The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

the largest chip OF war now snosti What nation
Can ship be built so large AMI strong ss 70 be able
70 defy the hercest storms' What kind Of coal Is
used on steamshps7 Is petroleum ever nsedG II not
WI notI How isrse ashp can New York haroor
1mw Then We would NE you ,e u h nnr s tne
einn trader BlOHoRS.
A bsttleship IN an arnorsd vessel OF comparatively
low speed. carrying i,sy guns and intended to
Eight with other vessels { her GLASS. cruiser 10
swift vessel. sometimes armored. sometimes not
carrying guns OF medium size. intended to act as q
scout. and to destroy and away It occupies to
tho hsteshp the same relat on that cavalry does to
art llery and infantry In al army. An armored
cruiser carries armor over lie vital points-ma.
chiuery-a protected cruiser has protective deck.
and very light srmor; an unprotected warship has
neither Armor nor pro ,ectve deck. torpedo boat
10 very swift unarmor,d vessel carrying light
guns. whose offensive In the torpedo. The tor.
pedo b Iat lie truycr IL simply larger and swifter
torpedo boat 1he argest war vessels aiost are
the vessels Of the Majestic class III the British
NavyI they arc Of il.nOo tons di.placemen.. Tie
vss 10 OF the Improved ala este cass-the
Implacable. irrrsisible aud London, are to be
HEAVIER when ani.h d. thoy aiost but not
srmured yet Faster ships can oe built and ars TO
be built Sup have been built tha' s'e dehed any
o. rm they have met; but II Ia "uncc. vable that .
storm gh, raIe that would do.irry any vessel
The hest coal pro 'uriDle used war vessels; no
parti uar kind Las the call Petroleum has been
tried ou siusil vessels but 1t hasn't been used sue
cssiuily Engineers -hy that tho best method of
usng II has not been invented vet. New York hsr
Dor admit the TARGET vessel ever huilt. orr
vessels In the foreign tratoin 1873 lad . tonnage
of I!".2is. our ooastwiss vessels had = to IMAGE Of
<,O2s.b.6,
L. Gree, prttsin,s rover incr ssing - declining
e"uId he o.sibi, pls an m.ints n in tie nei Il
ali Ter te.our 90 we're call Il u,on, y, 10 her tar
rate - high as that VI tho Continental powsrsf
I. II has incre sed since Napoleon's time. 2.
Seven hundred tn u.And more or loss drilled; and
may more undrilled Q. Imperial taxation
amoun's to about "a sh. head: the local
taxation to az much more. That is. tho total taxa
lion l. about 81 10 sh. more less SAY
s2i head. In France the taxation amounts to
90 % nsucs q head. or cay about fis In Germany
tho imperial taxation "a only about t2.Lo . head
local taxation is another matter.
Psnts and Ptntecost strike me a.. possibly being
names with histor 80: Can you give me the e,ymoI-
osy OF either OF them? W, L.
Bardsley. In his English surnames," says that
the names OF holy days were given often IN tho
early days to children born those days, AMI mo
sooner made part OF tho pers nal than they became
candidates for our hereditary Nomenclature Ho
instances servant OF kiig Horny ILL., u2iS.1772J
a. being called "Pentecostes" II 10 possible that
the name pents may be short form of pen,ecost
i. W VhN race Is the MOOR. = IL inc birthrato
ris i ra,N ,p ,me NV @ 81, .. inc
III. =, ,r.h 49,, -, a., ,,,. - NJ,
,,,,h ,.,. 4, ~. ~, -, So. 80. o.,
vital statistics varies very litto. The census OF
next year will anord basis for detormnins whether
IN haf century u mas chahgta muSh. D. IL 10
larger among tho foreign born.
4. when was Dewey nppoint.d Admrsll 2: when
gu he uisI t"vetNe AZ admiral uLASi ma nave
AR, ~ u no haN" nm Mdm,ia! lariaents
on Dewey's ship was IL last disriAyedp r b H.
1, March \. 1902 2 u,b,I on. mad. a, ,oon a,
go w ~, =, -'',' 40.
az. -, -. :, ,,,,. 90 -
F
~, II, nm in,ormea tn"t IN sc"uana the rent PAYERS;
taI School taI door TAI int Tor The Es;.bii,b.i
Church, kc., and suppose 1t must DO the same
Throughout tue United hihgdom IL this sof d. =.
British Isles. the lAndholders and oocupiers pay
local taxes rates. which are Apportioned among
various objecsi Police. poor. schools. roads, &c.