The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
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Motley: Emanuel Van Metcren. a plain Protestant
merchant Of Antwerp and Amsterdam. wrote an ad.
mirable history Of the war ana OF his own times, full
Of precious details, especially rich in statistics-a
branch Of science which he almost invented-which
still remains IS one Of the leading authorities, not
only for scholars, but for the general reader Van
Meteren evidently lived in the latter half of the six.
teenth century.
why are tho Turks spoken of as " unspeakable up
Because their enormities and atrocities could not
be expressed. The name was given to them after the
Bulgarian daughters Of 1857.
ON page sos OF ' Quo vadis" Petronius says: Re.
member what the daughter OF sejanus endured he
was and how she was punished7 W. Il.
You will md the story In the Tenth Satire Of
Juvenal; historians believe the story to DO untrue.
sejanuss daughter was only o years old; che and all
her fathers family were put to death to satisfy the
rage Of Tiberius, the Roman Emperor, when he learned
how his favorite, sejanus, had deceived him.
Please tell when the gin known a. Old Tom wsa
nrst called Old Tom. and why It was called Old Tom?
OLD Ton.
DR.. Brewer says that Thomas Norris, once en-.
ployed at Hodges's distillery, opened q gin shop in
Great Russell street, Covent Garden. London. and
called the gin concocted by Thomas Chamberlain. one
OF the partners In the %distiliery. "old Tom" In com.
pliment to his former employer. Brewer gives no
date for this event.
sorosis Is derived from a Greek word simplifying
aggregation. not the Latin soror. which means sister.
birthday, aud win celebrate is tnirtieth in March,
1895, Mrs. j, G. CRoLI,
Mrs. oroly sends the technical derivation of the
word. Itcomes from the Greek s~oreusfs, meaning an
| aggregation. Except in the case Of the Oldest
oman, Climb the word ia confined ,Imost wholly 70
| botany. A circular published by sorosls gives these
examples of thu use OF the word:
Sorosis, q compound neshy fruit, formed by the
Secomes sn,rulontE Beu,lo,o,s Diettonaru or sot1ns.
Ssi Ts!s'. nana. s..sr ~. S.,s.1
sorosn, = eompou u me nesn snn mu NIco sesuit y ar1m
Botanic Terms.
s.v.r., Of the st.t.s Of the Union h.v. formally
.t"ntnd sat- snn,sm, !" ,sma,iy Hnv nn,e VIII nnyy
!, s,.sss :, nsa.rhs, lie
flowers and emblems: Alabama, golden rod: Colo
RADIO. columbine; Delaware. peach blossom; Idaho.
syringa; Maine. Pine cone and tassel; Minnesota,
cypripodium; Montana. bitter root; Nebraska, golden
rod; New York. rose; Oklahoma mistletoo; Oregon,
golden rod; Utah. sogo lily; Vermont, red clover;
Rhode Island and Wisconsin, maple tree.
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! no1cang your Iete,ence 10 tne Term " oeadheaa..
| must have been IN use in Pompeii. The Napl.a
Museum contains a collection OF articles carved from
T u eI ticIe ~ ssensd ~ ha ai % ~ hia < < " IN W pohpdl,
est seats (what we would call the pit), a nsh. For the
hish 81 aus. q bird. For Tree admls.ion: q skull: The
ceyta,nlr ,Ii"t ~ = res.on ~. ab.orx ,ha, en- -,
lent for an expression "deadhead" must have existed
q carly as the nrst century. MARY Il. FLINT.
r,. ,,r... .,,.... ,hon,, ,., ,,.,,,.
selling becr by retail In bnckete! Il comes from the
fact that the proprietor when he takes an order says:
"Su a " : ,hop Shop' "hA oeen SorruP,ea INTO
ouoAe' snop. -. ioshs ikoLl.
.1 nr aSoo' . .I sus aSs,' .sa0 i. a, nS american ~, ans , na nns,ssa
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In your issue of July II you say that there 10 no
Is Or rs nSa taken up very iate.y, II vas started
y ". 9 .. ei,neT s.,'. ,seo"nu . = sixtytniri street
south s siae, th he through st1ty,nr,h street TO IT Ms.
rod, thn"uEh siIty.s,Ith street to- SSatth River
enence across Nor'h RIVER ms nhe was isa n iS'o
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When was the convention Of punEannon held. and
agitation? JAMES BoTLE.
The convention OF punaanpon was held ON Sept. 8,
1850. IL vss the meeting of go epre,sn,a,iv.. Of
the Irish volunteer companies under Henry Grattsn's
influence. The delegates resolved; THAT freedom
IA the ndefeasible right OF 1rt,bmen and Rr,ton,- Of
which no power on earth has n right To denrtve them
q. That those only ART free who are governed BY no
laws but those to which they assent either in person
or by representatives freely cboeen. a. That the
electoral franchise should be extended to those only
who will use It for the public rood. Grattap and
Lord Charlemont were the movers of the convention
Its purpose was to secure parliamentary reforms for
Ireland and to withhold the Irish supplies IL tho Eng
lish Government objected to the reforms. The con.
vention had no positive results. II WA To have .d.
journed to Dublin, bu, this movement was checked
by the Duke OF RUTLAND, Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland.
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VII, =,
nrri,ahSSd ~ ~ ,,,r -, , . = PsPeI
by the name Of the Old Countrvu.an, II 40. wbsre
can l md a copy? Z. NJ. B.
Hudson does not mention any such paper In his
"History OF tAmerican) journalism"
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IN the Tnitsn q, ar. p srmS fro o n,a q Ganu ostohsins
York Central Railroad depot some short time ago Il
iSrget det ana name of rNS,nentl upon their arrival
city ; IF 40 vbat VA the rssson IN Iii" LII, ~
fered? II the band continued to play against the
,n > =, .ne ppics' ~na' aTtloh Touiu the police ne
play through the stre.ts OF New YORK. on othsr co...
init and II it Is q breach OF the city's ordinances.
GUNNER. Frat Artillery.
When the troop OF the Third Cav airy arrived I'm this
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