The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-02

sNhe' tiipN VA khii0h bthltNs 70 ~ tNtA'hp hoV
lies on the west side of broadway between Thirty.
fourth and Forty.seconds streets. About three years
ago It was on tho west side OF Broadway, between
Twenty.nfth and Thirty second streets, aud before
that for a dozen years or more it wac on the south
side of Fourteenth street. between Broadway and
Fourth avenue. This "RiAlto' won tho lame. In
shakespeare's Merchant OF Venice Shptoch
speaks of the Rialto astho place whero merchants
most do congregate." Fourteenth street was the
place whcro actors OF some classes most did con.
Rregate. First II was called the theatrical Rinlto,'
then "theasrlcal" was dropped. and the place DO.
came simply the Rialto.
win you kindly inform mo at what period the
icttor v got into tho Greek aiphabeti In common
ssis and the greek Testament. Tiers was a let.
ter Epsilon In the Language then. but Il was Latin.
half the names or Greek towns and Greek heroes.
and Il would be a comfort 20 know how it "a pro.
uounoed. Is IL Ph-Phi-modernized. or WHAT'S IL,
ismf JAMES r. VINCENT.
Tho philoiosists give no very definite reason for
tho use OF v IN Greek. Ltddeil and Scott say: 1T
has been supposed that Y (Upsilon), like the Latin v,
originally served both for the TAU tF) or dizamma
and tho vowel Us" = 10 later Greck. at all
events, U after q vowel was sounded like D."
Now n. p. v are interchangeable iinguistically; 80
when D was once naturaliEed in place OF U. II was
easy to put v In DIS place. AT all events. v 10 not
an alteration of Pm phO. V has been in modern
Greek for centuries.
worid1 a. 8. p.
Tho highest mountain 10 Gaorinsakar. generally
known by Its English name. Mt. Everest. II 10 in
the. Himniayas, at lat. 27o 60 north. So 60 east,
and is 20. 005 feet, nearly 5k miles. high. Its
naine means the Shining One. II received Its Eng.
1ish name in honor OF Sir George Everest, an en-.
gineor who took an active part in tho general sur.
vcy Of India aud especially OF the slopes of the
Himalayas. Sir George WINS born in Wales in
1890 and died In 1896.
I. OF rho two painters. De Eeuvtlo and Detail.e.
nnsss @ %Sr YS SesA NO, ' Doss,iie as \ a 1I painter aeHi rank
above De N%euvilef .. Did De Eeuvilie ever study
canvas conceded to he as great a creation a. De.
,siiie,s siege OF Gnamp,sny" now hung In !ho
I. Detaiile Is placed generally rather above Do
Neuviiie. Q. No. o. We do not know; his DE.
fense OF Le DourGet'' stands high as q picture. The
two men are generally. ranked az about equal IN
skill. art. and reputs. but Detaille FIRST
Kindly give me all the Information regarding the
motto, "doni soft qui mai y pense." where and
from whom Il originated. &C. TIC.
The expression Is said to date from the time OF
Edward III. OF England. about 1919. At q court
ball the beautiful Countess OF Salisbury dropped
her garter (autiquarians now cay that it was an
other part of her apparel); this the ~courtiers pee-
ing. began to laugh. Thereupon the Kfng picked
up the garter, with the famous remark. ''Honi
soft Out NAL y pense'' "May he DO shamed who
thinks evil of IL" mot as translated usually ''evil
to him who evil ~thinks''). Hont. properly honnt.
Is the past participle of the old French verb honnfr.
to shame. II was customary then for knights TO
indicate their purity of thought AM loftiness OF
MUD by acts OF what might be called suoiimated
humility; so shortly afterward Edward said: II
will mako this mean article the baige Of On order
80 lofty that tho noblcst will wear 10 gladly and
tharaaffar hn nafffufad Tim 0fiaP NJ the Rprfar
We arc Hoke smithe grandfather: Hoke smithe.
s smi,h ,s'h erand moss sH aies. HI How sF1 sno1Ia hons
3mithe. Jr.. and Hoke smitne Ill. sign their namest
to sign Jim Jones. Jrl A. HAwLEY.
