The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06

clOus prodlRhnty or nature sees fOd. SO.
ITO his attuned spirit the heather bells
Sing sweet sabbath knells:
Each snow capped mountain 10
Where was tho Kslohoot Hill of the New York of
The Kalck Hoect Hill. hill projecting into the
Lispenard meadows from the south. was at Broad
and Franklin street, the slope into the meadows
is still apparent Broadway north Of Franklin
street. The Kaok Hoect later Collect Pond was TO
tho eastward the Tombs stands in about its centre
formation fhe coin has the figure Of an old .s.yio
colonies and S Gomsr s on The other and is ab5"t
the size OF quarter dollar b. u. W,
To decide bet between A and B. please say which
). o'CoNxon
Tho Jewish New Year. beginning Sept. 4 NEXT.
comes before the Christian Christmas; probably one
of the bettors relying this fact.
In letter from Newfoundland II is spoken of as
the Tenth Island" Where does il get this deatg-
nahonf Can It be from the fact that It was dscov.
s5sa % S AVG Would Id HRS That o
We never heard tho title before. think It comes
probably from the fact that there nine islands
larger than Newfoundland. These are; Madagascar.
Borneo. New Guinea, sumatra. Nippon. Middle
Island. North Island Java and Cuba.
l. Is Mr.. Bryan Cw. JJA lAwyerI 2. What is M ant
by a ground swell in the ocean 8. What OPT
sode in The Hon. Peter Sterling Is paralleled In
Grover Cleveland? JIM.
l. Mr.. william Jennings Bryan is . practicing law
yer. 2. "A swell which rises along the shore often
IN fine weather. and when the sea beyond is smooth
is one definition. The usual idea Ia that ground
swell ia a heavy wave. supposed to be caused by
distant storm or earthquake. 8. Peter sterlings ae
ton in based tho Maria Halpin episode"
In Mr.. Cleveland's life.
=, viii yon please state whether the area Of New
York city Ia larger than that of the city of London
THE
Now Yorks area Is larger than London's. New
York covers 1es.ess acres; London. 75.442 acres.
i. Is the abatement Of the Anglican Church. that
R"msn true and that CSrssnr %sa in
in England before Angn.tne's cominGf .. What
cern,ng the Roman, Anglican and Greek. as we'll as
the denonnational, churches, a, regards their his
tower at Newport r. l.f r. b. NJ.
!. The question OF the relative ages OF the two
churches depends upon the point of view OF tho per-
who undertakes to answer IL, Christianity ex-
listed in England before the coming of Augustine.
The earliest Christianity OF England. Ireland and
tho Scots islands WAS not Roman Christianity 2.
Schaf's Crceds Of Oh ristendom In three volumes,
IL exhaustive: there is q smaller and more recent
book. tho name Of which We do not recall. :. That
. q,
who died in 1873.
What ia the proportion 70 population in tho differ
emit States Of the Union Of those that read and
writer Also whst is the proportion Of the same
class in the populations of England ireland and
Scotland? |. H. W.
For the whole United States tho census of 1920
showed the iteraes be 1873 per cent Of the total
population. Among the States the percentage
varied from "a In Wyoming to +5.s in Louisiana.
In England and Wales tho percentage in lssos2
1872 in Scotland Ga. and Ireland 276 (rcduced
in 1891 to / per cent?.
Where is Now York University What is its
standing compared with our colleges. for example
Cornell? %.
Tho University Of the City Of New York has its
collegiate department at University Heights. its
Administrative offces. law and graduate depart
ments IN Washington Square. and its medical school
at 40 East Twenty sixth street. 1t Is very good
ANAL college. not large Cornell. Its law
school and medical school are its best known de-
pArtments.
RID. R-The Maine was a second class battleshtp.
J. 1--WE do not know tho origin of the familiar
quotation. May your sorrows end in smoke"
C. H. D.-Richard Croker WAS q Coroner In this
county In ls747e. being elected in Novem ber ..
Nrwsd,1ler.-The lowest temperature during the
blizzard of 1898 above zero at A. NJ. Tues
day March 10.
John Cldrk.-The park o. Manhattan and
Bronx boroushs above Fiftyninth street amounts to
about Z, O39.21 acres
J. Bartlrn-Tho Csmpania and the Lucania have
larger tonnage than the ST. Paul and st. Louis
and smaller tonnage.
ShGmrock.-Mr. Thomas Upton gave $4,000 to
the Princess Of wales's Jubilee Fund in 1897, and
WAS knighted the next year.
Snowden.--There were 100000 Columbian hall
dollars issued in 1872; each one is worth 30 cents
and no more-less IL 1t be mutilated.
PJG.-A "middlemsn' lisa person or Arm who
stands between tho producer and the consumer
sometimes there are several middlemen. broker
| is a mlddleman.
". N-Sprinkle kerosene oil from a Watering po
on the wudward edges of pond~-and mHrrhri
around your camp it will prevent the mosquitoes
| from troubling you.
| j. Both Gen. Shafter and Con. Coppinge
were Brigadier. Generals in tho army when tn
| Spanish began. They were promoted Major
| Generals in the volunteers.
! g. r. EisSman.-From the extreme western poin
OF Long Island to the extreme eastern point OF Fish
! er's Island the distance in straight line is n
miles At its widest point Long Island is twentyfou
| miles wide.
| r. j. 1.-The acts OF March ;, 1895. and Jan. IA
| 1879 provide for and require the cancellation o
| fractional currency redeemed in coin. There Ia n
| provision in the existing law to issue any 0
this currency.
J. z. Ropd.-You can't see the Dippor from south q
the equator, but the Dpper ia At it's place just tn
| came. The statement about which you ask mud
| died. The earth turns to the east; hence the ten
dency according to your paper for heavy things /
| move west, not east. and for lighter things, lk
| rivers flowing north or south. To move east.
| PF F." Charlotte Temple" is the name give
| in Mrs, SusAnnah Rowsons once famous novel
| "uharotrr Temple. a Tale " Truth" TO Charlotte
Stanley, an English girl brought to this country b.
| Capt and Lieut. ColJohn Montresor (Muntraville il
| the novel;. and deserted by him. She died il
misery At small tavern at Doyers and Pel streets
| and is buried In Trinity Cemetery. The novel hA
been reprinted recently in cheap form.