The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-22

line as he quotes Il, viii you be kind enough 70 say
he Words in which the idea was nrst eIpressedJS
Bon AND TON.
K 10 correct. Nathaniel Lee. who died in 1892.
made use Of the expression in his play, Alexander
the Great"
In a avo-mile race A receives one mile start over
B; what percentage Of advantage does A Eetl
He receives an advantage of o~nc-nfth, or 20 per
cent.
American parents while travelling abroad lie a native
tuition bearing on this pointf NJ. vi
Under no decisions; but section 1923 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States declares that children
Of American citizens born abroad arc themselves
American citizens.
Dan you give me tho name of q short history Of the
time from the exodus Of the Israelites out OF Egypt
70 the beginning OF the Christian era Iwant this as
an aid to the Intelligent study of the Old TeS:amSnt'
Smiths "students' Old Testament History and
New Testament History. 81 6 each; or his SMALLER
Scripture History" from the creation to A. d. TO-
90 cents.
oI Did e Gen .I ISS sStrsl1 Bs O tSs ,a sis , r.fss. = to ,s Gent
IN W. K. b.
Gen. Leo did not offer his sword to Gen. Grant.
In his "hemoirs' the latter says that the story of
Gen, Leo Offering him his sword. and Gen. Grants
refusing to take It, is absolutely untrue.
A claims that tho Erie Railroad ia the Oldest rail.
road In the United States. while B claims the Hud-
eon River Railroad iH the oldest This does not mean
the New York Genital and Hudson River Railroad,
but the old road before consolidation. RAILROAD.
OF the two roads the Erie is the older; 1t was char
tered In 1882, and opened from PIcrmont to Dun
kirk in April. 1851. The Hudson River Railroad was
chartered in 1s4e. and opened from New York to
Albany in October, 1851. But there are older roads
in the United States than either of these.
Am I right in saying that Admiral Dewey fought
the first and the last battles against Spain
You are not right. Admiral Dewey fought the
FIRST real battle Of tho war on May 1; but the last
battles were fought on land by Gen. schwan, Aug.
-. near Mayaguez. Porto Rico.
claims that no has q right to remove the trade.
and wear It in a hat. OF another manufacturer; B
claims that it is illegal to do 30. Please decide. =,
1t is not illegal. inasmuch a. there is no intent to
defraud the original owner of the trademark.
1, Please print date of Chicago Are. .. What Is
the true story about Mrs. oIeary's cow j. A. b.
/. The Chicago FIRE began on Sunday evening. Oct.
Q. 1871, and lasted until Tuesday. the 10th. =. It
began in q COW stable on De Koven street, and 1t was
caused quite probably by Mrs. oLeAry's COW kick
ing over q lantern.
l. What are the ranks and salary Of Paymaster and
Ai,ts'e OF medie'ns re en- aI IN either pa aat ON anSS~ss. 3.
| Does either wear uniform 4. Does either spend his
whole time aboard ship? 6. What are the amounts
of bonds requiredp II. L.. 1.
1. An Assistant Paymaster in the navy ranks az an
Ensign, q Passed Assistant Paymaster ranks as a
Lieutenant. Junior grade: a Paymaster ranks rs a
Lieutenant and as a acknowledgements: a Pay
Inspector ranks as q Commander, and a Pay Director
as q Captain. The Chief of the Bureau of Supplies
and Accounts is Paymaster-General of the Navy and
ranks as Commodore. The pay begins at $l,7oo q
year At sea, after 1--we years It is 81. 900: Passed As
sistant Paymasters get 81. 900 to 81. 200: Paymasters.
| Inspectors and Directors from 81. 800 to $4,000; the
Paymaster-General gets a Commodore's shore pay.
?. No. 8. Yes: he wears an officers uniform, with
the proper insignia OF rank and the device Of the
Pay Corps, o silver oak sprig. 4. He is liable to
shore duty. just as any other officer. Tho Pay Direct
ors in our navy are always on shore duty. 8. An
Assistant Poymaster gives a bond Of $4,000, q
Passed Assistant ono OF $500 q Paymaster one
of $25.o 900.
Why has the Custom House flag seventeen bSrs'
| 1t is the Treasury flag. It has sixteen bars, not
seventeen, because It was authorized by the act Of
March ., 1893, when there were sixteen States. The
| device in the canton, at first the arms of the United
States. was changed in 1871 to the present cluster
OF thirteen stars; but the number of bars has not
been altered.
Who said Of whom:
1.-THE long self-sacrihce is Ger
The great ,world-victor's victor will be seen no
wi :" -
I should very much like to gather some informa.
ton about the legend of the Erl:king. Whence and
Ehen did the myth originate Wh9 is or was the
every ono who saw him or simply over children; as
in Goethe's poem =? Is it a distinctly German fable =?
Has any ono set the poem to music since thu i'm
mortal Schubert? P. E.. S.
Erl-king is simply the ~elf-king: Herder mistrans-
lated the Danish Eiierkonge into ~eri-kdni0. and
Goethe followed him. The elf.king Ia a power in
Scandinavian folklore who attracts and steals chill.
| dren He did not exert n baneful influence on anE
one; he and his elves stole children to take to their
own houses. leaving "changelings" in place of the
children. The story is found in many forms through
all Scandinavian folklore. and comes probably from
Aryan sources. We think that other composer than
Schubert have put G pethe's poem or some other
poem to music. William Allingham's " Up the Airy
Mountain is a version of the story. and it has been
set to music.
The Russ" pavement on Broadway about which
your correspondent &C. s. inquiries, was put down
ten inches-that is, blocks nine or ten inches wide.
nine Or ten inches long and nine or ton inches deep.
It became so smooth that in vet weather it was so
t slipPoFs Sot that n Titss il men ven, p 1Ss. f fSs rsm 9G9lS Wax keep az.
tributed 10 Mike Walsh t" that ii. required a smarter
Leg.slsturs.% The necessity of dodEng the stages.
with which Broadwsy was then crowded, added TO
came thus smooth. an attempt was made to mako
S Sr9T' %n, IN n I it With an apP lila Ss s sS%e 9Th ssvliiRRssnat
was wholly removed. The stones were turned over
ana used TO pave SIDE streets. some or them might
be seen in Central Park West till a year orso ago.
VETERAN.
Since asking how Williamsbridge. Bronx borough.
New, York city. got its name. | have been told by a
resident of that section that various bridges over the
yates. and that the bridges wore known by the names
OF their tenders. or toll takers: hence. WiIliams's
Bridge NOW Williamsbridgel, Kings Bridge. &c.
You say: The older maps make it wliiams's Bridge,
evidently the bridge of some person name WILL
ANS. . which Is corroboratiye. Though blu 1t before
the British invaded the valley Of the Bronx. and .
wooden structure. the house Williams lived in sttll
street ton which its rear fronts. just "a the main
thoroughfare OF Willialnsbridee. namely White
~ b. z.
Kings Bridge Is not the bridge built or kept by
King; 1t is tho Kings Bridge, the bridge over tho
highway leading from New York to Albany. Canada
and tho New England colonies.
4 Benedict-Th parents of the bride pay for the
invitations and for the BRIDES carriage to tho church
and tho bridesmaids carriages to and from the
church; the bridegroom pays for the carriage for
himself and his wife from the church. for the pres
ents to the best man. ushers and bridesmaids. for