The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13

their hrst appearance in the United States and what
theatre? How long did they remain here Did they
again come back to this country after their return to
p phspG and how 81 long W did they Sssf remain SnS y'f rSe S most tn ls.
portant question is, In what year did they open at
a. that theatre2 C. W. n. Jr.
The Raveis came here nrst in 1889, ten in number.
and nrst appeared on July 10, 1889, at the Park
Theatre, on Park row, opposite the present Post
once. They stayed a few weeks, appearing In Phil.
~adelphia on Sept "a. The ten OF them went back to
Europe in 1894, when Jean Ravel, Dominique Lonati
and Louis MarEetti went by themselves. The other
seven. Gabriel. jerome, Antoine. Francois and Gabriel.
senior. Miss Emily Payrc and Louis Pebenard. came
back here in 1888 and played in this eity from octo.
Der, 1890. to July. 1897. They lost their bag.
gage and properties In a wreck on tho MIS-.
sissippi and went back to France, In lsI2
they came back = third time. opening at Nibio's Juno
Q, 1s4e. in "NaEulm, the Night owl" Soon after.
ward Gabriel, Jerome and Antoine went home. leav.
ing Francois with the troupe. This company trav.
eiled In Cuba and South America, returning here in
1876; they lost much property when Siblos was
burned In September, 1s4N. In October, 1s47, the
family went home again. In isiS Francois came out;
in 1sI9 Antoine and Jerome came; Gabriel Joined
them In 1881. After that they came out singly or to-
gether. Their lsst appearance as a family" was IN
1866. at Niblo's, where they played to bad business.
Kindly inform me whore can obtain information
concerning the Palatinatcs who came to this country
from 1910 to l52O. They were GERMAN Luthernus.
ana Sorted on the banhS OF the HudSCn RIVER. I am
specially DESTROYS OF finding a shipping list in order
&C.
Frederick Kapp wrote a pamphlet in German on
the Germans In the state Of Now York during the
XVIII. Century There IL also. we think. q book
called tho "Palatlncs in Ulster" Brodhead's and
o'Caiiaghan's documents Illustrating the History Of
New York" which you can consult at the Aston
Library, will help you.
In THE sry Of Jan. 90 ts tris question: " At what
line habit Of parting the hair IN tHc riidd,a rrst in.
troduced here Pc Your answer ia: WITHIN fifteen
Il years old ami wolf rrr,crbers that IN 1850 John
c. Fremont was r'iIcul"d for parting his hair in that
Seward "that no man WIN rar'nh MS hairi In the
middle conIa rycr be elect, prc.!dcns Of ne United
from that cause; A. any rst". b" carried New YORK
sylvania voted Tor buchanan. whnsS hair was white
and thin. and the loss OF that State subsJant!n'ed
Stewards prophecy, NJ least for tho tine. SIP.
This susta.ns us. 1t was not the custom in Fremont
and Stewards time to part the hair In the middle.
The custom has grown since then.
/. Does the law require the Governor OF TN lndl.
vidnsl State TO issue a Thanksgiving proclamation.
and, n so. IL he comrelled 10 mama the same day as
the President. or is Il only an act Of courtesy to tho
President that he names tho same day, or can he
name some other day .. I. y a fact that Il a rc-.
mcnt. saw. today. should take the same money hack
Tomorrow to le exchanged he would IND 1t worth
h7lt the value for which It was given. or would It
be received for Its face value y. c. n.
!. There IS no law on the 7rbject. The Presidents
proclamation runs only in the District Of Columbia
md the Territories; the Governors OF States. as a
matter OF courtesy and custom, appoint the same day
that tho President does. 9. 1t Is not n fact. The sil.
yer dollar would pass for two half Collars, or one
paper dollar.
officers q 9th regular anil volunteer, In the Federal
Army and how many IN the Confederate Army during
the late rebellion? sc. r.
