The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
QUESTIONS III SUN READERS.

close corporation. no person COud carry busf
ness without beon gine to the particular guild
citation OF those In the trndo AZ rule man,
become member OF guild had to serve seven years
as an apprentice. several years MS journeymhn. and
finally he was admitted to the craft became master
and gained the freedom OF his trade As Especial honor
| the Mayor OF a town with tho heads of the guild.
would confer the freedom Of the city upon distin
Guished guest. II was purely an honor: We don't be-
leve that any such guest ever used the freedom to
| embark in trade. The guild system never
powerful here as abroad but the comforting OF the
freedom OF city was the highest honor which city.
as city. could bettow We have retained the custom
OF giving that freedom from time to time. There
difference In effect between the honor In London and
| in this city
Kindly tell me what IL meant by a (D fee warehouse
(2) bonded warehouse. go and public stores H. A.
| 1. free warehouse Ia an ordinary storage ware
house. where goods put after they have passed tho
customs 2. bonded warehouse Ia n storage house
where goods are placed before they have passed the
customs. IL the goods exported. they taken
out of bond" and no duty paid on them II they
sold or used here the duty is paid such portions
are sold but not until each portion sold from
tho warehouse The bonded warehouse system great
help to importers as it allows them pay dunos lto
by little on large mporntions and no saves them from
having to pay large sums soon goods impor'
ed and then having to wait to recover the duties until
the goods are sold The public stores are the Gov
eminent warehouses; where imported Eoods stored
until they can be appraised and the duty calculated
vent any foreign country from sntering our seapors
army IN ss %ora sw atr b ana o
countries rank. and In what order, =. Do we not
| and II any we do not. which one ". ". b.
l. Yes; we could probably keep tho Swiss ont and
tho Turks. the chllans, and some other small coun.
tries =. Some critics say Germany has, ,thers that
France has. The German infantry and cavalry arc
said TO be the best the one hand. and tho French
artillery on the other 8. we believe tho order is this
Great Britain. France. Italy Russia. Germany. tho
tad Sfatnu und b. nt.,x.
winch have each two good vessels. but real
navy. We don't know; We think that Great Britain
beats us even yet 10 quality, If no, in quantity.
J. A claims that tn ere is train which runs between
Glasgow and edinburgh, scotland. making 50 10 IS
the world running such swift rate OF speed. Who
80 %o1 %e' an hour the fastest running train ne
]. There such train. Tho fastest train Great
Britain Is on tho Great Northern Railway; 1t Is an
afternoon train leaving Grantham at 8:lH and reach
ing the Kings Cross station in London at s:s
ing lo5A miles at tho rate of "a miles an hour and
running part OF the time much faster It's schedule
time is not 10 miles hour; but IL is tho tastes: long
distance train In the world unless the new Worlds
Fair express beats IL
l. DID an EnEi'h sthei.t named Luke Rscburn give
Axrrnrrsr
l. Luke Rseburn l." is prominent charnct er in sew
eral OF Edna Lyars" novels. appearing In "wo
Two" and others. ?. We presume So though. there
were comparatively few Jews in this country. they
not make . very large crowd For instance. there
seem to have been nino or ten jews the seventh
whom that regiment was mustered into tho United
States service in April 1881. That is about per
cent than the proportion of Jews to total popu
laton in 1860 would have called for.
In the election OF the President 10 thrown into
ths on account OF neither eandldse rscevnEH
only one vote. or does each Congressman have vote,
Each State has one vote. but to determine how q |
State shall votel its individual representatives
vote. and majority votes so votes the State. The
XII Amendment to the Constitution lays down tho law
on the subject.
Will you kindly inform whether the United States
less rate than 2 What was The last issue OF
bonds by tho GOV ernnent. and ut what ratet Z. W
No: three per cent is the lowest interest bonds
but in 1870 tho Government issued certificates of
post OF gold coin. which bore 2Jt per cent interest
2. Tho act OF July H. 1882 authorized the issue of
bonds at per cent TO refund the 81 cent. bonds
gunsi &c.
Twenty.one guns is a national salute. Tho number |
IL supposed to have 4 mystical origin. Three and |
seven were mystical numbers, and their product is |
more mystical. and most perfect. So tho salute to
sovereign tho representative Of sovereign nation
10 made as perfect as possible.
J. Docs Cape Horn belong to Chill or tn. Argentine
oNoan ~
Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean sea. H. s. d.
J. 1t belongs to Chill = Nc: at least. the maps don't
give 1t any foothold on the Atlantic. B. 1t flows into
the Atlantic tho Lesser Antilles bound the Caribbean
Sea on tho cast
Please tell me whether a Jew necessarily having to
state York during tho rast twenty years and
% Will you kindly state who and where' IA X
We don't ind that Jew has been executed in this
State within the last twenty years
II note falls due on holiday when is 1t payable,
The law OF 1887. still in force says that notes paya
bio on half holiday Saturday" shall be payable on
the next succeeding business day: also with notes
H. r. Riehard,on.-our Consul at Fayal is Mr.. Lewis
Dexter.
synar.-Mr. Richard Mansfield played " Prince Karl"
In 1885, and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in 1887.
p. r. Rnly.-Mr. Frederick Smyth was elected Re-
eorder 1880 having served one year as Recorder by
appointment. to NIL vacancy.
Jay EH-whon our present unfinished ships are built
our navy will rank ahead OF the German navy. step
ping up from seventh to NTH place.
J. By.r.-In April. 1869. tho average premium on
gold 32.0 per CEN. The lowest prc" during the
month was 81 3lSs; tho highest, sl34'+
W. Ria.--To fix" your pencil drawings dissolve a
little white shellac in alcohol and coat the drawing
thniy. Use much sheIISc a. the alcohol Will dis
solve. little alcohol ms will dissolve the shelac
John H,nh-Yonr boy cant Mt himself TO BIO an cleo.
engineer without some expense: but he read
and study these books with profits Electrician Prim.
ers' volumes. 81: New York, the EieefrioIt World
G. H. H-Comparatively few spaper men use tho
photograph: in fact we don't know OF any who use II
inst cad OF stenographer Tho phonograph In news.
work simply puts another step between the copy
maker and the compositor; dictation to an expert
typewriter is shorter
Doctor. CTR Hoph1i-A copyright costs yOuS1 fifty
OF that for tho registration and hfty cents for
the certificate thereof send printed typewrtten
copy OF your title page to the Librarian OF Congress.
with 1t enclose 81. and formal quest
for copyright That's all
Mr.. G1in-ThorG Is no college OF midwifery in this
city Nurses are Instructed In midwifery: but tho
tendency OF tho medical profession re.
atrict tho Practice OF midwifery TO phYscians with