The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-25

70 IL necessdrv 10 rcp'fnd many correspondents thdt
anonymous Ieticrs are not stcn read.
In working out empiricaliy the problem % the lad.
der. the wall, and the distance. we Inadvertently put
the bottom Of the ladder too far from the wall, 20 that
our answer last week was wrong. A hundredfoot
ladder, the bottom placed IS feet from the wall. will
reach to within about IL inches OF the top Of
the wall. Several readers have pointed out our mis-
take; and. having worked the problem ont exactly,
report that the ladder will reach the wall 1897
inches from the top.
Here are two interesting letters on different sub.
iects:
Thomas A. Ledwlth and John Hardy were the rival
candidates tnr Police Justice a. the election Of Nov. 7,
b,TO5. il was the last popular election Tor Police jus
tees in this city; L'iMiIh was the np%iilsTmsny
covert support % William N. Tweed: Hardy was
%T wiKisr,nn a. a. tI many IiycI Hi Tf' or FTr etcr i. q sw seS ,y'erf tbs
Outcome % the night was 4 breach between re Tweed
tW wears later TO d G raniinany ticket. THIS election
IsH" YEA a SSsr W ,ai Isi ~ s ne wa n,n tn y y" n nor YH lyofd *
I'ti, Tor supreme Court Judge aga n'' '''0Fe' s !. fRGF'
That the secular education given in the paroei,lsI
the ptb b. Sl,onls, has beer repeatedly proved, not
o%l SSr ~ INV "'t esSia ~ for emHdstships to West
Point and Annapolis. held IN dlEcrent paris Of the
trrt;i tSsnt@@d tthhemssIvcs. TIE pupils Gfile p]erSrhlnl
1ShTols shovel i a,.i ispI Ii,nn " ~ s sSS%,"r 1 ,esrn,ms
List year q prlzr foG ekGcliriicc, IN p'nnnn,hlp WI.
the daily PAYERS. five thousani specimens we,c " 1T
H. 4, The snG;s .,;rl Of one r, MnS ' hs55 "5 [" Icy "fr,"mi.ss 10
street Asior''ng TO- ~ pir,,Gl ohiSrngr' n" wG.lGty
iSst Nay iSN"s wsa Vastly superior 10 hat show" in 10
samS building ~ year before by tnG pnriIs % ne
have been .S,a;ncd by Sa,h%iic stnao'. nnd e tne
proofs that they are noe hchino in SECULAR education.
Is not my intention 70 dcpr,riat', the WORK dom, In
nm Important run,t on In the c1nn9nvrnlth. Hut 20
ami forming TIE character - not lnlttl the hlRnert
wisdom. KIsiits show that ,ltIoinIll scsool-. while
az ot,, = ,hlms" necessary for a sound C"tnolc MAn.s,ri.
VIII c.Vcs proof. which no other correspondent ON
tho subject ha, Thought It necessary to givc.
II seems that Berlin Is not merely a point on the
map, 5oO,oOO persons inhabItins a district which
has Meth r length, breadth. nor thickness. This letter
from a ;rotr,p,ct explains matters.
. In iss2 the Hr,a q ih. &c, OF Berlin % m y12
absorbed several villages. one ~ which. hoablt, cnh.
tanned about 100000 people. j. ". Rtrw,'."
WI SOU Lind!y inform me whether a tomato Is
clnss"i' rs a vegetable ar NJ n iruIt B.E.A.
1t L. fruit, II you eat II raw; q vegetable n you eat
II cooked. The poverty Of the English Language. In Its
ability to express ideas will continue TO AFFORD catch
questions OF this sort for some centuries to com,.
In your last sunday. edition n correspondent asked
a. what Is til, distance from London To Melbourne.
australia; and &, What is The ]qnick,s; record made
y p ? - s' Sss. re,x sS%r i i%' s%6 p points. y ! ) SS1c % msse f iSs
journey no les, than three times, and have found that
,hs pes, lime: or ccHssc N" mall. irrml Lyndon :"
are ssn, toSsrmrlann3 to %%;sp'"s or THrinIIiiss,. then via
steamer to adelaide Australia. and finally overland
We TOOK the distance and the tim as given In Whit.
nkcr's Almanack. n perfect Bible In the way NJ rclia.
bility. SIN. the Bible isn't VIVA, II used to be: It Is
possible that even Whitaker is open to criticism.
