17
Questions and Answers

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When was the Mississippi River Com
mission created?-R.
June IS. 1879.
Will you name the biographer of L. @. c.
Lamar?-H.
Yes: Edward Mayes, of jackson, Miss.
killed annually on railroads in the United
States?-P.
About $780, in recent years.
Who originated Pantheism?-A. T.
No one knows. 1t began with the ancients.
The name was coined in the eighteenth GEN.
fury by John Toland.
When and where was John Paul Jones
born? 2. When and where did he die!-b
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Scotland. July 6.
1747 q July is, 1892. at Paris, France.
When previously did April come on Good
Friday?-J. A. b.
In 1886 and 1881 and 1875, for the last GEN.
fury. 1t will not come thus again until 1888.
For what was John Brown hung?-J.
l.. w.
For treason, for conspiring with slaves
and others to rebel, and for murder in the
first degree.
What kind of wood is used for making
violins &c
Maple, for back. handle. ribs and bridge:
ebony for finger board, nuts. screws and
button; pine, for belly. bar, blocks and lin
ings.
With what South and Central American
States does this country not have an extra
dition treaty? 2. Do extradition treaties
cover violations of both federal and state
laws?-J. r.
Costa Rica, Honduras. Paraguay, Uru-
quay and Venezuela. 2. Yes, each treaty
covering certain specified offenses.
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How much ground did the worlds fair
at Chicago cover? 2. What was the area of
the biggest building?-W. S. f.
Some Glib acres, besides the mile of park
driveway 2 1.s276es square feet. this for
the Manufactures and Liberal Arts struc-
ture.
Will you state when Caucasus was frs,
discovered by civilized manic. c. l..
1t cannot be done: likely the date fell in
the period of ancient Greece. Russians
who eventually conquered the country, did
not appear there until the eighteenth CEN
fury.
Where is Troop A, Eleventh Cavalry
NJ. l..
This regiment left Manila for San Fran
CISCO March Is, on the transport Sheridan
Mail should be addressed for the present
to the latter city. though Troop A is later
to be assigned to Fort Riley, Kan.
Has salicylic acid preserving properties
2. Can il be used successfully to preserve
meat, eggs, etc. p. w. T.
Yes p Ii is thus used extensively, and
harmlessly if the food treated with it is not
so poor that large quantities of the acid are
needed.
During what years were hoop skirt.
worn?-F. II.
From 1856 TO 1866 was their most recent
period in exaggerative form. Long before
that they had vogue in England in the days
of Queen Elizabeth and succeeding sover
eigns to George "
Was the Modoc Indian massacre that yol
give as of 1880 and 1852 called the Modot
war?-F. c. f.
Hardly; the latter came in 1872 and 1873
and was marked by leadership of the saw
ages by Captain Jack. and by the treacher
Gus killing of General Candy and another
member of a peace conference.
How many national songs have we an,
name them. 2AOn what date and in wha
month will Easter Sunday occer in 1895?
The secretary of the navy recently or
dered THE Star-spangled Banner" TO b
sung vessels of the United State
in preference to any others. America.
THE Red. White and Blue" are classed a.
national airs. 2. April %.
Who was the author. and what are tn
lines Immediately connected, Of,
Longing for the touch of vanished hand
And the sound of voice that is still,''
j. NJ.
Alfred Tennyson. In Break, Break
Break" they are preceded by,
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the HILL
Your longing should be replaced b.
But OH
How do Signal Service officials obtain
record of the velocity wind may attain "A
any given time in storm? 2. How are Y
rays brought TO bear upon person?-W.
BY means of a self-registering aneomo
meter. These are of various types. that mos
used consisting of four hemispherical cup
mounted in weather-vane fashion. their rev
olutions being translated into an hourl.
| rate in a dial. 2. In medical and surgica
practice the patient lies on canva
stretcher. sits with back TO vertica
| canvas. Often care is taken TO remove from
| the patients clothing all metal. glass o