The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Sir George Coll,y had between 400 and 700 men on
the TOD OF Majuba Hil: the Beers numbered about $50
men. under Gen. Sm,,s. There were not i2a. 200
nghtins men In the country. The defeat WAS due IN
the fact tina, the British camped In a natural bowl a,
N. top OF the hill, and ~, no ssn'ries; The Bosrs clam
bered UP the hill By night and attacked In the early
morning. taking the British completely by surprise.
How many British. soldiers had been .ilIrd on the
held Of m,tle or died from wounds rcr'ired here In
NHy YoRk WHIST CrrB
Our oeurs , do no, come dow TO April 20. Up TO
and including March n, the losses were Killed, i.9aI;
I! died Of wounds. 4O5; a total Of e,a46. These figures
are from Julian Raiph's book Towards Pretoria
A friend Of mine came TO this country at the age ~
Tyears. vent TO the Territory oi washington. ana AZ
made a State. lie became a member OF the National
Guard when It was nrs, organized, buthas never taken
out naturalization papers OF declared his intentions
OF becoming a ciu,eu. but claims that he is a citizen.
has a legal night TO vote. by the fac, that he was a
resident Of the Territory when 4, became a State, Is
he correct In his claim !, NJ +.
He is not The Constitution OF Washington State
did not give citizenship 70 mere alien residents, nor
did the Enabling Act OF Congress-
To decide an argumen, will You kindly give your
opinion, OF any reference by which such knowledge
can be obtained. as 10 whether the President Of the
United States has the power 70 declare war, In any
case. emergency or Otherwise The Constitution Of
the tinted States says the Congress has power TO de
care WAT Dun Inc lnIlt 1ndUbl fnlIt 10 ~ I" NH'hlVi
or no, the President has such power under any CIR
cumsances The argument. revolves around the
words power 10 declare war POWER
He has not; but war comes sometimes without dec
israuon, and II The United States should get into a
Wal, It would be the duty Of the President. as Com
mander In Chief, to NEE, the demands OF the occasion
and us. the Army and Navy extensively and defensive
ly. SEQ Elements Of International Law" page $50,
BY Lieut. Col G. D.. Davis. Judge Advocate. u. :. a.
Where Is the Rubicon made famous by CGsar, and
under what name Is It now known y W
The Rubicon Is q little river flowing from The Apen-
mines Into the Adriatic. about ten miles norm OF Ar
minum, now Rimini, and twenty miles south OF Ra
VIENNA. A papal bull OF 1885 declared that The RUB
con was the Luso but geographsrs Identify the stream
with the Flumicino further north than the Luso.
l. Why is It with a rapidly revolving pulley or elec
tic fan that the disc Is transparent, instead Of the
, spSssss Or "a s:1 Siss o %sS"rsn'S n As KS 'R ssn ia.sisu ecs:
coded By Astronomers that the moon Is oesoid Oh az
mospheIe and water. why does IT reject NE rays Oh
the sun T." IL -
l. This is due To the persistence OF impressions on
the reina OF the eye. The eye Is no, fast enough TO
distinguish the moving sposes, but does retain the
impression OF " hat is back OF the spokeS : Because
| it's made that way; II Il had an atmosphere IL would
reflect them bett.r.
l. What is the English pronunciation Of the ISLAND
OF ST Helene, , Was the late Superintendent oil
Police Byrnes ever n captain In charge OF precinc'
l. Saint Hell &c ma. . Yes; he was made captain
in 1870, and had charge Of the old Twenty ihitd,
! Twenty nrst and fifteenth precincts. the broadway
Squad and the Fifteenth Precinct again, lie was
| made Inspector In April, 1880, lie became Superin
! ,endrnti In 1892, and retired on May q. 1895
What per cent Of the Continental ARM In the Re vo-
| luuunhry War was lHSh' n " IL
Joseph Galloway and other persons OF Revolution
airy prominence have estimated the percentage as very
near 80.
