The sun., 1893-07-16
QUESTIONS Br SUN READERS.

Ohio. Kentucty, and Indiana sent their hsystseks
sSfesw for ssis wslls q k:n.Sssy sailed o:dss
tlSs i'a ssS'i % ss ale no. s'no
.Soay f..d no one hssdfsd dollar. Worth of hay 70
and od "a. n ssa ss' 'S1 St
ST ana %ss srs sss 20 o. the Ss'@ En..n ss n d0n Sw
much corn does Il take at thrtythrss cents bushei
lNss. is's;n ,slrsyy 4 hsy se,e.l.. +,
and s2s RR. Pa. 'STsS RHs
then Mr. wicfiidc Jumped up and sa,d. Mr. Speaker.
| acknowledge he corn"
Another friend objects the this column
of the word uur WREN He'll Gate Ia meant. lie
| refers to the eminent historian Dicdrick Snicker
booker to support his contention that Hell Gate Ia the
right name of the channel or course his contention
| 10 right. The absurd and meaningless name. "Hurl
| Gate" was devised by the pious people who put
trousers piano legs and believe that most OF their
friends and all their enemies going to He'll with
capital H. though they never Ike to hear any one but
| themselves say the word Tho revisers may have
knocked hell out OF the Bible but they cant knock It
out Of the East River so long as any genuine New
| Yorker remains above ground Gen. Newton 10 the
| only man who ever succeeded In doing that: and a
good many sentimental Now Workers even yet arc o
bit sorry over 1t
why were the portraits OF Pope Piusv and cardi
nal Con'alyt placed IN he waterloo gallery a, Windsor
siesn's downiaiii > 1iI You al.o inform who
%sndsd q. ... a, the battle Of L'ip'i' VIII. re Hrpo
l. They had nothing directly to do with Napoleons
fall but the waterloo chamber contains portraits of
| those who had to do with Napoleon and IN.
terested in overthrowing him. Plus and Consaiv were
Pope and Papai Secretary OF State and suffered to-
| gether from Napoleons Government. = Prince
| schwarzenberg: this was Karl Philip. Prince OF
| schw warzenberg and DUKE OF krumau. an Austrian
| Field Marsha.GeneraL Io was born in 1711 entered
the 1888 and after much service In war and as
dipom atst became General of cavalry IN lsoa. lie
was Austrian Ambassador in Paris in 1s1 at the
riage of Napoleon to Maria Louisa; he accompanied
Napoleon to MOSCOW In command OF the Saxon troopa
and In 1873 he made Field Marshal ~ Napoleons
wish. Nhen tho peace between France and Austria
| was broken schwa:zenberg WAS made Generalissmo
OF the allied armles He was Commando in.Cbef of
the allied armies on the upper Rhine hfter Napoleons
return from Elba. He had nothing TO do. however.
Waterloo putting Napoleon out Of the way lie died at
Leipsic. Oct IT, 1920 while on journey.
wh,, !. The Capital and date Of aimission OF each :
VINO 0overnoro of New YORK after the R:vo-
aGn Y"rG STATE adopted and ~Rsn the yrssedns
%ss M
Hudson ysovensh street. o is there Terri
l. North Dakota and south Dakota were admitted on
Nov. . 1882: Montana on Nov g. 1882: Washington on
Nov H. 1880: Idaho on July g. 1890. and wyoming on
July 10. 1890. = George Clinton. who served from
1777 to 1895 The present Constitution was adopted
in 1915 and amended at various times since then
The nrst Constitution was adopted by Convention on
April 90 l777: the second was ratified by the people
in February 1922. having been adopted by Conven-
ton Nov. 10. 1921 the third is tho present Const
tutiou. 4. David Matthews. Mayor from l71G to
1888 5 Just enough over one mile to say So g. Yos
It erected intoa Territory by act OF Congress Of
May 1890 and the hrst Governor WAS appointed by
the President in May 1890 The country had been
opened settlement by tn. President Apri! - 1889
Being a stranger in New York. would like to know
who the Earl OF Dodge may be anu why the rather
rcksty statue to tns memory Of nm or IN h'. honor
avenue and broadway. What did tins n0oeman do
artistic efigy Of him A SIK,SGEK.
The sta ue is not the Earl of Dodge. but to Will
liam +. Dodge. a New York merchant who was quietly
prominent among religious and temperance people
during his lite. He was also wealthy The statue
was raised under the auspices" of tue Chamber OF
Commerce by admring III embers of his family though
We believe he inscription fays that public contribu-
tons did the deed The actual blame should lie on the
members or the family. however. and not on tho pub
tic. Occasional protests have been made against the
Of public place as private memorial; some day
they may be needed.
and comprebensiye book. lAmercsnj to have in max.
Of The United Staes and wha, publications. best de-
network JP.
If the work be foreign and yet the purpose.
why not name t Tho very best book on this country
and its Constitution is Brycos THE American Com.
monwealth." an English book Uhird edition SO.
Macmillan Col shouier's History Of the United
States excellent (hvo vols. 80. Dodd. Mead
4 Coz. Poor's "Railroad Manual (s5; II. v 4 H. W.
Poor) gives details Of all the railroads. but think
is hardly what you want. We know of no other real
.railro ad history" of the country. however.
Would you be good enough to inform me when the
navy wa: Iaunche also. her TONNAGE. horse mower:
number of and whore she is or has been recently
The Conqueror is Of the latest additions to
tho British navy" as she was launched In 1882. She
has a displacement of $500 tons. is of 5000 horse
hna shA hRa nrnn nf from
sN to inches bulkheAds lo1s to 1l% inches and IL
inches OF armor her turrets and coming tower she
being q turret ship She carries two Pinch <5-ton
rifles four sixinch s9cwt rifles six 6pounder rapid.
rnE guns. twelve machine guns and two light guns.
and has ak torpedo tubes She is laid up at Devonpor
The other day in sat said that tn: rSrs rsssa
soui LhA SsIsve saw IN tho papers at the tims OF
We think you arc wrong: certainly we md mon.
ton OF any such service Garfield being Protestant.
his future salvation could not be looked for By good
Catholic and certainly the Pope is n good Catholic.
The Papal court sent messages of coincidence ON tho
death OF tho President Just did other court
and tho Italian Free Masons hold memorial ssryces
but the Pope. so Tar as wo can find. did not
2. What 10 tho diameter OF tho earth' J. McG
J. Electricity travels at tho rate Of 2ss.ooo miles
second. more or iess while light travels at tho rate
OF 1876 900 milea second-also more or less. . The
diameter OF tho earth at the equator 1924 81 miles,
the poles Ia 7s9s SO miles It Is generally taken
being about 5000 miles. which Is near enough for
ordinary purposes
%h IN TssGn at II S b. S9hn hS
The Protestant religion, as It existed in England In
the early part OF tho seventeenth century; he was
Puritan his father having been convert from Roman
Catholicism Milton died a Protestant. with strong
herstica leanings towards Ariansm or unitArtanism
To settle a bet will you give your decision on the
following poin!; "0n which Is this term brunette
based more tho color OF persons skin or the coor OF
the hair and eyes !" San Francisco
On tho color OF q PERSONS skin. Tho word Is dog.
French; it chouid be bruns. opposed to blonde
Who was tho inventor. founder. discovereE q per
spective In drawinRi H. H. d.
The Van Evcks observed perspective. 1+2el4%8; and
AiohelAngelo, Leonardo da vinc, Albert Durer were
the nrst to consider II scientifically. The hrst book
perspecttse published by Guido Ubaido In 1908
Can New York Marshal arrest a resident Of New
forn mn nj of