The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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In reference to marking the spot where the Art
blood Of the Revolution was she'd comes this ietters
There e q table. on the n9rthwsst corner q John
MI. Herr. Jan. ~ I7,3. The isr.t aght took place
p sa Tween Snd n y = rms }ns q sT Ii' SIeos Ana tnS - s1 1ss Nae sSv of W.
Revolution LILLnNE. Honsrn.
1. 1 have asserted that Gen. Nelson A. Miles is not
. graduate OF West Point, and. further, that none
thirty years, been 9mmissoned as commanded IN
sse . u / IL So s,Stss N Soi st s,tiS oaSa ~ /. S sS S SSsr ro19sd
In tie United States NAVY during the civil war were
necessary to the attainment Of that rank. Am icor.
T Tss tha 2; oS S;n G SSS lp Sf tRs Vi Yise Ct ast DURING EsFf ssT r.c Sag
u II to The port who could spsek English. l. stih
4. Gen. Miles is not a graduate Of West Point.
There are now nine commanders on the active list
who are not graduates Of Annapolis. ?. Lieut.. Far
raHut LEI. the vizoaya in Havana and returned TO
Spain on sick leave before the war began.
1. What is the import tax on tobaocoP 2. On sugar.
.. How much OF each hiss been imported 20 the
CnSsI 3, What is the physical goPaistop e the
1. From So cents to 81. pound for unmanu-
featured tobacco. q. one.cirhth OF n cent q pound
and 40 per cent. ad valorom on sugar above 10 Dutch
standard. o. In 1897 weimported from Cuba BT6.-
eco. 9a7 pounds Of sugar. and about 100000
pounds OF tobacco in leaf. =. Yellow fever in tho
lowiands. 8. He IL of slighter physique than the
average Americans; but he stands his climate ne well
~ the American stands his.
Several liza. .s:5G, ago t yGn puhlots ,ns A ATE STr" s for sE7rnti
would be very much pleased ifyou would kindly re-
print IL. W.B.
Can any reader supply itP
In Repi.,D Of Revi.,c, for August is a statement that
t tsn asuSstsr Of 1 is Vest, We drink e th "se sorS Ss ne
Hood" which was published in 1852, was not includ-
reason? O. Nc
We think IL 10 not q fact. 10 the biography OF
rennyson relates how in the eighties the poet altered
IL. so thatit could be set to music, and that it became
. very popular patriotic song.
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Allowing for the loss of the 800 premium, s,7s
Per cent.
1. IL Hobson of English. Irish or Swedish rncagef
2. when and who used the words He was as sober
1. OF English descent. 2. Henry Fielding u7o7.
1884 in his Don oui1ote in England"
Permit me to call your attention to the fact that
woman named g,Phia: Of great prSminsnes in her
sss N ets SGsn Gxf tho arss wife / % Sf Ri 2ass %tl iURn' mr. H.
eSsfRaSS sns t ass a xo S%sSn ~ s' SIss i hss Psns s't:, q:
ments. John Lothrop Motley was a frequent visitor
Hague, and he esteemed her very highly. She con.
tributed several articles to some OF the best known
European periodicals. e. g.. the 'Reyue des D,eux
G:P.
1. Will you kindly state the correct pronunciation,
. sfs1 S 4sT. aH'hc .. ( fr re- %pf m ANTI n'f That . SG.isS:
hee' is correct. and quotes the Epcyelopedic Die;
the broad pronunciation. "Ha-war-ee." T. W. +.
l. Hah.vsh-ee-ee. very nearly; American Cyclopa-
dis. 2."ovhyhee" was Capt. Cooks spelling Of the
name: the Encyclopedia Dictionary does not give
owhyhee as the pronunciation.
In the matter Of the =sEithpstissl Jingle, your
has been familiar in the south Of England for three
3ingled in my ears in and ont of school in a little town
in the centre Of Ireland. and I remember my grand.
days some sixty years earlier, hut this would not
warrant the assertion that It is OF Irish origin. The
fact is It's true origin is as likely to become known as
book OF r iclid the ASS Bridge. Every one who has
gone tho round Of an arithmetic course knows the
with fractions and simple p oportion or the rule Of
three, the operation Of practice is simple and plNin.
1t is. indeed hut an abridged method Of doing simple
proportion bv means Of aliuuot parts, and of course
the least likely Of all tbs, arithmetic RULES to drive q
young student mad. Henea I conclude fractions
/ arene also. from. the fact that in ali ~arithmetics
that ! read in Ireland and. here it precedes in the
order Of study practice Pr az ana ths sim IIs,s sp ICON COMPOUND nd
Ireland the "!in.le" iingled the rules in the order
they appeared In most arithmetics. and ran thus;
Addition Ia easy.
Subtraction Is crazy,
MULTIPLICATION 10 a vexaton,
Division is twice "a bad.
The Rnle of Three 1t puzzles me.
And Fractions sets mo mad"