The sun., 1892-12-18
QUESTIONS BIZ SUN REApNRA


| responsible even for registered mail matter Again
the spoken OF last week used instead OF No. fer
number Is IN general use as synonyme for number"
This settles IT. of course when this particular friend
says thing is in general use OF course It must be.
with reference to the Ltc boy that Died" another
friend that he has clipping from school paper
OF December 1877 wherein the poem bears the initials
W. u. j. This suggests fourth author. the writer's
hitherto noted being DANIEL Webster. the Rev Thomas
| Chalmers and Joshua u. Robinson. The poem seems
| TO have been popular.
ran You furnish me with list OF the celebrated A.
dirations at soN ereiRns since ledo ME-
There have not been many abdcations depoa,tioAs
hy gus since 1860 Francis H. Of Naples was de-
posed oct. 81 1850 hut has never abdicated: his
cousin Isabella H. OF SPAIN was deposed In 1862 ana
hbdcard June 81. 1870. in favor OF her son. Afonso
XII. Meantime utho l.. King OF Greece. was deposeA
oct ~ 1s2; In 1866 Alexander Cuusa, Prince or Rou-
mania. abdcacd. on sept 4. 1871. Napoleon ILL., Em.
ptror of tho French retired from business bv act
Of the National Assembly Feb. II, 1878, AmAdse.
who had been chosen King ot spain by the Cortes In
1870 gave up his throne. aud retired 10 Italy.
Abdul AZiz, Sultan OF Turkey. deposed "oetwsen
two days" May ~ 1876; and his successor. Murad ".
was depusrd Aug 81. 1876. iakub Khan. Emir Of
Afghanstan. addicted III October. 1879: and Ismal
rasha kh-dlvo OF Egypt. dcposed June 26. 1e1es
Alexander. rrincn OF Bulgaria. abdicRted on sept u
| 1856; President Grtvy OF France abdicated Dec L
1857 On Nov. IL. 1891 Pedro Il. Emperor OF Brasil
was deposei, AMI tho next day lie Ahdicatsd and On
March a. 1882. King Milan Of servia abdicatsd his
u. Was this country ever = free trade eouns,yi 2
Mhsrs can gel COPY St The d,neTsnt t.rir i.rs d
No. Between lISB and lsos import duties were
mainly Tor revenue. that that period has been
called a free trade period In oar history. Between
1908 and 1916 there was practically no foreign trade.
protective system became recognized In 1915. The
period ls4B To 1861 has been called free trade
period but Taussig says the acts Of ls+8 and 1857
effected no more than moderation In tho application
of protection" = Tho Ti.vs published an edition OF
the bil a: by maiD. did N. !. fvers Co Q1
crn,sL $ We do not know. but SEQ TAussiR's "Tar6
History Of the United States" 90. 4. Punam's eonA
$ia:. There twenty such laws between 1854
and 1s.O
Abe,s that Queen Victoria OF Great Britain hss
never during tho whole course OF her rsxn vetoed any
ma,n,"ans M. .s,f" lie las, which % wins; LEs.
wins Although Queen Victoria. or tho sovereign
OF Great Britain. theory the right to veto bn
she has exercised ~, and could not exercise
without creating revolution. The Queen does nos
| rule she merely reigns; and = condition. perhaps nos
expressed OF her is that she shall govern -
the Ministers desire. who are responsible. through
Parliament to the people The last veto by the Crown
1907 ani before that the theoretical right has
| not be- used since 1902.
Ella %Isss ~ %,s"a s and RSdyssd kpnE
Ms one Has Of %TsH an imitation ns re
TIL. poem The city Of Dreadful Night" was written
by James Thompson. Scotchman. who served IN the
British army as . private and then = .eGimsntal
| schoolmasicr. lie died in lsa2 The poem 70 -
| Current Lne,o'u,. for 1850. at page A92.
l. How long does take the light OF the ssssA
'"e car" . NV" '"' Japan II. r 4
l. The sun is % 900 miles from tho earth; hgho
travels the rate OF $4,000 miles second. 90 the
| light Of the sun reaches us in about minutes. 4
BY OF San Francisco It about 5000 milssI By
way OF Europe-Lverpoo. London Paris. lexandrias
| India. Hong Kong-it is about 10. TOO miles.
Has New York Stysver had a Mayor who va. se!.
| Yes several times. Tho nrst seven Mayors Of the
born in foreign countries tho eighth Mayor.
Stephen Van Cortland. was the first native American
and after him Ave moro Mayors came before the SEQ.
ond native American. Acter tho Revolution the city
had native born Mayors from l7s, 1880. whom NE
| Grace q naturszed Irishman. first became Mayor.
man sent to State prison for term Before 6has
sn ss . 5 @ ss shi
pardon restores the convict to cittIenship Htho
Governor wish to restore him to citizenship
he may mitigate the sentence. shorten It as much -
he chooses. Aunt Polly Frisch pardoued: forsse
recently obtained mitigation Of his sensenea
On what committees did "CoL" T. P. ochil.rss serve
Eh,,e he was IN consress BY what majority w.:hs
| Somebody's cunning for Tom. oh , lie really WAS
Colonel. however in tho Confederate army. In the
Forty Eighth Congress he served on tho Com mites -
Agriculture and Claims Ho received 1880 votes -
his opponents o.ol8 votes.
1 "n or %. h lsp ua T.s
| States and Il properly owner. Please decide.
We think loses: the wife becomes citizen BY mar.
riage citizen. and entitled to inherit real
| property.
Abeis that United States silver certificate 10 ns1
"o''" "' '"'e '"'"' ." A. ". 4
|
of It gnaranor passes at ITS face valne anywhere
Hut silver certificates do not abroad TO any sxtent
| except as curiotities.
Whence the phrase. "Gilroys kite" or GildsrsyNs
| kite SonElsHf.
GtIroy or ,deroy was notorious robber during part
OF the reign OF Mary. Queen OF Scots He was nnaly
caught aud hanged upon IL LOFTY Rai!ows His kite
his belly. and hence his boy. Kite is Scotch for belly
Or tomaci.
| What does the name "vnshti mean, 6.H.
1t means "b"ar;ru." aud IS Persian: 1t IL about the
In meaning as the name Esther and cording -
the s"p,urgn would seem to come from the same
root as the Latter, and lkc It b, connected with the
name Of the goddess Aslii6r,ih.
ptd AmgIs,n. Scneli ever % run .gainst John MorEis
ward Cooper J.3.F.
Mr. scDe never ran against John Norris.ey. and hs
for office after Mr. Cooper defeated him for
| the Mayoraliy III 1873.
| life h-uttuces' r. n.
| There may he there. Men sent to
| State prison on conviction Of ~ felony. women 70
| penitentIary.
Are there more churches IN New York than IN 1roSk
| Bnr q. b.
Yes in absolute nnnbers hnf IN propo tion to poDor
| lation Brooklyn has more than New York
Rn.i,'.--Mr Croker became Roman catholic On his
| marriage
| Vinrn rc,l..-you probably eau ge, a pension; psssI
| bly, you entitled TO
| P.J H-in tho MayOraty contest OF 1888 HsWto
| led, with ne"rE. second an Roosevelt third.
| J. K'h,ih",t Prime" Hsnar'k IL - years months
and II days old to-day. lie Wa. burn April ]. 1915.
| u q MNmn.-ILr ntal nnmber Of faIlures in this