I. WIN you have the Kindness 10 inform me how
haplains there are In the United states, navy
Coroner's jury +. BIZ Ia =.
I. Twenty ON the active list, four on the retired
list. Seven OF the twenty are Episcopalians. two are
Roman Catholics; what the others are we do not
know. ,. He is exempt cx omcip from serving on a
petty Jury, bu: not from serving on a Coruncrs jurs.
l.. Kindly tell me the authors Of " The House Of
seven tables. I" Critque Of Pure Reason, and Z" Fish.
lishsa to help a man to nni the;n things oatl
sep at his elbow. We viii consider. that he has al.
a Poctct French Dlictionsry. shaKespeaTc, and
:, I, ,iSs , not 10 mn 1rSst mime, me , sii's The o sSo1 is d 70 d9aSt
plain or illustrate. often wish | wasa
I. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the first, Emmanuel
Kant the second. William e. Prime. we believe. the third.
2. No one book. 4. We think you've made up your list
with an eye to its being published. What do you want
the Bible sor? Why a pocket French dictionary The
ryclopaedia is all right; So is Webster. Crudens
Concordance to the Bib, Is OF mors value than the
Bible. as n book OF reference: but.if you have one, you
need the other. But Bartlett'S Dictionary OF Quota.
lions will take the place OF the Bible, Crudcn's, and
Shakespeare: so you still have three more places on
your reference shelf. II there was an American
whitakcr's Almanack." you would want that, but
there isn't. our American alnanacs are simply tails
Ia newspapers, and cant he trusted In matters con
frary To the policy Of the papers that maintain them.
Readers Handbook Is valuable; so Is He'll
prIn's Historical Reference Book Tor Ploetzs Epitome
. l.N ,r-N n anl HA1Affa ba.aItr NJ EnUlIEh
will NIL your shelf. II you are working in
French, get Littrs s Bcaujcan's Dctionnnire de Ia
Lansue FrancaiSc-it is not French and English, but
III French-and leave something else oat.
VIII you please give me the name Of the author OF
hese lines?
could We with ink the ocean MI.
Were the whole earth u parchment made;
And every single stick q qulli.
To 1 mlt ssr Il. % loSe a a. st ao9 ny 'rade'
Nor soala lie ssrgs sssatsiss the whole.
A. BURT. JR.
We do not place the lines, though we have an idea
hat we've heard them. Who can identify themr
In an article In THE suS OF Nov. II under the caption
From, the last bond issue the Treasury receiEed
,i 80 81 gold net, and 70. from FpGn a bend lIsns p SN
,ncc; no one 9! AZ acIaSinied Win ! reasnLy finance
or s5O.oOO, 900 in bonds, premiums Included" Now
am not at al aSgnalntcd Mn s.tSSnry nnanesi~
1850
gn0rant. VIII you pleas: say IN next SundayS Issue
r. s. W.
The gold supply In the Treasury was increased by
s3s,OOO,OOO; the other sl2,OOO,0O0 were drawn
rom the Treasury to pay for the bonds. The article
imply said that the same thins would be done now.
Except that s2o,OOO, 900 would be sodrawn out Instead
II az 900, 900. The gold was not actually drawn out
md paid back but Treasury receipts for gold were
deposited against an equal amount OF the bonds, so
hat the actual supply OF gold did not increase.
when was Fred Cook OF Rochester elected TO his
state Oiicr, vote, majority, a.; and what candI-
latcs headed the ticket that year and was he a randi-
after thatf ". II. W.
Mr.. Cook ran for a State once for the first time In
Ss5. He was elected secretary Of State by a majority
II iS.I5s votes, and a plurality over Wood, the Repub-
lean candidate, OF 40, $50 votes. The head OF the
ticket that year was David h. Hin. Col. Jones was
he candidate for ieutenant-GOyernor Mr., Cook ran
lgain IN 1887, and was elected a second time,
!. How generally Is the so called Roman Pronuncla.
lion OF Latin taught Is IL generally taught In most 4
II the n~rsttlaSs American colleges 2 Ia taught IN
oxford and Cambridge Z .. Is IL taught In Catholic
cboois In this country 4 Is II taught on the Cont