The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-04

General Astronomy CGinn a Co. Boston,: New.
combs Popular Astronomy" dIarper 4 Brothers.
$3.50; ~Iocsycr's Elements OF Astronomy" Mae.
milan 4 Co, sL2o). There are other book, Of course.
but these will do what you want.
In an ndvertiseme ant Of n shooting match I ind this
sentence: Pour MONIES in all events" isthe word
"monles" used correctly + RI.
The plnIa al form OF !" money" would be correct. but
tina, Is money!" not "nionies"
Will you please give tho dimensions Of the Whit. Star
line stca er Trutonic and tho lnman steamer city OF
Paris Hoy largo are their propeilers' What a.ethe
The Tcutonic is 505ss feet long. 57ss feet broad. and
30 10 feet deep; she has . net tonnage OF 4,245 and
q gross tonnage OF a.6s8. Tho City Of Paris Is 62Ik
%feetlong. ~ feet broad. and % feet deem. with a ne,
tonnage OF o.5si aud a gross tonnage of ,o.490. The
diameter OF the scrcw VS. of the City OF Paris Is 20 feet;
they are three biated. The diameter of the Teutonics
fourbiaded screws is about the same. The diameters
OF the shafts we do not know.
], Did Mr. Horace Greeley receive the regular Demo
DEM, .mocr n"ft'n nominee ,s beside. mr. wi" ilor .n.,s creole ssn '.'S s.
How many 'inies has New York state gone Democratic
l. Yes; he was nominated by the Liberal Republicans
in Cincinnati. May 2. 1872: tho Democrats endorsed
the nomination at baltimore. juno 10. 1872. =. Yes:
some straisht.out Democrats. meeting at Louisville
Ky. on sep.. 4. nominated Charles o'Conor for
President. 2. In 1868. 1870. and 1884.
Will you KINDLY inform mo whether or not there are
s s"N A"BBi i.h "a S M,iiiaGm. ' Of c snus SS,nM,ssyy w MsV the so aos.
sccrator an Anglican or a ProtestAnts }. Ell.
The Protestant, Episcopal Church of the United States
is not Protestant really, and emphaticallv disclaims
the appelintion. 1t is a branch Of the Anglican church.
hut there are no Anglican Bishops in this country.
Bishop Williams Of Connecticut was consccrated
nearly ~forty-one years ago. We have no record Of
the names of his consecrators. They Ser,aiuly were
not rrotr stan,s
Will yot kindly refer me to the hes, WORK explaining
r a or tarnins m"'' ire commonly A"0"" j. j. r ipt'
Reuben Briggs Dsvcnport's book. published about
three years ago. gives the contestant of Margaret Fox
ana her sister. the or!g!aa! spiritunhsta. that tho rap
pings wcra made by their swapping their great toes.
J. what wa. the c,nse nth. chicago aro, In VIVA!
year did II occur What WAS the i0sA OF money and OF
lifs =; same ian. gu question. e WI sostop n.e; 3 How many
ihs fnsiisn nf lsn lsssss &. How How I sa inc ). iG 9Stfd a SGGa IL Ia
ifss o on s Sunday " Jun. .,sSn Il. i IS vas O. aG 1io~ It ,on s. ns Mains ,Ss
paid, Fire department been in exi.tcncer Z. Who was
Mayor Of this city II. MA.
1. The Chicago lire began on tho night OF Oct. &, 1871;
II was caused BY the over;u-ning Of n lamp In a barn in
DO koven street. 1890 buildings were destroyed.
$500 persons were rendered homeless. and go per.
sons lost their lives: the money loss was about $500.
100000. ,. Tie Boston ile began Nov. .. 1872. and
burned ovor sixt y-nve acres: 7G6 buildings were dc.
s,roycd and fourteen lives lost: the money loss WAS
about $Uu. 900, ooO; the fire started in y lof. on the cor.
her OF summer and kingston streets. s. About 800;
the American Bible society prints Bibles in 242 dialects
hnd languages. Z lncomrrchenS.blenes Is one OF tho
longest words; the longest word in an English book is
IN KinEsley'o Water Babies" "Necrouioneopaleon.
Observation-Disclosures o.ogy.' but II isn't Eng.
lsh. &. Under the old arrangement: a third alarm was
third alarm: that Is. 1t was tho third separate alarm.
