The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-10-16
QUESTIONS FROM SUN READERA

This interesting letter explains itself, I'm 70 oolah-
II the word or its asserted meaning be . coinage, Il 70
from tho merry mint OF EHendi Hassan Sydney Ben
Mustapha Rosenfeld. and not from that OF yours -
command. Yakun Cheevcr Ibu Goodwin" Mr.. HectsS
Rogers writes to the same effect. though not with the
same effect. Here ia = letter from . seeker After truth,
working at Merrtck. L. l.. upon . tower about sixty
feet high, ! carefully adjusted = spirit level to LOOK
seward, I found 1t to point exactly to the limo Of de-
mnrcation between the ocean snd the sky. which line
must have been at least thirty miles distant. Eight
inches convexity to tho mile. plus tho height OF the In
strument. Is at least eighty feet. Now. either my On.
sineering was grossly imperfect. or VISION docs not se
on straight lines. or the convex theory 10 only
an assumption" or course It IL more likely 70
DO that tho convex theory IL only An ~.
sumption than that tho level was Imperfect.
An experiment was made = hundred ysars sse or -
on the Br!dsewa.er canal. In England. to prove the
convexity OF ths earth. Al intervals Of nve miles I'M
straight stretch OF tho canal three posts Noro driven
until their tops were precisely six feet above the sur
face OF tho water. Then careful measurements anl
observations were made from either end. with the re-
suit that the top of tho centre post was found 10 bs
some distance above a line drawn from top to top Of
the first and last posts. Tho experiments were re-
peated a number of times. always with tho Same result.
This proves for ordinary persons that the eartn Is coz
vex. but scientists reached tho same conclusions by
more scientific ways. Besides. II tho earth 10 oonoAvs
what becomes Of tho sun at nightf
Who was tho author OF tho welLkuown lnesi
What constitutes = Statef
mol niRl-TAiscuD 1ttIehrntS VI kAUoEco uiouuu1
Tho. wall or m.Ated s"'e: .
No, men. high minded men:
Men who their duties know.
Hut know their rights. and knowing dare maintain"
Sir william Jones. who was born in l74s and died In
1874. lie was born II. London. studied French. italian.
Arabic. and ii-brcw before he entered college; entered
at Uuiver,ity College. Oxford. in 1884; WAS tutor -
Lord Althorp from 1865 to 1772; WAS q fellow of his
college. and in 1910 published his Persian grammar.
In that year he began to study law; in l77+ no pub
lisAel Commentaries on Asian Poetry" and wss
called to the bar. lie CAV" up his Oriental studies. aud
turned to law, publishing severnltextbooks and essAys.
In 1888 he published - translation OF ;hs " MoAllAkAt."
seven Arabian poems: IN tho same year he was
Rnigh,cl. and sent, MS n judge Of the supreme Court. to
Bengal. In Bengal he founded the Asiatic Society. be-
gan to digest the lIlndOo and Mohammedan avs. made
many TRANSACTIONS OF uindoo law books. poems. stories.
and dramas. and died suddenly in Calcutta He spoke
twenty.seyen Languages.
rc;ntipg to ia" sew zcaIsnier standing on a broken
slatt Of London Bridge gazing on the runs OF 81 ranIs'
Macaulay used the idea thrc. times; In 1924. when
reviewing Mitfords Greece. In 1879. In . review q
MIlrs .Fssay on Government" and In ls+o In bis -
view OF RAukcs History ofthc Popes' Theso are he
words in the last place "She tho Roman Catholic
Church, may still exist in undimlnlshed vigor whss
some traveller from N-w Ioaani shan, in the midst OF
a vast solitude. taAr hs stand on a broken arch OF Lon
don Grilse to sketch the runs of st fauIs."
Am correct In blinking that under French TRA
man is leenei guilty Of a crime unit! his innocenos 70
proven H.. Oh.
You nre. In fact except under English law. and law
ba ed. as ours Is. Oh ingl'sh law. II person accused OF .
ever PERSONS arrn-r! OF lesser crime or "misdemeanors
a5e by s,a,ut. deemed guilty Until they prove their -
nocoire.
" Ga,,r~ -, m,l wagon has The right of way ovss
any OtL'T vehicle whatever,
Jy-Lrn. Hancock " AS n ever In chief command az
the army OF the United s,a''s.
q we helieve It 10 n fact tina. the barrels Of
Amrrlran .n"rsrns are made abroad. and the parts
"'srmbi"I here.
4 V~la,r-rhc head of a co II is The side that bears
~" ncai; or " there is no actual head on the coin. the
SIDE iLst bears tue date,
LS wp.-siberIa is a country by !tself, a par, OF the
RUSSIAN empire, extending from longitude oo' Il. 70
III W, and frOm latitude 49, y, to II'S y.
n. A.-The Congressional Directory gives = !Ist u
the consui,t the 'aouinb"nts and the salaries ,ou
can get t .roR lhe rlblc rinlr?. Wssn'nstou.
CA&-relegrarar Is n,t,,;al lie = Q he r~sromn sadA
II 10 crowded nov, with ;hr rc.g't that WAGE are low.
though the men avi women III ths business are more
InteI'gent than Other work. tarIIIs. la rgur pay.
n. Retrospective nj oil sHcR when Alaska Is In
clHdcd has u grea rr ar"a than canada has. Tie areas
are ns ~ Uw-: IlH / nilri states, wltn Alaska, has an
area at 3.ru2 800 . ave ml''s, Aa,.ts area 10
1880 square miles 'aHatI Das ar area "i hi1O.ODo
spuare miIo.
Rr,l. 80 %r hmy ,aat yoac ronopc, .. an oa,cc gave
YOU -, rl-ri to u-s the root "a rae once building AS .
place 4" Sc tn" n',a, lathIr, II the owner OF the
buI!4Hg visited 10 d,c ne who's or my part OF the
roof for IIs own rrignis. No lhirk tLe tenants had -
legal TiSaI " object