The sun., 1896-08-16
VOTES AND OUERIEs.

Standard Dictionary. Or. hurray's dehnttion
reads: "a factitous word introduced by the
author OF Through tho Looking oiass,' and jocu-
iariy uoed by others after him. apparently with
eome suggestion OF chuckle and Of snort, touite
unconnected with churtle.l" Following the den
milton arc quotations from Carroll dS72), Besant
4 Rloo ue7e), the Athenoum d8sT), and the
Daily Neics dsss). I do not nnd the word in tho
Standard Dictionary vocabulary. Nevertheless, I
that it dwells upon II and other similar words,
under nonsense verses" where it quotes Lewis
Carroll's now famous quartet in citing which
The Sun has accidentally trAnsposed the words
in the third line These should read: 20 frab-
Jous day! caliooh! Callay!" not "Calloohl CalAyi
o frabJous day" FRANK II. ViLETEtLr.
Tho poem commencing "onco a Kansas zephyr
strayed, Where brass-eyed bird pup played" con.
oerning the authorship OF which query appeared
in Sundays Sun may be found in the poems Of
"Ironquin OF Kansas" which originally ap-
peared in q Kansas newspaper, and were subse.
quentiy collected In book form and published at
Topeka AsHnEL GREEN JR-
l. In Joe Jonerson's performance of "Trip Van
winkle,' in the scene where he awakes after his
twsT m n yssI & sleep there sSg bans s@esa
coatsl READER.
]. wo think not. g. Tho St Johns. or Smaller
Labrador, Newfoundland, has short hair without
any woolly texture. We suppose this is the dog
you mean. II. Is said to be generally moro or
less crossed with.the setter"
came 70 thl. county, before I vas 10 year, Of
;nS S sna nars % american n Gd no sc
back FOR my military service and consequently
RnSg S'Ie tell ms my Sns an citizen
gives me tho privilege OF q limited time to stay
In France without being troubled By the authori-
ties. A DE l..
It gives you the privilege, but not the right To
leave you unmolested would be simply act OF
courtesy the part OF the French Government,
which would have q legal right to arrest you and
compel you to perform the military service.
What arc tho chief historical facts connected
with the late Prince Henry OF Battenberg'
His birth at Milan, Italy, Oct. 8. 1883; his mar
riase to tho Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter
of Queen Victoria, on July es, 1855, and his
death. on the British cruiser Blonde, on Cape
Coast Castle. jan 90, 1895.
1. Please state tho legal tender qualities of the
various forms OF currency in circulation in this
country. Y. Arc nationsl banks required 10 Issue
circulatlonr X. S. o. i.
/. Gold certificates arc receivable for customs,
taxes, and all public dues but have legal
tender qualities. Silver certificates arc recciva
bic in the same way, and likewise have no legal
tender qualities. Treasury notes issued under the
SHERMAN act have full legal tender qualities
United States notes, or graenbacks, arc legal
tender except in payment OF duties and interest
tho public debt. Currency certificates (of de.
posit have no legal tender qualities. and are in.
tended "to facilitate Bank Clearing House ex.
changes" National bank notes have legal
tender qualities. 2. No; tho largest national bank
in this city issues bank notes
/. Did the United State sustain treaty relations
with Madagascar at the time OF John l.. waller's
arrest by tue French Government, AMI. II such
lations existed between the tw" Govcrnments
rest Waller? 3 VIII you inform MO under Whist
Administration W. II. II. Hart serveu AS Assistant
Attorney General OF the United Statcsf STUDENT.
/. The United States had held treaty relations with
Madagascar, but these relations did ente- into
tho Waller case at all. When arrested Mr.. Waller
was a private citizen; he had never held any
ra-territorlal rights any way having been merely
O consular, not diplomatic. oficcr. The only
thing the United States could do to that he
was tried fairly, in accordance with French law.
Last autumn, when the transcript of the court
proceedings was sent TO tho State Department., it
found that Mr.. Waller had been tried fairly;
therefore tho United States could do nothing.
Tho French Government released Mr.. Waller as
n after OF courtesy to US. and we Informed him
that under tho circumstances we coul" not de-
mand an Indemnity for him g. We do not nnd that
W. H. H. Hart ever served as Assistant Attorney.
General; his uamo does not appear on the lists of
the assistants
What was the vote on the Sherman silver Repeal
bin In the House and Senate AMI what was the d!-
vision politically? J. L.
Tn, vote In the Senate on Oct 90 1898, was 43
to SO. as follows: For repeal, 20 Democrats, %
Republicans; against repeal 10 Democrats,
Republicans, Populists. In the House. on Nov.
J. the vote was 1913 TO %, as follows: For repeai.
1874 Democrats, 80 Republicansi against repeal, IS
Democrats, IS Republicans. Popuiis;s.
l. What is meant by a perfect hn,d as men
toned In the work entitled The Unseen, Cni,
verse, .. Give short description OF what is
meant by space OF four dimensions, and give
of some work on the subject. y. j. Z.
1--we don't know the work referred to; but a
perfect nuid Is one in which there is total alb.
seuce OF any tendency to resist n change OF form.
g. In geometry the beginner is concerned with
ngures which lie in the same plane, and have only
length and breadth; further on, he considers
figures which have length. breadth. ard thickness.
and so studies figures OF three Dimensions. Ge-
ometry OF four dimensions imagines that space
has four instead OF only three Dimensions, and
studies the further extension that tho fourth
dimension would give tn It's thcorems ana porsi.
bilities. ono result would bo THAT four straight
lines could pass through given point, any one Of
which would be perpendicular to the other three.
Solids could bo turned inside out without
tearing them. SO far relations TO tho
tual universe concerned, this system OF Eeom.
etry is a pure fancy Books on h'gher-not ee-
mentary-geometry treat OF the subject.
Will priests In the Catholic Church perform the
marriage ceremony whero one OF the parties has
been di,orced; Is such thing ever done, II so.
what is necessary to be done! h. ELY.
They will not. but II you can prove that apart
from -the legal divorce there were ecclesiastical
ground. which rendered the marriage void ao
tnnio. they may obtain permission To officiate.
Mrs Mabel Wright YEnaga got a divorce from her
husband who had been divorced from his first
wife; tho Roman Catholic Church decided that her
marriage 10 Mr.. YEnaEa void ab inhio, ccclesi.
asticaliy. because his nrst wifc's divorce was not
recognized by tho Churcn; so when she married
Count Zichy, a Roman Catholic priest oniciated.
The Chancellor OF the diocese is the proper person
TO consult the subject
Was Thomas Edison ever knghted by Queen
Victoria, or was he ever honored by any foreign
ruerp Ii 80, by whom. ana what honor was
ferred on him 2. Kindly Let know II
American citizen can bn knight"d. and has ho To
renounce his country previous TO tho ceremOayf D.
Is not dueiling In Germany prohibited lAtolyf
Also In Francef H so. how long since.
l. No. He is commander OF tho Legion OF
Honor tho French order; and grand oficer of
tho order OF the Crown of Italy. 2. He be.
without renouncins hi' citizenship; hut we don't