Please state the present Jewish population 0! the
ety OF New York and OF the State Of New lorh
P p
The Jewish population Of this Ct ~ is abou, 500. 900;
In The stat. there are perhaps 1000 Jews In addition
Can YOU tell mr when and why the Irish were for
bldden W wear The shamrock SARAH LEAkHsD
The Irish are not forbidden 10 wear the shamrock.
| Idsh soldiers In the British Army have been forbidden
to wear IT because II was not a part Of The uniform.
! Is there a woman aclng as Street Commissioner
In Chlcago' II not in Chicago, 10 what town Is II
Mat a woman nlled her husbands pace as street
Comnlsslontr after he died : What party gave
women the suffrage IN Colorado , When and where
did fteenasonry originate SlNNfH
l. There Was a woman District Commissioner oil
Street Cleaning in Chicago, . II was gwen by a
Constitutional amendment. adopted by a majority OF
About 1000 3 Speculative or modern treemasonry
is said 10 date from about the beginning Of ME elgh
tenth century. and 10 have originated IN England.
BY Eugene Sue in The Wandering jew What
is The average height Of the American man also OF The
American Woman hMf
OF cours. not sue vas using and abusing the
prlv.Ieg. Of a writer Of nct!on. > The average height
Of 500 900 white male Americans. as taken BY exam
inlns surgeons durng the war. was 3 feet 2Sinches
Probably the general average is rather shorter than
that The average American woman Is about ) feet
) inches tall
Referring 70 a recent inquiry regarding the origin
ID, III, saying, Par away hills are always green,
would say II is the moral OF .fsops fable OF a di>coh
tented squirrel. sho saw rom ms hes' m WE np az ~ q
hIl in the distance. but found. upon reaching II, MAJ
II WAS barren Of ecoEns and much rou9heI lhsn we
one he had eft This experience was repeated seNefd
times with as many hills. until at last he found himself
back in his ancestral Tree on his native hill Here
he settled down and concluded here was no place
Ike home" The moral was Far away HIS are
always green" IL
Tn. paper for which r 4. I. asksis perhaps Storm,
and Si9ns. q monthly published by |. { Coles al
Kingston, Pa SIAh'
Several friends write that the song. We Drank
Prom the Same Cantren. " is BY MILES o'Reilly, the
late Charles Graham Halpine.
C.. F.--The nrst graduate Of the Harvard Medics
School VAS John Flee, or George Holmes Hall, whc
were graduated In 1873
G.. }. P~p.-Iouis,ana was rcadmitted to the Nor
on Jun. IS, 1853, and cas-, seven electoral votes al th'
Presidential election OF that year for Seymour anc
Blair.
South ~A,riear-Krueger Il pronounced almos
Free ger. Cron!e Is Kron-ys; Joubert Is Jow burt o.
Shoe bair; kopi. Is koppie. and rttlsnder is Ate
la nder.
r. Birminohd ~Drunmon who died ir
1897, was a minister Of the Free Church Of Scotland
a Presbyterian. that is. 4 Ne Of him Is soon TO b.
published.
N Hopkin,-In Roman numerals rs 80 v ould n
XVICCX. that is, 1000 times 10. plus 1000 times &.
Mus 200, plus 10. II ran be expressed also CCIo-
MMMMMMCCX.
John B~opd-There are no national holidays IN mn
country; a few holidays are observed very generally
Throughout the STATES. hut no holiday J. kept by fea
son NJ any act Of Congress
j. n. R.-w Washington was born on Feb. II. h52
In 1852 the Gr.sorian calendar was adopted In Eng
land and It's colonies. Feb II. 1892. old style. VA
Fen 20 in The new style 70 the latter date Is used.
n Van W.-Thr Bowery. originally the Bower,
lane. then the Bowery road. was called so because :
ran through the bouvrries or farms on the Fast sid
Of Manhattan Island Il was called the Rowtry In 1907
Gso-o, S.-Why not write IN some person who's.
business II 4. N know about the requirements for be
coming a certified accountant The Secretary n
IN. Board Of Regents ought To know something sbou
h. matter