The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-13
QUESTIONS ny SUN READERS.

tho story Of Damon ana iyinias' 8, what your in
IN smr, a n. .ns Mhr e rTr"res an syS
ATTY. answer to be eligible to membership IN imhn
I. The order OF knights OF rythns was founded
Feb H. 1866. al Washington, by Justus H. 2ahbone.
Ito disseminate She great principles OF Friendship.
Charity and Benevosuc " the object being peace on
Nnrih and good viii 10 men" TIE organ.iaiiou there
fore. is founded the H,be = The story OF Damon
and rythias IL found in Greek story! the werc
SyraCusnns ~ thiaS condemned to death by Do
hysus ruler of syracuse, lie asked TO lie allowed to
settle his business ami Damon gave himself up "a
substitute. Fythas returnei before the day OF "Sccu-
ton, and Dionysus set them both free. The OF
the story is notice of the event by Arstox,nus ncor
roratcd by Iambllrhus In hts life OF rythagoras whose
doctrines both friends followed q "Do You believe in
some higher power than that OF man AMI men'' The
name OF the supreme Being s not necessarily God
the person answering the question may suti himself
AS To details. long as hc believes In some power
higher and greater than mans.
Can person he executed for any other crime than
murder in tls nr.t degree 2 can person. under
iorbuldus bartsi VIZ. fences In this city, / Are
H, 'G w Eay %"ss T ry c wS M
TINTED, after tho name OF hrln anu as part Of tho
Treason IS pinishah,. by death; arson IN tho hrst
degree usei to be constable Ivy death. but under the
present law Ia punishable by Imprisonment for more
than ten years. . lie plead guilty hut no convc.
ton shalt lbs hal such Plea: that IT, he must b"
tried as IL he hal pleaded not guilty .. We do not
know of any; 1t may he csty ordinance. 4. Corpora.
ITEMS are required to do 80. but not private employees.
g. In the FIRST case It means that the liability OF the
persons form ns the partnership or company is linn.
i;ed to what rach U. them has put into the hGsncs.
and II warns person giving credit TO the that
he can recover only certain amount. In the second
cnss that only liked number or passengers
is carried that tae tram is Entci to certain NUN.
Der of ears. and makes Its run IN u limited time
What is the Dewey system of ca,ao ning llnrary'
nisa system devised by MIR. Melvi Dewey, "a, pres.
Director OF the state Library In it, ali books
siol INTO certain number Of principal subjects.
which. in alphabetical order. receive numbers FOR
instance. astronomy may be !. Then the subjects
divided and each division receives hccma: fog exam.
pl- history may be i thus the history of astronomy
snunbered IL. The divisions are further suhdvi!ci,
AMI each subdivision receives a number expressing
hgnhredths; books on the history OF astronomy in
America might be liz. After these come. when nee.
AIRY. further subdivisions still AMI then In practice.
come the shelf marks. which show where the book is
to he found The system. theoretically. is perfect:
practically it is cumbrons. and except to the caa.
oguer unsatisfactory. Adapted in various ways IL is
used in many libraries however.
what wcre the "rorsei d-cratais'" ., Is there a
FREQ French class for women III the city. T., H.
They coecti ion of spurious letters Of ropes.
DEGREES of Councils. Ac made by 1siiore McrcAtor.
which came into in the ninth century. A. ID. The
collection is in three parts ana an introduction alto
gethcr there arc ninety.f0ur spurious dccreas Inc
purpose of the compiler is now assumed to have been
to free the episcopal power from dependence on tho
State and to weaken the influence of the synods The
collection Is made ur of the opinions OF various law
yers the Vulgatc genuine decretas md DEGREES OF
Councils. and the Roman law books About 1850 the
genuneness of the decretals was questioned. and III
the sixteenth century their fraudulent character
clearly established ?. Try the Young wonens Chris
| tian Association. ! East Fifteenth street.
! MA first rancr what
ton does hold with regard to cltzensh,p' Does
ct,zsn "i;h the exception Of the right to vote does
be n S amy" IN . s.s of the he has,
upon oath W al alcg lance 10 any foreign power.
that OF the ul,ei states or OF his former country
In certain states an alien who has taken his
nrst papers may after living in those snes from
months year, the right to vote therefore. does
not imply citizenship. for such voting alien is not
citizen. Under the United States law he is still
alien. q lie under the protection aud juris
diction Of his original country.
l. Some thirty years ago read series Of books
mHSnis By .s,anSri N"r,hrot" Can Won nut me
h' 's s It os
With IN 1sa Of "p b sSis ,t
| l. We cannot The famous Stafford Horthcotc who
was created Earl OF Idieslegh and died in 1887 wrote
few books do not that those you describe
among his works. and ind other writer of tho
| came nams. DE mortuis nil nisi Obonunr' means
tSa!) nothing about the dead except good pleas
ant things" We do not know whore the saying
originated :; In 1s.O 4 W. do no. nl,cc This noe,n
VIA. wa. the hrclson Of the uni,ea STATE. sur,.m.
Ssy WI" ,as onnc,tinn r., wr NJ mnh.as coz"
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writ Of habeas corpus to soldier imprisonei BY tile
military authorities " Where can ma tie decisions
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woura Won liu,,,r inform IN a in whnt way cou,a end
ont the name ami address Of each and voter in
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,xho, ron want. r ro might %. II. a, fron,
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the voters ~ you went Abo your "ofh Few names
every day, or even thrice nhy whud soon mount up;
aud II got two" as many as usual on Sun,ayhe-
fore AMI after church. AMI went I" church three or