On the death OF Hokc smithe. Hoke smithe. Jr..
drops the Junior" and Hoke snithe III. be-
comes 'Junior.'' Tho nephew Jim Jones 10 Jim
Jones II. We suppose he has o legal right to call
himself Junior: but custom reserves that anlx
for q son.
What system OF shorthand Is considered the best
and the most modern, the easiest TO learn and ca
pablo OF the greatest %rapidityf d. d..
The four elements YOU name ara not found in any
one system of shorthand. Tho easiest to learn is
not the bes; or fhe quickest. araham's system
Is used by the best operators.
When. where. and how old Emin Pasha dle'
Emin Pasha Dr. schnitzer) Is said to have been
killed by AL Arab during 1899 while In tho coun.
try Of the Manyernas.
have an old piece OF crockery. Q platter. bearing
a picture of the old almshousA located In this city.
Gated, and TO determine as closely as possible the
date OF the manufacture OF the piece or CT ockory.
j.. u.
The Drst almshouse was in the park. about at
the corner OF Chambers street and Broadway. fac.
ing the latter street. The second was in tho park,
south OF Chambers street. In 1907 Il became the
nrst Bellevue Hospital. We presume your plate
shows this second ainshouse and 10 about ninety
years old.
Can you inform me the diameter and depth Of tho
Tho diameter Of the crater Of vesuvius is about
1000 feet: the depth is about 800 feet. Both diam.
eter and depth vary with each eruption.
What papers were published in tho building at
ParK row and Beekmnn street when It wa. de-
troyed by nro IN 1881 L. s,
The building was the original Potter building. It
contained those papers: "he Scientific American.
the Observer, the Manufacturer and Builder. 7urJ.
FIsId and Farm. the Retailer. Thomp,on's Bank Note
Reporter. and the Scottish 1mericdn Journal.
Can you inform me whore I can md an old
Scotch ballad or Groom" beginning:
Oh. hae ye hear tell o. the Watney Boo
That droois by the Woiy Scar =
Tho title ia Tho Watney Boo.' ANGUS GARRY.
We don't know. We don't think the ''poem'' 10
very old or very bcotch; In facts wo think you may
md II In some OF Edmund Lear's Nonsense Books'
or in tho nles OF 81. Nicholas.
Was Daniel Dsronda" ever dramatizedr II 40,
whore was it produced and who played the lead.
ing charactersr JED ELANY.
We think it was never dramatized. We remsm.
Der that tho Norristown Herald some years ago
said. in effect: INT. soaniso. tho actor. Is having
Daniel DerondA' dramatiEeo; we intend TO drama.
the the dictionary ourselves"
Where can I hnd q copy OF the letter sent to
Queen Victoria by Victor Hugo ON banalf OF tho
FeniAns Allen, Larkin. o'Brien. Condor. and Ma.
guiref u. q.
In Hugo's works. We take It. We do not md it
In tho papers or American ANIMALS OF the time. It
may DO IN tho 'Annuai Register" an English an.
nual Of great value. which you can SEQ at the
libraries
why should not the folio wing titles be added to the
brief list OF nctlon dealing with tho pre.Norman pc.
Rod In England given In your issue OF Sunday. April
2br ''The Count OF tho Saxon Shore.'' by A. J..
Church, shak espeare's 'cymbeiine." Mrs. Charles's
''The Early Dawn" Crake's Camp on the severn''
and "Aifgar the Dane" ''lmogen," by L. 8. Holt:
Malory's ',M,rt d'Arthur.'. nenty's '.Deric, the
Briton.' "wuIf. the saxon" dragon and Raven"
(thsso books OF meuty's arc for boys. but are no.
ourate historicaIy); Cowper's (F.)' caed walla."
,rhIa llat d.aa pat nurnart IN ha cnnniate unanv