The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19
Though some would marry,
I'd rather tarTy,
For though marriage 10 pleasant,
It's Ali in nv eve"

For Though marriage is pleasant.
LIS all in my eye"
The above is tho chorus of a ballad that I often
the name 81 the song and where Il can be foundi-
WIN you kindly tell me how can trace the de.
scendants OF Gen. MONTGOMERY. who fell before Que.
bee in 1875. aud who was associated IN that siege
with Benedict Arnolda Mrs. ]. J. T.
Gen. Montg Emery left no descendants. His widow
died in 1898. and his property went to her heir, her
brother. Edward Livingston. Tho LivingStons hold
It still.
w a 4a' and T Taa.s born a French Sa e d R%soH WHAT sS'S 1 na, Ss n
was the child? J. d.
A Dutch ship cannot be under tho French nag
The child's parents may be French. the vessel may be
Dutch, and the child may be born in Spanish waNers
In that case the Dutch element sinks out Of sight. as
for purposes OF nationality. the vessel is a part Of
Spain. SO the child may follow the nationality Of his
parents and be a French citizen. or that OF his birth.
place, and be q Spanish subject.
What is the relative size of Grants tomb az com.
pared with the C@cilha on the Appian way. Pharos OF
alexandra. Temple Of Heaven. PeHin: ana tom9 OF
and circumference OF each. fRANEB.
Grants tomb 10 100 feet square and 175 feet high,
or Whereabouts; the measurements are carefully con.
cealed. The tomb Of Cecilia Metella is 9s feet in di.
ameter and so feet high. The height OF the PharoS
of Alexandria and the dimensions of the Temple OF
Heaven are not obtainable. The tomb OF Shah Jehan
and his Empress, the Tai Mahal. is an irregular octa-
gon 11S feet in diameter and 200 feet high. Much
more like Grants tomb was the tomb OF Mausolus.
King of Caria. at Halicarnassus; 1t was about 11s
feet square; its height is not known.
What were the terminals. length and direction Of
i7ss? Also, could access to that thoroushfarc b
had from Golden Hill in those years without passing
haitian Island? Also. what were the terminals of
the ..BloominEdaie road " at that date? LEDER.
The Kingsbrldge road started at what is now
Sylvan place and 120th street; 1t left tho Eastern
post road there and led northwest TO Fourth avenue.
west to Mount Morris avenue; northwest, with inter.
ruptions. to Eighth avenue and 129th street. Harlem
lane seems to have teen there. too. but the maps do
not show either the connection or the distinction be-
tween the two roads at this point. Kingsbridge road
then followed generally the course OF the present st.
Nicholas avenue up to Kfngsbrtdge;. II was about six
and a half miles long. From Golden Hill you could
go up the Broadway to the Bloomingdale road. which
began where Union Square is now; that ran north
along the west side OF the island until 1t Joined the
Kingsbridge road at what is now l47th street.
war require the engineer in chief to ask permission
of the Captain to leave the ship when she ia in port?
thority between the two %oficers? H. q. B.
/. Yes. 2. The chief engineer is stan ofncer who has
rank simply that he may have pay; his rank does
not entitle him to command any one but the en-
ElupOE OTC n Ihplhln Ia u llno OIHCST COLnuuuuu-
ing a ship and everybody and thing on the ship.
Please advise me of the date of the birth of Henry
we read of York Island; will you please inform me
eral OF New Amsterdam in 1925? JOE JOHNSON.
Hudson was born in London. between 1850 and
1900. York Island was the old name for Toronto.
verhulst's name was William; he was director for
only q year. and lived principally in the southern
part OF the colony. on the Delaware.
VINO wrote IAN Ode to Helen.' which has been
called one OF tho exquisite flowers Of our litera-
ture ?" JOHN G. WELToN.
/. Do not warships have Eeolsp 2. Was the chap
lain OF the Maine a Roman Catholic priestP
They have . backbone. but It is inside the hull.
Q. Yes.
/. Why do they make . distinction in New Jersey
between ".attorneysat.law" and .counsellors.at
and all the courIsS >. Is the supreme Court Of New
Of this State. or is the Jersey court Of inferior GRADE
when compared with the Court Of Appealsr 4. II l am
High Court Of Chancery." which IS, l believe. the
High Court Of Equity. II I am right about IT, then
should like to learn whether the Supreme Court OF
State. II. CARROLL.
/. The distinction is simply one OF names. 9. At
torneys-At-lAw practice in all the courts. 8. No; II
stands with the Supreme Court OF this State. Appeals
lie from It to the Court OF Errors and Appeals. 4. II
is not; the highest law court. as well as the highest
equity court. Is that named above. tho Court Of
Errors and Appeals. 1t takes appeals from the Ou
preme Court as we'll as the Court of chancSry.
would like to know II / could get . history OF the
different wars of the United States. also the civil wal
included, all in one book or volume; also where
could get it? Ed.
You cannot. You will have to get . separate his
tory OF each war. For example. the Revolution
winsor's A" Readers Handbook" Greene'a "Hiatori
cal View OF the Revolution; - the war OF 1919. Inger
soils Second War Between the United States Anc
Great Britain" RooSeyelts War of 1919" MaclAyl
"History of the United States Navy Mexican war
Ripley's War with Mexico;' civil war. Johnson
"short History OF the War of Secession" and Their
are otner books on each OF these wars.
What proportion OF the Cubans are pure white
mulRttoeS. and neRToeBp J. d.
The population OF cuba in 1894 was given a
1881, 800. of which 90 per cent. was white and 81
negro. These proportions are not quite correct. how
ever; about bs per cent. are white CubAns. 81 pc
cent. negro. and IL per cent. Chinese and spGniardl
c.. W.-The U. s. s. Maine was built at the Brook
Ign Navy Yard.
H. H-There is no goldfish on the dome of tn
Boston State House.
W. D.-Great Britain does not control one. third O
the land surface of the globe. or anything like 1t,
c.. ConoIlv.-The namo of the Irish patriot abou
whom you ask is John Mitchell. 1t Is often spelle'
Mitchell, however.
John ROberfs.-hisS Anna Gould married Coun
Paul Ernest de CastellRne on March I. 1895. Len
had begun on Feb. "a. the previous Wednesday.
q. NJ. FIsId.-we do not know any poem with tn
line The mill will never grind with the water that
passed." Ray quotes this a. an English proverb. an
it may well have boen run into a poem.
Il. @. ShrepE.-There is such a beverage rs peTsin
mon beer. II is made from perSimmons. crushed
covered with water. and allowed to ferment. wit
ysast and sugar added to hasten the fermentation.
II. c. H.-AvoirdupoS weight Is not reckoned 4
grains As q rule. and you will not ma the graf
equivalents OF the dram. &C. In most books. but q
= fact, q pound AVoirdupOlS contains 1000 grains. q
ounce has Gs7b ErainIs and . dram "a 1l.s0 grain