The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06

but .. the problem stands. u Is incapable OF being
solved. ns the fraction l..00i IL an improper t~raction,
Going from Cork 70 Dublin by rail you pass through
station on the right is a large irregular nStursIfsctd
rocn sn,rounded ny an Iron railing on which Is tne
explain tho inscriptionp VS.. II.
We cannot; no book on ireland accessible to us
says a word about the Portarlington stone. Can eny
friend help us?
Christmas cannot be regarded as the true birthday
Jerome which pretends to having seen in some oficisi
register OF Bethlehem ana conveyed to Rome an entry
writings Of st, Clement OF Alexandra il is asserted;
.Th. whole time from the birth OF Jesus Christ to
four years one month and thirteen days This sen.
ss0f sso "g saSio sss% 81 Sirt a,'' WITH s sns gay y. ana gsSst
and the ejaculation IL male that It was Monday.
ihs reign OF Augustus from the death OF Marc
Antony In the year D before the common era. The
maintains that the proper nativity OF Christ was on
century actually celebrated in Cypris. Can any OF
t r u 5sSds sIs, 81 TIE n.. sun rd give ,S. o shstsq sS'AtWi9 sn, Of rb an.
such assertion based? I. y. WILLIAMS.
Chrlst's birth has been placed by different writers
In every month OF the year. "Tho Egyptians placed
1t in January; wasenseil u839-17o5) in February;
Bochart u590-i60T) in March; some. mentioned by
Clement Of Alexandria, In April; others in May;
Epiphanius speaks Of some who placed It in June.
and OF others who supposed It to have been In July;
wasenseil. who was not sure OF February. nxed Il
probably in August; Liahtfoot on the 10th of Sep.
tembe-; scaiiger. Casaubon. and Caivisius in octo
Der; Others in November: and the Latin Church in
December" This 10 what McCllntock and Strong's
Cyclopsdia says, The doubt on the whole subject
simply goes to show that the anniversary Of tho ma
tivity was placed in December to take tho place of
H. IA 1919. RsA
Respecting your answer In last Sundays Sun on the
mcrits OF whist and skat. allow mo to say. that few
game. The late Mr.. z~uxertort, the eminent chess
Wills, player. once said that skat Is decidedly the more
scientific of the two games. C. II.
It in any dictionary W. /.
/. With the Oh soft. g. Not yet. but IT will be.
!. Was John Cabot the nr,t NAVIGATOR that reached
John Cab. profess y. Was England Roman Cstho-
lie under Henry VII? vi. Y.
/. No; there were Icelanders h,ad OF him. 9. He
was a Roman Catholic, 8. Yes.
1. Is 1t q fact that Anne Boleyn, Henry WILL wife.
And her m pther' tady Boleyp Were his miistresses nriop
TO his marriage with Anne2 E.. s. NJ.
l. 1t is not. Henry was only nine years older than
she was. =. Lady Boleyn was not Henry's mistress;
but II 10 not improbable that Anne was.
The writer was acquainted with an aristocratic
family In England named "nolliott.' That family
was for tho reason the "nollIotts" were in existence.
as one OF the great families OF England. long before
letters ONO into useP Il. FL p.
The explanations of tho use of the double ( as n
capital do not explain. 1t seems that the double ( as
4 capital Is a modification or corruption Of tho Old
~. u r-.aN t-
ever. has about decided that this use Is due to the
fact that "in ancient legal manuscripts the capital F
always was represented by two small is; this
gave rise in time to the printers capital +
being made IN Imitation OF the two small letters. and
also led to the retention Of the n by the Trenches.
nolliots. &C., who. finding their names thus spelt in
their family papers. thought 1t wise. from q legal
point OF view. not to alter them in any way" Proba-
bly, the nrst explanation here referring the II to the
old English F, is the better: for Their, would be no
moro reason for using the n as q capital than for
doubling any other small letter to make q capital;
and NO other letter IS doubled. Tho Ii in LlewelIyn,
Lloyd. &C. Is not an English doubling; 1t is Welsh.
and represents conventionally n peculiar lingual
sound not really indicated. The trenches. &C.. spell
their names now French. Ffolliot. Ffoijambe. &C.
That the rolliots were q great family before capitals
were used we doubt; they may be an old family. but
their name is unknown to history. Capitals. it 10
true. are OF comparatively recent date.
What was tho largest majority in John Y. McKane's
stronghold ever given to any candidate? RAY.
s.<o5. given by McKane TO Mr.. Pearsall in 1898.
when the vote was declared to be: Pearsail. Demo-
crat. 500; Gaynor. Republican. 1o5.
lady. is his proper pIa e on the side Of the walk mex:
the curb. or should he always be on the LADY,. left?
country as in the city2 n. s. C.
He should be between the woman and the curb.
The idea Is, that he should place himself between her
and the side on which danger might threaten her.
The same reason would hold In the country.
A contracted Q debt to the amour. of 5 cents. in
payment Of which he offered n dollar bill. and in
refuse them; who is correct? have been informed
you can refuse more than go cents in minor coin and
dimes. II correct. mus; one accept 20 cents, value in
each Of the minor coin: and $40 in each OF the 81
cent. 25-cent, and lo-cent pieces, or does II mean col
~loctiyely. Kindly inform. mo how a debt of 500
ri tender in the United states. L LEGAL TENDER. %
In the nrst place. the creditor is under no legal obi.
CATION to give any change; It Is an act of courtesy on
his part to give the 05 cents change: so II A offers to
pay his nve-cent debt with a dollar bill. the creditor
may refuse It, or II he gives change. A must take It
a. It comes and be thankful. twenty-five cents 10
the limit OF the legal tender quality of nickels and
smaller coins; elo that Of dimes, quarter and half
dollars; while there Is no limit to that OF dollars ana
gold coins. You could give twenty-five pennies.
twelve twoccnt pieces, eight nickel threes df you
could hnd them. nye nckels, ten silver threes. and
100 silver half dimes df you could md them). 100
dimes. twenty-five twenty.cent pieces, forty quar-.
tiers. twenty half dollars, and nfty.eight silver dol.
lars; that would mako 500. 80. You would have to
ask permission to pay the rest in one half dollar, two
dimes. and two pennies.
Who Is the author and what arc the remaining
verse; OF the poem entitled Where IL the Flag OF
England ?" The nrst verse runs thus:
:. Where is the nag of England
And tho winds Of the world made answer:
North. south. east. or west.
Wherever there's wealth to covet
Or land TO he possessed;
wherever are savage races to coEen. eoerce or scare
Ys shall md the Haunted emblem,
For the English nag is there!' A.B
Please give the relative strength Of the navies of the
world: also the comparative merits OF the Indiana
and Majestic or a ship In the English navy OF tho
same tonnage rs the Indiana, How does the Power.
fui compare with our ships? VIII you also advise
me the total number OF nrst.class lighting ships In the
English navy y. q. 7.
Tho navies OF the world stand thus: Great Britain.