The sun., 1896-08-09
NOTES AND 0UBRIEs.


cast away on one of the Florida reefs and became
total loss. There another fruiter In the West
Indies while. was there. also called. WRnderer,
but.sh regularly built for the trade at some
New England yard. Tho late Major =heever. who
Of the experts employed in the trial OF the
wanderer case in Savannah. told me that the
yAoht was built In this city. AREADER.
me Dahigren boat howitssrs referred 70 By A
". In your Notes and Querios'' column, July ao
wero nvo guns mounted on nght iron carriages.
without limbers. These guns were manned by K
! Company OF the Ninth New York Volunteers,
commanded by Capt. JGmes R. Whiting. Rod.
mans division did not cross At the lower Myers
ford stated in Longstreet's book. The Ninth,
Eighty ninth, and 1o9d New York of RodmAn's
divisioa. under Col Fairchiid. forced q crossing
at ford between the Snaveliy house and the
Burnside bridge and were followed by portion Of
Harlands brigade of the same division. Unfor-
tunately '-Myers's" ford was not used Q cross-
ing by the Union troops.
APRIvArE OF THn yuTn NEW Yonz.
article on Enssh politics to The maniktn traitors
and oaoease garden heroes" Can you tell mo
the moaning Of this expressiont EInn-
We do not know what persons were meant by
manikin traitors, but cabbage garden heroes re.
fsrs 70 Smith oBrien. who took refuge In cabbage
garden after hish uprising.
Some time ago, In an item about his Honor ne
MAYOR in TIM SUI. there o9eurred the word ''chor.
over its accuracy. and in order 70 decids III. mat
ter we referred to the Century Dictionary,
nsisseT w YOU sSa n E0Ss %S., hsa eacon In
Can be found, as . technical defniuon Of the word
time friendship PrnP1kxEp,
In the bright lexicon Of youth, edited by Hump
" Dumpty, under the supervision Of Lewis
CARROLL" in other words, IN Through the Looking
Glass" famous child's story. by the Rev. Charles
nOstp a,
is composed Of chuche and hurtle, with . trace
Of carol or chorus n appears In the next 20 the
last verso of the poem 'Jabberwocky,"the hero,
returning from Laytng the ysboerwock, 70 Ersvtod
by his parents
"Aed ean. has. !. snoS :lsin the JsSSsrSoSsi
Hs ehortled In his Joy.
Ss an 81, He!q % en s.ss sasssd; IN
any sentence. viz. "Usen't he do sor' Oh.
The word is common enough among Ensiish per-
sons; Il IL Q miaspeiling OF ''usedn't." In this
country the word Is used In negative statements,
but We do not remember having heard.any Ameri.
can use 10 IN Q question, the EnSiish do often.
In fts proper form cusedn'p n is Q good word
Was victorten sardou's "Dora or any sdapta-
and b1 "som ana Wsen ~ snS unasr ,n, 20: whsrs
J. DEC
Under the name OF Diplomacy" an adapta-
non into English OF sardou's Dora" BY savills
and Bolton Rowe, was produced in London at the
Prince of wales's Theatre In January. 1878. and
at wAliAck's Theatre lnow the Starr, this CITY, on
April l, 1878.
collecting statistics OF the EnRtiah navy
aiaeient A ships' my '- " B. t.f 8. snGa. s1 sa'
You will md the statistics collected for you In
Q book published each year in England called
fhA EN1
book Is out. you must keep watch on Tar srx.
!. Hs- thick 10 the steel on the battle ship ors-
sonr y. what DO you call the steel on the outside
OF the steel inside' s. What does the charge coss
to load eight ten. and twelve inch guns,
I. Seventeen inches with Q belt around the ms
chiner~ eighteen inches thick. .. This is tho ar
NOR. without the armor the vessel would be seen
TO have q steel akin no thicker than an ordinary
To throw an sishs-ineh shot, with full.servtcs
csarse. costs about saoo; ten-inch shos. sbout
e4oo: . l2-inch shot, about $3.50.
How Is The rating" Of yacht. deter rmined' We
-, rsah OF nal, ss'sss t"en,y ra'.r,', a.. and
What is the relation OF the rate 10 the Ienstai
Or does the tonnage determine the rate '''
The length and the ssn area Of yacht are multi
piled together, and the product divided by 5000;
the quotient is the yachts rating. Tho tonnage
Ia not used In determining the rating of yacht
L WIDER cru~s,-on July 81. 1895. tn. Treasury
held Qao2, ,l47.2&s. including the gold reserve
D. r. B.-rhe nAme Of the disooverer OF the
rays Is pronounced Roont- shen, the nrst syllable
short.
a T.N-rn double entry bookkeeping theso books
constitute Set-the Journal. the cash book and the
ledger
". B. nott-Thaekeray delivered his lectures on
the -Four Georges" in this city in 1895; Dickens
gave his nrst reading In this city in 1893.
". W.R.-Jamss Bryce. NJ. P. was born in Bal
fast. IreiandI his father q seotchman, his
mother . north OF Ireland woman.
@. Erdns.-Thare are no reliable Authorita-
tive statistics OF the nationalites of desertions
from The Northern armies during tho civil war.
j. c. Hnanon.-we do not follow Col InrerxolI,s
utterances closely. II you write Q letter TO the
Colonel he will probably answer you. and you
may rely on what he EAys In his answer.
s. @. B.-pesans wood Is imported from South
America and is used in making Light trout and
bass rods. 1t is much liko Aneewood, bat uEhter
in weight. ami Is sold generally BY the rod and
tackle men,
H. secAtrecker-The Jews In Germany wers com.
PEELED 10 assume surnRmes during tho seventeenth
century, more than hundred years before the birth
OF Napoleon. He did not force the French Jews 70
take surnAmeL
Inquiro.-There Is no legal way by which you
can retain your vote in this city except by obtain.
Ing a residence thirty days before election. You
tell US In your letter that you propose give up
your present residence on Sept. l. II you do, you
cannot vote unless you get another one.
". n. d. Rohert'.-Divorce 10 allowed In New
Jersey for adultery and deserton for three yearsi
residence OF three years is required. In New
York adultery Is the only for divorce; both