The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-27
QUESTIONS Br st.y READERS.

1tNr Harrison and Mr. Morton should die OF become
unable serve. who would act a. President until nsu
March, lGSoRANus.
h tho Presidential Succession act Of jan 10. 1880
In ease both President and riccrresient are incapscN
tatcd the secretary Of state IL he 10 consttutonay
abe be elected President. becomes President and
after him. IN order come the secretary OF The Treasury.
the Secretary Of War, the AtoFrcyGenerai the Post
astcr.Genera the secretary OF the Navy the secrs.
tnry OF the Interior Tho secretary OF Agriculture
hadn't been invented when tho law was enacted. On
n has no chance to become President AZ secretary Of
Agriculture.
VIA, ,he Ailep AND sea,'ion laws pasted during
John AdanSs Admini.rat'"n' hchASus'
They three laws enacted In 1IS to check vari.
aIsrc ions by the French on our citizens ssl their
property them gave the President Authority 10
order aliens whom Inspected to be concerned In any
teRsonahe o. secret undertakings against the Govern.
leave tho United states: 1t compelled Captains
OF vessels ME with tho Collectors OF Customs the
names OF All alien passengers their vessels The
operation o. iG. law was limited tn two years. An.
other law extended The residence necessary to natu.
ralat ion from ave to fourteen years; alien subjects
offorcign enemies could not be naturazed at all. and
register IT all ncns was to he kept Tho third law
provided that III case OF invasion all resident
alien '2ens ct the enemy might he apprehendei and
scared. Tho first law described above. which was the
second OF the series. WAS prominently the Alien act
II lasted only two years The act regulating naturalis
zation was amended back to its old form In 1902.
VIII you RtNc nr some Information AMOUR tno WAT
long they served during ~" war 81 the rebellion. what
men lost during the war JIM
The regiment. ns u regiment has only sli4ht.war
record II volunteered for service in 1891. ana
marched from Baltimore To Washington. but. i,s own
confessions to the contrary Notwithstanding Il was
not the frs. organization to reach the capital Again.
IN loGr 1t served from May ~ to sept principally IN
Baitmort and in ls1a sorvei from June II 10 July
20 at baltimore and Frederick. Md. fought no nVats
and lost one man, accidentally killed But when you
resolve Il into It's component parts II did grea; work.
Sin hundred and sixty.two members OF the regiment
served IN the army and navy 6l3 ne commissioned
officers from Master in the navy to General In the
army and sixty wcro killed died Of wounds disease
1wnnt copy OF tn. Republican national platforms
from the date OF the organization of that party down
TO- dat as prepared and nunith.d I" the reople from
e;uans Tue platform q ISL. Where can xfs y
You probably will not md tho platforms In sin.
Rle volume The earlier platforms you will IND In
Coopcrs American Politics" philadelphia Firssids
Publishing Company. 1880 $5 II gives them ALL nos
In full but by means OF references eg. Convention
Of 10 reattrned sections J. >. .. Ac OF tho plat
form OF 49," Malcolm Townsends "u. s." published
by y Lothrop Company. Boston. has a table showing
in parallel columns the attitude taken by the various
parties in the Conventions It IL brief and valuabis
Macrhrrsons Handbook o: Politics. published every
two years by John j. Chapman. Washington. will give
yom them aS they appeared: and Harrison smith.
Minneapolis publish the proceedings OF tho Republican
Conventions OF 1856. 1850. and 1864 and OF 1892 N
two volumes. paper. $l.25 snch.
What !. the origin Of The wholly incorrect
e.m Where is tie equinoetiai atr' CUsaAH
The words where am at ~ were used by Congress-
man James L. Cobb OF Alabama in q speech In the
House OF Representatives April 20 OF this year
tho contested election case OF Soyes against Rockwell
Al tho time It said that Mr.. Cobb drunk but
when Congressman Watson in . farmers Alliance
handbook. said rs much. committee Of investiRatoa
was appointed before which Mr. Cobb testified that he
not drunk Tho committee reported that Mr.. Wat
sons charges were false and lbeilous.
origin "'"'A WS.
They arc OF English origin. Sir john Lubbock vas
the chief instrument in starting their Observance and
by the Bank Holidays act OF May u.s. 1871, he obtained
their Equalization In England Ireland. and Wales the
bank holidays" are Easter Monday Whit Monday.
the FIRST Monday in August aud Dec &c IL week day.
In Scotland the holidays arc New Years Day and
Christmas. or Monday. these come Sunday. Good
Friday. the first Monday in May and in August Banks
In this country are closed on holidays: but We don't
call those days bank holidays"
To decide bet please ray II tn. avsr.se seosshp.a
has a reputation for Ebernnty or stinginess W.. Z.
The Sco,smans reputation is for nearness. rather
than for s,nyiness: hut VI isn't for generosity. Still
tnE tho reputation III deserved: for whom Sandy
has made up his mind that 1t right and that he eau
Afford to he LIBERAL he Is as generous A. the nsxr man.
and. perhaps wiser in h. generosity.
Ihave been informed that the land now occupied By
the Roman Catholic cathedral WAS given to the Church
by the city An.no,it'. without momentsry
I.s not a fact: it is 4 lie The city didn't own the
property and didn't buy 1t to give to Archbishop Hughes
and his trustees Tho Archbishop bought it for mp
of $50 900: tho price is below what 10 worth
now and probably not high price for the prop
sr,y ,hirty.four years ago.
will you inform me e you know Of any book giving
he N similar
s5Se in fSr in tho o9'tSn
The questions asked bear directly upon tho subjects
with which the clerks are busy: you tell to some
extent the kind OF questions We think that any
counting house arlthmetic'-that Is any advanced
ari.hmstic-would give You what you want
,ns s the Of as..
1t comes from the fact that tho chief servant haA
charges of the bottles and the bottser
lily Butler from Henry II. of England whs.
having conquered Ireland conferred the CHIEF butler.
AZ" Of ireland one OF HI. favortes who took he
name lie Bother, afterward Butler.
Does a copyright obtained upon novel in Enelanl
prohibit tho publishing OF The novel in American
publication! CHA
No: it copyrighted in this country before ~
publication hero can be prohibited. To obtain copy
right here II must be set up and printed and published
here At least as early as Is published in England
What was tho Indian name for tho hudson Eivsr,
According to the Memorial History OF Now York, the
river bore the OF the Mohican nation. and was
called the Mahicanituck. The Indians said to have
called 1t also shatemuc and CahChats;ea Probably
every tribe had It's own name for it.
Where did Engine ~ Of the Volunteer Fire Department
lie at the time the Old department was dsbandedt
j. c. a.
Engine Il, the Clinton Engine Company. lay at l6<
Clinton street when the Volunteer Department was
d.gLandei In 1865.
on which road was the first passenger train run be
tween Manchester and Liverpool, England j. b.
On the rst road butt. the liverpoo aud Manchester
now part OF tho London and Sor.h Western Hallway
system The road was opened sept 10. 1890
What is the botanical nams of the swi., noxss
edsiut,"' W.. n
Ie,arp aiun a'pnur. or GndphIun 'opnf'n"Iium; the
flower grows at great heights on Swiss and Asiatie
mountaps.
N. N,nrn,.-Parrsis is pronounced parrysIa
rs Lu.r.-The oregon was loo, on S"r ~. 1885.