The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
VOTES I'M m

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| inyontioh Of the instrument by the Jesuit. Kirchner,
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Incidence 1, Il, and sSott's LAY Of the Last Min.
Referring to the INQUIRY Of c: L. n. in the Notes
an; 2 9nsT 1sss Sspsr OF me "winsed Globe" I unSeT'
stand the Globe to represe d Nc ere ! : % Lng wings pro
''0'0h Mrs. WIN.
stevenson prayer. Possibly this is what he wants:
Robert Louis s ,S OIns prayer sInSc s s,o% SsS.S: and md
boseech Thee. Lord. to behold US with favor, folk Of
% Psses d 6f I'll. sd s%G ~ Rssi0h men s and Wom Sase' snb. Is ins
under the covert Of Thy patience. Re patient stlll;
isss Of good. With our idle sndesvors against evil; SUI.
fer us = while lopSsr TO- S nc "rr ana as dd y may be, help
II the day come when these mnst re taken. have us
5" With o M Ses'' 90 with each Of US to rest, il any
wake. temper TO them the dark hours OF watching;
foTter. call u" 3 with morning faces and with morning
sss Sts p sssss 70 l saS 4 s fSS day az : BE : @ %sl2ed 4 to s" sGrrO~.
strong to endure 1t: We thank Thee and praise Thee;
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n ss mas ave aV%s's the sS G9bGSSs nams y" I've ' 'S shall iiipf pas:
through this world hut once. u there be any kind.
neglect It. for we shall not pass this way again"
What ia the origin of tine use of the word "slew"
c. p. B. |
Tho dictionaries suggest none. They describe the
word m slang, but not as an Americanism. A note
in the proceedings Of the American Dialect Society
seems to suggest that its use originated with the
word slough. pronounced aoo, meaning In various
parts OF the country mire. mud. or overnowed lands.
A sloo of mud means plenty OF mud. a sioo OF water
abundance Of water; then the word. altered in spell
| sDo IN correaDond with m o Tistinp word. was adOpted
Is meaning many. plenty. lots.
county shall have more than one.third OF all the
Senators. and no two adjoininr counties shall have
York city already has twenty-five Senators. SIX moro
snnn "ne, II nnnsso Mt.Sr ' oT that !; 49, section w : s of t hose cs ss
stitution mentioned above? After Jan. l. 'as. how
or sixty? F. A. D.
After jar. 1. 1893, the city OF New York cmcaning
the Greater New York; did not lose any Senators. be.
cause they arc not sent by q oity. but by a county.
Thus New York county will continue to send twelve
Senators. the county OF Kings. now q part OF the city
of New York as Brooklyn borough. will send seven;
Richmond county. now q part Of the city as Rich.
mond borough, with Suffolk county. will send one,
and Queens county, only part OF which is in the city,
will send one. The county Governments are not
altered by tho Greater City charter; the number OF
counties will remain unchanged.
Kindly inform me Of the conditions required of a
l nRtiOn TO DO clhbSlneu . d Tst-Cl power.
o. S. q.
The rating OF a country depends on the impression
II makes on other countries. II may be said to de-
pend on its history, and to some extent on its army.
navy. diplomatic ability. and resources. For instance,
the United Sta o. probably rank as q nrst-class power,
though they have no army to speak of. a navy that
ranks nth or sixth among tho navies OF the world.
are not noted for their diplomatic success"s. but have
q history OF success and enormous resources. Great
Britain ranks as a nrstclass power because of her
| ht.torr N n,y- ~ oenpr,a Cha haa M ,r,,v n .
to be called one. 1t is the impression created by her
history that places her In tho front rank.
v P,. erected, tel tho year in which the Houston T. T KsS
We don't know. and tho 4" histories +" don't tell.
Moynmen.lns prison? Was It for embezzlement or
swindrng? CURIOUS.
Yerkes was sentenced on Feb. 10. 1879. to 2 years
and o months imprisonment. on a conviction Of
embezElement. He wa proved to have taken money
from the City Treasurer of Philadelphia. q man
named Marcer. 70 speculate with on the iatters &c.
count. knowing that Marcer did not have It honestly.
After seven months imprisonment. Yerkes was par
doned out; he then procured the trial OF othor in.
dictments against him. and was acquitted. This
proved his innocence.
Explain the full principle Of the tobacco business.
~ J. ". H.
Tho tobacco business in France is 4 governmental
| monopoly. TOBACCO may Dc grown IN only twenty
departments in France, and in Algeria: the cultiva-
tion OF the plant is under the supervision OF the Min.
lister OF Finance, and is taxed. Tho manufacturers
occupy governmental buildings. and themselves and
all their employees are subject to the Minister of
Finance. The manufactured tobacco is sold by
agents appointed by the Government. who are al
lowed to sell foreign tobacco. properly taxed. as well
as native tobacco.
l. What is the origin OF the term "Pan-American,"
now so prominently used in connection with the eX-
position 10 be held at New YORK in 1906? 2. How and
when DID the term Nassau " originate as applied to
Princeton University? j. c. n.
l. Pan-Americ an means :. all American. - the word
pan being q Greek word and meaning all. There
had been several names compounded with pan. as:
Pau.Angican. q body OF representatives from all the
Protestant-E Episcopal (Anglcan) churches; Pan
Slavic. representing all the Slavic races; and. cen
turtles earlier. the Pan.Athenean celebrations. which
involved all OF Athens and its people. In 1889 Mr..
Blaine got up the Convention OF rep.
resentatives Of all the American countries except
Canada and Hawaii. We don't know the exposition
OF which you speak. 2. The oldest building at
Princeton was Nassau Hall, called so in honor OF VII.
liam III. OF England. Prince OF Orange Nassau. 1t
was built in 1857.
VIII subscriptions taken now for the relief of Gu.
probability OF Spanish Interference so strong IA to
make It advisable to awaits further governmsntSl &C.
give the address OF the Cuban Relief Committee in
VIC thihh ehh 10 WIN
the probability that they will roach the reconcsntro-
dos. The address OF tho committee is lo4 Temple
Court. Beokman street.
Ihave seen It stated that the debt OF the United
States. less the sinking fund. was s9Ib zoe, lie, or
SSaass7S' s ss ST. g fapt or JAZZ III ih pet 'e esp aSe' T I'll can sSsp %ss
does not include the various State debts. which should
be added 10 our national debt. to make a Just com
parison. Can you give the figures OF the respective
countries. which Will exhibit their relation as to In
debtednessp INQUIRER.
In the case Of Canada as we'll o. of the United States
the per capita debt Is based solely on tho national
debt; neither the State debts of the United States
nor the provincial debts of the Dominion are included.
In 1890 the per capita debt of tho United States was
S13.Al; that VI the Dominion Of Canada was 500. AZ.
We quote these figures from tho of1cial Statistical
Abstract OF sho United States. and the Statistical
Year Book OF Canada The State debts amounted in
1896 to $500. sol .927; the provincial debts In 1895 to