The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-01
oUessIoNs DE- suN REApEss.

beiisyed thss the fr., Ball Ran vas their only battle
sE,Hpot! New, sndsr ,entspc. % S.!ns .hs, and
fs' 'sEs.se Nv
s.S. from ,i sss .i s.Rs them home
According to Dol Phistsrsrs authoritative book.
New yort in the War Of the Rebellion" the Ellsworth
youavss wsre organised BY Col. r. Elmer Ellsworth
and mustered int the service at Washington. May T.
1851; served At Warrington, Alexandria. New York
| Newport News. and was honoraoiy discharged aud
mustered out June p 1862. IL was authorized to be
reersanired Nay ls.1ses: its commander Col OBrien
| WAS murdered by the rioters in July. 1859; but on
Oct the Reorganization was discontinued and the on.
| Listed men Transferred to the Seventeenth Veteran
| Volunteers The engagements In which he Eleventh
Regiment took part werei Occupation OF Alexandria
Arlington Ms Fairfax Court House. Bull Run. where
tlostl ofcsr and 81 men killed. oicer and 90 men
! wounded tof whom onieer aud men dledI and 6S
men m s,nE; Ba npton Roads, and picket duty whore
| II lost man. Five enEagements 10 . more correct
| number than six. though Phistsrsr gives six.
| i. where, during the last Samoan diffcultiss was
wren va. ;. released from o.p.,y,yy s. When, after
minIopsi 70 vhiea m,nt..Tatioa: Gisvs!and's or
brought about his restotstion, j. d. /.
| ]. In 1887 on Aug "a the Germans had driven HIM
to seek safety in night. bnt he did not surrender to
them for somo time ?. Nalletoa restored Aug.
| a. 1880. 8. on Aug II. 1880 q German gunboat.
| In October Maeton advised the election King OF
Natasfs. who had been his agent during his captivity.
and hataafs was hailed A. King. But Tamnseses sd.
hsrents refused to have him KING. and Dec. 10
| many of them to Naletoa aud announced their
allegiance to him, no became King again and ruled
As such. 4. To both Administration. Mr.. Cleveland
! had prepared the way Mr. Harrison followed II aud
| completed the restoration.
Can you inform m. II there I. such a thing as
calculating machine in use by the principal Govern
msnt, q the world, and If so when and where wm It
| There arc small calculating machines" In use in
pnblle Of1ces n -"
We think. they arc called hut of real calculating
machines there are very few. for they are very
pensive and require yenrs to build Tho principal
calculating machine 10 that belonging TO the British
| Government II was begun by Charles BnbbaRe in
1922 and in 1888 It was partly completed and found
to work properly 1t cost over $50 1000. Another
chino built bv u. and F.. scheuetk of stockholm
| and finished in 1853 The swedish Government paid
tho Seheuezes $4,000 asa gratutty. Tho Dudley OBJ
| ssrvatory. Albany. owns this machine now. The
simplest calculating machine is the acus series OF
beads or balls strung on wires and set in frame
| which arithmetea problems can be worked ou.
Under what ,ta:ate 4 any. |, 500 900 600 in gold
Il sS lV Su. tue ss
md any such requirement. JA.B.
Tho Secretary of the Treasury started In to keep
reserve OF Sioooooooo in gold. relying those
words inserted As proviso In section II of tho
National Bank Extension act approved July IT, 1892
THAT tho Secretary Of tho Treasury 10 authorized s
| 80 receive deposits OF gold coin and to issue
certificates therefor rror;iet that the Sec.
rotary Of tho Treasury shall suspend the issue OF
| suoh god certificates whenever the amount of gold
coin and gold ion in the Treasury reserved for tho
redemption OF United states notes falls below 900.
Oo0.o 900"
wsss III: R,9pfT ponnI nun Q. Gen Lev
f,omi Which OF tho West Ind. Islands 6eionT,to
%S.s !. !hs g tho Islands on ~nies, raul and
;sf r. Ss,:i.sa "a" a:Ss'!
S s Ss.' snS ns
e. W, !. % H,S., offered
l. There 10 only ono pronunciation for this name:
dont see how It can be pronounced wrongly. Tho
name means Son Of Hur" Ben In Hebrew 10 the
same 80 lin in Arabic and equivalent to Mac. O, Fits
An in Scotch. frtsh Norman. and Welsh. = NavAssa.
an island hardly big enough TO appear on tho maps
5. Martinique. We don't think So 9. No. so far
We know.
for August and for september J H. ~
The stones for August ana for September are. re-
speovoy. sardonyx and chrysolte. The whole list Is
as follows: January. garnet February. amethyst;
March. bloodstone; April. diamond: May. emerald:
June. agate: July careiian: August. sardonyI Sep
tsmbsr. chrysolite October. opal: November. topaz:
December. turquoise The twelve signs of the zodiac
also have precious stones: Aries ruby: TauruL topaz
Gsmui. carbuncle: Cancer. emerald: Leo. sapphire:
Virgo diamond Libra. Jacinth: scorpto agate: Sagit
tartus amsthyst: Capricornus beryI: AQuarius onyx
Pisces. jasper.
In what month and year were the track. OF tn.
second street, N. BRApY.
We do not know when the particular mile OF tracks
about which you ask lowered. In fact. the nr,t
third OF mile thereof not lowered for tho tracks
from Forty second street to Forty ninth street
the old grade Tho grade begins at about Fortyninth
street The lowering OF tho tracks from Fort yninh
127th streets Cor whatever tho streets are, took
years. from 1873 to 1876. 1t WAS finished In July
OF the latter year
the title OF Prince or BAKE OF Mo1snA' . Winch 10
g. How is the name Koch pronounceI' SAT-.
I. No. For time he was hereditary Prince of
Parma: but In 1877 tho right OF succession to his
mothers possessions was withdrawn from HIM. and
tho Emperor OF Austria made him Duke OF Reichstad
Closed Windows: open windows invite tho entrance
of lightning. The pronunciation canno, DO spelled.
In English II you can pronounce tho Scottish name
foriake-loch-you pronounce Koch.
WIZ you please say why tho term she" Is nsst in
We do not know. There is string of humorous rea
sons why . vessel 10 called she" some of them
that II needs man to guide It, that IL Is often IN
stays. that Its rigging costs more than its hull &C.
Hut do not know tho real reason. IL there 10
Naei' the Latin for ship feminine. locomotive
10 called she" simply for Affections sake. think:
an engineer becomes fond of his machine and per
soniaes 10 as a darling. hence a She
Please inform me what the imports and exports from
this country to Russia amount TO. aso
of the population OF that empire that read aud
write. &. ".
In 1892 our exports of American goods to Russia in
Europe and Russia In Asia amounted to S6.si2T7v
imports from all OF Russia amounted to ST. 24d 1y7
In 1887 Ss only per OF population OF Russia
at school, The percentage OF rscruits who could
read and write was only 20 in the same year The per-
oentags OF the whole population that can read and
write We do not know II is small.
CARTER HARRISON'S BLISS.