The sun., 1898-01-02

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slameo that T Atemus. snthor Of the .old q, Gap ;
Wr. SIDNEY HnLTER.
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lished by T. D. Peterson of rhilsdelphie somewhere %
How did Virginia get the name of "Ths OLD
Because II the oldest OF the English colonies in
America North Carolina was settled from virginia,
South Carolina from North Carolina and Virginia. 1t
s said that all legal references the colony from
1907 to 1870 spoke OF it a. "the colony and domn-
ion OF Virginia."
which of the two following forms is the best and
iyn. Grester New York" or John Doe, address
Borough OF Brooklyn city of New York :" -
"Greater New York ia simply a oolloqual term
for the city which is now legally the city Of New
York. As the modern tendency is toward brevitv,
let the address bc "John Doe. Brooklyn. N "" Just
e. 10 IL now. II you have to describe Mr. Doe in legal
papers. It will bo proper to your second FORM but
never your nrst form.
rHps wa h of %
We nnd no estimate. The population in B. o. IL.
thirty years after Cesars death, has becn estimated
to be 2suoo o00 but this estimate does back
| TO that time.
l. Hoy and whom dld the present coinage image Of the The
meaning Of the dollar Signs is' and two vertical
strokes D. In chess can casting take place after
ism, or any time after the promuis alton Of tho
cord with the doctrine Of infsiiibiiityP saASDoS
/. BY various acts. beginning with tho of April
o. 1905 the other principal acts those Of Feb ls
1873, and Feb. go. 1878. 2. No knows exactly.
One suggested meaning is that tho sign Is derived
from the letters U. s.. in monogram, another that
It stands for and Cpieces OF eight" Robinson
Crusoe called them); q third that It from tho
device the Spanish dollars OF the pillars OF Her
cules with the two Junonan serpents wrcathed
around them. There other suggested meanings.
too g. After the king 10 out Of check oastlins can
take places cannot take place to get tho king out
| OF check. however. L. No. Newman had "believed
taught the doctrine itself long before the council
assembled. and when It was defined he accepted 10
| without hesitation"
I. When and in what manner did Austin Bidwe!i
rob the Bank Of England e. What Is his present ad.
Z. What has become Of his brotherp 8. Are they
both now considered rich mon?
| !. Tho Bdwells robbed tho Bank OF England in
1879 and 1873. Austin Bldwen opened account
| with the Western Branch in London; his brother
posed an agent of tho Pullman Car Company. with
| works at Birmingham. The bank failed as thoy ex-
pected II would. to inquire into tho truth of their
| statements; Austin drew on the Pullman Com
pany's branch in Birmingham. his brother accepted
drafts and Austin discounted them at the branch
OF tho Bank of England. The gang got about e2,o0o.
ooo He frightened the people that they sent him
to prison for life. He was pardoned in 1899. Q. We
| do not know; somewhere in Now Jersey. We think.
| 8. In none. 4. We don't know. 8. No.
These line. occur in Tounyuons "Prinoosa" " dinsD
sho wo i shSSsSs pSsssd % 4. nos
| We shudder, but to dream our maide should ape
And cram him with tho fragments Of tho grave" &c.
oan md no explanation of the last linoI neither
nvsn. DNs.n One you know of an II
The reference IL to the vivisoctoniss, of course;
but what tho last line do not know. unless
tho viviseotionsts feed their living subjects.
dogs. scraps from other subjects.
Who said. "Toos your horn you den't soil q
We don't know, 10 sounds Lincolnian, or like Josh
! Bnlings-
What tho point tho Biblical expression. "Thou
shalt heap coala Of nre upon his head" 70 mo the
does % not sa agree with is' accepted
Tho expression is explained to mean that by return.
ing good for evil the evidoer ID covered with burn
ing shame and confusion" II is not very ntelli.
| gible expression.
Kindly let mo know in what years there appeared
in your paper articles written BY Jose MART. the
| @. DE O.
sehor Marti wrote for The sun "during pro-
tracted period " beginning about 1875.
Please Inform me what the words arc e TIE Irish
| est Patrck's Day in the Morning" is really ths air
| of an Irish Jig; 1t had words. Doggerel verses
| have been written to the air. set beginning,
potatoes and nsh is . very good dish" We don't
| know the rest of 1t.
Who wrote the poem of which this is versof
Doors are open.d; ways are made.
By some great law unseen and still.
| Unfathomed purpose to fulnl"
/ When was President Dole of Hawaii elected ?
| When the last election in the republic? MT.
| President Dole not eected no appointed
by the Constitutional Convention and took ofioe on
July L. 1894. The nrs election Oct. 90. 1894.
snd the nrst Legislature met juno 12. 1905. The
last election was the last Wednesday OF septem.
ber 1857.
l. tho theory which states that the earth
e. that In Its rotations pieces were. broke
eosd ac
deepest well yet drilled. how deep is It, and what is
| its temperature at the bottom? A.F.B
l. This is the nebular hypothesis, and tho applica.
ton of the doctrine OF probability tends prove that
correct e. We believe It Pttsburg and Is
than 5000 feet doep. What the temperature is
| we do not know.
IA. F-The Crystal Palace in this city was burned
| Oct 8, 1868.
Davtd Emery.-In the British Navy there aso
modern warships built since 1885.
J. J. Kennedv.-Gen. Grant was buried nrst on Aug.
y. 1885. and secondly on April 81. 1897.
James BtndoH-It 10 necessary now to be . oitiEen
before you can enlist in the army or the navy.
Amerfcdnus "a. r. G)-The AustraIasfdR is pub
ilshed at lo7 Collins street, Melbourne. Victoria.
j. Benson.-The Manhattan Company's tank 10 at
the northwest corner OF Reade and Centre streets.
| W h-We do not advise any ono to go to tho Klon-
dixie; in fact we advise every to stay away.
H. McDonatd.-There is no law requiring foreign