The sun., 1889-12-08
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About 1854 there was . religions lunaiio vhe oafsd
himself the Angel GABRIEL" and announced ms pres
snce BY blowing on horn trumpet He was subject
10 much ridicuie and the phrase "GabrisL blow your
hern vou don't sell nsh" originated at one Of his
outdoor sermons THoun y BunEI
Thank you; but We think the idea Of Gabriel and his
trumpet dates from further back than 1854
There 10 drug called "anti.fsbrins" PerhAps that
Tsn. SsorsS 20 MsT.S means
It wasn't what he meant, though HIS question was
proprsty Of the expression An antfsbtins" To
briefly, said there was sueh word A. anti
fehrne We did not knew Of the drug you suggest We
admit; bit is that name properly word Isn't It In
the category with such genealogical monstroSi'
tiesas "washine" for washing compound, "blackine"
or "shneine" for shoe baokng. 40 The fact thatits
drug that called drnnes the collection Of istsrsi
but is that collection really word'
Robert Buchanan the English poet WrO.. Phil
BUOGs coIUPSi ShsT o, ,hs 'teTs HTs4
wSo died Two S yssf' aSS Wto,s "PSii bioOds Eesp
Thank you both. Now who really wrote III
How long is since the trick q "soeSnd sight" vas
think that Robert Houdn originated second sight;
he certainly developed and perfected the trick. In his
Conndsneos he tells how he aud his used to train
their eyes and memories they would walk rapidly past
= 10Y store, looking in the windsw they went by;
in the window, ana 20 back and verify IT, Young
Boudin outstrppod his father In his of see
ing and remembering things Houdn also had the code
system that wss used by Heller.
lam deeply interested in tho contents Of . certain
viii DO not know The lswysrs name who drew up
the other parties What eau L dor ERNEST.
II the viii has been offered for probate you read
certified copy, and make Of Il, BY applying at
the Surrogatep once in the County Court House You
tn tnO fnIl Of
date OF her death; the latter will give you date be-
yond which you need not search in the indexes or the
ticklers.
whsrs can F:s Hs,sy. letter. aSrinE q. vsr Y,,
TOP not az thg nSns' m PEE. AZ II s., ans
Railroad is tho hishoIs: it is H2ao feet high. RII
We don't know who published the Nasby letters, but
you get the book, II its in print from LsEgat
Brothers, Chambers street. or any bookstore.
Please ss me 4 hi, quotation 70 IN The The sisis IN:
spoken OF q "csstoif Garment"t T.. r. d.
The first quotation you' ind In John, vi, e3i "lth
the spirit that Qikeneh the nesh prohteth nothing
Ac. The Concordance gives no text like your second
quotation. That the body ia oaBto garment 10 COM
nEuro of speech; yourl ind it. for example in Sir
Edwin Arnolds "Poarls Of tho FAith Sweet friends
what the aveFoT It's last bed in the 80
10 a garment more ntting" Perhaps you'll md the
expression In the Koran
which y he So"t SrovsrSIn ana iSiOnSt,o EnRsS and
French dictionary 8 Should Esntsman always pre-
cede u lRdyf j. a. NJ
sick person Is always carried feet foremost; II
shock stoppage Its force broken by tho feet
getting It frat Perhaps the exists in the
case Of dead body II may be, however, simply that
every who rides facing forward, and carrying
the corpse that 10 simply "humornE it" . A late
edition Of spiers and suronnes dictionary should suit
you 8. woman should 70 last up stairk and nrst
stairs she should enter carriage rst and leave
It last: she should enter and leave room nrst At
night she should follow her escort out of house, and
whenever tho idea bs supposed TO oIist that she
should be especially protected she should follow him.
Tho idea bv day honor her BY night to protect
her.
man were TO fall into IL where would he land
He wouldn't land; he would stop falling. thsores.
cay at the centre OF the earth and would stay there
He coudnt fall up New York could he fall up 70
China He would to in "a parlous state"
all the solid matter of the earth were "a the centre
and ali the surface ocean. am told IL would Be
atthc andpOdSG win YOU explain this latter fact,
The water at the part of the earth nearest to the
moon. being nuid and being attracted mere forciby
than the solid earth, viii approach the moon more
rapidly than the solid thus there will DO high tide
part OF the earth There will be high tide at the
antpodes because tho particles Of water. being So
uoitsd by than the solid will fall more
slowly toward the moon and a. It were remain be-
hind Soc q popular explanation in the American
CyclupRdiA vol w., p s3a
When did the United States nrst Issue postal esrdSi
In May. 1873, under the act of Congress Of June q
1871
Afrisnd says that though could not vote for STATE
could vote FOR and for cleo
nS BIS On n. e"nsf s
to vote or j. right given ~ State under ;ueh
Your friend 10 wrong. The fourteenth Amendment
doesn't give persons the right 70 vote who not quail
ned by vote Il reduces the representation
State in the proportion (which the number OF such
male citzsns las deprived OF voting shall bear 70
the whole number Of malo etizenS" Article L. section
. and article H. section of the Constitution leave to
the States right prescribe for voters
You'll nnd matter interesting and evidently new to
in Constitution Of the United States; get copy and
read Il
l. Israw petroleum considered mtneIA What
Are t6S mun91S sSHo Afss M n, ana SsG
oreanst g. What i1 the origin and what the meaning
OF the name TRAhoS h. Mt.
l. No; tits mineral oil, however, liquid hydrocar
bon. q New York contains AN square miles; Brook
lyn. o.; Philadelphia l20 Chicago. in 1885, SO; since
then Q lot OF outlying towns have been annexed. and
now the city taxes extend over perhaps 100 square
miles New orleAnGS statutory area Ia about 100 square
mieA but the city doesn't really cover forty square
miles 8. All Hallow eon or HalloW cen, 10 the even
ing before All Saints day Nov. This 10 the day on
which are commemorAtsd the various leGser EaintN
for there are not enough dSyG and scarcely
enough in the to give each saint for him
SELF All the saints hAlloWod, and In England the
festival 10 All hAlowmaS or HAuoWmAA the mASs for
all the halowod dead; so It's eve II HAllow cen Dr.
Brewer says that "hAnowS" Is from the Ango-sAIon
haOan to make holy Tho institution Of this day 10
another instance Of tho csvsrness and tact OF the early
Christian leaders in adapting the customs OF tue heather