The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22
QUESTIONS III SUN CORRESPONDENCE.

produced In elegant style At the old Broadway Theatre.
Fred. Conway did Soharrd In rubber overshoes, a. the
water from tho cataract made the stage rather damp.
A beautiful stud OF horses appeared In the play. Nine,
Ponisi and Charley Pope were In the cast. Their on.
trance In an eight.horse chariot from beneath thu stage
was q grand effect Mr.. syivoster's horse was impaied
one night upon the spikes separating tho stage from tho
audience. An oLpr1n THKAInxeoxR.
Tho limos asked for last Sunday:
There are no acts OF pardon past,
In the cold grave to which We haste" 40.
are the concluding four lines offs metrical paraphrass Of
Eoolesiastes H. 4. Q. 10 which can DO found among the
paraphrsses at the end OF any Scotch Bible. Icannot
however, say who was the author of the paraphrase.
The lines beginning, There are no acts Of pardon
past were written by . hymn writer named Wells and
form the last verse Of the hymn, Life Is the Time to
Serve the Lord" Tho hymn is to DO found In watts and
Rippon's collection. numbered oss. G.
l. IL there any work on the displacement of secret
handwriting, giving The rules and principles underlying
sqch dsoiPherment forms an important feature Of tho
RE,s Stjv =. , sa9 yos r Is, mn any Ns the :o,s.Ilsa de .;
asiims " si,itai use Of eiass farni,Ssa BY The com:
nPiss:s s. Z N from Isl sae q IS sq si.sn fos.. s "soid ssstis;'
Cas-. ""' and "sHiiEEs sRR Hsfsad. II IN q j . anS nh''y i. I. 3.
l. The fullest work on cipher writing is one published
in German, entitled "KryptonraphiA, Z" BY J. L. Klhbsr.
There Is no translation OF this book into English. Under
the title "Cryptography." in tho Encyclopedia Britain.
MICA you will nnd a fair exposition OF tho subject In
VAN NoiohAo Es pAkS W. SuA oiuluO 81,
page 1851. an explanation OF the simpler forms OF cipher
writing Is given. 2. We are unable to nnd any novels
founded on such q plot aside from the ones you mention.
3 * Y 2 and " A Strange Disappearance, by Miss
A. Z. Greene, you will md to be good detective storiea
Also good are Gaboriau's and Bolsgobsy's stories aid
many Of Wukie Colinss.
Please tell mo what steps must be taken to incorporate
an association, composed OF the employees Of furniture
porsticn u coss much ,ns 'n mons " ms state Docs ~. ). ). 'p ".
The Legislature Is 30 constantly changing the laws on
tho subject Of incorporation that wc do not care to take
the responsibility Of advising you In the matter. You
should retain q lawyer and act under his direction. Tho
fees Of the Secretary of State and Of the County Clerk
amount to about $3; there is also the cost of drawing
mp the papers &C.; counting in everything. perhaps you
can incorporate for about Sa5. But . lawyer Is tho
proper person to tell you all about the matter.
l. What is the tax on the Inheritance received from
fny ONE c oot = Of elO SarI rslsti, "a, ?; !. ! G Es4G continually "n %n.I. Of q
Curium :: lst a place or is it q title :; i. i. ".
l.. The tax Is Eve per cent. on all amounts over $500
2 Curium is a place on the Island Of Cyprus. The Rev.
John j. Conroy was created titular Bishop of Curium as
arewnrd for his labors for the Roman Catholic Church.
To use an unecclesiastical simile, he is q Bishop at large,
not charged with the care of any diocese.
Ccnstdnt Reader We do not know Of any book on tho
subject about which you ask but we presume that q
book on etiquette will treat of It. Mrs sherwood's
manners and Social Usages' Is the standard book on
etiquette. Iii published BY Harper 4 Brothers
At what part Of the world does tho new year com.
new lOTk, anu CnlnA DeIOre England. Then WIN not
San Francisco before Chinaf O.
As the day begins in China 30 the new year begins
there. China was the easternmost country known TO
the discoverers of America and has always been consid-
cred as the easternmost country OF the world. The de.
cision that made 1t 80 was not arbitrary when 1t was
made though 1t seems arbitrary now. Tho new year
has to begin somewhere, and all discoveries and geog.
raphers and persons who speak with authority on the
subject agree In considering China 40 tho proper place
for 1t to begin.
