The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
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Pitts rspfy 10 Wafpots Horace. noe Sr RoberO
Classic. Edition OF Or. Samuel Jehnson.s WORKS. At
gg oss.S ss' !. n SST sn %TGs for Of gos Is Tis' h Inn. hi Ss %G 81.
mittsd that he composed many OF the speeches en-.
from very sesst msieriai. Pitt was thirty.tSo years
speech. c. n. TRuAL-
The letter from "a counsel Of aeorre Warrington
Bowen IN THs sUS Of Sunday. Nay so.eontains sew.
or's Joke" that George washington Bowen was
in The .s.simnny Of one Of the witneasss. as = ,rSdi.
ton or runor that wss current In Providence. The
and The Pro1idsnce JoSraai devoted an eiSboras::
article to proving that George washington could
clearly that Presidsnt washington. surrounded by
pomp and circumstance. and under the ruolic eye
snd's northern capital. could have had no oppor.
tunIty. even had he .0sen 50 inelired. &c make the
hardly in her teens. Boven's counsel no doubt.
believed 60 Do proved" the elatm ina; he vas the
plsriet Court. WITH Carries o'conor on on. side
%. however. :hst he Was not. sad this verdict of
the jury prevented Mr.. 30 ten from having the
NINE. lumerS properSv. there are stiIi some old
peosie in Proridence who believe that fowen was
out having the Rhode Island statute. before me.
am OF opinion tina, an illeaitimass child inherit,
but the same as legitimate Issue. George washing.
ton Bowen bore a marked resemblance In feature TO
man OF sturdy. resoluts character. anu succeeded by
industry In saving . moderate eomPstence:
How many t~oreignsrs who Tough, tn the .irn
war are now living abroad and still drawing
nenti H. J. ".
According. 70 the Pension Report for 1899 there
were s.7si persons drawing pensions who re-
aided abroad How many Of thess were foreign
ers and how many were Americans residing
abroad permanently or temporarily does not sp-
pear. Probably aimoss all were Foreigners. IS
pensioners. as Q rule. do nos travel for pleasure.
what gave rise TO the fashion Of calling the State
eign State. s. 3. II.
1t has been assumed very generally that View
Jersey was out OF the Union because it had .
KinE-Joseph Bonaparte. King Of Spain. who. as
the Count do survflrisrs, lived at Bordsntowu for
nearly twenty years, between 1915 and 1887.
As q fact. however. the name was due to tho
fact thst the State imposed \ tax OF 10 cents
upon all passengers carried across It by the
camden and Ameoy Railroad Company. between
Camden, Burlington. Bordentcwn. the Trenton
Delaware bridge, the city OF Trenton. or any
other point or place on the Delaware River to
tandl South Amboy. the city OF New Brunswick.
or any other point or place on the Rarttan River
or bay" This tax was imposed by the act grant
ing the charter TO the com 7Sny In February.
1880; it WAS affirmed by an act In ls4e. and
lasted until 1891. The Delaware and Raritan
SAnAl NoWHAny pA4a GA1uh Conths - III n -
Jersey Railroad and TraDsportation Company.
After these roads were absorbed by the Psnnsyl.
van's system the AK was taken on.
| A man leaves New YORK. ut noon on q rfven
date and travels westward at SUCH . rate OF
speed that the sun will be always directly over
Dc Ss'a Win ir reach 3 the starting pela. t IN New rort s: JUST
twenty -four hours after he lets Il. Assuming
he inquired a. each station where ne nesi.st.d
for q moment what the ia, and hour were. the
! "fp /, " SSoa Of o. a.. :. i 1884," 70, y. { a @aea +. Of rs sSS.si
New York again II would be a: noon Of the ION:
London; for instance. some three hours before
ss,s ''s a.ss,.. Ssy , herr thu, s.I II he w would noon saTs Of os ssa
10Th The question presenting Itself Is. at "h!ch
ing .se circuit Of The siose In twenty four hours.
carrying noon Win him to ersry station. ws'
instead of the 18th? G. p. P.
Az he crossed the meridian OF 1907 east. or
west, of Greenwich the day would change. Ris
nrst stop after crossing tina. meridian would be
YokoaAmA, ~perhap,; there no uorId learn tina; 10
was the 10th OF the month.
| In reference TO Petsr Btrney. aoou. whom J. 4 II.
inquired Last Sunday. q friend sends thist
The Lyric Gems OF sco,iand' has thi. to say:
old disryl. was . wen. Known rhymstsr and nddier in
An day. He lived IN Kingdom, F~iteshire. about the
~ersa OF he above- men ,ioneddiIy reads - follows,
."Tns aud mans mear's dead.
me aud mans mear's dead. mile asoon Dundee.
she was cut iuSxtt, paineh uppss. steel walnut.
chanler chattit. lang nsckit. ret the brute did dec
! JoHy RIRSIE.
Patrick B,rnis and Peter Btrnsy seem to have
been two gentlemen IN one."
what is the or igtn of the expression TO face the
| music - Q.
According-to James Fenimore Cooper. who looked
the matter up some years before his death, the
| phrnaa oFiRfnatAd Among actors Who when thev
went on 70 play their partL. had really to face the
music. Another suggestion. which Cooper did no,
approve, was that It originated at the oid-t.ro
training days. when the militiamsn were bound to
appear AIMED and equipped facing the music.
Please inform me who was the inventor OF the
duplex telegraph system, 1. G. The sending OF two mes
sesFi ~~ In L . ".
DR.. wuheIm 6inth Of Austria invented the duple1
telegraph IN 1888, by which two messages were
sent over ono wire. one message In each direction,
1t the same time. Gail Frtschen: of Hanover I'm,
proved the system In 1854. and Joseph y. stearn,
OF Boston perfected Il IN 1879.
I. Can Al Indian. under any eireum stances. b.
that the ground gu WHEN the New YORK Catholic
Orphan AD'um now stands was obtained BY th'
the consideration Of one dollar! RoBtS.
4. Yes; on taking up an allotment OF land under
the acr-of Feb. 8. 1897; and every Indian born with
IN the United States who takes land Ia Beyerait]
and leaves his tribal condition. becomes ipso fact,
Q citizen. Q. It is not true. The city sold the Lane
TO Q private owner IN 1893; In 1928 Francis Coopei
bought 10 at . foreclosure sale; Cooper sold t II
1899 to St. Peters Church. and the trustees Of til,
eataedraiI tho latter bought 81. Peters interest II
1889, and thereafter eommutod for cash the annuL
autt rent OF four bushels of wheat. which the cit.
had reserved IN 1893.
IL Is believed by many people that the climate o
the Eastern states Is different from what 10 WAS az
teen or twenty years ago. ons person OF my &C
quAint1nce claims, by comparing periods suficieut
ly long to include the varieties of our vhangeabl
climate, that the onnciAl records will show that tn
climate has NOT chAnge1. Il this . popular delu
sion, aa he clai ms. or has the climate changed
c. II. w..
Your friend Is about right Records kept from
day Tn day for many years show that theFo has bee.
no permanent change OF climate In the East. or any
where else. for that matter. me same complaint
OF change of climate were made years ago a. ar
mAds to-day.
You say that Patrick. the patron saint OF Ireland
landed In wicklow, lived In Armagh. and died Il
Down, re. whsrs DID he. Patrick. some from be