The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20

where IN the British Kingdom fora mnfriea Sg1ple
TSSsSTd pTesamS' sHntsh Of Ssoon; o. pE.a,.
You refer 10 the more or less famous Dunno
Fitch. - given TO persons who knelt At The door OF
the parish church Of Dunmow. Essextand proved
that they had lived Amicably for q year. The Gus
tom IL said 10 have been instituted in 124A, aud mp
70 17Ta eight couples had won the fitch. The cus-
tom was revived IN 1856 to advertise tho town, and
srhee then has been called 10 mind two or three
times. the last occasion In 1897. We think.
Fable Of Che BEES; or, Private Vices PgSiio Bsnsats,S
puhlahed IN London early IL IT, Canyon teithe
anything of it, Who was the Authorf 7.
The author was Bernard do Vaudeville. he pub
ished Il In 172s. TIL we'll known TO students OF
ethics and economics. Zee AIlibone's DictionAy Of
Authors. 4je
Miss Bass's explanation Of the origin Of the saying
Taunton, Good Lord does not satisfy everybody.
Tho answer Of Bertha Bass concerning the origin
Of the EXPRESSION Taunton, good Lord. does not
me several years AGO in Massachusetts, and explained
by Taunton people, Theproaperity Of Taunton was
rHsa the Hvs rt on SS dSs' tSs town i sitasssS. ID good
seasons, with a stock Of aleyt!es sslted down for
asie Of ps surplus IaS % SSh' the taunton man felt very In
depsndent, and; on being aSsed by a stranger whence
God damn youi' when. however, the nsh failed 70
Ties the taunton mans crest would be- corrsspon-
dinghy lowered, and in reply to the question CON
SpoioEetic whine: "Tsunton, good Iordi"s cThs
capital IL" in this form SUGGESTS = different
g %Ss1 coTrs 30 onss SHny Version. The idea of Mia.ss,
chusetts herring Sshermon having any inmate
an snfi neS%iSS 81 English sns ran vessel Ssi Sri indsed e Ss sppsaGlcSt
number nas,sns of . such ~ s,v ses T.a 70 BEING : nrsovs sp%%s pssss.. e z
cay nothing Of the uniiisliho9d Of the progeny Of
tSar T sirinS an IN s nSs'S Measp SattiSr sn sRa IS that 9ue.
rested in Mics Bass communication, seems 70 me
I; n. sS Sne oven tass sb snSt 3 .s STl Ssst f Sans e he sG Snis o aSs;
that I know; but. like all local traditions. the incep-
ten Of q tsi 4, phraso1s probably as Ses 2 T0s as many
In answer TO Your question. know, that long ago.
sas yi IL Sn nsns snP impo a1n St a &c Citizens an q Tsnnton'
f %hH Il. s as. srG sBPS y when ysT s.t lsSTG Is 70 S idsF SNsii.n nsp pIsSs.
q denizon replied. "Tawnton, 'biRodl' When any
EsTs aan.o oan po %si l ass1f or 2 nv n0t anosiie ais s q sSs above Sss
goes back sixty years. and, as often d the case. the
S Smss 20 ,ss Of st sss voice. in pF0nunIaiibtt S%s i Sssrr za'
Except in the details. Mr.. Treney and the Down
Easter agree.
State and in Massachusetts, increased in greater or
l sss.e sTSG arlns sho Than lsss t TIVE RSgSTlst asars q t 3. SsS the Ike
RSGr in 2, t aoms oS sYnIE, g e. sSsr. p SSg s.t saS saS T TSa
Of proving 10 the contrary G.w.B.
L. In this State, in 1872. the deposits amounted to
S2oo. 135. 286, an average Of s334.92 to each OF the
77e.7oo depositors, and an average OF sb9.12 to each
one OF the 1892. 100 inhabitants of the State census
Of 1870. In Massachusetts,, IN 1872, the depositors
numbered CSC. 246; the deposits were s1s@,7eT.313.
