The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-17
NOTES AND QUERIES.

In answer TO inquiry a. 20 che Whereabouts OF the
cannon balls; I remember that there were two
balls OF stone At the southern entrance 70 union
square, which always understood were from
some temple in Egypt and presented by the sultan.
when the STONE work was removed from Union
square IL vas deposited in Central Park on the
lawn, Firth avenue opposite seventy fourth street.
The stone was subsequently worked up into foun.
dAti,n for . conservatory. and after spending thou
sands Of dollars it was nnaliy abandoned and COW
cred over with earth. The debris, together with
the balls, was removed TO the yard. looth street and
Fifth avenue. The probability 10 they have been
put in some dump aud covered up. W. A. coSKLis.
A number OF friends write about the poem "Dont
Be s%orrowfui, Darling Many of them agree In
saying that 1t was written by Rembrandt Peaie. and
set to music by Harrison Willard some thirty years
ago. Some say that It was written by Alice Cary.
and set to music by J. p. Webster. II numbers
settle the question. tho poem is MES csry's; one
friend quotes . title page which asc ribes the song
to her. and bears the date and copyright Of 1889.
The lines. 'Tney know no country, own no lord.
Their homo the camp. thor law their sword" are
TO DO found in Canto ". stansa Is. Of The Law OF
the Last Minstrel So write two or three friends.
Il IL explained. I think. In the Froude Rcminis.
csnces that Cariyie,s ''mothcr Of dead dogs" was
. man-walter Savage Landor. Carlyie's con
tempt for o verbal statue maker. In a world so
serious as he thought ours to be, forbade him to 70.
gard Landor's poems and hassiing ABOUT word us
ages A. mere chipping OF marbles lie eohs'o'
srod that the hfsless Things Landor was always pro-
ducina without any breath OF spirituality were
corpse.-not . human sanctity. either. nor beauty
but dog abortions stili born. ranking with moral
ugliness for which no gloss and crystal OF art could
atone. He dcspised even Keats less. as having
feeling. ~ all events. As FOR swinburne' no was
'tne man sit'ins ih u sewer anu aaoi"s 'oH'
VIII you kindly explain the meaning. use. and
everything relating in An' way 70 s'ahu'ru NM n
.standard Time 10 . system Of time measure.
-. ..,.,,.,.. 4, mi. ,o,n,,v In ,sss \, atari.
:, 80. ,.u,,.d man md w. .don,.a NV rho
n.on,. a, ,.rg. IN oc,on.r ana No,.mher. II. pe.
.,,..,- .o,.,.,. n, ,,v,a,r. ~. .o,n,rx into beI,,
Oh % eaeh' anu s'ink ~ ''me VI so"o "po'.-
p,sSo "'n,n e ss', ~. ,,n. ~ amx n.,, :" ,,n, ono
no,r ...,,.r Than th., NJ IN, belt ve,t and one
hour later than that Of the belt east of IL. Tho
ea'torr oet 'akes inc 'me u places On n 30
meridian west OF Greenwich ana Is thus ,us' h.o
hours ia,er than Green sich time; Central time 10
that Of the 90. meridian; Mountain time is tina: OF
tho 100. meridian, ana Pacific time that Of the
100. meridian. In use tn, system saves the neces.
| atty OF changing ones watch continually In ira.
Yelling. For instance. before the yst.m was
adopted, a person travelling from Boston to Wash.
| ,nr,on would hav, from three to nve different
times 20 remember. He would leave Boston by
| po.ton time, Providence, BY providence time; New
Iondon nv New York time; New York by Philadei.
nb,a t,me and baltimore By Washington time.
w. n. ,r.x.,. with on,v ono time. and that 4,
what he h.. TO begin with. II he goes west OF Pitts.
""s' vs." ""u
burgh. he sets his watch Just ono hour backi II
west OF B,.marck. n. D., he moves IL another hour
r.. -, ,, ao.. En- IN. pa,,oc co.s, n. AT. 4,
80, ,.,,n.,
! have q train 81 throe cog wheelsi Us hhlI tne
GEe or u and Two thirn. that OF y. hnw many
coleu springs y inches Woe ana ineh thlck. ap
pnne ,ha mbssi e and now long would The spr,ns,
have TO be TO run one hourl J.J.G.
We don't bslisve this can be answered. Ger
tsipiy the dimensions you give would produce AT
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"here can ! nhu inc io"o"'"s'
what took a world. and made a hero N.Y.
IN" ghsfening tear In ''e"pa'rAs eye.
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