The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
VOTES AND

In TIE SUN OF March Y appeared tho second Install.
ment OF the Jefferson autographs, "a annotatedsby
Mrs. Burton Harrison. In the paragraph a. speak
iHs = s sSsF ds.cr ns@1I Ss ape nppea HrSSses q. 2" wi mi ne ,Sin;
IA burgess from Louisa county-and Immediately
his roIolnder-the grand ciimaT-touchins c@sar.
Charles L., and George III. 1t has heen said this
the: little church on churcs Hin in Richmond. Is
this last statement correctf W. W.
Mrs. Harrison ia correct. Henry proposed his
resolution, and made his comparison between
crsar, Charles L., and George III. al Williamsburg.
on May 2a, 1908, nine days after taking his seat as
. burgess from Louisa county. In 81. Johns
Church. near Richmond. before the Provincial As.
s.mbly of virginia on March rs. 1915, he delivered
his speech ending with ''Givo mo liberty or give me
death"
For the nformatlo OF ole Timer, The Seventy.
~. SewW ~ ssu'o nr.i''a nau y T0a9r' = Hn
differentiation and mutiny. IL was a Scotch raRi.
correspondent some weeks. ago. FIRST SERGEANT.
Tho Seventy ninth lost its coiors for insubordina.
tlon. but not for cowardlcc. The coiors were taken
from the regiment on Aug. II, 1851, and restored
to II on Sept. ID. 1901.
Beside: Attorney General Tpsuey; j. n: Campbell,
Catholic: and / think there were other Roman Cath.
oiics In the Cabinets. w. H.T.
Permit mo tn inform ]. c. H.. who inquired about
Gaelic krammars. that'thc nrst mentioned grammar
frst contury:. this grammar was enlarged about tho
year ees; subsSqnep. grammar in inc GHeli, Ian:
1861 1853: S %i sSG,'p Pso iT's G,r xS'1sp 1865. I 0:Rs, Ee' Is,E::
O'Donovnn. lSi5. Other recent writer's of Gaelic
nan. but the best work OF all for elementary stu.
dents is tho concise little. grammar by r. W. Joyce.
remember that mules or asses were used some
iSbeiieve on the Third avenue also. but the expert.
ment was soon abandoned. Their hoofs could not
or would not make a squirt Of speed whom a car
was behind time. They do well enough, in the
South. where time 10 of no account. j. Fox.
l. what Is required Of q people. in the unwritten
hclitgerents. and as an independent Government.
by other nations! g. What privileges, does an-An'
q foreign Minister? y. what are the duties OF a
Consul to a foreign port. and what the nature OF his
appointment: Diplomatic. commercial. or what. and
by what authority! INQUIRER.
1. The law OF nations. II II is not statute law, is
nevertheless written and printed. and Is moro aim.
cult OF amendment and repeal than statute law.
Tho general rule of international law Is that re.
VOTERS should not be recognized as beligerents
until they have effected a political organization
Dap ahlc of performing the duties OF q nation and OF
meeting the responsibilities Of one. and ha' Z shown
that their rebellion is in fact q war and conducted
according TO the rules OF war. II their political
organization . = . Ia simply documentary or mi
gratory; II their forces " . . are simply maraud-
ing bands. they are not entitled to receive rccogni-
tion. . Additional reasons for granting roc.
oEnition are supplied " such facts as that the re-
VOTERS have . noble aad Just cause; that the legiti.
mate Government has oppressed them fagitiously;
that they are possessed or ports and shipss that
they have won substantial victories; that the legiti-
mate Government has exchanged prisoners with
them . . or treated them in other respects as
telligcrents." The question OF recognition is q
question OF fact, according to International law.
3. He has no greater duties than 4 Minister. and no
greater privilege, except that he is entitled to ap.
proach the sovereign 20 whom he is accredited at
any timc without having to arrange for an audi
ence. He takes precedence over all Ministers. 3.
A Consul takes charge OF the business end of
diplomatic intercourse: looks after sailors. takes
aridavitS. &c. required on invoices. His appoint.
ment is consular. not diplomatic; and he has. as
Consul. no position At court or In society. Our
Consuis are appointed by the President with the
consent OF the Senate. and are controlled by the
Consular Bureau of the State Department.
l would ike to know the derivation and real
meaning Of the word 'sheeny.' as at pres"ut ap.
piled TO the lower classes of Jews FL r.
I. Is said shat the word comes from the Hebrew
Meseh Meshiueh. a curse used by the Jews during
the Middle Ages against their individual persecu-
tors; and that. prosecutors were so common that
the Jews were called shcenles because they used
the curse so.freauentiy. The Hebrew words are
said to mean May you be aniicted with the nve
deadly curses" This explanation has been uenied;
but no alternative explanation has been suggested.
VIII you kindly su xgcr n course of reading for q
young man who has bur lately been placed In a posi-.
lion where he can spend a few hours OF the evening
proftablyl F.s. =.
A course OF reading is like some preachers texts.
a thing to get away from. Read ANYTHING you like.
so long rs It isn't vicious. There Is good In every.
thing. for ON. persons. Read history. Law; study
3erman. French. or some other language. evan Eng.
49, 49,.
read any book that you hear OF a. being good. that
is. II tho person who says It is good is a Judge.
When you know what a good book is-you VIII
learn by reading books that competent Judges say
are Rood-you can take up books about which you
know nothing and learn for yourself they II are good.
VIII you kindly give me a little history of Ada
Glare. once a famous American actress and writeri
and the name OF the books abe wrote. Can you
also inform me when she died. and where her
We don't ind that Mas Ada Clare was an &C.
tres'. But we DO md that Mrs. Jane COR Julia Nc.
Chimney COR MacElhinney). under the name Miss
Ada Clare published in 1868 q novel called "only
= woman's Heart"
Does the Bank OF England issue notes of less
value thnn ea' II not. were such notes eyer is.
The Bank Of England does not issue notes OF less
value than ao. In 1907 It issued CT and f2 notes;
but the Issue cessed shortly aftcrward. though
some Ell notes were found and issued In De ,ember,
1895, when they tidcd the community over n tight
place. Scottish and Irish banks still issue 81 notes.
which Is right: Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit.
@. WATKYSs.
Welsh rabbit. The name is not a corruption of
any rAre-bit; &c Is simply n c%oiloquiaI name for O
dish, and has humorous kindred names. Here 10 "a
tolerabiy complete list. the first four being OF
American. the others of British origin: Jersey
liRhtniug,' meaning %whiskey: ''cape Cod Turkeys
meaning codrsh; ALBANY beef meaning stur.
geon; "Maryiand chicAHn, - meaning lobstcr, New.
haven BROTH meaning boiled mussels; "DIgby
chickens ''GinsGow magisrrntes." "Gourock
hams Dunbar %wethers.'' Norfolk capons,' all
meaning red hcrrinps; Field Lane ducks mean.
Ing boiled sheepshcad and onions; BOMBAY
ducks meaning dried nsh: ''Brstol milk mean.
ing sherry: "Iri'h aprlcots.'' Irish fruit" "Mun.
ster pIuns.'' meaning potatoes. Then an Essex
stile" f. n ditch; I'm Essex lion" a calf. n "Jeru-
salem pony n donkey. So Welsh rabbit is ono OF
many territorial slang names OF articles Vt food.
III. weekly means every two weeks; bi monthly,
every two months; bi- annual, twice q year; whyf
cuutou, prohnbIv. and yron1Ix TIM