The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-21
QUESTIONS ny sUS READERS

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iyho :. the author o. lhc rhir!y le.l. yi.S ',
Ne psGpS b. ne Pc, gsoGss , Sni f9' w NE psGg; So
sss O W6s Vgs is.dsSi ,ocE the oath Sf "ts.
weasrp Reserve ( WY vas washington not 70.
aWReS On. Ue sfmns o. TIC orcis foSs fsii on hD Il
touched no,hing les. sno,l.es iian it'si ,..-,,
Of these at different times during the past two years
The sNtn question 10 peculiarly logged II will not
down. So far a. make out, no Wee President
was sworn in two days before the President. but II
prove 10 that one Of the Nicsffesdents
was, We shall be glad to learn the fact l. Thomas H.
Bsnton senator from Mis- ,our f'om 1921 to 1851 2
Dauis Webster In is3O Lincoln. in 500. Q. Az Mount
Vernon. society of officers OF tbs Revolutionary
army = Part OF the present state OF Tennessee. II
lasted for few months In 1885, its only Governor
John Sewer H. This We give IN tract Of land in the
northwestern part Of the present state OF ONO claimed
and owned by Connecticut until 1901. when 1t was
cedcl to the Government 4 Because Washington did
not reach Kew Nors from Mount vernon until few
days before toe 3Oh and wasn't ready to be In.
Augurated until that data Adams lad been sworn
Nice.Presidsnt on Aprh a. 1882 .. or John Jay.
FIRST Ch!et Justies Of the United states
Will you kindly bound BtooGiyn' The question n.
rd d Is s max ase rO o Ian, "s9 o AND s
reward for makihs mistasr Iht srh,Gt maps give
the geography. BRuuSLrS rAUENt
Brooklyn is Uouniei the west by New York by
and by the East River. ths north by Long Island
CITY, from which 1t is separated by Newtown Greek.
Newtown, and jamaica. on tho east by Jamaica Bay.
Flatanis. flabush. Nov Utrecht and the south by
Ray Ridge The trouble - that all these places appear
on the maps as OF about the same Importance that
no une-uot a Brooklyn hsbtue-can tell anything
about en-, whether Newtown bounds BROOKLYN. or
whether Bssvie. Laurel nh. and Fresh Pond per.
form that kindly act. Equally unsatisfactory would
be tho reply that Brooklyn was bounded principally by
cemeteries. that answer isn't definite enough. We
don't think the question fair for child. What
boundaries did tue teacher finally accepit
It.,hs. s.sn N. ca. ,hi. week. no mail steamer
forwarded Dy french Enzish. or Dutch steamer or
,ss lie over I'LL the 4o0 gu which Ga' ,4% s..'
The Post once notice. printed in srory paper every
day. shows that mails for Europe left Wednesday
and saturday Europe includes Germany.
I,there Imposition that Australia, I, part Of IN.
H. sG1 HH on w"s w.n. boos w sn
about this lost continent Atlsnts aud what ia its
name u. ". II.
you suppose So 1t may be said that there such
asuppostion. We DO not know that any else sup.
poses It. > We think that 1t 10 that we live the
sds OF the earth not the outside. g. Mr. l. Donnsr
ly's Atlantis" obtaiuabls through any book store
Must village have a certain number Of inhabltant.
what 10 that nutnbsrf A. NJ. l..
There ia noaw the subject In thi, stste but few
towns incorporated a. cities nowadays unless they
Niagara Fals-hsve fewer inhabitants than that
Der; and iIudson's Incorporation dates good way
back, and Nazsra Falls got its Incorporation with
fewer than 5000 Inhabitants partly because OF the
Canad an city Niagara and parity because
government could deal best with various questions
peculiar TO the place.
Kindly say wh.ti. tn. "Uniy.r.tty Of the state Of
the same D. b.
Tho university ncorporatsd Institution the Oh.
iech of which arc TO promote academic and higher ed
ucatior in the state. The government is vested in
twentythres Regents. OF whom nineteen elected by
the Legislature; tho others a.s the Governor. Lieu
Governor secretary OF State and Superintend
sut OF Public Instruction This "n,versty LOOK. after
the academies and colleges Of the State; sees that
they maintain tho proper Standards and authorizes
the colleges under Its care to grant degrees proper
examination. The University consists OF the State
Library the state Museum, etghty-sx colIeges and
technical schools granting degree aud 800 academies
AMI high schools The Regents meet twice yea. are
elected :or life. aud are not paiI
~ M VIZ Ut 10Y muSh OF thss wa,
ABR
The figures for 1892 from the rerort OF the Direo.
tor OF the Mint for S3 15i g4s 800 nne ounces,
the commercial vaiue OF which was si32.D55 900 the
coming value Of which was $3.50. SOS sou The pro.
auction or the United States in 1892 amounted to
bSOo4 2sa enc ounces worth $50 I53. 1872. and coin.
able into $7+ ps5 +42 The in this e,untry
during 1891 Is placed by tho report SIc $50.
p3d for coinage and 50 100 $40 for use in tho arts
The United states bought lot OF silver balion which
was not coined.
In speaking OF ship of = xiven tonnars dlsplaos-
msnt. 10 what does ms displacement Refer Dies 1t
mean in. weight Of the water displaced Ssloy the
1t means the weight of water displaced by the YES.
sell II an object dspAces an amount OF water weigh.
ing than It dosa 1t floats; II II dlspiAces less
NaIs. Na,a
amount Of water it disPIacss Is equal to 1t. weight
Therefore II does not mean the weight OF the water
displaced below The water line bat the weight Of the
entire vessel
Was Baxter street New York city. ever Known as
how Change was made. ~ 81
Baxter street was originally Orange street 1t was
laid out at the same tims that Elm and Mulberry
streets were. Tie name Was changed about twenty
years ago.
wi when was the nr.t nsw'PApsr printed 10 III. World
Frederick Hudson says that the rrst printed wspa
was the GG,e, published In Nuremberg In 1851 and
thereafter at intervals In 1884 appeared in the
city the Nsgs ZshIHJ HisTiasa vel h,a. and at
date between these two appeared the Cologne cironi
These early newspapers ara not contained In any
library so far as Hudson indicates the earliest printed
newspaper in existence 10 called ths Gasss OF Venice
10 dated 1870 and Is represented by few copies In
Venice. IN the NAgliAbocehAn Library
when vas the saying Of the Angsius iuatt utsd In the
Rom an Catholic CuuTchf g. N.
Pope John XXI. in 1927 ordered that the faithful
should ree;s three Ave MAras ~hsa the bells rang on
the ewes OF festivals the Council OF LAVAur 1868
dsrsi the bells to be runE a. sunrise and either CEK
tus Ill., l456 or Louis TX OF France I+T2 ordered the
bells to be rung AInoon. and tho GVsst be rscltsd
I. Hsr--Mr Alexander T. stewart died in this city
on April 10. 1915
jane LpH'h-BlacE Friday In this country Sept
"a. 1859. Pagan wins tho bet
SsR''au-D.escnS wrote song. "Ths Ivy Grssn"
which appears IN the " Piekwick PApsrL"
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the privileges OF tie best club the United slAts
F,'d e R,p,-Ths Trow cay Directory Company Of |
this cy has collection OF severe. hundred directories
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