The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
The Rev. Clarence n woodman. o. q. p. sends this
correction OF an answer in las, Sundays susi

correction OF an answer In LAST sundays bUsi
Of s:s's.: g. 'ssss' fs!nS nee
tor mo length OF one degree saogs statute mile.
following WI be Tho 'n1s o. ,hs Two TI,.llsr.
D. ~ 10. north RinssF d =, 20 @
while travels south to AZ deg 40 min. a. Journey.
Sssp M ncay. :. Oh 'F %asr ws0ns
mean IA, ST., total Of sas.eip miles. B'' Journey
lat se.;,s inclusive! O.. degree IN mean i., 2s.:
% n %s s r:yS .n sa S m %.r'
For what r,..on 1. election day on the nrst Tues:
veeit RD.L.
For many year, elections were held the nrst |
Monday, Tuesday aud Wednesday Of November. As |
roads proved and railroads extended. the nsces-
stty for thresd day election became less and whom
II was decided 20 have . singie-day election. the |
middle one OF the old three days Was chosen. Any |
other day nigh, have been chosen; but other |
day WAS chosen.
Il live TO greet that season,
BY gifted men tore,oid.
when man shall live By reason
And n 4 alone by gold:
And ev.ry wtont thing nghted,
As Eden was OF old.
Forthe wrong that needs rssistanosi |
For the failure In the distance,
In IN. interesting .coou9. of tn. Manhattan E.l
ing y int the face Of one q the w!tne..e. IN order
ted 81 jane, Parton 10 BIZ LA II Aaron BUR-
sSI Sd. 'n5 S ago f's%sf e
i.on issued tew years ago .itri6n,s' the same
any lsh! OF this peculiar duplication Of an unusual
inciiULI7 AtbERr ULNAss.
What is the form OF sovsrnm emit 81 the TrAnsya.l
and what persons hold the ofees Of state, X O. u.
Theoretically. the Tr.nsvaal IL a republic; prao-
Ideally. It 10 an oiizarohy. The principal ofnoes Of
State Arcs President, u. J. Paul Kruger; vios.
President and commAnasr-3ensrai, Gen. Pistsr J.
JoubsrtI State Secretary DR.. J. W. Jsydsi supsrtn.
tendsnt 81 Native AnArs, p. A. cronjs Treasurer.
BoshotI copnmissioner OF Railways. J. Q. smit;
Minister OF Mines, @. J. Joubert.
1t VIA, poini are thsI landed IN south Atrios' whs,
Il tho distance in miies and what route 10 taksni
They s.ii from Southampton. Plymouth. Porte
mouth aud Liverpool They land At Cape Town.
East London and Durham. The vessels sal around
the coast OF Africa the distance 70 Cape Town
from Plymouth II 800 miles ami longer from tn
other ports Durham is 800 milos from Cape Town;
| xAs, London about three hundred and nifty miles
al one; DS,ns the ,,lundr:a DsJ;. tSal.
refuge At 0snd and his p.risans were nging that
St: S ss q. q : Taa l.s ssS
tnnocnou.ly enough Owe us back our nsir Of
Prant "Giy. US back our father from oand., VIZ.
Itthe President. BY and with the sdvtss and con-
SOFT OF the Senste. should appo!nt d, person 70 .
! piAo. AEAn.t tn. Law would the act DO legal the
Senate having conssntedf I.
! We think not IL TAKES the agreement OF the Sen.
ate. the House and the President to male law. the
Senate and the President cannot make one.
Is "so-ing the Wind" a dr.mAuE.tion Of ;. novel.
or was 1t written - play. aud who 10 the .uthoI,
| Tho play produced ~ tho Empire In January,
| 1874. was By Sydney Grundy aud vas not
nouneed from . novel There IL . novel OF the
| same nAmo. however.
intention and the tax q out OF hL Anal papers in
a. Of sApa . herr m s: S1
S,as, nro -. !, ne ss ioGn n 70 hs former aevsfn
| To his original Government
whs,oy.r became Of Mis-. Hn. Logan. who starred
Il sItspsi,eiy some forty or nifty y'a" 40 snd is
She married aeorrs Wood. who managed Woods
Museum In this city. where Days Theatre 10 now.
and died Jan. IS. 1872.
o.th, sons, kaid Xhs syn. and a. n..rs' eo:aSi.
| ~ to how old II isi C.h.J,
In in present form It was written by Robert Burns.
about 1852
Where can ! md the poem showing the futiiity
In. Of Which rssd. EacS Mortal hs. i. Car!
casonne." VIII.
How docs . person born blind dreAmt MN.
Just As any one else dreams, but never OF visible
objects.
Who wrote poem" The Modern Saint" beginning
mo monkish eAro he wears. no beads he tsllst"
what is meant by the term "stoughton bottle"
and where did 1t originated Boz.
0toros Smia-BArnum's Museum, At Ann street
and Broadway. WAS burned on July TO- 1893.
| o. q. R.--tirsen's Short History OF tho English
People 10 tho best English history OF It's size; you
can get 10 at book store.
Lrndgub sr-Ths Italian navy s not tho second
strongest The British navy thu French and tho
LussiAn nayis, rank In this order.
William R4chardn.-The Aston Battery consisted
| OF three oticnr, and lol enlisted men Three en-
listed men were killed in the Philippines.
| A. B-NcKinlsy was not millionaire when
he was made President: he was little better than =
bankrupt. as h, had been involved deeply In =
friends failure.
WilIam Ir,ntie,-HAyre de Grace. Maryland, was
| never legally called Hsvre do Grassc. Admiral do
Gra.Se's name had nothing to do with the name OF
the Mary land town
| Gtorg. ", Hdrto0oi-Mr Mckinley wa, never .
Senator in Congross no is not tho father of pro.
lection - he was Representative In Congress from
1877 to 1898, being unseated by the House In May.
1884 and from 1898 to 1891.
ID. r. IA cable message goes from Newfound.
land to Ireland rather slowly, we believe; tho nrSt
letter OF tho first word might take an appreciAbls
part Of second to cross. cable message would be
sent 1000 miles at about the same rate OF speed.
J. Z. Noron-Impeachm mt docs not mean con.
vction any more than indictment does. Andrew
johnson was impeAched by the House Of Repre-
sentstves on March D. 1868 the trial OF tho i'm.
parchment began On March r. the Senate sitting Nv
court under tho presidency of the Chief Justice Of
the supreme Court. The trial A,tcd with intervals
the session beginning at p. NJ. each day-untl