The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-29
Since Aug. 1 last Canada has had a preferential
tariff In favor of England OF 20 percent.

tne1r usual custom ana celebrate fnelr passover on
me If such is the case, and il SO. whyP JIG. F. G..
II is not the case; the Passover will begin on the
18th Nissan. which is March Is. and not on March 80.
The verses which IL. A. NJ" %inquires about occur
If gsnny and read ! oae Correctly on eoG a ss fnl 10 Eae DUKE OF wei,
"The long self-sacrifce Of life Is o'er,,,
more" s.w. P.
Will you inform me II the story THE Black
and IL the words let dog eat dog, what should the
ward became famousp MARY B.
1.-THE Black Douglas is founded on fact. William
Douglas, sixth Earl of Douglas. and third Duke OF
Tour aine. succeeded his father in 1899, and was ex-
ecuted by the order of Sir william Crichton in Edin-
burgh Castle IN 1910. when only 1s years old. His
brother David suffered with him. The name Black
Douglas !" did not belong to him personally: 1t was
given hrst TO Sir James DouRlss. the friend OF Robert
Bruce. and belonged to the DNurlases of Thrieve,
while the Dorglases OF Angus were Red. Let dog
eat dog. what should the lion care ~ is the remark
Asorbed, ma in the story. 10 Archibald. Earl Of
Douglas. father OF the DOUGLAS of Crockett's story.
n wrs. lsrsTage or languages is found the root
Modern English Is derived from at least seven
sources: 1. Anglo-sa1or; =. British or Celtic; 3.
Danish or Morse; 4. French; 8 Latin; 8.
Greek: 7. Arabic. Hebrew. Indian. Chinese.
THp srS. I n@tice thu @vrression. IT" toss M cross
and pile" Can Won tell mo what IS the meaning Of
this expression and something of Its history
The meaning 10. to toss up money. Gross and
pile was a slang name for money, derived from the
| French, some Of whose coins. centuries back. had n
cross on one side and q ship tsa'd to he called e pit.
from which our pilot on the other. jefferson trans
lated his expression directly from the French:
"Jeter d croiX on pile"
| C,n uoIva mn tho date NJ tbn Ioee ~ tbo SHAWN
boat thu Fmp'~e Of TROY. which occurred ir the
s sTn or lst" nr $50 on the e,I HTds son Rty ron, ONO;
| York: tine probably P NJ. Please give the c1ect
date, also the nnmher Of lives l"st. T. r. G.
We and no exact date for tho loss OF the Empire Of
Troy in 1870. She was struck by a schooner and
sank with the loss Of thirty lives. Thereafter she
was raised and put on the river again. On July 10.
1853. the sloop Gen. Livingston ran into her in New
burg Bav, the place OF her first wreck. a"d AGAIN she
sank. Seven persons were lost. She was not raised.
S,aJoard affords this information.
Plcs.n rive particulars Of The rorrer in the stock
efteen :" twenty Years a"o on ne Hew yo-k storE
EXCHANGE; How .tah d.d Z reacH. and I'VE perjce at
witch 1t usually was selling A. refor" tho co-n"r was
made e. IF.
l. The corner in "Harnihnl and 81. LOO" was en-.
ein"ered nv John R. DIV n R"stor, thro'ph Alley
4 Dowd and Kcnnedv. urtl i~s-n c.. The COM.
mon stock had heer sclirr At "h-rtot. Or TUGS.
day, Sent. q, 1891. 1t onnrc1 AZ ".'i "nt closed Mt
1aS hid. $50 asked: 1900 -rares wore sold. On
wednes1av. Sent. 7. Il creneI at los. 'urr"d 70
$50. 10 100, N 1e5, tol7o tow. - 900. and -hnn
declined to 1ao. cloeinc At 40 hid. COO asked: 400
shares worc sold. Thursday was a fast dav on ac-
count Of President Garecld's illness. and the FIX
change was closed: on Friday the stock closed Mt
100 hid. 700 asked: on Saturday. at goo bid. 226
asked: Tuesday tho figures were 21o hid. go asked:
on Thursday. $50 hid. 35o ASKED, and 100 shares
were sold at 400: Friday gave figures. 400 hid 400
.,b, aud - sa1ra Tho ,aranpa rayub ,-ora ,oI
to have settled at about 100. Some Of the parties
concerned in the corner were suspended from the
Stock Exchange.
one of tho monitors that was doing duty OF Fort
Warn Inv While At :, " N No ,hs saG *. o TSc cause ~ vs. At
The how or o. . similar nature. win yoT k'"a,,v
also her name1 W. F. r.
The Patansco was SINK bv a torpedo in Charleston
harhor on Jan. IL. 1895. She was a monitor. form
in~ mart NJ the blockadinR feet. The records avail.
able at rrrsent seem to indicate that there was no
loss Of life.
C.. IT. L.-"H-arts ia trumps is correct; hearts
IS the name Of the suit.
~. C-Yonr nve-dol,'r bond of the Irish Repuh.
lie is Of value only as a curiosity.
". IT. C.-There are three possible verdicts in a
criminal case In a Scots conrt: guilty; not proven;
not guilty.
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abrasion; the Government takes light gold coin by
weight only.
W We" = ""a
obtained a detail in Washington.
Gam so.r-Ar American who has b.com. , p1.-
ish subject must he naurali7ed like any other per-
son before he can become a citizen again.
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.mool b.u,.s .rd c,osod boo,bs for voters -
o'h',a' "Ah"'a ~" ''" $1,000 W. o'i' ""'
used first in this city at the election In 1893.
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j. CT. The distance from Fort Hamilton to
ror+ Wad,vortb. NV the shortest line ia about I 7bo