The sun., 1889-11-10

Inc length OF Inc term IL nOmnhuy beFen yeatb
Theirs elected President Aug. 81, 1871; Marshal
MacMahon was elected May "a 1875 Jules Grevy was
elected Jan 30 1873 and reelected In December 1885.
Marie F. Sad Carnot elected President Dec q, 1887
because Of dissatisfaction with Grevyb Cabineta
Have all the stars that the heavens been tad,
or II It all iposSibity 70 count them r'"b"7 n. o.
BY no meanS sch6nted's edition of ArRelander'S
" DurchmuSterung." survey of the heavens, which
takes in the northern heavens far down 23o
south inclination, CONTAINS the places OF 9S659 stars
There are thousands more beyond the units named
above, and recently It announced that new clus
of had been discovered through the Lick tele
of such magnitude that tho observers had dc.
cded not attempt place them until they had taken
photographs
reached by a locomotive : Z OF what do meteOriteS
/. Perhaps La Gina (the summiD the Mexican Ma.
tonal Railway. 1t is lo6sb feet above the that is
than miles above the 2. AeroliteB
oftwo kinds stony and metallic Stony aeroites
BILE tho perdot tho scora from the earths deep nte
metallic aeroteS consist chiefly Of iron and nickel
In proportions found earth There in
tallic aerolites twenty-five eementS all told third
of those Of the earth
How many Monte crstOS' did Dumas wrltS' =
He wrote simply Tho Count of Monte Crsto." Til.
"son OF Monte Cristo" and the Countess" &C., were
not by Dumas.
poem which he thinks is called the The Fall Of the In
dian Chietsin AS he recalls It, tho opening is fol-
tscI Can y you help me IN the matter MipDGrSUET
We don't place this poem. John q. SAKE wrote poem
the nAme of which we've forgotten, which ended:
HE speaks, he speaks that noble chief,
And from his lips deep accents como;
And hear the sound of his mighty grief:
" Pic gimme tree cents for git some rum"
You will find this in "Bryauts Library of Poetry and
Song"
Ballot act was passed W. RONALD b.
Mr. Gladstone. He was Prime Minister from Dec. Q.
1853 to Feb 81, 1874. The Ballot bill read the
second time in tho House of Commons Feb. H. 1879;
passed the Commons May 80; amended and passed tho
Lords June rs; amendments thrown out by Commons
and bill finally passed July and signed by the Queen
July 49, 1872.
Will you give the dimensionS Of the Great Eastern;
Paris i%9 S'''A'' 'D' WY VI ''" 'A' -' BRrxIos ''
The Great Eastern ee2 feet long az feet broad,
and drew tho Teuonic 10 $50 feet long,
the City OF New York and City of Paris about $50
How does the size of Central Park compare with that
OF the Burgerpark in Bremen, Germany c. X.
Central Park contains $40 OF which l43
cupied by the two reservoirs We don't know the I.
act sine the BnrEsrpArk but think that is smaller
than Central Park.
S so % e e hH
and crew were taken of by the British ship Three
Bells. Capt Leighton or Creighton; the rescue is the
subject or Whittiers poem The Three Bella"
We do not know On Dec. a. 1853 the San Francisco
wrecked of the Capes OF the Delaware. On board
tho Third United States Artillery. Col. Washing
commanding the regiment with many Officers and
lsO soldiers, drowned. But Whittier's San Fran
cisco wrecked without loss of life according tho
poem. In 1877 another San Francisco lost in the
Pacific. and all board saved; but the
written Ave years before the wreck.
Are long neckS and lefty foreheads indications of
greater than short neSkS and forehsads on
generally a''nFu' renowned 0fA'0t' ana GD
Most great foreheads more or less lofty with
short necks Orators and statesmen generally seem to
have short necks moderately thick with lofty round
foreheads Long necksd persons usually prom.
inent except physically, in any walk of life
is the % height g ito Of Side Sountanf :" 'i'' ". j. ~
Round Top. 1884 feet high. We don't know how high
Slide Mountain s
What !: nS schnlsal and and proper definition @ of the
nishsd by The Filth Avenue Ito tel for example where
there Is no Tsp5"n IN the prize or Is the dinner or
Tiek. we WI say for liked price and 50 termed 70
Ssng an easd The nS p
AS between clarst glass and sherry glass which
aid
l. The tadh dhote is dinner served at certain hour
10 guests or Tho house ana TO others who may
1t is not feature OF the Fifth Avenues Ameri-
can plan. though it might be- It is feature of tho
Brunswicks European plan" ,. Tho sherry glass is
the wine glass Rameses H. reiRned es or OF years,
probably between 1850 and 1850 C.
What the date of the battle of rocatAligq Bridge.
Sonth CarOinaf G. A. ID.
October ~ 1853 the Federals lost 4s men killed 2ss
wounded, and prisoners
MS S.-A man may be backballed by every member
Of club except two and each may have different
for his action The constitution OF club should
be binding until II is altered an it provides.
IA S5skaysr It'll tells me that in some parts q Europe
draws better than straight one h thms3r
1t Is probable that chimneys are sometimes built
crooked but cannot be to increase the draueht for
a straight chimney draws better than crooked
The ascensonal of column of heated air is the
difference between IT'D weight and that of an outside
column OF the height Therefore II your column
of air bent obtains no further ascsnsionA power by
reason OF its Length
Is the word exquisite properly applied TO pain e.,
81 suffered exquiSfto pain !" L. J. r.
Yes The word comes from the past partieple OF the
Latin verb e1quro, seek out, and means excellent
lect; nice, particular: acCurae extreme exceeding.
1t is meaning extreme exceeding that the word iS
applied TO pain, well az TO pleasure.
What Is q! oantiIsysr bridge What i'the Derivation
The word Cannlever is Varously derived from cant,
external angle and lever (caSsells and from Latin
guato ibrd OF what weight Century Dictionary Tho
principle OF eanteVer bridge Is this Take TWO 500
6aWR and place them In line that the ends or the
two balanced boards shall be some distance apart;
weight the outer sndS, aud lay board between the
inner endA Now II you've anchored the outer ends So
curely have crude cAntlevSr bridge The piers OF
the bridge need not be directly under the Of the
SssSAw boards or eAntnsVsSi they may bs more srlsS