The sun., 1899-10-08
oUEsTIoNs AND ANSWERS.

| Asnd D we're mstching coins A asked Bi what
said 70 be Ike One @ soi1 S' va. head aud
one was tail. B claimed TO have won clamsd
a *. e. h Be sonS and 20 % hs
were not alike won tho bet A further claims that
that tho coins be siiko or that A. Was TO he
like b. that he "a took the other emil Of the chance
claimed further that he said that to be like
fRS that V.n sS tha nsS case o could Ha%
TO be winner whichever way the coin turned up. b
meaning that can be inferred from his position
wins. In matching coins thereis no such refine
| ment OF calculation as invents.
| steam yacht American. also dimensions. length
over all, watot lne BEAM frecboaEd and speed she
with dates. arc T correS,iy termed n..ionsl' In sd
dlton to their being national what year were they
tnre nece say for each of them to be re,o5n.ed as
| national Has the Presidents signature teen af-
| AIS.
! l. There Is no steam yacht American in tho
| yacht list. 2. There none Congress has no
| power to declare q day . holiday throughout ths
country il make holiday that shall be legal in
the District of Columbia and in the Territories. but
| that 10 ALL
Can ask for Information about the Z" Heine Denk.
| ma'' " here made and by whomr By whom do.
| mated, and why refused2 J. L.
| The Heine Memorial Fountain was des q ned by
Albert Hertel OF Berlin On March 20, 1895. 1t wan
offered to the city by Louis windmuller and Richard
| Kstzen mayer On behalf Of the combined German
cites OF the city. At nrst it was accepted: then
the acceptance was reconsidered on the protest Of
! the National Sculpture Society and the memorial
was offered to any body who'd take It. They wanted
It in Hoboken. but finally 1t was captured by the
| Borough OF the Bronx. We think. aud now sdorns
! that part OF the ciy.
In the twenty second chapter Of the second vol
t.nf\ \atI Ha Ia Tat tha
| following scntsnce occurs: Tho realer,-if he
think "or,h while 70 recall some Of the .ranSe
within no long tine will remember RAMS name: 4"
another pa-seraph, II riam is spoien of as being
connected " tn ''mystrri rus aud terrible event.
ssnts' L. HB.
As far as can learn tho reference Is to nothing
! in particular: and Miriam had no historical preie-
| oessor. No one has ever been able to suggest any
historical event or person which Hawthorne might
have had in mind.
/. Did so 900 British troops surrender TO the
many 2. Where is the Island OF Arran and what
sksfi ssna Is en tnfr. s.r.ei In what e. OF
| 1. No. The Swcdos in 1858 defeated tho Imperial
Army Hameln: but the Bri .ish fought battle
| nearit ?. Tho Arran Aran Islands at the
| mouth Of Galway Bay. between Galway and Glare
count es ireland: an ArAn Island Is Oft tho coast of
Donegal. Many OF the Inhabitants still speak Erse
|
Has the insect which Is destructive OF woollen fab.
Whatever to the hArnl. ss nocturnal winged insects
with which vesre so famil ar? The latter are also
thai the de.truotivS 5th /, The lava of the com.
| zon lepidopterus in sect referred To. Ar W.
| Tho moth Il ct housekeopsrs fear and the moth
that loves the candle hams members Of the Same
! family. but of different branches The former is
Tnea pe<on<ld the latter OF several varieties.
and 10 harmless to woollsns.
Please Civ. list of expedition. to the South polar
regions. FALKLAND.
In January i774. Capt. James Cook made the Hrst
Antarctic exploration after him. in 1928. cane Capt.
| Wedden R. M in ls39-+o came Capt. wilkes.
| Q. g. N. Capt. Sir James Ross, r. N. led the prin
cipal Antarctic expedition in 1ssa-<s; Mr.. @. Z.
Borsohzrevtnck led exploring parties in 1sa<so and
1899 and . Dutch expedition 10 in Antarctica ".
Will you state the width Of the Missis,ppi River
In its widest part. also itA average width ". F. h.
Tho Mississippi is widest In Lake Pepin. not far
below 1t. Paul; there it is three miles wide From
Lake Pepiu to the mouth OF the Missouri the aver.
age width 10 about = mile from the Missouri TO the
Red River the width varies from half . mile to .
mile and half; from the Red River to tho mouth
the width Is almost uniform at half . mile.
In tn. busy rush Of bushes the undersigned. and
probably many other, has not clear M id.a OF tn:
CoSsTINr READEn.
Dreyfus was accused of having betrayed 10 q
foreign country certain military documents. tho
ture of which has er been disclosed. Two Of them
said to refer to artillery matters The foreign
country was supposed to be Germany.
the ferry boat We.thcld' 2. What was the e1ac,
date o. the German parade in New York city on
| Phngst MOuay. IN gonmemorAtlon OF tie Pru sian
victory in the Frauco-Prussian war; J.F. 81.
/. Sunday July 80. 1871. 2. On Easter Monday
April IL. 1871. there was German parade and fss
tival to celebrate the peace with France; Pdngst
Montag came on May 20 there was peace cele
bration then.
day. ~ issae ] s doub, rom N TonSieilow. GoIdsn
Legend, and Is a. follow:
This is indeed tho blessed Mary. land,
VIrs and nc the OF our dear Rede
All hearts are touched and sof enei a. her name.
like tue bandit. with the bloody hand
The priest the prince. tile sc holar and the peasant
The man of decd. tho visionary dreamer
Pay homage to her as one ever present.
Ihave seen or heard it stated somewhere chat the
number OF equestrian statues IN the world does not
po ,sible. whether such is the fact. WIS.
We do not know how many equestrian statue,
there arc, but the number is much less than ons
would imagine There are only fifteen or sixteen in
the United States: Paris has seven-mors than any
other city.
th. drr". At shanss ta.,e in Ireland one S of the
! rrles / renbenlb.r was that ''the d or should be
lorksi b 70 nner and the key thrown out OF the
! window" vii, you krudiy publish the other pleas
Ant rul.s thai constituted met ershs TIM festive
board? :. What did tho great Earl OF Desmond say
TO hi> enemies when he was hacked TO piece after
making him prisoner at the battle OF Limerick:
GERALDINE.
II an alien refuses neylects t. become an Amer r
lean Il ik-n. ms sJns. bo IN tho United States
by virtue of heir pryh therein citizens thereof
must thoy become Eatnralzedt H.. II. S.
They have tho right to choose. when they become
OF age. whether they will consider Themselves
Americans by birth or suHects Of the country to
which their father owes allegiance.
why It warmer in summer than in winter. and
what IL the comparative distance from the earth to
the sun IN summer all winter s. s., Jr
In the summer the northern hemisphere Isturned
more perpeud.culaIly toward the ann; in winter
that hemisphere is turned more sldewiAe to tho
| III the summer the earth is more distant from the
| sun than in winter.
| CAn you inform me whether-About siN years ago
p .nre Este :hay ma ried tho daughter of Prince
! Pa 'lD BorGh o. wEe n,rA young Princess Ester
! haly .uIrr. ed Ir.uce Max OF Hohenlohr. son OF
| Chancellor Prince Hoheuluhe; r rvER.
ON Nov. II. 1872. the Princess Camilla Borg hess