The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Please give a short history of the "Le.d.n s..tu

rule, an equestrian statue OF george I'LL was ordered
by the Assembly OF the colony Of New York on juno
-. 1895: II was to be of lead and Rilded. II was
unveiled in the Bowling Green on Aug. 10, presume.
bly, In ITO. and on July o. 17T6, was destroyed by
a mob. tho lead according TO the atory. being used
to make bullets. Joseph wilton OF london was the
sculptor. The statue is said to have been a good
work Of art.
, ws' s shsr' not place %sa aSoT fr as IL" "ra iis, Isle % n Msnhss,
Island u II so, where is it situated N. Al NJ.
There was such a place. a piece Of high land rising
from tho low swamp land west Of Lewis street
and north Of Third street. II was reached by
Manhattan street. one block long from Third street.
II disappeared about nifty years ago. being cut away
TO make streets and building sites. A Presbyterian
church stood there sixty yesrs ago.
| ment in its conquest of Cuba2 How shall we be
the Cuban Army J. II T.
We are paying the expenses by the stamp tax on
checks. notes. leases. &c: by the special taxes on
bankers. brokers. pawnbrokers. on bowling alleys
and billiard tables. on theatres and clrcuses. on
dealers in tobacco: by the excise taxes on certain
reaneres and on sleeping car tickets: by legacy
taxes; and by taxes on mixed -four: and by an i'm
| port tax on tea. We shall not be reimbursed directly
for the money paid to the Cuban Army. but will
recoup ourselves by saving ;other expenses which
the army would have caused us.
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plSment to b Egs.y SG.ursav' 1Gd' q M reef hiea. ,h ts
Characters were easily located at sixhd, only an *.
sseslsd f Is M 9aT Basi. S'f ia Bleak IN House Sss' ' III. pic picture a,a,
m ns ss.n sS o Tsss sss sssn heard sna pn of, within sa n fhFf is
to be congratulated on her possession Of a third COPY.
Mr.. W. C. Van Antwerp says that "Iliustrattoms to
the Pickwick Club" Cs parts; London. 1897 supplies
the key for which Miss p. asked and A. +. g. agrees
with K. n. G.
Ing about. pr Ss n 1IS one o}ths lost on the BoIr.
sos ne a a !, certain ,st ,.rs amo y, ~ Of ds mGn ,H.n an d. ,s scSnGpd is
brings home to Boston the booty. amounting to
S SsiHS% dow dp~n ' il shs COURTS &c iHs q, es.! scston th ss I Gov.
eminent is entitled to one.half of the money. Now
s en- sRe IS s's pn Of s a sslsIG and i' tSs der SS sai /. ' SOUGHT q Ra't e
PS5' H eSs ' shs soT S.la dsn ' Is a FStf1s; {, Can any yS psrs 'S u
the money for saving pronerty in the shape Of
disiasss q ' Hove sa: sDy w6 %Gds it th have m b s:T'1 iSr Z ts ss' Can ,n
tain and crew Of the schooner TO loot the bod d and
II they had said nothing about the matter they
would have had all the money; having gone into
court claiming as salvors. they came under the
rules of law. The salvage never amounts to the
full value OF the thing salved; half the value ia q
largo proportion for the sslvors TO get from the
court. These salvors got . large sum for the work
they did: the Government IL holding the other half
OF tho value of the booty for the heirs OF the dead
man. we presume.
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sss: !, q S Ar: s !. * x. ss sss,s : I Peas y; = = * I r. s'T ssa :
Der 1Si the Gr s Bisie. t iS M ihs : Sos'0"iaF' '' OF sn'kei A. M!
/. We do not know of one, unlessishakespeare.s
desperate bed" tCymbeline. w.. 8. 2 Shake.
speares vocabulary is put at $4,000. Millions at
about 8, 900. the Bible at rather less.
Did the United States Government in 1891 issue a
series of greenbacks., full legal tenders. which passed
date Of resumptlon of specie payment in 1907
$40. 600 GOO. redee sab5ls' in N soid ooin BY s9 the ,ss @eu:
ernment2 f. L. NJ.
The Government did not issue such grecnbacks:
and no note issued by the Government remained
at par with gold. Resumption was in 1879. You
have in mind the 800. 900 OF old demand notes.
which were retired in,1ss2.
Do you know of any way in which I could secure a
died in Dublin. ireland. leaving money and valuable
estate =. Thich still remain unclaimed since A. d
Probably by retaining some Dublin solicitor to Pre-.
pare one for you.
What is the description and wha. the origin of the
Glowing cupF" d.
A loving cup is a cup with three handles. to be
hlled with wine and passed around the table after a
formal meal. The person who has drunk from II
holds it by one handle and offers 1t to his neighbsr
on the left. who takes it by the two free handles
Thus the person who has drunk cannot conveniently
stab the person to whom he offers it. nor can tina,
person. both hands being occupied. kill his neigh
Dor; rs both drink from the same cup. the wine
cannot be poisoned. That is why tho cup is ''lov
ing" This was simply a modification of the cdltr
or goblet. passed around at q Greek or Roman feast
The Germans and Norsemcn passed the cup around
too. The loving cup. with its handles. originated In
Italy. probably.
Does tho Roman Catholic Church recognize tn,
marriage Of 0 Catholic with q Protestant. performed
riage2 J. F. MI
Yes; it has to. 1t can punish the Roman catholi,
party ecclesiastically. but it recognizes the marriag,
How many Southern States up to the present have
excluded or eliminated negro suffrage Name tn,
month. J. 8. q.
None has excluded the negro in 80 many words
but several have tried to do SO. and practically hav,
succeeded. Mississippi. Jan. /. 1921: South Caro-
lima, Dec. 4, 1895. and Louisiana. Jan. 1. 1893.
/. Who is the present cartoonia of Punch, and fl
t tsnnis Rsp pei EuI : sa nnS s snmr or the principal car
]. Sir John Tenniel; he has drawn for Punch sine
1852; Du Maurier was never cartoonist for Punch
?. e. q. Bush. @. Nelan. G. J. Taylor. ". A. Rogers
Cory. l.. Barrett. Hamilton, II. Julien. Phil May
Cherit. Grasset, De Lautrec. Caran d'Ache. Forain
Tenniel. Mast.
will ycn he good enough to give as complete a lis
as possible OF the different nationalities resident 4
New York city and the localities in which they re
spectively conRregate. r.. A. ID.
There are about a dozen quarters in Ne,
York. The Jewish quarter is east Of the Bowery. 4
and around Ludlow and Hester streets; the Italian
have two quarters, one in Mulberry. street. the othe
in First avenue at about 10th street; the German
have a large quarter near Tompkins Square; tn
French still live around the streets Just south @
Washington Square. The Chinese live in lower Mot
street, Pail and Doyers streets; the Bohemian an
N-.,l. H-A -Nn. INt..t - n--At $780,
MANY Scots live around Jackson Square. Tn
negro quarters are west OF Sixth avenue, betwee
Twenty-seventh and Thirty third streets, and aroun
1oath street, on the east side; the Greeks 1.-Two 1
Roosevelt street, the Syrians In lower washingto
street. There are no well-dehued limits 10 tn
quarters"
1. Before annexation were the docks Of the city,
BROOKLYN under the control of the city of New York
2. Did the city OF BROOKLYN ever receive any taxes G
revenue from its waterfront 3. Is much IL any c
the Brooklyn waterfront owned by private IL