Under the present system . call can be sent out bring.
ing to the danger point al. those engines which would
answer X second alarm aud n third alarm. q. For
twenty seven years aud four days: It began on Sept. !.
1885,. I. The nrst Governor OF tho State was George
Clinton. whose Administration lasted from 1;77 to
1875. q. The first Mayor was Thomas willet. Mayor
in 1865 and 1867.
p& ", have a Democratic Congress during clsye-
The House of Repre- sentatives in both the Fortv.ninth
and the fittieth Congresses was Democratic. bat the
Senate was Republican.
., What Il the origin of the Mans Iroquo''-i, It indian
The name /. = French form Of the original Indian
name.
Did Tammany at any time oppose NE. Tildeni
No. Mr.. Ii.den led in the attack on this :" Tammany
Ring and was resisted by the leaders Of Tammany:
but the hal never opposed him politically.
precedo the word and" in u sentence. Also. II it 10
gstSH IN t IL "" iSli 4 Samma !h Isf.s.n f Is a sb les |. pr PIo :s55
and We await receipt for same NovicE.
Gould Browns rule is: when more than two words
or terms are connected in the same construction. o.. In
a Joint dependence on some other term. by conjunc.
tons expressed or understood. the comma should DO
inserted before every one OF them hut the last: and II
they are nomina,ives before = verb. the comma should
follow the last also" 1t is used properly In tho sen.
tence you give.
Who was Postal, F. O.. c,
Paul PesteI or Postal was the leader of the Decabris,s,
or Men Of December" who. on Dec. ~. 1925. re.
votcd against tho new Car. Nicholas l.. who had
succeeded TO tho throne on Dec. l. Pes'el was
Of Herman descent. was born IN St. Petersburg In 1895.
served a. Adjuta1 4. 70 Marshal witgenstein. and finally
ln,ap ma lrrtnnalt In h D,ee a q, artpr 7 ~ 1871 b. st,.H
the political party founded BY the MourajieHs In south
Russia: in 1922 he organized ths " Band Of tho South
erners.'' in 1924 tina, of tho Northerners. and that Of
the United slavs. Thor obi.c: was to procure for
Russia IL Consultation or to change tho empire into a
federal republic. The uprising began in the gardens Of
the Emperor on Dec. Il (o6L !s2h, but failed; Pestel
and the four other leaders were captured. and on July
20. 1876. they werO hanged.
viii YOU tell me wha. YOU can OF George Manyills
Fem. q. a, iIenty. and Ascot Il. Hope ~. l.
They are all English writers. George Manvills Fem
WAS born in 1880. caught a country school. and then
went INTO Tie printing business. In 1863 o. 1868 he
had q story accepted by Charles Dickens. then editing
an Ths i-r E'uni. This was tho beginning OF his
more i'm p5rtant literary work. In 1870 he became
eiito OF td~-Ir, M"y,sir,. and III 1878 bought Onre a
Rn+. In this lie failed. however. lie has written .
couple of dozen novels. a dozen or so boys stories. and
some plays. George Alfred IIenty WAS born in 1882.
graduated a. Cambridge Cniversity. and went into tho
army coinmissa:iat service and the hospita! service.
lie was war Correspondent Tor the London Standard in
1867. 1870. ana at other times: has written many ITO.
RIGS Tor Eoys. md edits n boys paper. The Cnio. JuoG.
'As.nt h. Hope is tho pen name OF Robert Hone
Morcr.cT, a scotcnmnn by birth. and. we believe. =
kchoO.-tcache..
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William N. Tweed was always 4 Democrat.
}. Ti".snia-G"n. Grant died Jnly ~. 1885,; Sir Moses
Mon;efore died July % Of the same year. five days
later than The General
J. q. THE Staten Islani ferryboats, like those OF
o!her lines. are not allowed to carry more than a Ger.
tain number II persons.
Wh'ra 4. T--To learn newspaper etching" yen
must begin a. the beginning by getting = Job in the
engraving department of some newspaper.
Tracy r. (Picr. cbmsuf)-You can got tho little fags. to
be worn as badges. at any store where they sell sport.
Ing goods: sometimes stree. ~pedd!ers sell Item
.Hrn,' ThoayeL-A vessel constructed IN Norway on
the model Of tho ancient Norscmcn's craft Is now on
the ocean on Its way 10 the Chicago Fair. Chicago is n
port. although 1t is not on the ocean,. and Mas a custom
house and the necessary phrnphernalin therefor.