The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

and Germ nv ronfrihutcd ri al rrr ,.nt ~ IN. fnr.
eien populat on, white England, ( tlnnd, and Wales
Az M ~ ,So no nv io,sa pr cent ho olnitteu 70 say
2O.2s per cent. wish 10 ssi' what psrt OF me ao.5a
per cent. In AnClo-SaIon in the true Scn.e Of the
"oru' Oh. T.
" inpVSNole VI eay Wnet percentage III inc
,onc,to3,v a. shn,n.u- wv 10 az, .ps
English are Anglo'SaSonS the English are as COM
positc in their makeup A any other raco or people.
o,,,,o ii, .,,.or,s.- -. ,,-,,,,, IN. -0,. o.,
nNSertstn.nc the day Of the Geep in any given month
To tho nnmecr ror"~'ntns the year add one.
representing tho post Il tho day in tho ct i,ndar
Of the year; divide the sum by I. A remainder of
l rOprSsenth sunday; ons OF Il represents Friday
Mhoh tne year Is " leap year subtract ! from the
dividend.
YORK Sss III Srst 10 4 rWu AZ N. battis of pnii Run.
Please decide; q. l.,
Aloscs. Col sherman brigade Sommandor' writes
=, 10 MS report port, TT was NANTES, II" 81. the emo, SmCm no, was mere mere
si.ty .nin.S held tho r,oapS for some timo, but
finally fell back In disorder" The regiment lost 80
killed. 80 Wounded. 20 missing. Mr.. Russell. the
famous Bill Run Russell = or the London Ifma.
says In his account of tho battle; " There Ia a concur
romeo OF testimony to the good conduct Of Blenker's
Germans. the sixty.ninth irish, and the Seventy
great stature. was an object of attraction to the
snamv nnl In living dan oeroualv ~ NOT mortalIv
wounded"
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In last Sundays suN you state there IL no good
nistory OF lreianu' fon snonlu re"a NroS AZ nc
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You state 10 answer TO "a. NJ. c." In your issue Of
i,istorv viii the ,.ontinustion from Inc tresty ~ lin.
efick down to the act of union by John Mitchel Ia q
IreisanI il tSe most eomprehensive and Impartial
that could possiSly b, given in such a limited space.
and that !" A Childis Hlatory OF ireland. !" by Of. Y, w,
Joyce pub shed this year, ia. Mountaineering itS
uties a omp .ehenSiVe WORK tnat deserves ~ r1nnih
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r. n. Roberts asts for tho author Of Tho Heiress
or bruges'' His nametS Thomas Colby Gr1ttan;
.U Sn . Sn wa loS St,A q OF IN ,hs & T15id o nSsoe as = Er oSt a. ~ s .a
lying IN about the latitude OF Newfoundland and
nnocr,nnn1 y Az 9Sr.H Th q y neT areen RoIE N r?'s
Rock, wo0dalI's Rock, FIVE Heads, Perseus ShoRl,
So: can you tell anything about tnsm, 4 e.,
tSScs A. he y menace 70 vesssia. n their location IN in.
dicated by ANY buoy, beacon or lightship, scr With
al the trnmo mere II scross tnS auanuc tntnS
IA -~-Il 10 49, -wA n q -NN, aNy 40 NhAaA ta1oRl0 Az
80. ~. 49, -. - .hmuir 80
= Du' ~; w 40 80 sno N ~ ~
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-. z A.. ,o,...T,. p.s whit.
and Bluer' J. N.
II dates from the cnmean war, and refers probably
10 tho three colors in the British Union nag. though
II may refer to the rcd Of Great Britain, the white of
imperial France and the blue of the Kingdom Of sar-
DINA which countries were allied AGAINST Russia,
We do not know who wrote the song.
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L, Is quicksilver or mercury q liauid1 2. Has IL
l. 10 Liquid metal. at mas
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Of the prize steamer Panama will be divided among
the crew of the Indiana? JAMES HoGo.
prize when It is captured share in the prize money.
The Indiana's people will have a share. proportion
ate TO their numbers and the part they took In tho
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1. What 10 the strength Of tho English. French.
SSrnan hnSSah: i,an y an spamtsn er ~ tSs re e
yete soldier in Samof NJ. NJ.
1. Great Britain and Italy are the only countries
that have volunteer troops or militia; in the other
countries, all the troops are what we call &" regulars"
The British Army. on Jan. l, 1897, consisted Of 22o,.
$40 officers and men; the French Army had $780,.
$50; the German. 8 5,44o: the Russian, ses, e72; the
Italian, 231. s56 in the regular army, besides several
-. 80 80 sr..
arnay consists o paper Vi Hpoui ioo'ooo meh u
has boen drawing on her capital, however, by en-.
Listing boys who ordinarily would not be
taken for two or three years. so that she
had. before the war began. 10000 in Cuba. a few
thousand in Porto Rico and the Philippines. and
from 1 shilling a day in tho infantry to 1 shilling
epenee IN the GUARDS; In france the private gets
about 10 cents; in Germany from 0 to 10 cents.
wb.t ~ "a In Brss,. I,,,v and sn,in va ID M. Lrov
"natHi III nusAiA' i'aAS IL oPHin o y
but 1t Is less than In Germany.
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~ w H1a q .eS y T II a Th nPllrad s"t 70 OF :. speSai &C. say tS 2
amount Of fuel that is required to run At q io-knot
rate Of speedf c. W.
1t Will use . good deal more than twice as much.
HoW many milss OF railroad are operated In the
United statesG =, HOW many men employed. or An
approximate num6ert y. Does any european GOV
eminent own ana 9perate ralHoausI =. ~ such
norats mSnsSsmentY . N. q. fHSSnT'
/. In 1sa7 there Wero 1s4 eoa miles In operation
IN this country. 2. On June 80. 1895. there vere