The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-29

kindly inform me by whom used end where ioundl
This saying Ia said to have a historical basis in
some adventure OF Charles Edward stuart, the
young pretender." II doesn't seem 20 be found
anywhere In particular, but everywhere I'm general.
I clip this from an obituary; ''Be died Of soften.
ing OF, the lungs, together with softening. OF tho
monIa. lie was iaborins with a case u hypertrophy
q the heart, with dllatationi immediate cause OF
the subjects DEATH r.. u.
He seems to have had fatty degeneration OF the
lungs; fatty disease of the liver acute pneumonia
active ancurism Of the heart. The heart, wcaried
with Its burdens, stopped ono day, and the subject
stopped with It.
How many degrees centisrnie are ils' Fshron.
Not quite 4s' centigrade; iis.4' Fahrenheit
equals Just i5' contigradc.
Please explain nominal, indicated, and actual
horse power. j, y.
Nominal horse power is a conventional mode or
describing the dimensions of u steam engine. II
Ia computed thus: The velocity Of tho piston
per minute is assumed to be 1913 feet multiplied by
the cube root OF the length Of stroke In feet; the
effective steam pressure Is assumed to he : pounds.
Multiply velocity by pressure Of area Of piston In
inches and divide by SO 900. The indicated horse
power Il. II. P.) is calculated from the working Of
the engine; the necessary data are; The diameter
OF the cylinder in Inches, the length Of the cylinder
III ItPI, " Wthn tntNlINf pT'NSuTt, III mum
Der of revolutions per minute. I. ". =. equals the
area OF the piston by the mean effective pressure by
the piston speed in feet per minute divided by 49,.
900. Actual horse power Ia the amount of work
which an engine Is capable of doing, and In the dir.
ference between the |. II. 7. aud the horse power
required to drive tho engine without a load.
Has the President, by virtue OF his ONCE ms
.ommander.in;Chie OF the armies OF The United
states, the authority TO call upon an oniccr OF the
militia OF this state to report to him for duty dur.
ing "A period OF peace? T. u.
No, because the militia is liable for duty In the
and to enforce the laws.
How many Irish acres and feet are there in a
city block, measuring 200 feet on the avenue and
800 feet on the street, T.. X. u.
An Irish acre Is more than one and a half times
as large as a statute acre; 1t contains l.6l9s35
statute acres. There are 1.708 Irish acres in a
block and nearly 8 statute acres.
Please give me the color Of Cleopatra's Queen
OF Egypt hair and eyes, Also inform me Z both
parents were Egyptians. J. l.. c.
She had blue eyes and brown hair. according TO
the traces of color remaining on her statue at Luxor.
She was u Greek in everything but her birth; by
that she was Egyptian; so were her parents, Ptol.
envy Auletes and his unknown wife. She had about
as much Egyptian blood as Queen Victoria has
English blood.
l.. Please give the exact position of the North Star
in relation to the points Of the compass 9. The
present location OF the site of the 'Old Rcd House"
Harlem. THE "DEN."
/. The North Star is about l. 10 distant from the
true pole: 1t Is approaching the pole at the rate Of
IS" a year. 2. We do not identify the Red House
in Harlem.
with the history and Constitution or the United
states' Also, which do you consider to be the best
books on the subjects mentioned? j. s. II.
He can buy the Constitution in many cheap forms;
1.-THE Ideals of the Republic apart from Its binn-
ing, Is a good form. Alexander Johnston's
History OF American Politics, and some recent his
tory OF the United States, Will give him a good
working knowledge OF the subject.
A contends that the term monkey wrench Is cor:
rect, while u contends mat IL is NOT, but Is named
after Its inventor, Monchay. Which is right!
r.. SHEPPARD.
Monchay. the inventor. is one of those things
not generally known" Let Il produce him. bic.
tionary makers fondly have agreed with A, but
yet b may be correct.
,, !; T ii%: Is 81 ,s Ss origin Sn1f Of .Y YANKEE ,.s 7 pS &c o2 = pid a the he
from church ? r. II.
/. DR.. Rlmbault, the English historian of music, has
traced the air as far back as 1850. under the name
"Fisher's Jig with the words:
Lucy uydia) Locket lost her pocket,
Kitty Fisher found It;
Not a bit of money in It,
Only binding round IT."
The words Yankee Doodle are not known further
back than 1853; they were written by some unknown
person. Or. Shackburg. a stan surgeon to the British
troops in this country in that year. gave the name or
Yankee Doodle" to Fishers Jig" Q. There were
no blue laws" in New York; but an ordinance OF
Oct %. 1875. permitted persons to travel under
twenty miles. but only TO attend public worship, and
TO go for a physician or nurse
Please tell me II Gen. Miles did not surrender Har.
Gettysburg. EP.
He did not. Col. Dixon s. Miles, commanding at
Harper's Ferry. was attacked by Jackson on Sept. -.
1859; he was killed. and the town captured. The
march to Gettysburg was in June. 1858.
believe that every verse in the Bible Is lnfailibic' :? 2.
Can q person who is not a true Christian enter into
tras Christian 4 nf ! T. T. % &fssse d %aS es," wa. It nI ,has cana sis
wifsf 1t was not mis- sister. because Adam and Eve
had no daughters. GEORGE II. SHINING.
l. why not ? DO you think that II is necessary TO
believe absolutely that Joshua made the sun stand
still. that the witch of Endor actually raised samuel
before Saul, before you can lie a believer and follower
OF Christ; 2 Yes; there is nothing in the Bible to in.
dictate that all those persons are damned to whom
God has not revealed the Christ Of the New Tesla.
ment. A buddhist, a Mohammcdan, II he leads a life
in accordance with his light, is as likely to enter
heaven as a socailed Christian. 2. We guess so. 4.
How do yon know they had no daughters The Bible
doesn't say they had any daughters: neither does 1t
say who the persons were whose vengeance Cain
feared. The 'act Is, that Adam and Eve were no two
persons In partcular. Adam" means simply the
ground" and =" Eve Aife;' and their story is simply
an allegory, not a history.
Has the Emperor Of Germany any right to the Eng
lish throne. or did hs mother renOunCe her rights
when she married. or Is Il only the oldest son who
SUI ceeds' CONSTANT ItEADEI.
The British throne descends TO the eldest son Of the
sovereign. and to HIS sons In order. and after them to
his daughters; In default of them. To the second son,
and his sons ami daughters, and AZ on through the
sovercigns sons. In default OF sons 1t descends Ia the
eldest daughter OF the sovereign and to her sons and
daughters, and So on. Thus tho Emperor OF Germany
has a right OF succession To tho throne. hut Il Ia very
small. There are twenty three persons between him
and the British throne.
Please denne the term =" jlngOlsm." HIS
"Jingolsm, - when used 10y II copperhcad, means
"lovs Of ones country, " and Is n term Of reproach. A
+" lingo 4" is one who loves ana respects his country.
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