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

Is the ANAL IS" soundedf j. q. B.
1t should be. BASS" is pronounced "Basses;'
Barnes's 10 harnesses.
Please give the origin and significance Of: 1. The
and blue. :. The iarse. Giohuiar bottles alisd Win
in drug and apothecary windows. E. 2. N.
1. The accepted explanation is that the Medici
family of Florence. descended from q medicus or
physician. adopted as their mortal bearings three
golden pills on a blue ground-in heraldy. on a field
azure three bezants; these arms were tho sign OF
their banking house, where they did a large bust
ness In lending money. Later the money lenders
the world over took the three alls as their sign, too.
2. The barber, until within 4 century OF SO. was the
only blood-letter in Great Britain; his sign was a
pole on which was a bowl. with strips OF linen, one
white. one red. dangling from the top. The pole
was held fast by the person to be operated on, the
grip on the pole /" bringing up the muscle and the
veins: the bowl WAS ussdto catch the blood. the linen
strips were the ~ben1ageH. the white one used to bind
the arm first, the red one used t. stanch tho blood.
The barber gave up tho profession Of blood letter.
but kept the surgeons pole. The blue strip 10
wrong; 1t is used simply for patriotic reasons. o.
Drug sto'e' originally had red lamps. Just Is doc
tors houses had; the oolored bottles take the
place of the lamps.
A claims that there was no instance during this
last war when an American war vessel few any other
!" claims thsre was such an ins'snes' and n . 1HsoiSaras;
b international law, is both juftihable and honor,
shle; WI you settle this question. and suCte IN.
We think A is right The order had been given for
the nrst feet from San Francisco TO Manila to hoist
the Japanese colors II it should meet Spanish yes.
selA; but as It met none. the Japanese colors were
not holsted. Such q proceeding is proper under In
ternaionRl law.
Aor0arss Hoe.-Aprl ~. 1877. fell on 9 Tuesday.
IN. s.-The 8. 9. Columbia has four smoke
stacks.
G. p. Reiry.-A orpedo-bo boat destroysr 10 simply .
larger ana faster torpedo boat.
A. HsndsrsoR.-The Twenty-second New Yorh Reg
iment never had q Colonel named Briggs.
J. S.-The Seventh Regiment owns it's armory; the
ground on which It siands'belongs TO the city.
L. R.-Dr. Tanner made his fast in 1880. from
noon MONDAY, june 20, TO noon Saturday, Aug. Z.
Sgt Eadf,.-The Barnum and Bailey Show was
| never in England before. 1t went from here In No
vember. 1877.
"Brad."-vsry few old newspapers have quotahls
values; such papers are worth. as . rule. Just what
they will bring.
William Gfbb.-sir Moses Montenore was nearly
10l years old when he died; he was born Oct. "a,
1884. and died July %, 1885.
| S,-'Nho fears 10 speak OF Ninety eight WAS
written by John Kolls Ingram. at present Registrar
to the Senate OF Dublin University.
j.. ScoU.-Probably the Count of Paris's History
OF the Civil War in America" Is the best large hts
tory; Rossiter Johnson's single volume history .is
excellent.
N. Ornstsin.-For Information about q bill "ip re-
gard TO railroad questions proposed in Congress
"some years ago" consult the files of some railroad
paper of the period.
T.. 8. S. DotrhiH.-A child born to English parents
Temporarily in this country is eligible to the Presi.
dsncy after he rea he's the age OF 80. II. when he il
81 year. old. he does some act that shows he regards
himself IS an American.
n. Cd~rposH.-B' tn Caprons are dead. Allyn x.
Capron, scconl Lieutenant Seventh United States
Cavalry, Captain First United States Volunteer CAV.
airy. was killed at Las GuAsimAs June ~; Allyn
Capron, Captain First United states Artillery, died II
Fort Myer. Virginia, Sept. 10. from disease con
tTGetsd At Santiago.