The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-25

pEluueu INC puDlisncu Ut SlER Sluss tueu SHhSN
hount Pleasant. In January. 1918, by Stephen
Mar shall. who continued TO do so until April. 1890.
when the said paper passed into the hands OF Ca.
leb Roscoe. who continued to conduct tne same
until ABOUT the year 1907. l have In my possession
a bound volume OF the numbers of tuis paper from
1919 to 1890. given TO me by my father. stephen
Marshall. STEPHEN s. MARSHALL.
Another friend in Rochester namss four papers.
one of which is evidently the paper published by
AFR. Marsh iii; The somer' Museum, ". p. Cushing.
1910; The westchester Putriot. West Farms, 1919.
- Lopez; the westchoster Gazette, Peokskiil, Rob
crompic. about 1910. afterward the westchester
and Putnam ~Sentinel; the westchester Herald and
Putnam GdEstts, Sing Sing, 1917.
l.. A. BoswoRTH.
I see in the Fall River Herald an item taken
mat OF 400 ribbons fetched sibo. also a cushion
$3.50. what would n oedspread be worth with
l.450 ribbons. all SILK. some very choice ones, nm
isnod with needieworEi J. b.
This 10 an ordinary example In simple proper.
ton. As Aoo; loo :;lI5o;x; that is. the o-dspread
should DO worth s5io.55. But not at this ONCE.
Is there, or was there, a song in answer TO the
answer TO The Gypsy's warnins'" Il. I. L.
There are three songs In the set called THE Gyp,
sy's Warning" The frat is the Warning be.
ginning: DO not trust him. gentle LADY, - the sec.
oud. the ''Answ. r." Lady, do not heed her warn.
ing;' while the third is the "Decision," beginning:
Down beside yon flowing river" There are four
verses OF eight lines. the last runrins thus;
Stranger. I viii heed your warning,
Coming from the rivers SIDE:
Flowers you strew there In the morning
Ill renew at eventide.
Th.te our walks. but not together,
Mourns her child. in tears that smother
Every kindly thought for you.
Tho "warulng'' tells how ''he'' betrayed the
''gypsy's only child:'' the answer or young mans
plea tells how Tho 'strews her grave with
rower,:'' and the verse OF the decision settles
matters. the songs were favorftes. once on q time.
In THE Sun OF April 4 you give considerable mis-
nation about Ada Clare. She was an actress
sides only a woman's Heart You have the sur.
rame Incorrect: but as she left her family when
nor willingly speak OF them. and especially as they
uId her great Injustice. her friends Will best serve
her memory by tninkiuE " her merely as Ala Clare
-or as Mrs. Ala Noyes. for she married he ac,or.
J. F. Noyes, WHO was dee. ly attached to her. He
was drowned not long after her death (y hydro.
phobia) in 1874. NJ. II.
II you care for any further Information In reia
tion to Ada Clare you viii nnd on rp. 3ts ) OF
players of n Century: 4 Record OF the Albany
Stage" by Henry 2. Phelps. that in 1907 she was
.tocE company in tha! cry, where sue plays ed under
The The, nam, anne or Agnes s,anneia; and was as a;soG,n!ed
she played unimportant parts, aud remained only a
IL is said that she made ner debut as an actress at
the Academy nt Music in New YORK. Nov. 81, 1883,
she was a member OF Lucille Westerns company.
and died not long aft-rward. Il. PIP.
We did not give ICON sIderahie misinformation"
on April q; frst, because we could md very little
about Ada clare:' secondly. because what we
could ind was correct. We think that, between Mrs.
Maeder's "reminiscences. priuted on April Is. and
II. p. P.is letter above, we have given all necessary
Information about Miss Clare.
VIII you give me a sketch OF the life OF Gen. Rich
ard Montgomery W.
