The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07

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Please tell A. b. that the poem. "rhe Daughter of
| Meath" was written by Thomas Haynes Bayley.
&C.
| A friend writes thus
1.-The custom Of displaying flowers the door knob
to Indicate death within originated here In Brooklyn
at the time OF Henry Ward Beechers death, and 10
not prevalent In New York, II certainly Is in Brook
iyn and have heard that II has been introduced in
Boston and other cities The flowers are oftener used
with Grape at ALL Mr. Bcecher as is well known
was opposed to the custom OF wearing mourning for
deceased relatives, and requested that his family
should not mourning for him. for the
reason flowers were used, instead Of Grape. on the
| door bell when he died. Ew"
friend tells u.s. too that In certain parts OF New
| England flowers are used together with Grape. The
custom however, does not obtain in this city, at all
| events to any sppreciabls extent.
ounce for ounce. gold Ia more valuable than pia
| tinum nowadays and there than six tons of
platinum in existence; In fact the yearly output Is
about six and a half tons SO writes who knows
I. l. the certificate OF the completion Of the four
! 70 the Regents examination to an applicant to the
Is Suiesnt l. Viii You please ave the numeTicsi
saaIysep!. y thc letter, in the w,s.was system,
!. We think not. The Jersey City High School ia not
under the supervision OF the Regents, that they
have ofiicial knowledge Of its character. 2. In
| wig.waRgInQ the figure Is made by dropping the
The alphabet expressed thus; A. ga h. 2iiQ; C. l2i
D. 222; Z. i2; =, 222I; O. 22i1; H. 1872; Liz Ii22;
X, 2i2i; L. 22l; NJ. 1921: n, II; 81; p, 1919; q,
1911: R,2ii; s,2l2; T.2; L. liz: V, 1922 W, 1921;
X. 2i22. VII; z, 2222; &, III. There are mum.
hers for ing" "tIon." and other common words and
parts OF words.
Is there q dictionary containing definitions Of the
peculiar found In the Latin philosophers Any
or nas Lexicon T supply me wants 81 nm wh9
Tor the meanings Of the coined expressions Of II.
We think that the latest edition OF Harpers Latin
Dictionary should suit you. Its references to Chris
tsn writers of earlier time than 81 Thomas full
and though 1t may be that st. Thomas's Latin Is too
recent to he found In such book think you will
like the dictionary. Examine the book.
What regiments escorted the orangemen on the day
OF the h'0ern'"n riots some twenty-five year.
On July lq 1871 these regiments acted as escort to
the Orangemen: The Sixth Regiment, Col Sterry the
seventh Col Clark the Ninth, Col Fisk; the Twenty
second. Col. Porter and the Eighty fourth Col Conk
ling. The sixth and Eighty.fourth Regiments have
since been dsoanded.
II an Ensshman comes TO this country and Z.
years Of assP O. H. w.
Some Judge or Police Justice perhaps. recently de
cided that the nativeborn son OF an alien was not an
American by birth. but would have to be naturalized
Such is native citizen, II he chooses to be. He
has choice between the country OF his birth and that
of his father. IT, when he is 81 he registers he holds
himself out American. He need not become
nsturazed to register and vote
Please tell two reader hsshsr {, Grover Cleveland
land If so, when recommended a tax on ine9mcs D
In his message Of Dec. e. 1898. Mr. Cleveland spoke
approvingiy Of the imposition Of income tax
which he said he certain could DO easily borne.
Which are more numerous. Hebrews or Bohemians'
There are about 1900 900 Hebrews in the world as
well statsticians estimate. Leaving those
persons who think they Bohenians and act real
devilish there about 5000 900 Bohemians In Aus
and perhaps 500 900 In other parts OF the world
So the Jews are more numerous than the Bohemlans.
The following, footnote line 9 of scene TX. act
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Gallo the brother OF Seneca, the philosopher.
Roman, and was Proconsui OF Achaia A ID. 1854 The
Jews made Instruction" against Paul. accusing him
OF persuading men TO worship God contrary TO tho
law" Gallo refused TO hear the case and discharged
Paul from arrest saying: "If &c be n question OF
words and men look ys TO It; for l will be a
judge In such matters" (see Acts xviii. i2-i7)
The note wholly unnecessary, and the reference To
Gallo remarkably podantlc, even for r. @. white. IL
must have been OF his edition that woman said TO
James T. Fields that reading Shakespeare with
like trying to play the piano with mittens on"
What per cent of the population of Utah are Nor
According TO the census OF 1890 there were I44s5s
MormOns. presumably all In Utah. The population OF
the Territory 2O7 g05. The Mormon population
would then be about 90 per cent OF the population
What Is the highest point above the sea level In the
Perhaps the plot OF ground between Eighth and
Ninth avenues and Prospect avenue and Nineteenth
street. Just outside Of Prospect Park II has eleva
ton of 10 feet above the water.
!. the North Pole nTsd point that can be found 4
not Is there any Indicator % IA any osc,,,. ,
and II SO what are the fAo'to prove IT or disRrSTe
The pole Is q nxed spot as to Its position on tho
earth, and It has osclatng motion. There
erAl magnetic poles, however. which continually move
about, though why they do cannot be explained.
Capt. Ross found = magnetic pole, June l. 1881. In
TO- g. II" n, 90 a. as W. Il has been found since
about TO- n. and o. W.
Are onieers and enlisted of tho army allowed
70 vote At national state, or municipal ELECTIONS AZ
places where they may be stationed II they are At
can can't they Vote there at either eisctiOn' ZEE
onicers and men OF the army cannot gain the FIghs
TO vote by being stationed At place on the otheS
hand they do not lOso their right to vote by being
away from their civilian homes duty. SO II ON
IL At home he may vote, providing he has
complied with the local laws. In this state he would
have TO bs registered and would have 10 live for
thirty days In the place. the and the four
months residence clause would not anect him.
VIII you furnish the figures OF the increase de
IN the national debts Of England Germany and
France related TO that OF the United States the
past ten nfteen years w, ID. 4.
On March 81 1877 the national debt OF Great Britain
amounted TO R775,s7S.TlS; on March 81 1883, t was
R74O,83O654, and March 81, 1898 II R67l O42-
si2. The debt OF the German empire is small though
each Of the States OF the empire has Its debt In
1877 It had practically debt; In 1885 the funded
debt amounted 20 $4,000 600 and the unfunded 10
S35 500 900. or total OF 900; against this
about Sl5O. 900 900 OF invested money. In 1899
the debt reached the OF t45O OO0 with certain
setons. France has the largest public debt In the
world. In 1878 Il amounted 10 about $4,000 900 900;