In tho Federal Army, ono Lieutenant General, ten
NaIor.Generals Including Grant. afterwa-d Lieuteu-
ant.General. but excluding Montgomery Meigs. who
held only brevet rank). and twenty Brigadier Gener.
ais ave OF them promoted Mnjor.Gcuerals). were
commissioned In the regular army. On Ian. |. 1858,
there were in the volunteer army ~siSty.six Major
Generals and 26T Rrigadier Generals in service. be-
sides those who had been killed or had left the army.
How many these latter were we have no idea; but
forty.three Major.Generals and BrIgadIcr.G Generals
were killed. After tho war about /. 800 brevet COM
missions OF Brigadter and ~Ma!orGencral were
flung around. In the Confederate Army there were
i've Generals. twenty Liertenant.G enernls zone OF
whom was promoted Gcneral). and +73 Maior.Gen-
erals AID Rrisadier.Generais. or these. ono General.
three utenantGener SIX MaiorGenerals, AMI
s!Sty.thEee Brigadier-G Generals were killed.
what is the meaning OF the word "Cbarcilla" or
"Chsrclla?" 1t is a given name. applied to females.
twenty years. but am unable to ascertain its der'va.
ton and the meaning OF IL. r.. c. [.
We do not identify the word as existing Ia any
language.
Kindly indicate the authorship OF the following
quotations:
This world Is the hest tina, We live in
To lend. or 10 spent, or 10 Vive In:
It's the very worst world. sir. that ever was known"
|, appears In washington lrving's g" Bucktho-ne and
Irving. MpNIGHr owl.
The lines are assigned to John wilmot. Earl Of Roch.
ester. He was born in l647 or l0is. and died IN 1850.
Ihave heard the phrase E. TO panhandle" wm y1u
please defne the term for me. II 1t is at all allowab .?
W II. N.
The verb Is slang. ard not yet accepted or used by
good writers; but. ike all real slang words, It has a
meaning. A panhandler is n man W no sinks up to a
person on the street and asks for money; II h. doesn't
get II he curses the person, and II there Is no chance
OF being irterfered with, and the person is smaller
than he is, he will assault him. Aperson Is e pan
handled when he Is attacked In this way by a pan.
handler. The word panhandle comes, perhaps. from
the GROWER or the pan that this class OF heggar uses
to get his mixed ale in.
The Historical Dictionary Mrrray'sp gives "chor.
tie" and n sufficient number or references To prove
that the word has climbed into n recognized place In
on Autom tic Mouth =" Tna, may no. lie the
title. but II contains the lines:
How I love ITS siddy gurgle. how I love its Hu!d
How I low. to wind my mouth M, how I love to
hear II go"
- NiE hoNH aAtHNi'hH - w "a pIlII " ltSc
poetry finds such favor IN C5nSr IS rs to be FREQUENT
~ quoted ? ". c. r.
/. We do not place the poem. 2. william Alien
white OF the Emporia Gu=etft.
Please give some Information in REGARD to tho loss
OF the steamship Republic, "a ! WINS = Htcui"r OF the
crew at The time, was "A rutI pa~n'T. My rccOlirc.
ton OF her Is that she was named IL" TCnu"-.c ,iur.
ing the war. was sold a'trrwPri fu tn cromwell
line and name chang q 10 III" Republic. III" ruun,
dcrcd In the CUR stream, OctOhrr. / think. 1885, on
her way from New York to New orleans. was
the man who cut tn, life raft clear OF the ship. |
would IKE TO md ont the number and names OF tho
survivors Of the crew. After four lays on a boat
]. with seventeen others, was pIckrl up by =
schooner and taken to Hilton Iirrd. T.. MULrTARS.
The name OF the L. 5. S. TenEe ssee was changed to
Mobile in 1854 and on March 30. 1865. she was sold
in this city. on oct. .. 1873. the steamer Evening
Star. from New York TO New Orleans, foundered ut
sea with the loss OF ESQ persons. This was probably
your - Republic"
Have the United States ever made or Issued half
pennies. or was there ever such money in cIrcula-
ton In the United STATES u. ". gUISS.
Yes; the act OF April 9. 1892. authorized the coin
age OF half-certs, each to contain i've p~eanywe ghts