The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-24

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But a brighter glory waits tho renowned united
For she gave oolumbiss nss.ths frates that she
Will. tue famed Consultation sank another the deep
wsdonn know the song. II any Of our readers know
Its origin. will they unfold the tAe'
Please tell whore tho following quotation il spelled
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he aid. and wrote out this IL about the correct way
to spell it-as spelled originally. that is; Next
Gu . kleer konshuns an eesy shoe afords man the
most gnooine kumfort." Josh. you will observe was
hsterodox In his spelling. but his ideas were all right
which the principal railroad centres of the gpi.sd
tn. large cities. Of course II has been said that
Concord H. was the largest railroad centre in the
world In proportion TO its population.
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The beat medium win be the air.
A claims that Ltberty or Bsdovs rsiand belong, to
New Jersey. claims that IL belongs to New York.
When this lsttsr came, IN November last. Bedlow's
island belonged to Now Jersey commission appointed
BY the two States having decided that the tin goddess
and her footstooi belonged to Jersey But week ago
yesterday the Treasury Department decided that the
island belonged to New York. We don't that Il 10
the rrsasury's business. anyhow. and think that
wins. He certainly wins a. matter Of history.
whore did the feast Of Thanksgiving originate and
Tho Jews had thank offerings. . custom which they
probably got from the older With whom they
thrown; special feature of the meat Offering the
eating of tho meat Then tho Greeks and the Romans
hsi feast dAya In 1875 Leydsn oity of Holland held
religious services oot the Anniversary Of the day
that the siege OF the city had boon raised. The FIJI
eoms held Thanksgiving day In 1921. atwhich feast
made Gov. Bradford having sent out four hunters
to bring game that the Pilgrims might after more
special manner rejoice together" In 1873 there was
another Thanksgiving Day. and third in 1882.
It was an annual festival in Plymouth In 1850 The
Dutch had ThAnksKivings In the Now Netherlands in
1914 1845 1885, and 1854 and the English had two IN
1868 and 1850. During the Revolution. Congress ap-
pointed Thanksgiving days every year and in l7es the
Protestant Episcopal Church made rule that the nrss
Thursday in November should be kept - q day Of
sgving unless another day be appointed By the
civil authority; and this tho English Church was
tho nrst recognize enthusiastically the holy
day. Since then speca! days we're appointed annually
In Now England. occasonaly elsewhere until in 1854
President Lincoln at the request of Mrs Sarah Isla
issued proclamation for national Thanksgiving DAY
which the beginning Of our present custom.
Docs prisoner sentenced BY Omitted State, oou to
fmprisonnent for nine months county jail be
entitled to any sum Of money. clothes. Aof O. n.
No; tho money given to discharged prisoner 10 given
BY State associations State criminals United States
convicts get the state mitigation of sentence hewsvsz
l. Ia n..,veeorn citizen over IS year, Of sge siEt
worth At least Ss5o0i q. AssAss.
I. Yes: there IL upward ags limit for . wouldbs
President. Methusalen,. who would now be several
thousand years old II he had to this country b.
fore 778 would be eligible to the Presidency. There
| Is absolutely no property qualification.
resented by the Roman notation; When I VA. TIP
what finally became OF herr LIB
l. One hundred thousand In the Roman notation -
expressed by g: stood for 100 and the bar above It
multiplied Its original value LOCO nes SO 1000 900
| 10 n 100000 Is CO. 2.ooo.ooots NM. Then the Ro-
mans used = inverted o. to signify that tho sum to
which It annexed multiplied ten times: thus
TX equals 10000. and Lxo equals 100000. No equals
10000 600. and 90 on Tho United States nhp Con-
stitution WAS launched in 1877. She was famous BE-
cause she in many battles and commanded BY
90 many famous mon. Commodore Ste wart commanded
her At one time. Commodore Hull at another She Va,
nicknamed "Od Ironsdes" in 1907. because she wal
hardly injured at all fight which injured hsr cap
tured opponent the British vessel auerrere 50 severe
" that she had to be burned lay The old
IA nov At In tho Portsmouth Navy Yard smant!sd.
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I three or four years ago
WAL you tell me the meaning Of the following 81
Isrrh iiase" " THe Church tolls IL no, to believe Ii
dreams pu. Vas n9 H @ ~ ph snd tS ssvs2
| years plenty and seven years famine =. Who waa
.n.asa,. 10" q. .,nn,v n,.sns ~ o.,,,,. .ronnd
~. No. ~ m actual imnr.cat,on I, man. En-. ,am.
As damn h'' we aoh kno" "s origin AArcn
| marsh; mares arc "nuei IN mafsnes man sso.hole
| DO true q You must not believe in vain dreams
Phsraoh's dream was in the nature Of ArevelAtion
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idea OF tho large picture, or may contain eAntinl
| auusion" to tho artist.
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