The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-11

Grand street. near Mulberry. that time Va. cali
\ I'd Orange street the name Was changed about 1852
ny impression shat Anthony street was changed
70 Worth At the same time"
| what I. meant By the survival OF the ntts,"i I
n,oy. sst h ~ use th IN. ssprss,don to
and have heard denounced by Tabor as the "isiss
the Of the nndsi in OF death those wb are
Neither Tslmsss nor "Isbor" knew what he She. or
II vas talking shout; the remarks OF those eminent
| economists remind one Of Giibsrts poem. Prince
Agb" His gentle spi-it rolls In the melody OF Souls
which pretty. but don't know what It The
survival OF the nttest" IL phrase used by Herbert
Spencer in his "Principls OF Biology" the idea OK
pressed By IL is sort OF complement TO Darwin's
theory Of natural selection. II means that the or.
ssniSston best adapted for meeting and overcoming
the difficulties of existence survives that the weakest
goes to the wall what "Iabor" meant by Its remark
We have no idea: We dent believe that labor had,
either what TamsRe thought he meant Il isn't worth
while to imagine We sec the survival of the httest in
every day lfe the phrase ISN'T atheistical sgnost
call IL Ia simply the calm statement Of fact In physt
olosy, biology, political economy. politics.
er.ops 81 Esy pso Srn d.t 10 pTG S., ma
captured on train going from baltimore TO Martins
.bout tw-ntyons sod ers and tew ofrcerG two OF
front siis a isir, sim Of money & Gosrd saooGSi'
am Syns to PROVE Is Wy. one II .S
,rs Sns ~ ,b sny P9,sS. way Of get
The Anuu. cyciopsdia for 1894 rive- long account
OF this train robbery; but with the customary sccen
trieity of its editor omits all dates. and gives
names We md no trace OF the Occurrences in tho
Rebellion Record" nor in OF tho histories Of the
war; however. they vers busy with more important
natter. write to the Record and Pension Bureau OF
the war Department; there should be a record or re-
port on nie there
An army twenty ave mite. long IL travelling forward
~ AZ q certain instant courier
zoe. 10 the front and Without .toppnr returns 10 the
hsn 90 , na, a e ~, wnste inc front was
BRIpaproRr.
We have put this question to = man who can crack
jokes with quaternons and Ia on friendly terms with
calculus and ruxiona and he says that the courier
travelled rs miles Plus t25 into the square Of p
miles This Of course. IL simple enough; but 10 II
doesn't commend Itself to you. we will add that the
distance was about sos mites more or less
Can you tell me anything about Gen Morton. after
whom Morton street was named I have been in
bat on inquiry there found WAS mistaken.
Many OF the streets in the old Ninth are supposed
to have been named for officials Of the Trinity corpora
tiob. Norton street was named for Jacob Morton. q
wealthy householder Of the late eighteenth and early
ninetsenth centuries. IL the Trinity people say no
wasn't a vsstrynan they're probably correct Morton
street Is on the old Anneke Jams farm owned by Trim
hy Churon. and this street IL not named for Of
ncal OF the church the other streets the farm
named.
!. which cardom are the Hsbrd.. Island, of Scot
land included In What authority does an earl ex
YOUNG M.S.wno- W Ants TO Ksow.
me Hebrides or Western Islands. do not form part
Of any earidom The ttusr lord is the Prince Of
wales who IL Lord OF tho Isles a title below that OF
baron. q. An earl nowadays has authority over
his eardom that IT, tho eardom 10 territorial only In
name Originally an earl reprcsen ted the King his
sardom county; he then earl pslatine. and
his territory formed a county paiatine There were
three such counties IN Ensland-Durham. Lancaster.
and Chesterbut they no longer considered such.
tho courts OF Lancaster and Durham being the only
remains of tho palatnates.
Please inform what y.sr tho elevated railroad
and when It WAS extended 10 ; g. H.
Tho West Side CPatentedJ Railroad was opened in
Greenwich street in 1904 Its were moved by an
endless chain II failed, and sold under forecIo
in 1871 and 1874 The New York Elevated Rail.
road succeeded to its rights ana from 1872 to 1874
ran trains on a snslet road from Broadway to
Thirtieth street using dummy engines In 1s7475 the
road was extended to Fftish street and then to Fifty
ninth street In 1870 the Manhattan Railway Com.
psny leased the Two elevated roads
test.ter. after making certain other beque,ts dit.
porcs OF the 'readue" OF hts estate as follows: A.
seuion OF these ussis po.sbIe whereby each ieSa
e. :, s receive his proportion to tho residue as
Tho testator gives away six nfihs OF his residuary
sstate-gsnerous. but impractical man! We don't
know how the courts would rect the resduary estate
to be divided IL would DO possible to subtract from
each persons share amount proportlonate to his
original share: consider "nrths" as an error for
"sirtha" aud you'd have practicable division.
WIN you kindly inform me whether the British
9ovsrnmsn, o. any ioreisn Government. recognized
men var SHIPS s.iutsd the AiaSam. on PASSING
hor At seAf j. b.
No foreign Government recognized tho Confederate
States as an independent and sovereign power; but
all recognized the having at
recognition did not permit saIutes to the Confederate
nag. but prevented Confederate vessels from being
considered pirates IL put them the footing
as Onion bslgerents outside OF the Unitsd states.
kindly inform me 70 whom the ground upon which
church Itself the price paid and all the ps!suisrs OF
The ground is held by tho trustees OF ST. Pstrteks
IL bought from the Corporation Of New York-ihe
Mayor. Aldermen. and CommonAlty OF the city-some |
years ago for $50 900 fair price then story
used to be prevalent some time that city sold
the land to Archbishop Hughes for ST. but the story
is wholly false and proved by the EVsnEg Pot
some years ago.
FIR. 1.-The cruisers Boston and Atlanta we're built
at RoAch's yard, Chester. Pa
Aniipoaa The constellation Of the Southern CroIs
is co imposed Of four stars.
rs E-Trans on the Third avenue elevated road
q r. h-No E?iscopalian clergyman ever put to
death in New York for stating his religion"
S-Mr Henry Irving 10 one Of the comparatively
few actors who not JeWG He 10 not a brother of
DR.. AVsling, Karl MARKS son-.n'lAw.
ArGur 1.-The Colonel of the Seventh Regiment Is
Daniel Appleton; in private life he Is managing part
ner Of the publishing house OF u. Appleton a co.
SA. 1.-THE two volumes of the History of Civil
zAtion in Europe only part or the ntroduc-
ion to comprehensive work" which Buckle had IN
mind
n. & C-rhs highest pay for non com missioned Tor
petty Onnesr In the navy is so month, PAID toa
nsehinist AAstsrSAtArms Who are sailors receive
Id6 month The mAeninhg Ia not a sailor