The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
OUESTIOHs AND ANSWERS.

l.. Cuban friend claimed that the United States
ha. never intim.tsd. either oihneisiiy or BY a
ns nunt ii II, the indepndence
Cuba. Can you inform me whsther We have ever
the Of discount on spanish money IN Havana as
eHmpsred with Amers1n m9nsy msM ~% dl, Gs
worth of Spanish money into dollars worth np OF
American money! d. a. " H.
1. The Presidents message Of April II. 1929 said
81 ask the Congress- to empower the President to
take measures to secure in the island the
establishment Of a stable government capable OF
mainta aiming order and observing is International
Obligation insurinr peace and tranquility. and the
security Of Its citizens as well as our own. This
implies independent government In Cuba BY the
treaty Spain coded Porto Rico 10 this country
but merely evacuated Cuba. and the United States
assume. SO long their occupation shall last the
Obligations that may arse under international law.
This also indicates that occupation is only tenn
porary. =. Spanish paper money is worth nothing;
silver is worth about 30 cents gold about 80 cents.
on the dollar.
/. What textbooks on the technique and form OF
poetry are cons!dered best f9s praGa use iGp fg a..
most notable poetry today in America s. WEST
1. sidney's Defence OF Poesy;" shelley's essay
with the same title; Pater's Renaissance. and
Gummere's Handbook to Poetics" arc described
a. helpful. 2. There are none.
l. What lake or bodies Of water supply Manhattan
and Where is it: about how Jar from New York
what !. the average daily consnnp1PR OF water
pipe used in carrying the water f. H. H.
l. Croton Lake and its drainage area 33s 81 square
miles; Byran Lake and drainage area. and Bronx
River and drainage area. 90 square miles, and Ryo
pond =. Croton lake has an area Of 400 acres; Rye
pond an area OF about 200 Byram Lake. about lho
acres They are from "5 to 3s miles from the city.
O. 1850, 900 900 gallons. L. Forty eight inches; the
Aqueducts are larger.
/ How many life positions are there under the
General Government outside Of tho army aud navy2
T .nf nn act A ~ the Mck"y Ts sc scty
stons without limit OF tenure? NJ. ID. y.
There are very few; only those OF Chief Justice
and Associate Justices of the supreme Court OF the
United States of Judges OF the Circuit Courts and
Justices OF tho District Courts OF Justices of the
Supreme Court OF the District OF Columbia. OF
Judges OF the Court of Claims. and Judge Of the
Consular Court IN Egypt and OF the Supreme Court
OF Samoa. Mr.. shurtlef has begun suit to deter
mine the answer to your second question.
The American war vessel lost en- route to Alaska.
sUwsnee, H' wicked on the rocks north OF Nanamo,
Y: l.. in the spring Of lS6s She broke in the md
INK civil war. joins f. lRwiN.
The Suwanee was carried In the July number Of
tho navy register for 1853. as still belonging to tho
North Pacific Squadron. The sArAnAo was lost in
Alaskan waters IN 1870
would like to ask IL any one can remember when
Long island Sound was prsCtiGtally irohen over. l
quite long t,rrupton 81 travel By boats so that
passengers between New York and Providence were
obliged to use the railroad altogether j. W. NICK.
The anonymous person - who sends THE SUS the
story that Miss Spring OF East Hartford. Conn"
was the author OF the poem Is It Any body's Bust
ncaA II a Lady Has Bcau2" is, as anonymous
marked. IN fax wich amt 80" The poem was
written in 1853 for an Indiana paper and its author
WAS Sarah T. Bolton, also the author of the widely
copied poem. Paddle Your own Canoe II was set
60 music and sung by O-sian j., Dodgss famous
"Bards." the music being, think by James q.
A copy OF the paper. witA the original poem, was
sent TO daughter Of thu editor Of the Marion. o.,
BUCKEYE EdDS by Mrs Bolton, and then an Az.
prentice In the office OF that paper put IL in typ"
and spoke 1t in school celebrations Afterward IL
will he found in Mrs. Bottoms works and in all
believe II 10 be Of English origin: All this for the
truth Of history. AARoN VAHDEEwERKER.
In your column OF Questions and Answers July
IL. an anonymous correspondent stAtes that tho
song The Lords OF Creation" written by
" Miss Spring OF East Hartford in 1S<7" The title
page Of the second edition, copy Of which have
In q bound volume ~ old songs. shows that the
piano arrangement was Emit acc, act Of ConGrsas"
In 1888. The arrangement was made By ]. 3. B.
bets that the United States will be at Wlr June
Nin1t W n D.
We think that Afwias. AWsssssttn1ZAes
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