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on these facts the Afhesoun OF Dec. ap, 1883. OBJ
serves; ~ Is time we should hear no more OF Luther
as the hrst German Bible translator and OF his trans.
IstiSp as an = i nd pendent work from the original
have no les, an authority thnn that OF Sir Thomas
More for saying, that "tho whole Bible was
iesa Sii @en. I srsnsiSsed p iS,c tS Ss E El5tiSSSs so SaS T "as
by good and cody people. with devotion and soher.
occasion. he says; The clergy keep no Bibies from
tho lsity but such translation. as be either not yet ap.
naught ttadl as wycline's was. For as to the old
lawful aud re in some folks hands. I tSStn tscso
quotations from tho work Of q Protestant writsr. tho
ciety for the fropasation Of chpi.tian Sn oy iss SO.
could quote to the same effect were II necessary.
AiEX. HENDERSON, p. s. NJ.
Father Honderson's letter Is a, concise statement OF
the facts. which, however, are not SGT forth In the
cyclop@dias. "Johnson's Cyclopndia" alone suE.
gests that there were earlier translations than those
OF wycline and Luther. Mr.. NJ. r. vaiette writes that
thoro wero twenty-five European versions OF the
Bible. which had passed through seventy editions be-
fore Luther's version.
R cSSo din the INQUIRY of .snh,crihsr - a. to the
that recall a rewspaper statement, made at the
time Of the occprrsncs. that the claim granted TO the
which Pike received one half for securing the passage
KEGS and other tribes, bur they played him sinG a a low.
down trick at the battle of Pea Ridge. when his
scalped confedorates and UnionIstS With the ssI same
vikor and impartiality. q. s. 4.
TO- know the name OF "tho young physician who.
while %perishing in the snow on Mont Blanc. kept a
allow mo to say that It was a Tenncsscean named
Abroad" ''"A' Wn. Il. FXs.
In your columns Of SUNDAY. June 90. 1 notice the
question a. to /" whether a scotch regiment was d.
Priyed of is kilt for COW ardice at the battle OF Water.
aue,.lonser had heard q tho fESShiiIsShei reaimsststas
Wsae ii the White fs sm ssrsy 70 70 al isy is escapes ss a m %,,SorisI
oil tho COW ardicc its members showed at that battle.
l.. L. d.
This very interesting letter would be of more value
II the name of tho regiment wore given. Neither
Greasy. nor Ropes. nor even 4 French writer, knows
tho name of this regiment. As Il fact. no English
regiment behaved with cowardice at waterloo. and
no English regiment wears a white feather because OF
cowardice. The Royal Sussex Regiment thc old
Thirty. NTH wears q white feather In recognition OF
its bravery nj the Plains of Abraham in 1859.
Have the Post once officials any authority TO open
fuis S'" Oh assumption mat tho contents arc y gn y
They have not. Sometimes. we think. th.y assume
an authority, however. As a rule. though. tho ad-
dressee is requested to open the suspected letter In
the presence Of the authorities.
!. What are considered Gerald Grimn's best W orks?
4 what p,sy !r II any p, did he write 3; Did he write
same work dramatized by Boucicauit? WI.
/. 1.-THE Colieglans" and Tho Rivals" Q.
acquire" which was not successful; and "aisip-
pus." which Macrcady played with success after
Grinnn's death. 5. Boucicauit dramatized Grinn's
"Collegians."
Was the constttutionality of the income tax levied
during tho " NJ Of the rebellion tested In the United
states Court? II so. what was tho decision. ]. 7. 7.
Not severely. People during the war stood a good
many things which they DO not stand now. Every
thing went" In those days; so. though n case was pre-.
pared. It was not argued thoroughly and had no dem
tive decision. In 1880. however, the Supreme Court
OF the United States dn Springer VS.. the United
states) decided that the wartime income tax was
constitutional.
Gov. Black has signed n bill relative to the weight
OF a ton OF coal: ANY dealer who attempts TO de-
lowance OF thirty pounds to the ton for wastlse aud
variation. IN scales. shall be subject to a fnc rot, cx.
e ssss law ''o'' How heavy is tho ton Ts9uirea by
Nineteen hundred and seventy pounds-about tho
same as heretofore. The law simply gives the de alcr
thirty pounds. instead OF letting him take It Illegally.
Was Napoleon ever married to Josephine or was he
Were there any witnesses to same? T. +. 7.
Napoleon was married to Josephine by the ,ivil
form aioue n lowed II Frame. on March .. li.G.
There were witnesses 10 The ceremony. He was Of.
vor,ed from Joserh!ne in December. 1900. by the
Senats or TIM en- 9tre. and married Maria Louisa in
March. 1910. Tn, Cardinal,, whom Napoleon had
brought TO France with the Pope. were all present at
the civil ceremony. but were absent from tho relig.
ious ceremony.
We know that William ". Of England succeeded
of George ". who survived william ~. succeed
NAMED nu:r o: CmmlcrIini IN England. hut b .came.
through the oLe;ailon OF the Salic law, III" King -
b. lis morganatic WI. Srs. Farren. become King Of
England ON the death Of ms fa,hsr? A.. DELAFIELp.
The Act of Settlement. OF 1900 declared that tho
crown should so to the Princess Sophia, granddaush.
ter OF James l.. - aud the heirs OF her body being
Protcstants;'' not to the heirs male. The Princess
Victoria was the daughter of Edward, fourth son OF
George ILL.,; the Duke OF Cumberland was the fifth
son. the Duke OF Sussex the sixth. and the Duke of
Cambridge tho seventh son; SO the Princess. under
tho Act. was aheGd of them. William ". hal no NOR
ganatic wife he lived for many years with Mrs. Dora
Jordan uhe name assumed by Miss Dorothy Bland on
going upon the ,tage) aud by her had a large family.
now known as tho Fitz'Clarrncas. Even II he had
married brs. Jordan mursanaticsily. their eldest son
could not have succeeded to the throne. rs In n NOR.
ganatIc marriage tho wife and children 10 not attain
tho rank Of the husband and father. Miss Farren was
never married inorganatIcnlly she marie 4 the Earl
OF Derby. and became Countess OF Derby.
You arc mistaken In regard to the contingency fund
OF the State Department. The law expressly provid q
that no accom- ling for this fund-propcrly called the
neutrality fnni-HlAi 10 required OF thr President,
for whose use II Is provided, though placed ~ the
hands OF the Department OF State. No accounting Is
ever made for II. ! believe. Tho amount varies with
appropriations. sometimes reaching $40. 600 per an.
mum. REsE BACHE.
The law expressly provides that accounting shall
he mAdo OF tho contingency fund of every depart
ment. Possibly the state Department. evados the
requirement (Which every one can see might be
/ harmful In It's case) by calling its fund q neutrality.
not a contingency fund.
- a. n III. 49,. ...xNIo.,.,.
apply TO abridger o.. 7. X.
1t applies because the bridge is built OF two arms.
the outer or shore ends of which have equal leverage
with tho inner ends.
bets b that Mr.. Vanderbilt paid for Maud 8. an
amount equivalentto her weight In gold. Who winsp
W, J, 4.
wins. II we are right in assuming that he took the
negative OF tho bet Mr.. Vanderbilt paid S2I 900 for
Maud S. A pound Troy of gold Is worth about s240; a
| horse weighs about 900 pounds.
To whom must ! write to learn my husbands ante
oedeuts In Genoa. ItAiy2 VIII there be any expense
attached Also, can | trace money deposited in
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