The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-11

| FRIEND ian EngIeh mhHhItne1. NcrfV HehFIs' Von'
DOM pabolrs " New England Almanac" At least forty
years aso "rhs Farmers Almanac" 1stn,s4s, None
Of friends knows who wrote H. though two OF them
intimate that IL came from Mother Goose; snd one sos
fests that Jtnius had hand in 1t. Here is the poem
| entire:
| Issw . peacock with fiery tail
S s.ss {. fc sp.sI rS Win sG isy ."Sa
i:.. ..isl!y.:L : :i;.TP O. ne S,Ssod
!saw fosininx sea brlnrui otaie
saw pewter cap sixteen !. fee. deep, deep
we! ,s q asss. s'h sas
:. s an s deer ss %an ass higher
i saw the man who saw this won6roHs sight.
ia ssmicoion he placed after the noun in each linz
except the last this absurd Jingle will be resolved into
sobriey Here /. what the shskespesresn comments.
| tors call a"vsr."
isaw pack Of oatds Snswins abone:
saw Nina Gsorss sSat 90 siihIn sSo,:
saw butcher not y. !, .c,s o4 old;
saw my friends WIN wished I'd ruit these hsmes.
These catches depsudingon proper punct nation arc
very old. Ancient history tells how man wishing to
learn t 1t would be eafs for him to 90 to battle. re-
ceived this answe r from the oracle "iEs retbis
| niorcris In bello" II yoa pn' comma after r~iais
| tho translation is. "Yon vii: 90. you viii return sou
will not die In hate:" bat IL pnt the after
get You will 60. yon will return not. win
die In BATTLE Vastly rieveter 10 Revolutionary poeu
OF ZONE hfteen or twenty lines Reading tina lines "a
usual the poem IN Tory 10 the backbone: bat reading
the lines In two sections the ORA. haf Of each line and
then the Second half. the poem becUnsA all
| through. We've forgotten the posn and mention It
in the hope tia: some reader may have it, We will
! publish il gladly.
Mr.. Hugh Mckay writes: rhe Collins steamship
Arctic passed tho Battery SATURDAY, Feb. & 1852 at
l2I5P. NJ aud arrived on RorS Light. Liverpool.
Tuesday. Feb IL. at lO:lOAN. Apparen. time. days
- hours 30 miuutes clock time. days hours min.
nes She burned that trip. rer log. S88 tons OF
coal steamed by observation aO3s knots average speed
1910 knots The quickest "trip tha, year from Liver
pool to New York was May ~ 252 hours 81 minutes.
SG3 of Goa! burned The Pacific Mail John
L. Stevens 2oo tons register. 1ui,t 1882 takes the
cake for economy OF coal :2,s tons III twenty -four
hours speed 10 knots" Nowadays we get ~ Knots.
with a consumption OF abou. 80 tons o. cnal.
IT, There !. p;e.n,s sep.ssinttns scene N wheat
su.d fSs%
|. nsnf a strt Tas u i
yon help me J.T.S.
We recoec: the picture bu. 40: the alleged clrcum.
stance We think lisa variation OF the story Of Fred
erc the Great the night before the battle OF ezntx
he had ordered all lights to bs put on bat found 40
od,cer. Capt Zietern. writing letter tn his vito by
candle light According tothc story the King told him
to nnsh hts letter. Il shall be shot At sunrise for dis
obedience" And the story xays that hs was shot.
nology' viii yon inform mo when Bonifaee III was
sC.M
We don't ind any mention Of rsaacson 80 can't
tell you about his chronology. But tho "Gerarchia
Catotca" THE Roman Catholic Year Book) gives tsO7
the year Of BUnface elevation TO the Bshoprc OF
Rome he died the same year after holding ONCE for
months 90 dsya from Feb. IL to nov 10 lie obtained
from the Emperor Phocas what il called condemnation
ofJusi gran, the Bishop Of Rome ot the title
Of Universal Bishop.
