The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-31

]. The murdered man was Samuel Adams; he was
a printer. He was killed by Colt in 1871. Colt was
sentenced to be hanged on Nov. 10, ls42; on that
day the cupola of the Tombs caught FIRE from an
overheated stove. When the excitement was over
Colt was found dead in his cell. having stabbed him.
self. 2. The murder was ommitte at Colts
rooms in the Irving House on Sept. II, 1871 Colt
shipped the body in q trunk to New Orleans. The
vessel, tho steamer Kalamazoo. did not leave on
time. and the murder was discovered. The &C.
cused wa. convicted Jan. u. ls4p; appeals inter-
vened, and he was sentenced on Sept. 81. ls42.
3. Girard left 81. COO. 900. besides making 1t the
restduary legatee.
ding day which i%i'i bos siHnC'ff think; "' ''''' '"' Wv
"MonIay for wealth,
Wednesday the best day Of ALL"
Also the lines about tho birthday which begin. i'll
Mondays child is fair of face;
We don't know the whole of the nrst quotation,
the second. in full. is as follows:
Mondays child is fair OF face,
Tuesdays child 10 fnll OF grace;
Wednesdays child IL merry and gladI
Thursdays child 10 sorry and sad;
Fridays child is loving and giving,
While Saturdays child must work for his iivingI
While the child that is born on the Sabbath day
10 blithe and bonny and good and gay"
L. n u III Dccu llQucltu' " III oAgBthI q.
Has nitrogen, 4. Has hydrogen, II so. please give
br,ef description OF the processes and properties
and characteristics o. Give description o. 3. F. FFf K'
l. Prof. James Denver. Fullerian professor of
Chemistry in the Royal Institution. has succeeded
in liquefyfng air at q temperature OF about 200'
below zero and solidined It at 2l0' below. 2. Yes;
at lse' below zero, and at a lower degree Mr..
Dewar solidined II. s. Yes; at 1899 below zero. 4.
Hydrogen liquenes at moro than 22O' below zero.
These low temperatures are obtained by evaporat-
ing highly volatile substances under pressure. The
gas to be liQuened was placed in q vessel under grea,
pressure; It was then placed In a vessel containing
nitrous oxide gas. which was subjected to a very
great pressure, and under that pressure the nitrous
oxide gas was allowed to svaporate. 8. Argon is
one OF the elements of the air, discovered In 1894
by Lord Rsyleigh and Prof. Ram.ay; It Is ian In
et gas, with a density OF about 1917; very soluble
in water. and having two spectra, marked by red
and blue lines respectively" It is beiiev ed to be
monatomio.
What does q caul aignifyf r. @.
II doesn't signify anything, but is supposed to be
a taiisman against death by drowning. 1t carries
its virtue with It. and so sailors used TO buy and
wear cauls.
Kindly shed ray Of light upon the brief period
was said to have been without a President; and
how did IL happenI r. T. B.
We suppose this was on April 40. 1871, when
csiut Fibo ulcu. II ' lCe-I Ttbluent. JOnn
Tyler. was not in Washington. and was not sworn
in until Anril 9. Samuel Southland. the President
pro tenn. of the Senate, was in New Jersey, and
there was no Speaker of the House.
/. What was the cause of the Crimean war; How
many nations were involvedl How many men
were killed at sebastopoll Who were the gamers
renned' Is It renned at the wells or is it shipped to
some distant point1 DC. c.
l.. The cause of the Crimean war was Great
BrItain's refusal to allow Russia TO protect Chris.
uans in Turkey. She was afraid that Russia would
acquire toe great an influence in the East. France,
which had no connection with the matter what.
ever. Joined In; II did so because Napoleon, who
HAD been Emperor for a few months, wanted to re.
assert frances place among the great nations OF
Europe. Sardinia. under Victor Emmanuel, also
Joined in. to obtain q claim on the assistance or
neutrality of France and Great Britain In a future
attack on the Papacy. Turkey was involved. more
or less Incidentally. Thus there were four nations
against one nation. The Allies won; but Russia
lost none OF her reputation. and even British
writer's admit now that the war was unprovoked
and wicked. AT sebastopol the Russians lost about
$4,000 men, the French and British about 90, 900
mont the Bardinians and Turks were not engaged
there to any extent. g. Kerosene oil is refined
petroleum. The petroleum is sent from the wells to
rennsries through pipe lines. or In tanks or barrels.
The petroleum Ia distilled; the nrst products of the
distillation arc. gases, tho second crude naphtha. the
third kerosene, the last paraHne. Tho Kerosene Is
refined by further distillation.
l.. Does boiling water destroy all the baciri Il
may contain g, Does boiling water change any Of
tia properties. such as the calcareousl s. A saws
that the old Louisiana state lottery is out ok
istence, and II says that the same AFFAIR is still car
ried on In Honduras; please decide, LAssIx.
/. Yes. 2. Il undelgoes a chemical change: the
calcium carbonate and %sulphates are precipItated.
This precipitation causes the "furring'' OF kettles
In which hard water has been boiled, .. Il is right,
the difference between Twesdledam and Twccdle,
deer CHARLEY, FRANKIE, ANp GEOEGiE.
The difference 10 and always has been very little
lust that between DUN and Dce. The invention
of tho phrase is rscribed TO John Byron, who in
i7sO wrote tails epIgram on the quarrel between
Buononcini and Handel, the two musicians
sone say that signor Buonoucini
COmpATed 10 Handel Is u nlnnA
whilst Others vow that TO HIN Handel
Is hsrdly nj 10 hold a camille.
strange that such difference should be
'TwIXt Twoedledum and lwecdlcdSe.
extent outside the United States, ami II SO where
and 10 what extent as compared 10 the Unit.d
statesf COMPASS.
Duplicate whist and compass whist are not played
outside Of the United States to any extent.
j. A. D.-'Muslo hath charms 10 soothe the say.
age breast" is the correct quotation.
,. smnA, Thomas A. Edison has never been
Enlghted by tho Queen Of Great Britain.
JsanIs Ksnf.--The steamship Harrington is owned
by the steamship LRmington Company OF Port
glasgow. scotland"
j. p Ksnnv.-There was no census OF the United
states in 1891 50 the population Is not known ac.
euFatsly. IL WA about Is. 600. 600.