The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17
oUrsrfovs AND ANSWERS.

point the hand indicating four 20 the sun. and on
= o.eiosR; point he hand indicating eight 70 The snn,
and the Inquire X on the dial Is due south. D. II O.
One Of your correspondents wrote the other day to
PROFOUND = query, which you ansvered by refer
Paniist Fathers Of this city. The title Oh the book
d Catholic and Protcstsnt Countries COMPARED"
The author II the Rev. Alfred Young. E.H.
Judge Christy, who has published two volumes on
proverbs Of all countries, sends through q friond
this about the proverb ut IL an Ill
wind that blows good 20 no one:'
The Italians say: Cativo : quel venio che a Hsstraob
Tiers s a local English proverbs: TT l. an III wind
shore abuts upon the ocean. and almost any Wind
Its an III wind that blows no man to good
Heywood's Proverbs. 4. D. 1881.
A" 4Rc II c TynS o in shS SlR" Si. no IL % .Ss To0d'
Tho lyther lustcs brod Of her broode,
Can no way brede good propertye,"
II ron are curious and can command he time. u
Marriage Of wit and wisdom, CpoG i6fo.
"Ahl sirrsl 4 ia an old proverb and q true.
iii An Il wind that blouos no man TO good
s AnsD Ssni Promos and cssSsndFs.. I5i7s ST. asiiit.s
ssai:' Bod.i.y tOToSlEa{ ' F Fl; S.O L. 4 sSs. ed faS pi 1915:
ARnack 20 Know . Knave. 1894, edition 1881, p. ara.
Is 4% 1nSSst s. f e III h. A. ioa FsifoI n a H. f. SSy n so sS :
and author Z, 70 Of the the Historic ns Cr.. Plnntsrum and Tisdom
man, in my edition of his valuable work. entitled
u : iSS% a1sS tS SSF FTsnSS e S1 THEntn "A S,SslSs. sso,.
1aueur est bOnHe' Misfortune is good for something).
and to what oIfontI Was the sprnGaeid Tne. Of
those days . brooch or muEZlo loader! EG.w.
Tho Springfield rife was the usual arm Of the
United statos troops during the rebellion. It was .
muzzle loader.
Regarding the act of declaring war. I have been led
10 believe that n formal declaration has really pre.
coded actual hostlties; that. in fRct, the formal
hosuIities; that there has been a number Of wars
wherein there has been no formal declaration what
subject. X. z z.
In the war of 1912 the formal declaration of war
was embodied In the act Of Juno 10. 1917; the arst
hostilities occurred on July II. A sidrmisho on April
20. 1s48. preceded our declaration Of war against
Mexico. which was not made until May o. We had o
war with France, from 1898 to 1907, which began
without any declaration, continued with loss to both
sides and glory TO our navy, and ended on Feb. 3.
1901. with n formal treaty of peace. In this war with
Spain we blockAded Havana on April az. and took
prizes that day and thereafter. though Congress did
not decide until the 2bth that war had begun: when
Congress did decide, 1t referred the beginning back
to the 2Ist Of the month. There ia no nxed way of
beginning war; Il may DO begun by beginning or by
declaration.
VIII you kindly publish the Cuban Constitution
and the executive of1cer. O. Z. J.
The civil government OF the Cuban republic is
composed of these persons: President, Bartolom6
Masso; vice-President, Domingo Mendez Capote;
SECRETARY OF War. Jose AlemAn; Secretary Of Foreign
Affairs, Andres de il Tore; Secretary of the Treas.
ury. Erpesto Sterling; Secretary OF the Interior,
Manuel Silva. There are assistant secretaries for the
FIRST three of these Secretaries. The Cuban Consd.
tuition provides for the formation OF q Council of
Ministers. the members as given above. with power
to make laws dealing with the civil and political AZ
fairs Of the republic. to make loans and levy contd-
buttons, to raise and maintain troops. to declare re-
prisals. and TO intervene in military operations. Any
treaty Of peace with Spain must be approved by an
Assembly of Representatives especially convoked.
The President may dissolve the Council. but must
form q new one within ten days. There are no repre-.
sentative assemblies. except to elect the Preaiden,
and Yice-President and to consider apeace with Spain.
Was not "Chinase Gordon" the lannon's English
General ~ the Orient convicted or indicted for crimi.
nal assault on a vonnG lady in a railroad train . nrm'
Der OF years ago before he went to the East2 E.S.
No. You are thinking Of Col. Valentine Baker. who
WAS convicted OF sssaultng Miss Dickinson and sen
fenced to Zoo fne and twelve months imprisonment
on Aug. :, 1s75. He went to Turkey afterward. and
as Baker Pnsha distinguished himself in the Russo
Turkish war. Later he want to Egypt az y soldier
but was set to work reorRaniEing the police. Later
after the defeat OF the Egyptians under Hicks Pnshi
detected AZ r, Tab h.o.,.o ., ~ cow.va,oo =, "a
Fcrnt,.,. No Ala a. "a, =, v.h,r ~ W =, ,eo-
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On April 20 THE EVENING Sun had a letter from
JR rsferrtng to az, item printed IN 1890 to thu
effect that the L: T. Merritt wsS a floating morgne
When did the vizcaya need cofhns years agn.
J.W. L.
the steamer Nizcaya. from New York to Havana
was run into near barnegat light by the "choone
cornelius HargreHSeS on Oct. 20. 1890. sevent
lives were lost. The Merritt was taxing conns dow
to the scene OF the wreck.
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Inc ,nentity Of the person : who struck Billy PA
hrt I vonld in all seriousness like TO know the orGI5
OF that much-mooted question. J.R.T.
There is a number of suggested answers TO thi
famous question. Here are some Of them; william
Patterson. q merchant Of Baltimore. had property Il
Georgia; visiting It once. he became involved in
street row. In the midst Of the sfny some one st-uc
him on the head. knocking his hat over ha eve,