The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-26
QUESTIONS M Sun CORRESPONDENTS.

"on what principle fractional vote given Prssi
Dental candidstes-cieveisnd, e1es votesw The an
swer 10 that sometimes there arc more State dele
gatos than votes and Of the delegates have only
onehaif or one.thrd of n vote. Maryland had six
teen votes and seventeen deeFntes two OF the dele
rates divided Of the votes and tho second roll
call voted ak for Cleveland ~ for German; Mr. Cor
man. having the other half vote did not east IL for
himself. and could not cast It for Cleveland. SO
with the other cases where fractional votes
| wore cast. On the subject OF "pariay" or
| "psrolL" comes an interesting letter from O. c.
| "Faroh. I think. 10 anonymous with 'parlee.' or
psray.' in tho sense that the lator is used among
tho betting fraternity who follow the horses To par
lay your money Is to select two more horses, in
| separate racea and make bet on the nrst horse
| the selection. Should II win place tho whole Of the
Winnings the second horse the whole Of those win
hinge on the third and so on until the selections
played Another way to play selections is to make .
| combination. Tho commission men will give you
odds as follows Say N. 10 Alto A. 8tob. soto1 They
will compute the result of parlay' of 81 tn
three and give you S6<o to unless their limit less
and then they will give tho limit say $50 to There
10 an objection to this; IL horse is scratched the
| combination 10 lost. and your money too. Better.
then. to paro,i your money. think parol does not
moan hedging It means leaving your original bet
| and winnings added, on the Same number. or color.
two, three or four times precisely you would upon
the horses only. in tho latter case change must be
made-the same horse cannot be played moro than
once because he can run only one race day"
wh:s .na q sa ;.en' " wh.
| l. His3%57 years old moro or less: probably moro.
2. Il was erected At Heliopois during the reign Of
| fhotnmes Ill., who was King OF the eighteenth
dynasty and reigned from 1891 to 1868 B. O. q II 10
OF porphyritic limestone. Tho translation 10 too long
- give here The inscriptions lapdatory Thoth.
mes giving his titles Of honor One Of the inscriptions
reads: "Horus the Strong Bull friend OF the Sun God
Ra, the King Of Upper and Lower Egypt Ra.user.mA,
the Chosen One Of the Sun. He has taken possession
| 70 IL Son OF he Hu Ram MAJ
amun."
q sish..M g from what dld i. receive d. nsPsi
sns spDoins inspector byTns: II they oSss: Do
1. Yes; this the bridge in Venice connecting the
Doees palace with the prison. Over It prisoners
led TO their trials and their execution the
Ponts del Sopt1 comes from this fact q Yes 10 not
| legally necessary that the Superintendent should bs
member of the force. superintendent Kennedy
appointed from civil life.
1. Isths common black walnut the black walnut Of
IL Tss, .1s ySs ~
loo in any p.rt suta bic for the culture Of So
ss.sp1s ssr.sus aoS.'
l. Yes. 2. They are picked dried. and plunged into
boiling sugar syrup which crystaizss upon the petals
D. Tho southern psrts Of New Mexico and Texas might
do Tho coffee plant needs . moist climate. with =
mean temperature OF from - to 10 degrsea T. From
the Bureau Of the American Republics Washing
ton, D. O.
>, l. How many w,Es. had King paHa, ?; VIA, ysrs
psyid .nd S,ysa to another: and did he her
/. Eight, II We haven't skipped few. 2. Ahinoam.
Abigail: Naacah. Haxeith. AbiaI Eylah Micha Bath
shebA 8. Abigail who had boon Nabals wife; Bath
shsba, who had boon Criah's wife 4. Acha. who was
given by her father Saul to Phael and returned to
David after separation of fourteen years. Besides
these wives there were numerous eoncubinss
=: sS;ss eSss ~ :'
Thomas Ksmpis wrote OF two evils the less 10
always to be chosen" and Master Geonrey Chaucer
wrote OF harmes two the esss is for to cheese But
Erasmus. Cicero and others OF two evils tho
least TO b. chosen" Gramm atcally tho ond
tsnce correct than tn nst and It
~ tho nrst A. quotation.
Where young man With more .mnis,oI than ready
order /. D.
Tho Free Academy in this city gives very good edu-
cation for high school and poor for college;
sti It 10 better than nothing. young IL
he be able to get scholarship at Columbia
ns other real college. Let him write to the
secretaries of these colleges for Information
false statement or storyf INouIRxR
Cloth In trais means . manufacture Of wool: so
that whole cloth woollen fabric in which there
IL nothing but wool So lie made ont Of whole cloth
Is lie In which there 10 admixture OF truth. Bart
lett gives II as Americanism and quotes from Cor
nelius Matthew's book, Tho Motley Family" published
In 1888.
Can person born in New York city twenty years
q h,s s& bir1 D' knowing '1A'''' "n'" n"'
Yes. with some trouble. Tho Health Departments
register Of births goes back twenty years: you
having been born within that time should lind your
nAme where n the books
ss to-. % the
question is should tho minutes also DO in English and
We decide that the minutes of the English meetings
should DO in Go rnan. and those of the meet
tinKs in English.
KnsIy translate 70. mo the following phrase: "tass
Deeds arc masculine. words feminine" George
Herbert uses tho expression. and other writer's We
don't know the Italian author.
Of S ' nn.1ut Tyro Are
Aadstones supposed to be of animal growth: but
that no other stones have been suspected
Of being so.
which side 10 the head q coinf GEN.
Tho side With head ttf tho coin a head; II
It has head tho side with tho date. Tho diverse Of
tho coin. to DO technical is tho head.
power In The world: Please decide. j. Eo.
A loses: Italy ranks third Great Britain comes
nrst then France then Italy.
Can q foreignborn citizen become Governor Of New |
York Slater 3. II. J.
Yes II no has been . citizen Of New York State |
for nvo years previous to his election
What 10 tho distance BY water from tho City Hall in
New Orleans 10 the mouth Of tho Mississippi River'
TT
About 100 mies.
Mr.. E. r. R.-Easter. in 1925. came on March rs
j. C1arh-Lawrence Barrett died March 20 1901.
LE W-Lverpool Is tho second city In size In Great
Britain.
Lou Sch'asro- native-born Roman Catholic citizen
Of tho United States may be President.
I'm. C,an-Tho highest building in this city 10 tho
tower of the Madison Square Garden; Is 321 feet
high.