an average OF S2ss.21 for each deposition. and an
average of s12e.s so to each OF the 4 .467 .851 In
habitsnts. In 1897 New York had 1,736. 98s
depositors, with $71s.1T6.ss9 Of deposits, an
average OF S418.&6 to each, and an average Of
S1o4.9o to each of the 8.s5o,ooo Estimated
inhabitants. In 1897 Massachusetts, had SASS, 22o.-
257 OF deposits. an average of s33S. 06 for each Of the
I al0 HRR deDoattnra and NJ eJ7I n for each of the
2,e3e. 900 (estimated) inhabitants. New Yorks de-
posits increased more rapidly than those of Maasa-
ohusetts. as New York's population has increased by
about 80 per cent. and the average deposit by about
TT per cent. while Massachusetts, population has
increased 80 per cent and her average deposit about
40 per cent. 2. No. The increase of savings bank
deposits and the spread of retail trade prove IL
l.. Is it true that naval onicers receive less pay for
true that III the naval ofacers pay Tor their own mess
bills and for all all the h s s6.ir snpi1s done On 20 a S t,s,s t eur
s soI their ,s%Iiie ss ySi,s tss navy 9siesF ; ,PSs ,S ss
naval officers are promoted at the expense Of zach
number Of numbers those over whom he jumps are
put back in order to I'LL the place left yacant?
!. Rank for rank. the naval ofhoor gets less than
the army officer. A .rearadmiral gets $4,000 70 .
majorgeneral's 81. 800; q commodore $4,000, TO .
brigadier-general's $500: a captain $4,000 TO q
c~olonels $4,000; \ commander $500 to q lieuten-
ant 81. 900. Here an apparent change Is to
be noticed: q gets from
81. 800 to 80, 900 to n majors $500 to $780,; .
lieutenant from $4,000 to 81. 900. compared with
an unmounted captains $500 to s2.52o; . lieu
tenant Junior grade gets from $1,000 to $1,000.
while q first lieutenant. unmounted. geta from 81 800
to o.. 100: an ensign gets from $1.2oo to 81 .too.
while . second Lieutenant gets from 81. 400 to SI.55o.
The difference noticed in favor OF certain naval officers
10 due to the fact that the lowest amount Of pay Of
the army ranks is that Of the grades; each army
officer is entitled to an increase of pay for each five
| years he serves in the army, while q naval ofhcer is
entitled to only one increase, which comes after
serving Ave years in one grade. So . lieutenant.
promoted Ieutenant-commander. after twenty-five
years In the navy. begins at %. 500. and after Ave
years gets SO, 900. while. n captain promoted major
after twenty-five years gets $500 TO start with.
2. Yes. 8. The quarters ara furnished to the %ofacers.
in accordance with their rank; the families are al
lowed. but decidedly are not provided for. Naval
ofncers on shore duty receive quarters. 4. Yes. un.
less the promotion is due to q death in the line.
In TIE suS of Nov. Q q correspondent desired to
unable to read and write. Benin s wagner Of
Leipsic have compiled statistics on tlliteracy Of all
European nations, and the percentage for Germany
GHoRer FESrRIcK.
Several Readtrs.-fA gets 20 votes. B 10 and o s. A
has Q plurality of 10 over B. and = majority over all
Of votes.
Mr.. @. G. Taught says our Greek words wore wrong
last Sunday. and gives these as correct;
"'Sunshine Ia heEtophdnsid. Blue eyes could DO
| rendered by the Greek equivalent Of eyes of blue
but the adjective 0ldukophthalmoI. blue eyed. could
be made to do duty as a substantive; or the epithet
applied 10 Minerva used in its stead. e.. ~0tdukopis.
the blue eyed Comfort as . noun. 10 represented
In the Greek text of the New Testament by the fol.
lowing words: ~paydmuthid. /. Cor. Iiv. 9; pdrdHa-
Lhion. Philip. H., 1; p~are0orid. Col. w.. IL; while the
verb to comfort Il pdrdkdieo. II. Cor. T., 4, and
pdrdmuLheomai. John, H.. 10. 'CThe) gift from
heaven should properly be to- dOTOn ap' ouranothen.
this construction being warranted by Lidden and
Scott"
Can you, to settle q dispute, inform me In your col
umns whether the pension list IL or Is not lsrgerthan
after the civil war, and II any pensions are now
drawn by men who never saw a battle In the above
connictf ". II,
The pension list 10 larger now than 1t has ever been
before. Probably hundreds of pensions are drawn
now by men who not only never saw . battle. but
never even did any real military work. The act Of
July ~. 1890. grants q pension to every peraon who