The sun., 1891-01-11
LErrkRs FROM sun READERS.

Pike did write the 'old Canoe II was written by
Emily Reoecca Page = native Of Bradford Vt She
died early fha,e euits frequently corrected this mis-
taxa once wrote TO Mr. Pike on this subject telling
HIN what knew Of Miss Page and he replied. very
sharply. that he never wrote the poem and never
claimed II" So that point 10 settled Then Mrs Msy
nard writes from Concord n H., that on an Island at
the confluence Of the Contoooook and Merrmac Rivers
10 ment to Hannah Dus,in . brave white woman
who killed several Indians by whom she had been cap
tursd, and 30 made her escape Her baby had been
killed but her husband ard eldest children escaped
and she rsjoinsd them afterward The monument was
erected by Massachusetts and New Hampshire In 1874
and the island 10 known a. Dustius Island. fhsn Mr.
Crowen Of Railway stands up for Molly Pitcher a.
Jeusy woman. not as . ysrmonter-snd he's right. A
Washington friend tells j. r, who wanted book on
English toasta tsuE Dec 2s lsf that c. Daily, 10 Red
Lion square London published In isii book called
Tho Social and Convivial Toast Master and Compen
dunn Of Sentiment" and former clerk Of the United
states Aornsy wrhss that after the sentence Of the
counsrsitsr written apple ation 10 prepared BY the
person who caused the arrest and conviction In
which tho method ana manner OF the arrest and the
proceedings before tho Commissioner dctaed this
Il submitted 10 the United statss Attorney and his
approval sent TO the Secret Service Division In wash
inEton Tho amount Of the Rratuity bestowed
the applicant varsa" (sss answer TO Jamss Brady.
Dec Z leeo)
tI:G %s.i s.os sos
printed =. 10 me present Enl!ish eompo.ins ea.s
i tssrs Sssween the lower cases Of the twoi T. Why
sPIsa o s.s sr and
!. About the n,h century, in China, BY the Chinese
Practically, however, the art was invented By Of
four men. Laurens Costsr Of Harlem, JohAn autten.
berg Of Ment Johan Faust Of hsntz and Peter sehof
fer Of Mentz. Tho Dutch say that Coster Invented
printing. and that GUTENBERG one Of his workmen
stole the invention The Germans say that Costsr
tallow chandler. and that Gutenberg made the In
ventiou. ?. Tho earliest ooot known to have been
printed from movable type is an edition Of Donstna
printed before 1854 ana In the National Library In
Faria q Yes; that 10 the German devised bs
fore the Bngsh The German lower case has loe
boxes ~ Of which equal In Size The English lower
has IS boxes the box being half large again
any OF the other boxes. 4 Because they are moss
easily to be reached there, doubtissa
brsuss medal ~ inches in diameter ha. come into
II. .h i. 81 m:-f SP ss.
An XVI" on ons :ida and on tbs otss. the imsEs Of
sss s
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nsa. os a tn. TSI nh;
martyri r. J. j. &
l. The medal was struck probably soon after cavour
Prime Minister Of the Kingdom Of Sardinia claimed the
city Of Rome the OF the kingdom Of Italy
The Pope pressed by Napoleon Ill., and by cavour
and Victor Emmanuel; they are represented as lions
about to attack the Church. 2. my Cod close the
mouths Of the lions T. Because OF the attitude Of
France aud Sardinia toward tile Pope and the Church
and Its possessionA
Why win not the year 1900 10 a leap ysarf M.F.r.
We must 60 . good way back TO md the reason.
julius cSsa. re formed the esndAr no found that tho
year 355 days hours <e minutes long lie added
II minutes every year to make 1t Just Sao days long
and by saving that QuArsrday for four he had
whole DAY. Which gave rs leap year. Those
II minutes each year are taken from the
future; aud. TO repay H. CasAr ordered that
every eeuturial year should not be u leap year.
but should have only oso days SO things for 600
years; then Pope Gregory ILL., fonnd out that by
rendering leap year regularly every hundredth year
We had paid back not only all the minutes borrowed.
but had overpad To square matters again. be ordered
that centura tho first two ngures Of whose
numerical syubo should Be dlvsibe ty four should be
leap after all So ws into debt BY year
BY borrowing II minutes from Time. pay our borrow.
inRs back BY emitting three leap years in three
tures aud rscoup ourselves for that ovepayment BY
enjoying . leap year every fourth centurial year.
Nineteen hundred does fai. within Pope Greeorys
exception; SO IL Is not leap year
The mr.. ss Gssn @ taken % os
.ord. derived from ii. Anrios.1oa which sxps,n
themSelveA OLIVER OLpbrcK.
Apheresis You A.s right however. in your belief, up
lish wordA whom they better than foreign words
But behsadment-it isn't In the dictionsry-mighs
easily be misunderstood TO mean nbehsadns-execution
by beheadne. Apheres:A on the other haad 10 word
used By the Greek grammarians, lAwyefa AMI ply.
siciana having technical Gaming and capable OF
misconstruotion. Thus you have old and accepted
word the meaning Of which known to all capsule OF
using tho word: there Ia necessity Of trying in
troducs new word. tho meaning OF which you would
have 70 explain, even to grammariAnA
DID the Parliamentary Franchise OF Grea. Brit.
ain q any time within sne past nf'y ysarA eysi.!s
Yes; they do 20 even now. Ths Marquis Of Salisbury,
for example. can vote because he occupies . dwelling
house in Downing street BY virtue of his oce Ain
istsr OF the Crowns he can also vote because he 10
Shropshire He must 6s registered A. voter IN each
place but he has right to be registered and to vote
n!a Tony Pastor q Aa Nsusnde.G ar's open Ps'sers
Neuendorn opened IL first On May ia 1885, the place
WAS opened by Bryant's minstrels, as Bryants Now
Minstrel HALL In 1871 Seuendord opened 1t As tho
Gsrmania Theatre He took WallAcks old theatre.
Sept Is 1881, calling It the Gsrmana and Oct 10
Tony Pastor opened his Fourteenth Street Theatre
In its present place.
Which I. .corrso.-wel.h rabbi. or rarehis! 4 whs,
prop Drew AMI what relation to these wAs Jshn Drew
OF John BroughRm's tmef XIX
the original Bit He 10 her John Drew OF
BroushAmb time Mra Drsw's third husband and
Dsly's John Drew's father
J. Havea-sk Johns Tark ,s now occupied By the Esw
York Centrals freight dspot IT'S the block bounded by
Hudson variek, LAisht and Beach ssrestA
SLP-ItS compliment 10 army officers that
knows dsonsly what their political beliefs
We don't know whether Sheridan was Republican or
. Democrat.
.kE-Novsls whose scenes LAID in the Seven.
teeuth century scotts Fortunes Of Nigel" Wood
stock" Psvsrtl OF the Peak" Edna LyAn's "In tho
Golden Days" Thacksray's "Esmond." Blackmore's
Lorna Doons" In the West Country with Sir Thomas
Browne" Mra AsxAndsrs Heritage OF LAnRdsla"
Blacks judith Shakespeare" Thsss are only few
OF those that might name
Jrvn xaecasro. copy Of the ostaoEus Of the
Law School Of the University Of New York from the
Secretary the Registrar. University building Wash
ington square; 1t viii tell you what you have 10 do
(wrn InaGan) 4. FL. "Ths Invitation WAS extended
to him 10 oorrset DO not drop the proposition A.