The sun., 1895-01-20
QUESTIONS BY sux HEADERS.

ish speculation; that cancelled stamps used In
making pnpier mnche; that they have especial use,
and that persons buy them from stamp dealers for
decorative" purposes or for any other under
the sun. The Government isit enriched by the col.
lection OF cancelled stamps is any especial
featuring concern.
do not think IL matters mrch where Cen Sheridan
was born but Mr.. orrs memory Ia at fault 10 IA not
likely that The people OF Lancaster claimed that
Gen. Sheridan native there. The shermans lived
in Lancaster and Gen. Sherman was born there; but
Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan born and reared in
Somerset Perry county, o.. and wns clerking in Mar
tin scotts there when he appointed to West
Point Tho Sheridan homestead in Somerset IL stlll
occupied by member OF tin family, and q niece OF
the General is at least was short time ago, Post
mistress OF the village IL IL altogether probable that
his mother had clearer recollection OF where he was
born than the General had
ia. HESSEsY Cincinnati.
This letter was called forth by nothing in this col.
umn, but is printed here for records
As THE Sun expresses "strong personal curiosity"
win Ms Britannia Iais:,y snip iHsils as idessTl9sa
sooSIosyaphy you " viii ind ihe sdventSrs related
one may infer from lis !s%sss sohcsrnins his MID,
:y he ha9 S dcn IN like ne
The newspapers have been very kind TO my work al
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greatest novel ever written shall discaim It, nor
chidc the Philadelpha newspaper for not knowing
the news NJ ELLIOT SEAwEII-
=. Kindly inform me what the Board of Health. New
York considers the best dlsinfecant TO use In rooms
where diphtherltic patients have been confined Is
there method Of iumgatlng and dislnfectng that
will destroy dphtherltic germsr d. j.
According to the Board OF Health the best dsinfec
tant such s burning sulphur, It offectually
destroys the germs and purlhes the surroundings
Bed clothing. draperes carpets and linen, however
should be fumigated by steam. When . room is to be
cleansed. the doors and windows should he made as
air tight possible; strips Of paper pasted
over openings in the window frames and doorways.
For every 1000 cubic feet Of space in room three
pounds OF sulphur is burned In order to purify the
ordinary sized 12xl4I10 feet It is necessary to
burn from four to nve pounds OF sulphur. Clothing
will be fumigated by the Board of Health II doomed
necessary at the disinfectng rooms In East Sixteenth
street.
/. who founded the Order of the Garter Give date
and cireumstanees The author Of "Miliions for
a not the one hss rSs e sa
mean b{ as two pert. wat water nnsd and one me par,
mani woman who wa. cause e Ions ,sny years.
BrooEs Sa. N lost TOY Name steamer and destination
The r9s WHAT n s he PIens OF
between hard ana sott water how obtained ! .: VINO
Honor founded ii. Who the author q MANS in.
able me 10 read doctors prescription eorreSSiyf
I. Edward III. of England about ,s4s. The trad
ton is that the Countess OF Salisbury dropped her
garter on the floor at ball The dancers laughed
but the King picked the garter up, and said: "Hon
sol. aui mal pen'e tcur'ed be he who thinks evil Of
this); later he said he would elevate the despised
garter into the badge Of order which the highest
noble should be proud to wear; and then he created
the Order OF the Garter. Another dates the
origin Of the order to tournament at Windsor April
3D. 1914 tst Georges Day. to which tho nobest
knights were Invited. Y. Charles Cotesworth Pinck
tla Ap,hs Fra T,ita
States were at odds with France. and war was
threatened: It was suggested to Pinckney that
money would bring about peace and thereupon he
made his famous remark 8. Euphrosyne. Ag
laia and Thalia T. part Is one or an equal number
OF portions OF whole In this case there are three
parts two OF water one OF OIL o. We don't know. o.
On Jan. IL. 1853; he was on the steamer London,
bound from London to Melbourne Australia Tho
vessel In the Bay OF Biscay and 220
n years sentence four month, from two years' sem
,.rce and r.thsr nors ,h,d ., ,n.
sentence is taken on Connecticut allows nve days
month, or sixty year; Massachusetts. two month.
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l enclose you blank from Albany have Just re-
ceiyed stating that wish reappontment as nota.
ry the law REQUIRES that snail pay zee OF $40 Tor
the law and 10 whom the SO roe, also n there is anS
other ONCE in the gift OF the State Government that
'he applicant Is oohseu 10 pay ior' NOTARY
Inc Ia" was ehac'ea some years ago, ana mas oeeh
made part OF the executive Jaw OF the state Iaws OF
iees chapter oea' seeuoh eS)' me eharse Is fee'
pAu " tue eoun'J o'eA oeio'e Taxing 'ne oath US
notary we oehe'e that 'he ice was made a. heaSy
Sn no" 10 freeze OUT 10. Oh ho'aries VINO o'd no
WORK. out c'uhs 10 'he'r ohees 10 'ne exclusion OF
The fee goes the County Clerk who in this county.
turns It over to the Comptroller fee ia
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go p ~ o Iou'y
80. =, "'''' ss ~u''is'ei ,m
oaans i'a ~ pas ~. 'ne oiiiee'
sou pa, ' 'is ~ '"' Ne' ''e'' may pay
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Pea.e state the stvie Of costume worn nv Indian. n,
high class, both male and female, when visiting
washington. iB Whether the native fashions