The sun., 1894-11-11

discussion arisen ne TO the number on separate
various writers and speakers of the English language.
Uses SoSo d on pwsd s9s
SPEAKER. Of our tongue use from TO Sooo snd
that the ordinary man Of eye5yday affairs IN the
containing from 900 TO 10000 such words, while on
nse,n . nses snnro SinateiV oiO sueb words Miiton
Y5Co. that our standard writers and speakers use not
Ssf Se Business and %SptDs does not
sion w.C.C.
shahespeare. vocabulary /. said to have been the
largest used by any English writers and he had not
$4,000, but 10000 and OF these 500 were used only
once. Miltors vocabulary comprised about 5000
words; that OF the educated writer IL said 10
include about 5000 words while the average business
man uses only about 600 words The average Eng
lish iaborer has about 400 words at his command
These estimates are OF British origin, and not
cent We're Inclined to think that tho business
and the mechanic in this country have rather more
extensive vocabulares than these estimates suggest
f. A wager. b that Connecticut furnished more
soldiers during the Revolutionary war than did any
II 70 dPoRss from 81
hSnPS @ D Church ore WAS s he Sa
Dld he receive the las, rtss OF the Church. and Tss
I. In 1879 Connecticut furnished 1877 meni in
i77T 6,5e8. in 1878, 4oioi in 177s, e5t4 in 1850.
S8s7; in 1881, 9.92i; in 1882 1899. In 177t the
population Of the colony was le7,S5e; in 1852 II was
90s,s7O. In 1870. therefore, the number Of troops
amounted to about .006 per cent. In 1852 the mum.
ber was less than one per cent Of the population.
Massachusetts furnished more men in 1870 than 1t
any other time but they amounted 10 less than per
cent OF the population. New York furnished more
in 1870 than at any other time, 5000 all
told and they amounted TO about per cent We
can't go through the OF the colonies but don't
believe any OF them sent more in proportion TO its
population than Connecticut did in l77o. .. Not By
the Pope, who never ratified the divorce 8. Napoleon
was q Roman Catholic, but did not receive the last
rites No priest was with him when he died.
l. Are psroeh.l schools in New York subject 70 In
otsss o Sboss oo Tsou. .Sbe the s.mS q
those Of the public schools Are the teachers in
duality Tor public school teachers 4 80 do tSsycon
given !" eneh @ dSy to reR is IN parochai
Schools Is such time deducted from regular school
sSS;titatieni p!sn % ssy whss !ess Ssos sssll 6
only such books used approved OF Sy the cersyi
Is secular edpSHiIDn ID I IN PS.ochal schools saqs to
1. No. 2. No. 3. MOI more than those in other
private, non.parochial schools T. We do not know.
It is regular part OF the school work O. No; the su-
thorites Of the Church decide upon the books to be
used. o. No; or many Roman Catholics would not
send their children the public schools In preference
TO the parochial schools
1 notice in todays. paper that Leut.col Hawkins,
Colonel on the lis, oi Iieatsnan nt cophes notice
he al T ady @ sdss sST b!
ahead Of the twenynye older ofieersl s his record
You didn't look far enough. Hamilton Hawkins
sixth tho relative rank list, but second
the infantry list, OF LieutenantCoones and must
since have become rst In his rank Promotion up to
Colonel s made within the several OF the service.
Record is not taken into account promotion being
strictly by seniority. Col Hawkins may have pull"
but II hasn't been used In this Promotion up TO
Captain by seniority in the regiment: the ned ON
promoted according to seniority in their
many years ago trusting that y9u may ee able'o give
from memory:
Life I. eu. .RsnaSf hSr:es: :
Up and down the hill ttei. Course Is;
Go In. ponies make your time.
Ill., there the stake; wen pocket
sss 'sS.Grs sS .rSs wnR and e a s% vent.
P., the Can some reader with
IN s, S' OSS, The 9 aS
SiympisdS YP A'H'' 'A'0''A "'' ""A' "s q. H. s. s'
In ancient Greece. beginning about 1900 years
before Christ athletic games held at Olympia at
tho beginning OF every NTH year-thAt Is every four
The period of four years between each OF games
was called olympiad. and was the measure OF time
in Greece. The games were caleG olympic. They |
were abolished A. D. 8s4 and nifty later the
TEN OF computing time by the oympiads ceased was
then the 8O5th oiympiad.
Can you put me on the track Of any work relating
explanation OF KIN, % ffeausnty the nna syllable
or s a. soa used IN R
@ aiso baTs & xs sSme
Isaac Taylors "Sames and Places" published by |
Macmillan & Coz Is what you want; youll hnd 10 |
very interesting. Kin Is termination used In form.
ing dlminutivo OF some nAmes t 10 said to bo Of
Danish origin The Russian does not contain this |
termination q diminutive; Puschkin is .
plete in itself.
munitions Of during his iife-Napolson 0rsntI
Probably Grant Napoleon's victories wero not fol.
lowed al q rule by the surrender OF the defeated |
armies while Grants were In several caseA At Ulm |
Mack surrendered rs 900 men TO Napoleon; but Grant
received the surrender OF $4,000 men at Fort Donel
OF 10000 at vicksburg at Petersburg OF $4,000.
and at Appomnttox OF $4,000. These were not cap
rured In battle, but entire armies surrendered
after battle We do not know which took the greater
amount OF war material.
Please tell me how to make invisible ink. LouBsF.
II you write In milk the writing will be invisible
until the paper is warmed at the nre. when II will
stand out In brown letters dilute solution OF |
chloride OF copper, when used for writing Is Invisible
until the paper Is heated it then turns yellow, and
fades heat dimnishes The salts OF COBALT have
similar property, and the materials OF ordinary ink,
n used separately, are "sympAthetc," II you write
with the s-hAte OF iron solution. the writing s nvis
ibls until washed with the solution of nut salls
There Is certain article sold extensively by large
drug lonses called "spunk" some Of the toughest |
be sa 2r ~ aRs Else G O
used for? Is IL a plant and where grown CHcUa