The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

all and the only ,istaao IN tis Seventh instead
ownership in Brooklyn's waterfront: The third
section of th" Donrsn charter ranted TO New York.
front ~ / low wtCr mar. and ,,ndC- it. y ~ to
conspli iaton. the city o. Ne" lo derived al the
ro,tnuc rom Broo .Iyu ri g. "I,drl,. and .dnd.
ines, though thr ut rev M. from Is o hlyi frr.
Bro"A mites. Ihc N st IcsIrabiop4 Of h br ,os.
lEn waterfront previously Owned by rrG'ate indi.
viluas is now IN the cont u IF company, the lr -
idcnt of which Is Thomas A. Mclntyru. T.. ii.
Please inform me If aLy ESPECIAL bad luck il sup.
posed tr attend the w'arng "r peacock feathers
an What charm Is generally supposed t, cIurer''t
the q T. influence. II. \. P
40 especial kind OF bal luck iu-t general bal IL.
There is no charm to he usnd the use Of the p arok
feathers must he Discontinued and then the ell
influence " tho feathers will wear OF. Tue use of
the feathers in is also OF bad lu k.
Please riut nopsia Of the Inheritance tan in
the Internal K"Nrnd" law. A
L. whore tn. he il the hnral issue ,r ancestor or
hrp thcr or 1T r. the tax varies 80 cents to
$50 On each slOu. H.. whom the hH is -
nephew or niece it varies from Si.5vtp Si."u, Ill.
wE,n the heir is uncle aunt OF fl at cousin the
tax i-tlum SO to - on each hundred dollars ~,
where Ii" u Grunt-uEc.e or gg,at-Hunt pr second
cousin the tlA from - to- 81. and v, where tire
heir Isa more distant relative. or ia n''a relative or
il corp ration. III tax il from to So oh ca h
hundred. The loves, amount Of taN ea, ass IS
on suns more than 10000 and ess tl.an $4,000,
the highest amounts OF more than 81 .uOn,OuO.
Can Won give me any information regarding Gen.
! III ltary record Dld ne have any rcltti es who
were Ollie rs in the Union Army in lSHlh A b. y.
Major.Gen. Henry ". Lavtpu born in ohio
March II. 1s43, h. entered the volunteers Ser
gcant of the Smith indiana In 1851. and was mus
tered out Lieutenant. Colonel. brevrt Colonel. Of
ths Thirt"th Indiana on Nov. 20 lS,ii. He was APP
pointed Second Lieutenant Of the Forty first In
fsntry on July -. l7'''' promoted Fr-t Lieutenant
july ri, IS";. trnUste' red To- the Fourth Cavalry
Jan. /, 1871, CAPTAIN. March ~. ls7n: promoted
Major and In pector. General Sept II. 1SsS Lien
tenant oonel. Feb. l.. 1879. AMI Colonel, July l.
1SaN. He made Brigndicr.Cicneral of voun
teors May !. and MLjor-ti"neral July x. 1S'S. HIS
army rank IL Colonel. He in command OF the
attack on Caney. near Santiago. and Was promoted
for gallantry; some months ago he was sent 70 Ma
Mia, where he ia second to GEN OTIS. We have no
record Of his relatives officer of his appears
in Hanersley list.
Is not the name "M.rningsde Heights " the legal
Park aud tn North RIVER II So is I. not thin tho
powers # the PaIf Comiurs oners or q th9 CON
OF spn boards bearing the nanr Cathedral He,ght-
which interested parts 81 are atom tnE 70 force nto
use? CDLuSiBiA.
No part OF the city has the legal name of Morning
side Heights Mornngsd' Park and Morningsiie
avenue are the only legal names in which Morn
inEsde i" is used. There is no legal inpedlment to
the use OF the sign boards
Can You explain tho notices of these States
Iowa Our lhertrs "" prize AMI oar rights We II
ru e" New Mexico, CREST cunio" It increases in
without Uod). II. A. X.
We do not know the for any these notices.
They are all more or less empty phrases. and any
one might be sd for any other State. They have
no local value or appropriateness.
Wl,.ta nF
such position be ot ,ned on ship sailing t. some
Southern port: Is 1t salarlcd position or simply a
| free passage ID return tor services: s, q.
Supercargors are not employed nowadays. In for
| mer days a sup"rchrGo represented on vessel tho
owners Of the cargo, and dispnsed Of the an
bought goods he thought best for the
He had nothing to do with the management OF the
vessel. but could direct the Captain to sail from
place to place in quest Of !e The place sal.
aired and the supercargo had a commission on his
| sales we'll.
In the last two years, have tried vaiqly t?
end Rns nd Rn Bear as T"sP".yeiy anr1d t"
| the origin Of the terms or give adequate reason.
| me. q. e. +.
| The British lion" seems to como from the
le1pards. popularity called lions on the banner OF
! tie Kings of England, these Lions have Leen
! borne by the Kings Of England since the time OF
! Stephen. who uied in Ia. The Scots King bore a
lion on his banner, that the term British lion "
applied ~ the union u the two king Ions under one
| King. The origin of the Russian bear we do no,
| know The expressions used only by En- gltsh
speaking persons. and probably have an English
| origin
hi the Twenty third reg ment Of BROOKLYN ente,
the service ~ tho United Sta,c' ing thu SPANISH
| American war II. F. X.
Upward of - per cent of the members of tn,
Tue, tE,,r a..
United States but their services called for
The story for which {" L. T." asked last slnda,
was Theodore Tiltun's Tempest Tossed" printed
in the Golden Age. Mr.. Tilton's magazine abou
twenty eight years ago, So write number friends
:. Having heard that in this country exists form Of
by contract to live certain number Of years To-
gether and then dissolve in the same style as co
beg your information ON this sUbje"tif 1t is legal %
not. ]. 5.
No such marriage is permitted in this country
Are there any Admtrais IN any navy q the worlt
tun their names and naiOnalitles. r. =
Great Britain and the German Empire have Al
mirals who rank Admiral Dewey: the former country
has sixteen Admirals senior to Dewey; the latter ha
several whose names do not know. Italy an,
Russia have two Princes who Admrals.
| l. What is the deriv alton OF the word Jew7 . Tn
der wha. circumstances was it nrst used 3. VIII
was the first jew; II. up
l. 1t comes from the Hebrew r,hudi. ono Of tn
tribe OF Judah. or of the kiugdom of Judah. ? W
do not know; Its first III the Old Testament is 1,
II. Kings. xvi. II. 8. The hrst person called Jev
was Mordecai. in the story of Esther.
What were the boundary lines Of old Greenwich
| NiageY j. H H.
1t has no distinct or legal boundaries. Greenwich
avenue once Greenwich lane, tho mi ain street o
the village Charles, Perry. Bank, Jane and Beth
une streets were in Greenwich.
| Is there another case OF = victor in a war payn
the NGn.ulshed sum Of money for taking part -
its territory as we have done in the matter Of Span
and the Philippines: r D. H.
We did the same thing fifty years ago when W
bought New Mexico aud California from Mexico 70
Sl5,oOo.' 90, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Feb, =. ls+S. which ended our war with Mexico. n
other country has followed OR example.
Is It a fact that If person could he instan IL
tram planted to one OF the planets, and his sight
enlarged that he could the face If this earth tn
SCENES he wuuld behold would not be those of t.
day, but of many centuries ago. II this Is true wi
| You kindly explain why It IA So?
1t is not true He would not see this earth rs
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