The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11

| Admial-George Dewey; date for his retire.
ment is hxed he ia carried the active list long
| as he lives. Rear Admrns-F " McNair ret,res
for age, Jan. -. 1901: John A. Howell. March 10.
1902; II L. Howison. Oct. 10, 1900; Albert Kauth.
Jan. 20, 1901; George G. Remey Aug. TO- 1908; n.
| II Far1uhar. July 20, 1902: John c. Watson. Aug.
-, 1904; W. &. schley oct q, 1901: Siias Casey.
Sept. II, 1903: w 4. Sampson. Feb. D. 1902: b. j.
Cromwell, Fob. /. 1902; j. W. Philip Aug 20. 1909
+. j. Higginson. July ~ 1908; II. +. Picking, jan
20. 1902; Frederick Rodgers, oct. 8, 1904; LOUIS
| Kempf. Oct II. 1903; a. W. sumner. Dec. 81 1908
| b. F. Day. Jan. 18. 1903.
Will you be good enough to- give me small exrl,
nation OF " specializing little on margin. which
cannot md meaning forf NJ. h \.
Specializing on margin ia practically betting that
| certain stock will not fall below u certain point
To speculate on margin. you give to your broker
one-tenth Of the par value Of the chosen stock-slo
for each 800 share. II the stock falls more than
go below the price at which 1t stood when you paid
| the broker your margin il wiped out" and you
| must increase your margin you want to hold the
stock. II the stock advances, you make profit.
| ton of the Roman Catholic Church to treemasonry
md cannot get any nfornatton Another thing ia
church condemn Masonry and oonnten "a other
Gael, KIishta Of Columbus and othersY AB0.
The reason seems to be that the Masons refused TO
submit their ritual and rites to the consideration Of
the Roman Catholic authorities. The other orpani-
| cations you name, though secret have submitted
their ritual to that Church: so, too the Knights OF
| Labor submitted theirs and bad 1t approved. The
| Familiar Explanation OF Catholic Doctrine i'm.
| plies that the Masons condemned BY the Roman
| Catholic Church because " they propose to them
| selves things against Church or Government; they
| bind themselves by oath to do what may be com.
! manded by their superior; they bind themselves to
secrecy: they Join for mutual defence in so strict
| alliance thence danger OF liot blood
| shed" tP 1914, note)
1. when tho Great Eastern visited this country.
about 1850, could she he brought up into the IIud
son River' q Where was SHE anchored g. What
| has become of herr X. II. ID.
| /. Yes whom the tide was h gh enough. p She was
anchored III the North River near Twentythird
street. g. She has been broken UP. after having
been used as a travelling sgnboard and ready made
clothing warehouse.
! venture to AJAX the number and location OF ma
0nd the nsstr Of .non s9 b,ys
passed law requiring the Stars and Stripes to float
| over all public buildings and schoolhousss:
There are seventy four national cemeteries. with
from 20 Balls BLUM to 900 darlington and Nash
vle) dead in them; cannot name them all. We
! do not know how many States have done large
| number. We think.
Suppose the whole people Of the world eel citrate
Now Years Day and greet each other, on awakening
in the morning with a Happy New Year" In what
country in What longitude is it said first and II
ha vng SAY T yo to a tho es OF
this place is not before the living in this place
In his utterance Of the greeting j. B. A.
| by agreement among civilized nat ons tho day Ia
| held to begin as the crosses imaginary line
drawn through the Pacific Ocean from the North
Pole. through Behring Straits to the South Pole
The man on the East Cape. IN Siberia would be the
FIRST person to cry Happy New Year" the Tonga
Islander, in the South Pacific. would be the second
| Was Quantrell. the rebel guerrilla. murdered, and
fso was Jack splane in any way connected with his
Quantrelrs fate is not really known. He is said to
| have died in bed
Kindly advise as to the total length OF Mr.. Glad
pares with that Of his contemporaries In Parliament
Mr.. Gladstone was Prime Minister four times for
atotal period OF twelve years and 8s7 days; Dis
rael in two administrations. served six years $50
days Salisbury has served already twelve years and
seventeen days.
Oh E. the tho soq. Of
arms of Michigan ~ the word Tuebor" What is
for .S. slo IN Of al:h. Ti =:
meaning of the motto of Jamaica "utroque sezve.'"
l. It's said to mean "Bye-bye;" what "Bye.bye L"
means does not appear. .. Il shall protect" 8.
Pounded by God" 4 Let it serve both sides"
for ss So b.
Testament Scriptures in the orGinal3 work every
day but have some leisure time evenings.
We think Get Greek graminer. in which you
learn the letters and the conjugatlons of
verbs and the declensions of nouns and adjectives
then get good sized Greek Testament and Lid dell
and Scotts lexicon.
| j. II. Je,e.t;.-Admral Dewey was born Dec 90.
| 1887.
III. W.-The last three day election in this State
was in 1870,
| R.A-The name Raleigh Is pronounced in this
country Rawly; in England 1T is pronounced Rally.
". 4. Conkltno-The Red Cross Society as 1t exists
in this country. was organized by Miss Clara Barton
| in 1891.
E.B. S.-we do not know whether Spring street
| has been remembered at any time during the past
nifty years.
J. TIN 1891 whom the trouble between the
United States and Chill occurred the Gillian Navy
was not nearly so powerful as our
A'ep Ste,oart-The famous alliterativs poem. An
Austrian Army. Awfully Arrayed." appeared about
70 years ago: the authors name Is not known now.
Z. Roo,rs.-The salary of tho President of tho
United States is $50 900; 1t has been since March
| q,
never been 100000.
Edith NJ. TdUor.-Some schoolteachers have been
sent to Porto Rico, You should write to tho War
Department for information. the army is still in
charge Of that island
Sc. R.-"Let sleeping dogs lie" is said to be a
Scots proverb, Marriage is not all beer and skt-
Ties does not appear in the collections; 1t is an
English proverb." probably.
=. o. S-There is very little money to be made in
writing words and music OF q song II you can get
some singer to mako a song popular 1t may pay You;
but . rule you won't make the cost of the music
paper out Of It,
4. c. S.-Tho only preventive Of hay fever ia a
sojourn about the time the fever IL due in some
place outside Of the hay fever limits. Your physi
oian can suggest ono. probably; or the Hay Fever
Association can.
Fiir.-Comprossed air has not been used regu.
larly on the Second avenue surface railroad m