The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05

A man born in a foreign country. but being q citizen
Of the United States. would his son be eligible for
President of this country? B. 7. j., JR-
He would.
horso2 HOSPITAL CoRPs, o.. 8. A.
The greyhound. for one. A greyhound has been
timed in running 1875 yards In 8 seconds.
The eleCy on John wilkes Booth, printed in THE
Sun Of May 10. recalls the following on NapOleon:
"Yesl bury him deep In the INFINITE sea-
Let hi. heart e haze AYE a li%islo:s craze:
A the course of the tempest's wave.
cas- far from the stretch of all earthly control
We're the fathomleSs depths Of his mind.
Were as tides to the rest of mankind"
Arlington, perhaps, was familiar with this poem. I
do not know is author. Can you or any OF your
The poem by j. Edmund V. Cooke. entitled And
the other One Was Booth was published In THE Sun
of Dec. II. 1898. We have not room to ~republish It.
WIN you please inform me whether Canada pays
an imperial tax 10 the mother country P? II has been
asserted that she docs, and that England like sp9in'
taxes all her possessions. JIG. @.
Canada pays no imperial tax to Great Britain.
Cuba and the Spanish colonies paid over their rove
nues to Spain. which spent some OF thom on local
matters and kept the rest. There was no fixed tax.
Please tell me who ia the author Of tho following
lines? I am anxious to get the rest of It:
Give me the man who. self.completea and brave,
In scorn can carve his pathway to the grave,
And caring not what man may think or say.
Make his own heart his world upon the way.
T.. r. H.
recently hoard It stated that Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
at one time during the civil war. was confined In Fort
Lafayette. Ihave been unable to ind any informa-
tion tending either to prove or disprove that state,
s %s%f o ena men 70 a T Tr"a9 deal : ne about npP tSHt po aho w .aS
that they do not recollect any such occurrence. Is 1t
about the attending circumstancesP PEARL STREET.
The statemrnt is untrue, Gen. Lee was never CAP
tured. and did not surrender until the end Of the war.
| when he went TO his home.
Kindly state whether the United States should he
spoken Of in a plural OF q singular sense' also. when
the motto I'm God We Trust" FIRST appeared on any
Of our coins. s. Z. N.
The United States should he spoken OF in the plu-
raj. technically; the Constitution ARTICLE Ill.,, section
81. says: Treason against the United States shall
consist only in levying war against them or In adher-
ing to their enemies" &C. Tho motto was put on the
two-cent copper piece struck in 1884 by James Pol
lock. Director of the Mint. with the approval of s. P.
Chase, Secretary OF the Treasury. but without any
warrant in law.
Was not Gen. James Wolfe. tho conqueror Of Can
ada, Of Irish descent? ]. F.. W..
We do not find that he was.
Some years ago I saw published in q newspaper tho
Pope's-it was Pope Plus H.; ! believe-dennition of
a gentleman. VIII you %republish It? F. X. 8.
1. Kindly inform me in what year the first hand
gun was made ana nre0: Also tell mo whore II was
hred. 9. Please tell me what animal ranks next to
man in mental powers. ARTHUR @.
l. The early history Of small arms is unknown. In
the fifteenth century each gun was carried by three
men; later. two men could carry one, and early in tho
sixteenth century one man could handle each gun.
1t Ia not known when they were used nrst. 2. Per-
haps the dog.
oblige a reader by stating for what purpose the
vice. President of the United stAtes signed tho $50.
mo, 900 Defence bill which rooNntly passed Congress.
Was it necessary that hs signature should appear on
H. 1si 3inr ! Sn ma tS that rsou the s aStns the hM 81 the the
passed the House and SenEte. q. L. V. U.
1t ia; but how is the President to know that the bill
has passed tho Senate unless the presiding ohhcsr, the
Vice-President. certines 1t to him?
VIII you please let me know the measurement of
the rines on the monitor Terror. those that are in tho
breech; aud how many feet they protrude out from
the turreti and how far does the turret tuEn9
The Terror's turret gums are l0.inch they are 17ia
feet long. How far they protrude we do not know.
Tho turrets turn about 24o degrees.
Have any of Maurus Jokai's Short Stories been
translated into English State also tho works of tho
following authors that can be found in translation:
Prosper Menmee. ~Tschokke Germany, Velhelm Berg
soc Scandinavian. A. b.
Some years ago "In Love with the CEartna, and
Other Stories. Z" by JokAi, was published in this city.
Many OF his novels have been translated. Merimee's
works are all translated into English; so are some of
NNfNNS 'NNh =
New York hrm publishes a collection. We mud nc
trRnslations OF Bergsoe recorded,
In referring to the St, Bartholomew massacre the
editor OF the ReUteU n ReUfrVA in the March number
writes Lest the world should forget its Significance,
e eI'e sTpirHaasis on OF the hsretics "s sang u p re- pe III I'm r.
praise Of the massacre, and proclaimed q year OF
SUBSCRIBER.
Tho assertion Is true. De Monitor. in his Live.
-
matters but little how much Rome may DO re
preached on this score. 1t is a different Rome now
and Its mint is employed on more civilized prnci
pies"
VIII you be good enough to give me the formuli
used by bankers and Others in tho calculation OF
ArithmeficS and Algebras within my means without
success. y. O.
Lot s represent the annual payment. N the numbsl
of years. A the anal amount, and RI the rate o
interest; then the formula Ia;
(R-D
RN-l
when R Nj equals the compound intsreSt on o. To-
N years. This is deduced from the formula In Went
worth's Advanced
Charles II, Bsnedict.-A hen sets.
j. C. 1.-THE term OF enlistment in the army an
the marine corps has been three yearL. It 10 tw
years now.
c. d. r.. Q. M. label Smith" Post-Lieut. 90
Augustine Joseph Hickey Duganne died in this cit
on Oct. go. 1884.
B. v, G.-Capt. Robley d. Evans acquired the nam
of " Fighting Bob" from his gallAntry at Fort FiShel
whore he was wounded twice. He does net like tn
name, It may be as well to add.
Dan Doretv.-we think that Russia can oomman
more vessels In time OF war than Great Britain car
but they won't be such good vesSelS. The Gear
above the law; he can do as he pleaseS. and 10 r.
strained oRly by the fear OF assassination.
! j. r. MeQ.-To have q letter reach q friend in Ii
Twelfth New York Volunteer address It thus:
, Private John Smith,
Company L.
Twelfth New York Volunteers,
Camp Thomas,
Lytle p. o. Georgia"