The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02

OI II OTulnhT III mtTChntllb uhk "o Q "
was adopted in Its present form in 1901. Tho i'm.
perial Russian standard dates perhaps from 1472;
the merchant flag dates from the time OF Peter the
Great, before 1925. The imperial German flag dates
from 1871. the merchant flag from oct. 20. 1867,
The French flag dates from 1870. and after the en-.
pire and the restoration was adopted In 1s+s . soc.
ond time. The Spanish flags OF to-day were adopted
May %. 1886. The Austro.Hungarian dag was
adopted March O., 1869.
o. Did a.. the state bank. before the war issue any bills
No; silver was used for sums less than . dollar,
Just as now.
Please give the exact location. corner and street
present Jefferson Market building was undo! CON
struction. L. II. II.
1t was on the southwest corner Of Washington
place and Greene street.
wiz yonr coSre'pondSpt Lyc. who III wrote from
OF patriotic poems by giving the title and date OF
EpniiSa ion Of the no2k in which he found the poem.
back, l.: What %Sr ss9 sYs9 T T..ss s1y fGr S az the nst time ,t ,hs s Z ,SPi
legal tender for ali dues. public and %priyaie7 2. II
they had been u full legal tender would there have
been any premium on gold during the war;
1. Tho Government had to get gold in order to nay
interest on its bonds. and its only way OF getting it
was to compel persons to pay duties In gold. 2, Yes.
",Esa.% especially As in: used in England; Also
line noun .alumnus alumni. pluraN, to alumna
talunnH. plural for the feminine gender. ns tho
word is found only as a masculine noun. q. r.
In this country the terms are used almost inter-
chaneesbly. but in England the ESQ" is not used
IN addressing tradesmen. Lawyers here are gen.
orally called Esquires." In Great Britain "Es-
quire" belongs as of right to the eldest sons OF
Baronets and knights. to officers Of the sovereiRn's
1890 =
OF the army and navy. But even in Great Britain
it is used as a mere complimentary adjunct to q
person above the tradesman class. Alumna is classi.
cal Latin: sec Hsrper's Latin Lexicon.
Please give me full particulars NJ the treat Eastern,
piled, whether paddiewheel or screw. and how many
had an electric light at masthead. and. If 40. how
was light generated. and all particulars. Also when
at what year. CT
The Great Eastern was designed by I. X. Brunei
and built at Millwall. London. by Scott Russell l. Co..
between 1854 and 1857. Her launching was begun
Nov. 3. 1857. and ended with her floating on Jan,
81. 1853. She was $50 feet long. 80 feet broad.
with a mean draught OF IS feet. She had a screw
and two paddle wheels. the screw engines having an
indicated horse power of 5000. and tho paddle
engines one Of $500. Sho was not lighted by cleo.
tricity. but by oil. and did not have an electric
masthead Light, The inventor OF the screw propcl.
& As uhhnONh Al - bphh 'Iloi ~
successfully on a vessel in the Thames. and Thomas
Petit Smith tried it also. and in 1929 the steamer
Great Britain was fitted with a screw. which was
used successfully.
III man and woman live together mo ceremony OF
any kind having heen performed and he introduces
her 70 hi; friends as h, Sitc, are they, leEsl!y hns;
Should there be a separation. would 1t have to lie
sanctioned by legal prrceedings: and in either case
would the woman be entitled to retain and use the
mans manner I. A.
By the common law. where there Is no evidence to
the contrary. such persons are husband and wife.
and their children are legitimate. A separation
lshould he sanctioned by legal proceedings; after a
awful separation, the woman could retain the mans
nam. The idea is. that as the couple have held
themselves out as married. they are estopped from
denying their marriage afterward. and so must be
under the same rules as to children. separation, &C..
as persons married formally.
I. What was the date Of Theodore Roosevelt's
service as Police Commissioner of New York 2.
i Ra,s S az NJ g. spRR% BE- Whcss ia ns Ais;s'a or d HrSrfrspy wS a..
Dewey APPOINTED to command Of the AsiatLc squad
ROM Z. Date OF said appointment W.. s. s.
/. From May. 1925. to April. 1897. 2. April q,
1897. 3. Largely by Mr.. Roosevelt: he was the work
Jig head OF the Navy Department. =. Jan. 8. 1928.
How many men were killed on the French side
and how MANY on the German side in the war Of
1-7oTl Also please state how many men were
wounded on either side in same war; II. 7. d.
On the French side. about 5000 mon were killed
and died Of wounds; on the German side, 4o,oso
we're killed and died Of wounds. The number OF
French wounded does not appear even in the lAtes.
cyclopedia; the German wounded numbered 90. $50.
I saw recently n notice Of the death Of a Catholic
priest. He was a Fench Canadian, Driven out Of
TtRsnai s as Ts Trot t. t h1liaO' soS SasFS Sn he 81 SPH &Steh his /:
The Priest, the Woman and tho Confessional"
get them2 f. A. L.
80, ~ -, "a.
as Father Chiniquy." He died in Montreal on Jan.
lo Of this year. His other books we're Fifty Years
in the Church Of Rome and "Papal Idolatry."
The book yon nAme should be obtainable; It has had
nineteen editions in English. according to Kirk's
Allibone. and four in other languages.
To whom are the words. who loves not wtns,
women; and song. remains . fool all his life long"
ascribed7 c. n.
The cyciopSdi. Of Practical Quotations says the
provorb is " attributed to Luther. probably . saying
Of J. II. yoss." 1t seems to be ascrtbed to Luther
on the strength Of Thackeray's poem "A crsdo.'
book Called WAGNER tho 4. :
Speaking of old streets. you do not mention Cheap
Hamilton. and runs from Cathartno to Market: I
was in the Rutgers mansion at the death Of Col
Harmon street tnow East Broadway and down Chat
ham to Trinity. GREEN POINT.
The book describing . voyage on . floating CONN"
for which Fl. II. y. asked last week. IL "Ship Alloy!
A Yarn In six Cable Lengths" by George Manvillo
Fem, published by Harper & Brothers In 1874.
think the book for which H. II. n. inquiries must
be one OF which l was very fond about nifty years
ago. and have tried without success to md in late
years. Its title was THE Bla, kwater Chronicle !, and
1t was a very lively account of a hunting and fishing
TIP among the wilds at the head of the Blackwater
River. do not think any authors nAme WAS pre-
fixed, but I have ALWAYS attributed It IN d. II. Strother
C'Porte Crayon'l. as II so greatly resembles in style
his earlier contributions to Hdrpsr'G Ad0dIine,
NJ. l.. b.
How many Americans were killed outright In
CubA2 W. A.
Between May 1 and Oct 8. 1898. rs officers and
257 men were killed. aud 4 officers and 81 men died
OF wounds.
why arc the watch dials which advertise q Jewellers
II. W. r.
The custom is local. we believe. The story 10 that
. famous sign painter In this city WAS about 70 paint
q clock face on Saturday morning. April IS. 1898.
when = friend told him Of Linooln'S death. He