The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-19
QUESTIONS BY SUN READERS.

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for We have no spare copies OF the paper; but instead.
We refer them to Tho Origins OF ~ontempora
France" which. In Book ! Of Part III. gives the de-
sired study of tho man OF destiny Henry Holt pub.
fishes the work at 81. 90 a volume.
!. wiri you kindly inform me IL the Episcopal Church
Church s.nsrsmy com mendsa BY the fBSi BISHOPS IN nt IL
a9P,.. ssgs,u c nsss., the 3 r L. mot . a,, ,gS1issl Ss.t IN IL ,ss form :.
essential for the Episcopal high church, Z. S. II.
I. Technically the Episcopal Church 10 not q Protes.
tant Church. The Protcstsnts got their name from
protesting against the claims OF the Elm peror Of Ger.
many and the Pope as to matters Of cpsscience; the
Episcopal or Anglican Church took or resumed q separ.
ate status from that of the Church of Rome, not be.
cause OF disaFr eements in matters Of conscience. but
because OF Engagements As to matters Of political
sovereignty. The result was the same in both cases;
the process of attaining II differed. 2. Seemingly not
as q rule; the Bishops are compromisors a. n general
thing 8. when IL comes to essentials there 10 not q
word in the New Testament about pictures, candles,
gowns. incense: 80 far as the Now Testament indt
Gates. . man can DO saved as well in the Quaker Church
a. In the Roman Catholic or the Catholic Apostolic
Church. which is higher than tho Pope himself.
Is there a history of the Twelfth Regiment. In exls.
ssms,nr II n net ,h car ryyo oa s,y d,i ne LAM IL: MAR .es caSn.I ntS =
company In Tompkins square! WI K.
There Is a history of the twelfth Regimen, BY Capt.
W. n. Murphy. The regiment was organized May 8. 1s4T:
disbandsd in July. 1850: feorRanirsd under Col. Daniel
Butte rneld In December 1859. On April 81. 1851. the
regiment left the State. and was mustered In at Wash.
ington May 2. It was mustered out Aug. 3. 1861.
Many Of is members then entered the Twelfth New
York Militia. which In January. 1852. was consolidated
with the Twelfth Now York Volunteer. on June 9,
1862. the regiment went again to tho front for three
months: volunteered to serve over time. and wns cap
tured At Harpers Ferry: was mustered out Oct. IL,
1862. and declared exchanged Jan. II. 1868. On juno
20. 1868. It went to tho front again. and was mustered
out July 20. 1858. AZ Harper's Ferry 80 officers and
$50 men OF the regiment were surrendered. Company
G OF the Twelfth won a drill in rompkins square In
the summer OF 1868. We think.
..tah IN ss Sisrsf d Or sSi eSsshss% la' rh has%?'y P pSinP Ss
ala; r WIZ a,@ Henry Herbert Frank foTTs:ssy"5
We think not: the National Theatre WAS burned for
the third and last time In 1s4i. when Fox was only 10
years old. "Humpty Dumpty was played frst at tho
olympic Theatre. In this city. on March 10. 1868. 2.
The story 10 that his second wife left him after they
had been married three months. and served notice OF q
suit for divorce upon him by publication. Thereupon
he invited mis- friends OF former years to dinner: one
only attended. = no found q magnificent dinner set out.
After the dinner Herbert stood up before 4 fulllength
mirror and shot himself through the heart. He Is bur.
led in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. near Newark. His
tombstone bears the word Ivs!ietsHmus. He died May
II. 1883. only 81 years Of age.
L It correct TO say. Tho fulies. extern. Of the law"
"IhS chissess .!mi, The most perfect art and STINT.
Why shouldn't It be correct, OF course. tho idea L.
that whom . thing 10 full. chief. perfect, It cannot bS
more so. Originally that idea WAS correct: but not for
years has 1t been absolutely correct, for, as we said the
other day. We find in tho Bible and the prayer book
comparisons OF adjectivss superlativo In Themselves.
Whether rightly or wrongly at nrst. we seem to have
outgrown our strict super!ativos. and SO compare them
as II they were positives; and now custom gives its
sanction TO this addition OF . perfume to the violet. SO
most perfect. chiefer. fullest" are correct.
