The sun., 1890-01-12

hevsrtinE tothe question otths authorship Of Dixsr
nh Interesting 10 nots that In Mr Lawrence Hutton,
The Negro on the Stage" In Hdyper's Magazine for
June 1854 Dan Emmett il given the author Of the
song hr Hutton gives no authority for his statement
From totally unconneoted sources comes this question
and ts answer Can IS be multiplied by s. :" writes
J. T. r o'o, and Col John Hamilton on the same day
writes this.
"Five dollars multiplied by 6 does not give s25 "A
results IS multiplied by the ABSTRACT number 8 doe,
give S2S To multiply s by s. we would have TO SQUARE
the dollars as well as the abstpnct numborA and We
would have o+5==2S multiplied again by the dollars
uOO+lOO, equal to 2SUOOo Just in multiplying 500
cents by zoo Wouldn't It give funny looking coin to
multiply dollar by y dollar ~
Thus Col Hamilton answers J. 7. F. o'C's question;
and we answer Col. Hamilton's by remarking "well
rather" Both question and answer are evoked by an
extract from the St Louis Repubtcan published early
in December the purport of which shown by the let
ters It elected
Can discharge a servant hired by the month, for
SaHse GSIGrS the month e up without mourning the
eArnedf IIoysEE yvepp
Yes; you dismiss a servant for neglect Of duty
for Incompetence, or for gross misconduct without
notice; TO dismiss a good servant, you must give
months notice or pay months wages
Have tho works of st. Augustine, Bishop OF Hippo
been translated into Engshl - Who was Constance
De Beverly the picture OF whose execution we in
Yes the final volumes Of the translation were pub
lished some eighteen ago at Edinburgh IL you
want the translation try for 1t at some OF the religious
book stores, as Randoph'S YounR's, Potts or Whit.
akers 2 She was the heroine OF Scotrs poem. Mar.
mion." She had been in love wish Lord Marnlon he
deserted her, and she became in tho Benedictino
nunnery at Lndisfarne, the Holy Isle near Berwick.
Aferward she escaped from tho convent assumed tho
dress Of page and followed Lord Mnrmon. She was
reeapturod and sentenced to death. with her servant
lay brother who had oonnivod her escape Tho
WI inn Ct a. hv hrirk ipu al
alive In niches 1t the regular ecclesiastical penalty
for monks and nuns who had broken their vows
many were killed during the wSolo Franco Prussian
war, and during the war of the rebellion
The loss Of tho victorious Germans was nearly 90
ooO killed ana wounded tho French lost about 900
Tho Germans lost during the war, killed or died soon
after being wounded. 1890 died eventually of wounds
10 7o7 The French losses larger the magazines
of facts" however carefully avoid saying what they
were. The North lost during the civil war In battle
,Se2 died Of wounds 81 727 died OF disease ls32s7
Tho South lost killed died of wounds and died dis
ease, l3S2si; but this statement is not complete.
when did tho term of tho last Congress expire
When did the term Of the present Congress begint
Tho late Congress- the Fifieth, ended at noon Of
March 4, 1859; the term of members of tho present.
the Fiftynrst Congress began at OF the day
Congressman is elected four months before his
How high would tower have to be to be seen across
the Atantic don't propose to build one epI want to
The distance between. say Lands End Cornwall and
the City Hall OF this city is 3,32io4 miles An object
mile high be from the level at the dis
ance of s9k miles; at that rate an object 40 miles
high bo from Lands End, If get the right
sized eye see II with.
nRtiSti A s. and ". b. Il.
Webster. Worcester. Chambers Cassell give diplo-
mate Casse gives also diplomat; the other dcton-
aries say dipomatst II insist using tho French
vord diplomat let us keep it French; we are not so
provincial in this country as to require everything to
20 changed and distorted before We welcome 1t.
John s Ledry.-Canal street and tho Bowery is not
he highest part OF the city. you il you 90
Fort Washington.
Does mesmsrism bear scientific investigation Does
presuppose unsoundness of mind ami body In the
roduceH N.
Many scientists have said that It does bear scen.
idc investigation; that is that what we call mes
nerism, which is technically called hypnotism. bears
uch examination. Hypnotism does not preSuppose un
oundneSS of mind body 1t does prssuppose that the
mind OF the subject is weaker either always or tenn
orarily, than that OF tho operator.
What In the origin Of the name Omahai Is there any
S9f ha .sSt the OF place
Tho city 10 named after the Omaha tribe OF Indians,
rhch once occupied part of what is now Nebraska
he meaning OF the name we do not know There is
book that gives the derivation of place names In
his country. There too deIivations first the
indian names, as Manhattan Massachuse ts &c; then
10 names given by the earliest settlers Castine,
aine. by the French; New England, Boston, by the
ngsh: Sieu Amsterdam by the Dutch, DC. Then comes
le extension and ANA gamation OF old and Names
nd in modern times names given by persons who
dnt know what they meant as Hannibal, Rome
yracuse &c.; Bellevue applied TO town in swamp
arden City to town in sandy desert Doubtless all
names OF towns capable of being so to speak
,dgreed but one book wouldn't hold, and man
'uldn't compile the pedgreeG Isaac Taylor's Names
Id Places" published by Macmillan Co, this city.
'nains the derivations Of many place names espe.
ally in England and Europe; 1t deals to some extent
ith this country, and is extremely interesting.
4 LOvfnO WUe-If you hadn't forgotten to sign your
lme aud address, you'd have heard from two weeks
20. Wero glad you love your husband, but 1t is as
ell TO be polite. II husband is too Ill to go
sptal, ask TO have the hospital physician come to ,
IN. YOu needn't be afraid OF hospital; the baAt doc
RS in Brooklyn and New York the hospital
ans, and once in q hospital your husband will be
sated well IL he rolling in money-and he'll
ID his bed softer than his money would be.
don't know of any American Trading
mpany in Africa
r. D. DdrTop-l The ten largest cities of tho world q
0 London, Paris Berlin New York Vienna. Peters h
re- Toxic Constantinople Calcutta and Philadelphia
The ten largest in the United States New York n
iladslphia, Brooklyn, Chicago Boston, St. Louis n
!timore. Cincinnati san Francisco and New Orleans
Tho ten largest in New York State New York n
ooklyn. Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, Troy, Syracuse I
ica Auburn, and oswego 1. Diamonds come prin. a
aily from South Africa and Brazil 8. Boston bounds
ookne almost entirely: Newtown helps to surround
6 M Blame is still tho highest mountain In Europe al
L. Tho Territory of Oklahoma has not yet been y y
anized. a.
'enry SchpdrfE-A will. to be probated in this State
81 be witnessed by disintorested persons who r,
st sign their names and give their address. Ono wit
a or two witnesses without the addresses will not
dee.
pay Of an unmounted Second Lleuten.
In our army is ST. 100; OF mounted Second Lieu. Jc