The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-20
QUESTIONS BIZ ssy READERS.

luton. lie suggests Revolutionary Letters" by wv 1.
stone. and Madame R,edesers iecoiiections" which
latter book s published by Munson sons of Albany.
There are other books IN the sub ect
In reference to the subject OF deer antlers shed each
year by the buck aud seldom found. friend writes
from Troy II have two horns which found in
brook in the East Canada Creek region OF tho Adron
dncks Part OF the horns projected from the water,
and these parts show clearly the evidence the work
of rodents they were of for some distance"
! What e meant by high rates for sterling ex,
change Also p,Sass explain allowing taken from
rstS@' ssfns xy far
Sts3 on demand. Gable transfers. sas,s$4 ST..
%W aGss @s %; SSnse
VIA Is meant By Marie, Tor Msrlins ssitIe HSr
GIearnv iionse Also please "Spinn iollowins from
Gh.ns e, ya a p4s u wHSt
rs m nndSrwrns symdcHc :" Mhat are e aores reign
sterling exchange is high than wnei rates Tor same are
!. That there ls such n demand Tor bills payable in
London tn at the price has M. The mechanism is
this: in London owes money 10 II in New York. and
G, ana here owe money to various rcopie IN Lon
don draws on A tor the amount ut the debt. e. u.
and r. to the expense of shpping gold from hero
to London. try to buy Bs bill of exchanges; AMI they
will hid against one another up t" the point where 1t
will be cheaper to send tho gold than to buy the bill
But when the bill is bought sends 1t to London to his
creditor. WIN calls upon 1t Tor payment SO has re.
ceivcd :he money that owed him. AMI C's creditor
has been paid, without any actual money having
crossed tho ocean II there little demand the ratio
of exchange will be low. The meaning of the second
part of this question Is this The houses dealing in
change post each morning the rates they AJAX for
change: they serve MS basis Of operations. and tho
actual rates are those at which business is transacted
Bills Of exchange payable sixty days after date
bring less than those payable OH demand: and
exchange to DO effected by cabling. taking effect
Immediately. costs even more .. II makes Lon.
don creditors less 20 be paid. long
they can leave their money here to more advnn-
tage than In London SO there is less exchange
offered. and less demand for what is offered 1t also
reduces the OF the bill by the smaller amount of
interest the money involved in the trans.
action B. Tho par Of sterling exchange is
1857; half cent mot half of per cent? be-
low parity would make the price sole to AstiLe l.
To do away with the necessity OF sending actual cash
from bank bank all the city. settle the
counts between the banks. For example: Al anH
bank 81 600. bank owes \ bank $500. instead OF
sending 81 oo0. and sending Ss,p they meet at
the Clearing House. and pays 5000. which settles
matters Tho exchanges" the Clearing
House show the amount OF business done: in tho
of A and b. the exchanges amounted to 81 800 the
balance in that case was $500; and in tie case you
give the balances required to settle the exchanges
amounted to less than six million. About i've per
OF the value OF the exchanges are needed TO settle
the balances. The payments are not made however.
direct from bank to another but the debtor banks
pay in their balances. winch are distributed to the
creditor banks. Z. syndicate formed for the pur.
pose OF under writing or insurng the sale OF an
issue of securities Foreign houses dealing in stocks
here and abroad ArDtrage s tho ejaculation OF tho
relative value at the same time at two or more
places of funds of any sort. with view to tnk.
ing advantage of favorable circumstances or differ
ences In payments or her transactions" Gent.
DicL) Thus an arhitrnge house may buy stocks in
New York. and sell in Paris to the credit or its agent in
London and so sometimes four or fve places being
involved. Arbrage is n growth of recent years its
development having occurred only since the cable
laid. l. Because 1t is cheaper to send the gold
than to buy tho exchange.
country to become Christian. Protestant religion or
Church; 5, On what term. did comnodorss Perry
Wien religion has the most catholic or rrotes:ant
MIN ons Hh'Fs shs ' an
by what country s. What right or claim has
there ses
!. Christianity dates from about tho year % A. D..
At which time Christ began his work among the Jews
Although the Church now called Roman Catholic dates
from very tmes- claims to have been found.
ed by Christ in person-there were no Catholic or
Protestant countries for centuries after Christ. AT
the beginning of Christianity tho world was non
Christian pagan heather so-caed Christians call
1t nowadays. and Christianity grew up under
great hardshps The first Christian ruler
record Constantine tho Great who became
. Christian in A. D. 3l2 the first Christian country
was probably what is now Turkey in Europe. About
1900 Old according to some authorities: accord
ing to Others. it is about 500 years old 3. After
having made a treaty OF peace amity and protection
to American sailors. We do not know how many
Christians there are in Japan how they divided
between Catholicism and Professionalism. L. on san
Domingo. liispanola: was the City OF Isabella.
founded BY Columbus in January. l494. S. Her rights
depend the country in which she lives Her title
wouldn't make any difference. her rights would be
hers as woman and n widow g. According to tho
Aasons, Masonry has existed since Solomon The dis
cusaion Of the age OF tie brotherhood is bootess
Was there any doctrine OF prcdestnation current be
fore ne time or Gavin Pr was such belief rem
!. AsPiRc.
There were theories of predestinaton almost from
the beginning Christianity For four humid ed years
less the doctrine of The Christian Church was
tina. predestination was condtional--that men and
angels were created free. that man. becoming
wicked through his own fault may he deservedly pun
ished. while good man. who from the right
OF his es will does not ransgress the law Of COD is
entitled praise at last Augustine declared that
predestination unconditional: ana in A. u. J2v
the Council Of Arnuso declared that ms system
was tho doctrine OF the Church Four hundred yearn
later the monk Godeschacus carried Augustnes ideas
to their logical ending. by declaring that men
predesnated TO everlasting punishment without any
reference to sin or innocence their part. Inns
much for the Church; Godeschalcus condemned
and died IN monastery IN SIS. before that time
Mohammea had adopted predestinatton, and later.
Thomas Aquinas foI!owe! Augustine closely. The be-
lief remnant OF fataiism: It WAS the work
out by advanced thinkers OF the logical rrYalts OF =
belief in Gods omnipoteuce.
]. Has there been any hard times since ihs war
under Republican admins atoms. and what years
. What was tio condition OF the Treasury OF the
United states when Cleveland hrst took ms 2!
When tie turned boNer 10 Harrison 1 What its con
ditinn whan Harrison turned It back 10 cleveland
g. How did llarrlson's Administration up IN.
money. y What was the orig ma iect OF the silver
amy thing to do with the financial troubles land
ROBERT JoNEs,
!. The rnncs OF 1873 and of 1884 occurred during
Republican administrations . on July 1886 C'leye
land having taking his seat March 4, 1850, there
an excess OF receipts over expenditures of
s63 600 g. on July !, 1855 Narrison having taken
his seat on March A. there excess of receipts
expenditures OF o5.OUOobu T. on July
!, 1892, this had decreased to less than SlooooOoO
Tho estimates for this year claim surplus OF re-
cepts over expenditures OF about s., 100000 8. In
ncreasing almost all the appropriat IONS and espe-
ciay in increasing the pension appropriations that
these nearly thirty years after the nearly xix
times great they three years after the
T. To ure of silver. eNcCDt