The sun., 1891-06-28
QUESTIONS FROM SUN READEns

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New orl.sns 6n Tor part think ths state o. The
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Lynch law. pure and simple h not Iswlessnesa
Originally it frontier Justice man the from.
tier was accused of crime; there WAS no organized
court within hundreds OF miles. The people In the
mining town. the em'srsnts held court; the cap
tain Of the train. the Oldest Judge; others
were jurv The accused defended himself and might
be aoqutted IL he condemned, he was put TO death
promptly and dscentiy It was Justice, not law per.
haps; and rough justice 10 apt TO be- In time the
tis, was omitted In the South 10 this day. whom the
accused is negro, the trial Ia merely forms whatever
the verdict the negro 10 "ynched as rule But that
isn't lynch law though We have perverted word OF
honest meaning; that 10 simply mob violence. Charles
Lynch according to the Century Dictionary Ia rcspon
sible for the lie lived In Virginia 100 years ago
and died In l7sa As to your plan Of secret trials the
Inluson. which few persons would revive nowadays,
held secret trials; did the Council Of Ten in Venice
1fiti the jury that you disapprove, that can't be
helped the jury system 10 of the buwarks OF the
Individual against tyranny. II 10 the mob OF New
Orleans that you dlsapprovs why 80 does every one
Will explain tho meanings OF the St0ck EIch AnGe
slang terms suoh As corner" e margin 40. GB.
bear" in Wall street believes that certain stock
10 going down in prcs; "bulL" that It 10 going up.
To corner" ock h TO hold OF all Of It and keen
It; this proceedins puts the price up and dealers
who have none. but have contracted to deliver
some. have to pay higher prices Tor It. When dealer
or broker has lot Of stock on hand he is "long" Of IL
when he has mons he 10 short" Of It. When
you buy on margin you give your broker onstenth
OF the price OF the stock lie IL to bny for and he
keeps "oarries" tho stock for you. II the stock
goes up you make money II It goos down you lose. II
It goes down than points or hundrsdths of
the par value you lose your interest," in the stock unless
you put in more margin" In putting and calling a
dealer sells tho right to other dealers to put stock
him at certain ngurehe agrees to buy the stock at
shat figure: or to "cali" on him for the stock
other n4rehe agrees to sell 1t At that second figure
1tP. d. and stock 10 falling nnd ia At 10 and dealer
ts "long" OF Il and holds put for lUOO shAres at
Oh on Bull Rear 4 Lamb. he - puts" Il TO thsm. II
it's rising and 10 at s,s and he has sell IUo, shares
ani has cali At a he calls them to sell to him At
that rate. A"lamb" h q Rreenhorn in the street
States ami ureAt Britain J. H. IL.
Leaving out exceptional records nnd these to Be
the regular running tmes Of certain rains In England
the fastest resu ar tram Ia the +:is N. from Gran
than to Kings Cross on the Great Northern Railway.
lO>a miles in l hour ST minutes at the rate of 81
miles an hour Seven other trains in England run at
80 miles hour over Tho famous train between
London and Brighton runs 46sa miles an hour In this
country the Pennsylvana Railroads bes train 22s
miles to Washington in hours at running time OF
20 miles an hour.
inv What D by The HmS Of 81
gsdlators: j. B. j.
Actually. the thumb turned down. police retrorso
meant that tho vanquished should DO spared sotier
lowers tho point Of his sword whom he stops fRhting
police the thumb turned up that the
Quished should be killed Tho picture which you
audo is called police Verso" however; tho name 10
wrong MS you see 1t is an instance of q modern mis-
take in art In the Royal Academy in London this very
year two similar mistaken III one picture harpiss
painted instead Of Sirens; in another ST. Elizabeth
of Hungary Is painted naked before tho altar when.
according to tho legend supposed to be illustrated she
had renounced. not her clothes but her POSSESSIONS.
armored Ell Of war sfoat and this plated
psns!rass thi; M .hckn. mic At rs.sos.ns lighting a,.
fssorsSy With those rssrrea
Ssya III. sp, i M o sse .! Congress
Twontyfour inche. parts of the British man.of
InHexble This nrmor IL made up of heavy plate.
which are solid. No; sshort ranges the heaviest guns
pierce suoh armor. but not at what will be tho
fighting distance in the next war. >. They will have
armor not quite half thick probably that viii DO
thick enough. Three battle ships were authorised
cruiser ram torpedo cruiser. = monitor. aud .
torpedo boat
Which s % the bs.s S hseUinsa regiment in the United
StatoS! - now Qlu tue nAmo 'JOnh Bull get It's
origin J. n.
Its hard say: regiment may be disc pinned in
ono way another in another The Ninth United states
Cavalry lost only by deserti last year IL
the Tenth lost 10 I.3 cent: the Twenty
fourth Infantry lost IA per cent. Perhaps these
tho best disciplined regiments In the regular army In
1871 during the IIbernan riot the Tw enty second
Regiment Of this city showed itself to be the best dsc
pned regiment No orders having been give TO nre.
not shot was fred by any man IN tho regiment But
twenty ago. and urobaby tho other reR
would show themselves to be as we disciplined
as tho Twentypeconi = In l7l2 appeared DR.. John |
Arbuthnots History OF Europe in thus France was !
called Le,cts Batoon Holland Nchoos Troo. and Eng
land John bull The last name stuck.
Hay. ,:oSTd 2, being given
which included in its cas-. OWN Bootn Edwin dams
CaAnLKs BhEsx.
No no. quite as you put It At Booths Theatre. |
evening" Oct 10 1871 Mr. Booth played Inc-
befh William Creswick played AIcduG and Miss Cush.
man rlayed Indy Macbeth Next day. at the Grand |
Opera House, at matints Mr.. Booth played Pe'r1chio
10 Lucille westcrns Kaharin, In Katharine and Pc
ruchio" But We have record of such performance
ls you indicate.
AZ. a.: Liter: ss :"
IN tile mall s.R
No, why should they he: \ pension Ia exempt be
,ause It is theoretically debt OF honor paid to per-
ry which pays that theoretical patriot that
,um Of money. at all eventA he shall have for himself
Leters exempt because tho pub les all cannot bo
stopped to allow private disagreement to be advanced
ratant It's different: the country gives the patentes
monopoly anil protects him in II; beyond that Il
ioss not help him.
Ms a: s: Gs Gs 70 Pr.
That n poor man. suddenly made rich. won't know
to behave himself won't know how to take OF
horse and will either ruin himself ride his horse
10 DEATH Tho negro walters a the Peekskil camp say
hat the members of the swell" regiments speak to
hem politely and take everything that comes whi,e
he who at home are not accustomed to servants
'rdor them around and Rrumb!e At everything This
after case is Instance OF beggar horseback"
l. What H. tho greatest known age that human being
las attained Do Jews ever marry Chrtstansf
l. The Bible says that Nethusslsh lived to be 200
ears Old; but Biblical commentators don't know
whether to take that statement literally or PeSsr
IA 'tan Hungarian peasant, was born In 1889 and
lied In 1874 aged 1855 years Thomas FarI "the olds.
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