Do Won know Of any comparison ot the English and
,sln, q book 9
We don't know Of any such boOx. Ths Supreme Court
Of Judicaturs act $3.50 Ia the English law the suh
jec hut tho two entirely different that
they have never so far a. We know been pnt together
for comparison. Burgesss book Constitutional Gov
eminent puhshed recently viii, help yon you get
It. and all other hooks tho subject at Putnam's In
Twenty.third street.
what the provisions OF the Internatonal Copy.
rss. Law rs.rsssnE photography; !, MIST not an I'm,
The photograph must be printed in this country from
negative made in this country. 1t must DO copy
r!shed here it 10 copyrighted abroad: 1t
must he Published here as soon as 1t is Published
abroad And it must. some portion Of it, bear the
copyright notice.
What is the nationality OF the name skellene.r Is
there one volurn. history OF Earope' NV.
German. We should think: but back Of tho 0snnau
would come Scandinavian Perhaps THE History OF
Modern Civilization" Just published by Appleton. viii
answer. Another book Ia the Student's History Of
Modern Europe from l4sa to 1878. published by
Iarpers.
h. ave jus, c;omp:ssa cottage .i!;' m, o.n I.ns
n lag We shat eau. o. h What mS.n
Leigh or lea means pasture. meadow. &c. The word
Of Danish origin and is ronnd in those parts Of Eng
land, the southwest, where the Danes settled.
A bets that pencil writing is legal B BEES it isn't
Please decide. n p.
We never heard Of any law against IT. A cnnrt OF
law. however. won't accept document or signature
written in pencil; will bank but. in spite Of all
that. IL il not Illegal to writ. in pencil.
q. n s..sn. i" S old
Livingston. van Rensselaer, schuyler. schernierhorn.
Roosevelt. Van Nest. Van Wsrt. Bleecker. Betkman,
Van Hoesen. Van Do.ran DE reyster stuyvesant. Van
Worst. Van Brunt. Van Tasse Van vechten Van Horn
There are few o'hers-and the knckerhAcker.
.%I,s F''
IN Sep: 1883. Tie play was Rip Van Wrinkle"
with Jefferson.
Please inform ms OF good plain treatise on ha.ins"
With pleasure: 4 copybook. copybook
!ap,,s Ne kn,w OF M evening classes in advanced
!.stin and Greek.
G.L s,sn's-rp vi,lt williamsburg. lake = train on
:hs Harlem EsilrIad.
". o.A.--rhe Mar. rowsi 4, the fastest regular boat
on the Hudson, even 10 this day.
Lf r.rau rrea: mop reg on Of New YORK ia in Msd:.
son Oneida. Ontario Ofanye AMI Srh"harie counties
F.oni Hi'h'i Why under the san. ir you wan: su-
gsa operation performed on y"nr nose don't yon s"to
a surgeon insreai Of com iagtOts'
T.JsL,-YoHd better sea II yop can't enter sOms
technical college asa spe"ai student DOING your work
at hour and rsritins only ms you havs time to 40
.h;,,,. ,ny Ia inv. u,s
watch. Nowadays. U.fsn steamers kr, they nse an
au'ua,ir loy pm, overheard when ont NJ ssht al snh
and LET; ont ur,il lAad sighted
dhee H-,t'uii.-Ws dont know &! any pace such AZ
"on describe n yon sand y"nr baby 10 an insrEution
ynn have To- give II Gp. IT, az y0a Bay. the r-uian
GRAFTON Ia very sopi why don yoa hire nn-s. In the
country Tor the baby
NJ Gs.-rHE scS cholera nix;rre Ia compos-d of
equal parts of tnrtast Of "pinn iincare Of rhnbar
u"iure ~ cayenne rssenre NJ peppermint and spirits
OF cs,nphUr, mixed well together Inc dnss S I'-3o
drops 10 water every l.,-10 minutes.