The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17

n money e ultimate redemption ho cannot
change his silver for gold at the Treasury.
who got up the law for a soldier 20 pay a notary
public or Justice a fee to get his money on pension
day. VETERAN.
We don't know. The law IL a good one. Wen
wager that most veterans had "a much money In
their pockets when they had cashed tho checks
that tho agents sent them, oven after they had
paid the notaries, as they had when they sot the
money at the pension agency in person and met
their friends afterward.
when he started on his RAID IGNORANT.
:. An Or Az Uitlnndcr IA a foreign person resid-
ing in the Transvaal-the word IL Boer Dutch for
outlander. We have in English an adjective tout
landish." and an unusual word, ''outlander." Q.
At M~afeking. In the territory OF the British South
Africa Company.
Is there more gold in England than In Franco or
RussiaI Has England got a treasury j. y.
In reply to a question from our Mint onicials tho
Mint onlciais OF Great Britain said 1.-THE esti-
mates formed 10y various authorities OF the total
stock OF gold coin in this country exhibit great
variations. and no accurate information exists on
the subject. The quantity OF gold bullion In tho
United Kindom Is quite unknown" Tho usual esti.
mates Is from $500, 900, 900 to $500 ,0Oo, 900. In
Russia there were. In 1894. 2.842. 939. 900 francsi
in France. mt the same time. about 1000, 00O, 900.
England has no treasury such as the United States
have; the Bank OF England looks after its finances,
40 far as taking care Of the money and issuing the
notes goes.
when was the national air 1.-THE Red. white, and
Blue commencing Columbia, the Gem OF the
Ocean" %wrltten1 The author of tho words or com
poser OF the music, or both, wns David 7. Shaw.
but l cannot ind the date Of publication.
columbia. the Gem OF the Ocean, is not the
same as 1.-THE Red. White, and Blue The latter
song dates from the time OF the Crimean war; but
new words were written for the tune during our
civil war. It seems not TO be known really who
wrote 1.-THE Rcd. white, and Blue;'' Mt all events
there are several claimants to the authorship.
1. What was the incident of the "Diamond Neck.
lace connected with Necker, referred to in Car
sorian calendar was adopted and the eleven days
dropped were there eleven p. did they also drop
from Sept. Q to Sept. 81. II the 9th were on Mon.
DAY GS,ch di q they ey,S sa hax the ,s slst nv Tu ,ss aa or os, sn,TIday'
/. You will md a full account of the diamond
necklace affair in Cnrlyle's French Revolution
It is correct. on the whole. 9. They dropped eleven
days. from Sept. 2 to Sept. IL. 1852. in England. Ire.
land, and the British colonies. The day after
wednesday, Sept. 2, was Thursday. Sept. II. 1859.
England. owing. to the discovery that. a marker
was marking falsely In the match for the Queens
prize2 w. o. H..
This scandal occurred in 1880. II was in the
match for the olympic prize that Sergeant Marsh.
man, or Marsham. OF the Royal Marines. was 40.
oused of marking falsely or OF scoring falsely. He
was tried by court martial and acquitted Sept. 10.
(WhItaker's Almanack calls him Markham and
says he was accused of scoring falsely; the Annual
Register calls him Marshman and says that he was
accused OF marking falsely. MIR. Runtz' OF the
London Rife Brigade. Announced beforehand his
score of 40, the result, as he declared. of collusion
between himself and the markers. OF which he had
given previous notice to the National Rife Asso.
%ciation.' He seems to have done this to awaken the
association to the necessity OF measures to insure
honest marking. The next year unnamed measures
were taken. ana since 1880 there has been no sus-
gestion OF dishonesty about the marking at Win
bledon or at Bfsley.
What is the most highly Intellectual nation or
the highest intellectual poweri What is the relative
c cs1as al i m"slei Pa'n parssvs srn1penrss; &C.. ofq IN co;n ms.
erlng the superiority OF Intellectual gray matter'
We think that the German people, as a whole.
are the most highly intellectual that is. that the
average OF trained intellect among the Germans is
higher than It Is among any other people. Your
second question is confused. In considering the
make up OF intellectual superiority wo cannot COM
pare music, sculpture. oratory, painting. the crea-
lures OF such superiority. with mechanical ingenu-
ity and perseverance,, its components. Persever.
ance is prominent among the qualities that have
given to the Germans their reputation for intel
lect; possibly 1t is the most prominent. We Amer
leans have much mechanical ingenuity. but COM
paratively little perseverance,. The production OF
nne music. sculpture. paintings docs not imply In
teliect of the most superior kind
!. What battle broke the perpetual peace,. 9.
:. What verse in II the Bible is called the Nesk verse,
Sonora Cousiho of Chilli o. What is the great epic
OF America. ]. w. A.
US In February. /. The baltic of Flodden. fought
on Sept. 9. 1918; the perpetual peace had lasted
eleven years. 2. Jeanne d'Albret. Queen of Ma
varre. not OF France. in 1872. o.. Sir William Col
lingborne, in 1854. He wrote a famous punning
epigram: ''The Cat, the Rat. and Lowell the Dog,
Rule all England under the Hog" The cat was Sir
william Catesby. tho rat Sir Richard Ratclire,
Lowell was Lord Lovel-Lovel was q common name
for a dog--and the hog was Richard ILL.,, whose ar
mortal bearings was a white boar. 4. The FIRST
verse OF the Fifty-frst Psalm; It was the trial verse
OF criminals who claimed benent OF clergy. 8. She
is said TO be the richest. o. II hasn't been written
yet.
I camo TO this country when l was 10 years OF
age. ] am now 90 and have not declared my inten-
ton OF becoming a citizen. How soon can l become
naturalized? w. NJ.
Two years after you take out your FIRST papers.
J. ". Bambrfck.-rhe Roman Catholic Church con
dennis Free Masonry. because sit has reason to fear
that in Its secret organization some dangerous con-
splracy might he hidden. prejudicial alike to pub
lie tranquility and good morals.'
J. r. A.-London tins Is 1--WE hours earlier than
New York time. because London is 20 OF longitude
east of New York. and the sun comes to the meri
dian there . hours sooner. New York time is 8 hours
and 10 minutes earlier than San Francisco time, be.
cause New York is as OF longitude east OF San
francisco.
J.. J. fat a day wedding tho bride may wear .
wedding or a travelling drsssi tho bridegroom
should wear a black coat, white or black waistcoat,
light trousers. A "best man" Is q customar orna.
ment. but Is not necessary.
Alfred Stokes. -Centurial years-yeArs which end a
century-aro not leap years unless they are divisi.
bic by 400. This Is ono OF tho rules OF the GREGG.
rlan calendar and helps to keep this calendar in such
close touch with the movements OF the sun. Thus
1900 will not be u leap year.
Frank WiRiams.-The NTH anniversary Of a we'd.
ding is tho wooden.weddingi the tenth the tin. the
fifteenth tho linen, the twentieth tho crystal, tho
twenty.nfth the silver, the thirty-ntth the pearl,