Richard Montgomery was born at swords. near
FeitrIm, Ireland. Dec. ., 1885: was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin: from 1884 served ~ an
on1cer In the Seventeenth Foot. In Nova Scotia. New
York. Canada. the West Indies. and in England, ris-
ing Tn his captaincy. until lTIa. when he sold his
commission and came to New YORK. He settled at
Kings Bridge. In 1878. ana married Janet. daush.
ter Of Judge L!v!ngston; then he lived near Rhine.
beck, on his wice's estate. In May. 1875. he was a
member OF the First Provincial Congress: In June
was made General OF brigade. The second Of the
eight Generals and through Major General Schuy.
lers fitness became commander OF the expedition
against Quebec. On Dec. y. 1878. he being then In
Canada, he was promoted Major General. In the As.
sauit on Quebec, Dec. 81. l775. he was killed. and
his body fell into the hands OF the British. All the
British Officers IN Quebec attended his funeral. In
1878, the Legislature of this State having passed an
Act OF Honvr,'' sr John sherbrooke. Governor.
General Of Canada. granted permission to take
Montsomery's body from Quebec. II was brought TO
this city and buried back OF the altar In 81. PAUL.,
Church. at Rroadway:and Fulton street.. Mrs. Mont.
gomery died IN 1898.
Kindly let me know the process OF calculation by
which n histilier ascerrains the per cent. OF proof
or a mixture OF two unequal quantities OF spirits of
di1-r~Et PROOFS: a.. for example. that o. 200 gel.
Ions OF i"u per cent. proof. anu $50 Gaiion' or 80
per cent. proot. ,URlnUS.
II Is not done by calculation. The specific gravity
Of the mixture IS taken.
Can you give me a LIST Of any historical Action
which relates TO the AnEIo.saxon period OF English
ni'toryr That Is; the pefioi pre,ciinS the Con.
The list will be very short, reunysor's play "Har.
old is the only name In IT,.
what Is the original authority for the follow.
Ing data on the map Of Arctic regions IN last ell.
i7To. and Land seen. i795. between KoIieweyi.
furthest point SO b. When ard by whom ere the
discUvered' c. on whose authority Is Kennan's
Land pIAcsd north Of Point Barrow? I can't mud
sny answer TO above questions In vivt"n De q.
Martins great Dlctiona!re De Geographic Cntver.
s-Ile." c. l.. Il.
4. Norwegian whalers brou sht back word tina,
they had seer. land north NJ Koidewey's furthest
point. and Lambert's Land and Land Seen, I775,
depend on their reports. b. by Capt. now Sir Leo.
poldt Mcclintuck. 1887. SO; he commanded the
steamer Fox. c. We 40 not know. The more re.
cent maps. such As the map In Meyers Konversa.
tionsLexikon. latest edition. do not show Ken.
:an's land.
What Is the origin OF the ''Romer Shoals -
" men were tNfy am ana 1ttcF wn0m' What IL
their 10 :ation and Dimensions! ]. d. RonER. Jr.
We don'f know where the name of the Romer
Shoals originated: perhaps Cornelius Romer. who
lived in this city $50 y"irs ago. may have had TO
do with their naming. The beacon Is I3sa miles
from the. CITY Hail. In a direct Hns from Surton's
Point and Sandy Hook. and the shoals lie east by
south OF the beacon. covering = space about two
miles long by half = mile broad
Wore any payments made TO the dspoaitors of
the FFRRnmAlA AaVfngR and 1FuaL CnmDnnV Efnra
Sept. ~. 1887 W. r. o..
We do not know; we think not.
Dii George Washington receive n regular com-
peosation for his salary as President OF the United
Stateaf an aTare tnat he announced his deter
nination not 10 accept any salary. but lid he nj.
here TO this determination' ". w..
The nrst Congress liked the Presidents salary at
S25. 900: this Washington accepted. He had re.
fused to take his Generals pay during the war.
What poem contains these words, While pow.
almost anonymous with aoovs1
ARTHUR w. LEWIS.
In HarrIsan's play.=''old Lavender. occurs a
song, Poverty q. tide Gibbs and flows" We don't