L. fYf-- A. ---,
unpensioued ?, Is the existence Of Cod a matter Of
clear !, and demon;trabIs proof, 3 Does The rhiio.ophy
nish fewer criminals than tho Jews' Ajax.
1. We do not know. Perhaps tho Pension odice can
tell you There are about ssO,UD pensioners on tho
rolls and about 47o.O 600 claims recorded. Tho number
Of mon in the United States Army during the war was
2,s5a, 1872: 27a, 376 died in tho service. How many
were wounded We do not know.
&C. N. R." recently asked for a poem with the lines:
Twas on the banks Of Rapi Ian,
I think h. fr refsr si To- T6s e co nn,,sts'n of tn. Cannon "
S fge pri ,nosus HH nss %, 56E sam, Of ar, s ,;m,lss sris. ,Ss ,. The
in which they are from memory:
Along the banks Of %R.pidan.
w f.Sg Fs II. q 9ias Of e o Aasist ram.
And through the battles nercest breath,
For an .Sey 'h h.s l s.Sqa y 70 ' l.asS ss an assts.
By Hudson, Rhine, or Shannon.
Reader" gives the whole poem, which We regret we
have not room to publish.
Tvpo-we do not think the mover charged You too
much. but We think that he should have been more caro-.
full than you say no was You can sue him In a District
Court for damages and We think you'l get them It
ought not to take very much time. Go right to tho Jus
tice, and keep away from the shyster lawyers-
4 Student-We can't answer yoar question. You might
As well ask us how long 1t will take a civil service reform
letter cprrier to 60 from Harlem to tho Five Points
throwing nipIdaps all the way. 1t depends on the man
and on tho fiphaps.
Who was the Queen of shebai JARVIS.
You Will find all that Is known about the Queen Of
sheba in l. Kings chap. <. ver. l-l3. sheba WAS a terri
tory In Arabia Felix the exact site Of which Is unknown.
Sir Spot-In hvo.card cribbage the nou.dealer scores
three points called three for last" This is not done in
the six and eight card games. Sec american Hoyls,"
page loa
the play OF Julius Casar" at Booths Theatre betwee n
with Booth, and in which thestres Constant krADEH
When Julius Cesar" was hrst revived at Booths The.
atre. Dec. rs. 1871, Mr.. Booth played BrtuuS Lawrence
Barrett Casstus and Frank Bangs Antony. When 1t was
prodaced again on Dec. ~, 1875, 3. L. Davenport played
Br1lt,s. the other two parts being oiled by the same
actors as before.
Please oblige me by publishing the names Of tho Presi-
dents Of the principal Eastern colleges; and how to OBJ
Harvard, Charles W. Eliot; Yale, Timothy Dwight;
Princeton. James McCosh; University Of Pennsylvania
William Pepper; Columbia, Frederick A. P. barnard;
Brown. E. G. Robinson; Dartmouth. &. G. Bartlett; Am
herst. j. II Seeiye; Hamilton. Henry Darling; Union. J.
s. Landon; Trinity. q. W, Smith; Cornell c. X. Adams;
williams. Franklin Carter. Write to tho secretaries Of
all the colleges except Harvard; write to tho Registrar
Of Harvard.
Die can't.
Ask some dealer In religious books.
What Is the best wood for making . violinY
CKExoSA, ". II.
The belly Of tho violin should be of trsight-grainep
deal; the back Of maple or sycamore
D.. Can you Inform me " there Is any book published
giving designs for album sketches and appropriate
verses, not mere dogRerei' =. Also any that presents =
collection OF various styles OF letters talphabetD for pen
work : 8. What is the word "nisisdeH' LIS derivation
and meaning
l. We cannot. 2. Comstock. the architectural pub
fisher, sells q book of alphabets; and there Is a cheaper
book in the "Spencerian" system Of copy books 8.
The word is French; 1t means simply glance or lser, II
comes from the French "Gil" meaning eye.
Constant Reader, Hen Hapea Mr.. James Renwick
made the plans for tho Roman Catholic Cathedral In this
city.
Has . juryman q right to ask a witneu on the stand
one or several Questionsf BUTCHER
YeA Tho Jury is to decide on the facts and II by ask.
ing questions u jurymsn thinks he can set At the fsctS,
II ID his right and his duty to ask them
VIII you decide the following bet: IL, or 10 not . for