Please tell me whether Q, not what I. claimed BY the
""Xjs.6" VS. true That is. that tho fsnrs plays itSs .p psrs
Of the game, without any but the uss OF its msehanism.
o1ain sasI game .as q h!. 9he:s.. Is legitimate and e. i.t ". ksn !.
The playing is legitimate and like any ordinary game
OF chess. but the player is not an automaton. Various
persons have sat in the ngure and played. Ono Of
them was a Mr.. Hubbard or Holmes. - We recall the
name. . member OF the Manhattan Chess Club. There
has been. there IL. there can be. no real automaton
chess player. Every "automaton'' player has con-
cealed o living person.
sr p':sss q Ru as. IN ;0 the S Ct tss s :..s.:s, saa .%sfs,a uus,' e.
a.. aud a comparison with other nsxRro"irE c0un'
There are no statistics for this country later than
1889. In that year there were 1913, e9s acres under
nAx. 10. 2bo.%Io pounds Of nax-end were produced and
TAI. $50 pounds OF nbre. tho crop being worth $40. 1885,
22s. In 1889 Great Britain and Ireland had 11a. 900
acres In AJAX; in 1888 Argentina had 1<o, 900 hectares,
equal to about $50. 900 acres. The Netherlands export.
ed In 1890 about 100000 worth Of fax
Can . man vote here on the strength of an honorable
Vr1rRAK.
No. II honorably discharged from tho army. he may
obtain final naturalization papers by applying for
them. proving his discharge and = residence OF one
year. instead Of nve yearI This privilege is not cx.
tended to q m~an.of.war's man. though 1t does apply to
q merchant sailor who has served three years on an
American vessel. Tho blue Jacket has no favor in the
naturalization courts.
author OF the following quotation; some men are
born g..s, th some ,a aoni ;Ssn greatness. and o'hers have
Augussiu DAILY. we believe: at least one OF his actors
says something like that in Mr.. Days newest play. To
bs sure. the late William Shakespeare said " Some are
born great. some achieve greatness. and some have
greatness thrust upon EN-" but wo don't think Mr..
Daily would let Shakespeare IN his theatre-hs has
never let him In yet.
question for the Tribune! W.. X.
Roswell q. Horr is = Vermont man by birth. who
represented a Michigan district in tho House OF Repre.
ssntatives In tho Forty.sixtn. Forty.seventh. and
F6rty.siEhth Congresses. He 10 a Republican and high
tarifr man. aud in 1870 took part, for tho protection
ists. in the tarin debates hold in various parts of this
state by the Reform Club. he has supplied political.
economical matter for the Tribune for q long time.
]. Which of the two cities. New York or Vienna. has
Y: VA. 9s Ely % s1s 3. sssds sas as SSs.'S ssaf Ssss!:! ss.. q
f {. pars 3: 81: e ; n sns, ,p e,sy are more ss' ssIl. Ha asEss a for
Ing tbs season whose receipts are solely for the benent
DineenP and select, E.c.s
]. New York. ?. In New York. 8. We do not know.
Perhaps In New York. I. In Vienna.
OF two cannon balls OF equal weight and size one
dropped from a distance of three feet. the other shot
from the Same distance from tho ground. horizontally.
al the same time aud supposed to travel Two miles. not
In a vacuum. which one Wall reach the ground nrstl
W. X. X.
Theoretically. both balls would strike the ground at
the same instant. Practically. wo think the ball that
was dropped would arrive q little ahead OF It's mate
that was nred.
Where did the money come from to build the Ei6el
Tower In Paris LII.
Private parties contributed 81. 200 900 toward build.
ing the tower. and the Government gave $500. 900.
The Einel Tower Company will own tho tower until
1909, when the Government will take It over aud
operate It 50 long as It may stand.
10 there any law which prevents a person from being
elected to tho Presidency OF the United states three
times in successionf +. AND A.
No statute law: merely q law OF custom. Washing.
ton set tho custom; who will break IT.
Kindly tell me II Tom Moore wrote . poem entitled
'''Tis better trust ali and be deceiysd,
And weep that trust and that decelvlnR,