The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

| and Abram s.. Hewitt. There have been only three
Roman Catholic Mayors during that
r. Grace. Hugh J. Grant, and Thomas F. GilroJ.
In co1sens's sparrow Erass Papers, there is quoted
q coupist OF which tho concluding lines are as fol.
sIS.lr 1oaty temples s,.Om,; tall and S,.na:
who IL the authorP @. B. W.
What IL meant by the expression used in gold con.
tracts: "of the present standard of weight and
Tho expression 70 meant to secure the creditor from
having TO take in payment gold coin which may
have been debascd by law. It binds the debtor to
pay the creditor gold coin 900 nne 600 parts OF
which arc pure Foid), every dollar OF which weighs
ao.s grains. every eagle OF which weighs 2os grains,
This standard was nIed by the act of June IS. 1887.
l. Does Canada pay tribute in any way to Great
to the exchequer Of the mother country o what
benefit docs Great britain derive from the posses
1. No. Q. No. 3. She obtains markets for her pro.
auctions and outlets for her supernuouu population
What arc the best books to purchase for q young
RoMER snoLEs.
Bowditch's New American Practical Navigator"
and conn's " Navigation and Nautical Astronomy
vlrginia's name of "oid Dominion +" does not refer
to her e" ss,T 80 m CSam as 10 an her the sG pssi,. aus11s She She
sided with the King during the Commonwealth
PseiaGa to S pan sGs fns sr snaTsfo ac' GSs 0b Bsr x sS' %SaId
not have his commission signed by, any one except
she fsssors,isn yIrs!nis called herself sSs Kings
preston is that England recognised the fact on her
S SSSsi ~ w asT By si 1 4 e 70 S ss9 aip The V nssf , IN h iss
the Proy ,G was presented s1.sa to = court our 1evS5i,e' the
orally raised. E.s.E.
,n Lat A. T FEB, m m.rlssn r Tsss'y I has a Picture 4gs 4n "R ais
American nag? W. Z. r.
The nag was all right; 1t was composed OF the
kings colors" as = union, with thirteen stripes
alternate red and white. showing that. although the
colonies united for defence against England's tyranny.
they still acknowledged her sovereignty" The date
should be Jan. 2, 1870. not Jan. l.
1. What was the date of the first column on financial
| co.t OF back numbers OF The Sun containing said
SSe e., @ep per Giop Gyew g. Of IL sn %hsi so Sae Ct soof s. es iou tns
medium OF exchange? S. H. G..
1. April 30. 1889. 2. We do not know; we have
mono to send you. 8. This Is very indefinite; but try
Jevons's Money and the Mechanism of Exchange"
and Goschen's Theory Of the Foreign Exchanged"
tion upon the coffee industry. Principal among my
questions are as to the industry in Hawaii: the price
| OF coffee per pound from those islands; weight of
bags of coffee of different countries. @. +. W.
You can get a consular report from the State De.
partment at Washington that will give about all the
information you want. In a recent book on Hawaii
these figures are given. taken from an undated ar
ticle in the Honolulu Erentno Bulletin: "Conee
raising began six year. ago 1891; there are 200. 900
acres OF good coffee land. two-thirds owned by Gov.
ment; OF these 1875. 900 acres. 90. 900 are available.
of which $4,000 have been taken up. Hawaii has
l7s,oo0 acres. $4,000 reached by existing roads;
Maui. $4,000, half inaccessible; oahu, $500, and
| Kaual. 5OO acrpa" We do mot know that the
weight Of q bag Of coffee varies.
1. How often are Parliamentary elections held in
England ? 2. Are there am Americans now In Par.
Lament; II so. who are they ? =. How long is It nee
Is made a full citizen with all rights I. How many
persons were indicted because Of the Lexow investi-
We're sent to state prison? 5. What particular thing
r Frs sns May ia 1a sssss'% q. Ra, eS HF pn,' % pal1iic %r in., hsn
t 'n.1,,n nho JanmI Wg,t Hall; ,,d If So ;,n Is IL !, 2 ,d powerful FL
Socrates pursuep din ali his pniiosophyHifh his thought.
amounted to such p 9; Was Socrates the Insersoll
ed? 10; Was not PLATO a philosopher Of tho Henry
erssss'. . h1ns' Il. HPSy. Ssf isa .h to S ssRs's.s Of w sSi
you explain how9 l9. There are souls which in peri
Migrated thsSSss bodies Of Various f%ind::yPlsso
Can you explain this? l.. L. S.
l.. At least once In seven years; as q matter OF fact,
q Parliament seldom lasts longer than i've years.
Elections to NIL vacancies occur at any time. 2.
No. unless you call Mr.. Edward Blake OF Toronto,
who represents L~onRford In Parliament. an American.
8. A foreigner must live at least hve years within
British jurisdiction. Naturalization docs not come as
q matter OF course. as with US; an applicant must
prove that he intends to remain in British Jurisdiction.
4. Two persons were convicted. and then set free on
appeal; two cases ended in disagreeing Juries; forty
indictments were dismissed. and thirty. five were not
tried. This was the record up to 1895; moro indict-
ments have been dismissed-in fact. all have been,
we think. 9. On the political side. his proposal to
unite the thirteen colonies Q754); his success
l - ~ ID. ~ 49,. - A. -
successful negotiations with France Q717.7s), with
Great Britain 1880. and Prussia 1850; on the scien-
tihc side. his discoveries in electricity Q752). o. No.
2. The path of an indiscriminatc public talker for
the sake OF instruction. His custom was by system.
attic cross. examination TO convict every distinguished
man whom he met Of ignorance" 8. No; nor is tho
converse true. o. As q matter OF fact. to stop his con.
tinuai nagging and tripping people up. As q matter
of Greek law. for sacrilege in despis!ng the gods. 10.
Henry George was not a philosopher at all. IL. Look
in the cyclopedia. 12. We cannot. It isn't so. IS.
Plato accepted the Pythagorean doctrine Of metem-
%psychosis, that souls passed from one body in one life
to another body in q succeeding life.
@. Fraonkel-The gold reserve on Jan. 0 was $780,.
8 1000.
Il. ". Wet from some veterinary school o list
Of the books used by its students; procure the books
and study them.
MfddIeman.-It is a matter OF choice whether the
name Eiihu is accented on the nst syllable or on
the second syllable.
4. r. L--Presidont Harrison appointed George
shiras. Jr. . Democrat. to the bench OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States.
c. G. r. Giens-There IS no constitutional require.
mcnt that . person must be married before he can be
President. Buchanan was a bachelor. Cleveland be.
gan his term as a bachelor.
Rfuerstde.-The jurisdiction OF New York extends
to tho centre OF the Hudson River up to the intersec.
ton OF the northern boundary OF New Jersey. near
Dobbs Ferry; 10 the centre OF the XIII Won Kull and
Staten Island Sound. to Great Dods Light In Raritan
Bay. and thence 60 the RoIner Beacon.
Oscar Foote.-The best mining schools In the coun,
try are: The Massachusetts Institute OF Technology.
Boston; the School OF Mines. Columbia University.
New York; the Lawrence Scientific School. Harvard
University tho stevens Institute. Hoboken; the Rens-
selaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. And there are