The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
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chy was not. He was promoted by Louis Phi.
iippe. his commission dating from 1891. our liz,
OF Napoleon's Marshaia was copied carefully from
Larousse's, which purports 70 be taken from the
omcial and complete list Of all the Marshals.
In looking over some old letters OF my great.
grandfather found one written by = runaway
addressed to a negro woman, who belonged to my
ancestor aud who was the mother OF the "runa
who lived at that time at 81 broadway. Mr. Camp
bell. according to tho letter, was the greatest gen.
formation about. THIS Mr.. C%s,npleli, who he wac,
what he DID, and II any Of his descendants are llv.
Ing In this city At PRESENT. ".
Mr.. Campbell was Duncan Campbell. u merchant;
his name appears I'm the city directories " the time
for a number OF years. io held no public once In
tho city. We presume some Of his descendants are
still living.
Will ron inform me how I can rid my country
place OF the English spsrrow' IL n IL oIe S,,,h Mi !
nests. and their yermin. They destroy,my. buds and
knew the most ,ereetivs way OF Administering it.
! have some valuable dogs, on my place ana fear
poisoned. themselves. Shooting is too tedious, as
well as dangerous. G. ID. u.
shoot q few OF the sparrows and hang their dead
bodies up for a time whore the survivors can see
them. sparrows are pretty shrewd birds. and when
they learn that it Is dangerous to remain around
Jour place wo think they'll go lsewhere.
In Dean Holes "A Little Tour In AMERICA folio
'Georgo Augustus Warrington wss this the full
name, as he was baptized, of tho Father OF our
Country"f ANTIQUARIAN.
1t was not; It was simply Dean Holes error.
Please describe the Cuban nag. and say when it
The nag consists Of nve horizontal stripes, three
blue, two white; instead of q ''union'' there is q
red triangle, the base OF which forms the "hoist'
OF the flag; the triangle bears a single I'VE pointed
white star. The nag WIS devised by Lopez.
How many states were formed out Of tho Louisi.
ana purchase To whom does Lower California
belongi 1. Old.
Seventeen States and Territories in whole or in
part. as follows; Mississippi and Alabama south
of lat. 81 n, all OF Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis-.
souri,, Iowa, Nebraska, oregon, North and South
Dakota, Washington, Idaho. and Montana, Mime
soto west Of the Mississippi, and Kansas, except
that part south of the Arkansasi Colorado and Wy
omlns east of tho Rocky Mountains and the Indian
Territory. Lower California belongs to Mexico.
VIII you kindly publish in the Sunday edition of
THE SuN the circumstances OF Commodore Hollins's
nring upon the English flag at Greytown, some.
where along In the nfties, and II that circumstance
had any bearing upon the Monroe dootrine'
The bombardment In 1855 OF San Juan del Norte
nicknamed Greytown by the British) by Comman-
der Hollins, U. s. N, had nothing whatever to do
with the Monroe doctrine. Hollins was appealed
to by the American residents of San Juan to pro-
tect them from the %exactions Of the local authori.
ties, and he did so By bombardins the town. The
British residents protested. saying that San Juan
was under the protectorate of Great Britain. Our
Government disavowed Hoilins's act. Ie did not
fre on the British flag except Incidentally.
Does a bullet move with less rapldity as the dis.
lance becomes greater from muzzle Of the gun, or
does It go a part of the distance before 1T has &c:
CURED Its fun speedf Also would the same bullet
have u greater penetration at five or ten yards
person struck with the bullet be sreatc- n close
range or at n distance. and would II be possible to
tell II the person hit were close or notl +. A. L.
A proJectile. owing TO the resistance of the air.
begins to lose Its velocity AZ soon as 1t begins TO
move. This fact affords the reason for taking the
muzzle velocity OF a proJcctilc. The penetration Is
greater at Ave or ten yards than at 100 or 100
yards. In the case OF a bullet from an infantry
rifle OF carbine, the shock Is greater at the longer
range. At close range the bullet passes through a
person without stopping him, us the British
found In their Chitral campaign. At longer ranges
the bullet, having lost some of Its velocity, inflicted
a stunning blow rather than Il piercing thrust. and
SO stopped its victim.
When the Bank Of England wishes to check an
unusual emand-otherwis "a run'-fOr gold, we
see it stated that It RAISES the rate OF discount
In other words. IT makes a charge for %rcdceming
do this II IT Is under chartered obligations 10 re.
deem It's notes at par on presentation; IL 1t has
TINS Iikht tii'ii Fsik iiSl 'ulttINS II hDN 'l -
specie paying basis. is III p $.
1t does not raise the rate on its own notes. but
on commercial paper offered to its regular bank
ing department.
". Y. Mo person knows why some snow
fakes are star shaped and others octagonal.
J. s. Truth Cleveland was born on Dot. g.,
1891; Esther on Sept. o. 1898: and Marion on July
7. 1895.
Several Students-The nineteenth century ends
ON Dec. 81, 1900; the twentieth century begins on
Jan. l, 1901.
II. ". B.-The Metropolitan Opera House seats
8, 800 persons; the Auditorium. Chicago. seats
$500 persons.
r. ?. H. J-You lose the bot. New York has two
Senators In Congress, the Hon. David Bennett Hml
and the Hon. Edward Murphy.
A. Eooer-In New York, by the census OF 1890,
there we're 4,42e, sos persons of native birth and
1871, $50, or 30 per cent. OF foreign birth.
. ". Fl. K-The bridge across the Forth Of Queens.
ferry, near Edinburgh, was begun in 1884 and
was opened for trafio in 1890. 1t is the largest
bridge yet built.
}. II. Frunkiin.-Booth At his best was q far bet
ter actor than Irving. Irving is a great stage man.
ager and producer Of plays. who has done more
for the stage than Booth ever did.
J. NJ ,Tordan-The New York and New Haven
Railroad had it's passenger station in this city at
Canal and Centre streets for several years and un.
I'll the station at Twenty seventh street and Fourth
avenue was occupied.
j. 7. s. W.-THE Sun uses Behring as being the
accepted spelling OF the name Of tho sea; tho dis.
coverer was vitus Rerng. The name Is familiar
also rs that OF a formerly great banking house OF
London. Barring Brothers.
W. n. O., J.-Russian war vessels remained'in
New York narbor for some months during the re-.
belion. II was believed at the time that the Rus,
sian Admiral had scaled orders to do something II
certain events happened; as the events didn't hap.
pen, or, at all events. rs the Admiral did nothing. no
one learned what was In the sealed orders.
GordidiRs-The Roman Catholic authorities de.
sided that there had never been a marriage he.
tween Ferdinand Yznaga and Mabel Wright, be.
cause Mr.. Yznaga's first wife was still alive, Mr..
Y1naga's divorce from her not being recognized by
the Roman Catholic Church. THIS being the case,
there had been no marriage and no divorce between