The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-03
QUESTIONS AND NsWERs.
Prom the Post once comes this correction:
Ruskin IA in ware county, Ca. and The Coming
Nation rs puslished there The Post ofncc 81 Ruskin.
Ca. vas s,ta bllshed on Dec 9. 1854.


what are the name, Of the dineren. school, Of In
~strueton, for our soldiers and sailor>, that have been
established BY the National GovefnmsnI. yhsn and
N. .Ssrs = n,,, located; What removals have Sts q made r.
For the Instruction Of future onhcers the Govern
ment maintains two academies; The United States
Military Academy, al west Point. N. Y. and the
United States Naval Academy a. Annapolis, Nd
The former was founded In 1901. and graduated It's
nrss student on Get II. 1909; Il has always been at
West Point The Naval Academy Vas founded In
iAs. and opened on Oct 10. Of that year. at Fort
Severn, Annapolis In May. 1851. 81 the outbreak
of the Wal. the academy wss removed 70 Newport
r. L. where II remained until September. 1868; since
then IL has been al Annapolis For postgraduate
instruction the Government has these service schools:
for the Army. the ARTILLERY School al Fort Monroe
Va. established there In 1924 and CLOSED in 1880;
esta blished In 1888. and closed in 1891; established
a third time in 1887. ana still maintained. though
suspended during the Spanish War; the Artillery and
Cavalry School, 81 Port Riley. Kan. opened IN 1887;
the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Jeavvp.
worth. Kan. opened in 1897; the Engineer and Tor.
pedo School at Fort Totten CWillets Point. y. Y.
opened in 1885. the Army Medical School In
Washington The Artillery and Torpedo schools
ere for the training OF non oonmiss.oned onncers and
men. as we'll as OF commissioned onoers The Navy
has a Torpedo School Al Newport. opened In 1889.
for ofncers and warrant ofncers, and the War College.
opened in 1854. for ofhcers only
l. l vas born in Germany. Ny father and mother
we're both German subjects. After serving three
Navy. where / serSed for short time. siI year,
ago | entered the American Navy, where l served
entered the United STATE, Army and After serving
rve months was honorsbly di,charged Am ! a
o o'i zen and , .G'ti; and am ! ,nW'sd 70 ,ss RrS.,sre en
Great Britain and her colonies that In time OF var
the colonies will furnish a certain quota Of the troops
the war, J. ny whom is the English war debt paid.
and from what sources derived T. Is England an
Absolutely tree trade country p ". 3.
/. You are not a citizen. and are not entitled 70 the
protection Of the United States. You can become a
citizen and secure tha, protection By applying for
naturalization pa pers and producing your American
discharge papers . Il seems 10 be so understood
now. al least as far as providing men. ). The debt
Is not reduced as the United States have reduced
theirs. The bonds and stock issued to secure Il are
kept alive, the Government paying s low rate OF In
t.rest on them. The debt was incurred on account
OF war expense, almost wholly, 4 No; Il collects
revenue duties on about twenty articles OF imports
What Is the relation between the rabbit and the
Easter egg. and why are they Connected, and What
10 the association u. H. NJ.
Easter WAS originally the spring festival
rabbits symbolic no, the Christian Easter. but the
bpIlNs IcshShl. Nucn N yp6r KIN W pIuuuCr'
because OF their producuvenesS Eggs are typical
Of the spring fesiy al likewise. but because they typify
the resurrection OF the eath after winter. When
Easter was evolved out OF the spring festival, the
egg and the rabbit came with t. without any imme-
date visible reason
Ihav- asked a number OF men In The tailoring bust.
ness the origin or meaning OF The word oushslmAn.
as applied 70 a repalrer Of clothing. and none OF those
% whom l applied was able 70 tell me- Possibly
The Sun can DO so l. \. l.
The dictionaries imply thu, the word comes from
bushel or bush. . tailor's thimble. In It's turn that
seems 70 come from the French bouche, mouth. Tho
tailor, bu,hei or bush cthlmble, open at both ends,
resemble, the pushing used In machines and guns,
To prevent abrasion. The expression seems 70 be
entirely American; II mean, q tallor's assistant. or
repair.r OF elo hes
l. Can YOU give Us any Information respecting
the life OF the Cuh.n General, Manuel Quesada' :
Can you help Us TO ioca. the Hound Robin when
expedition against Cuba in isAs' L A.
I. ouesada was born in Puerto Principe, Cuba
shout 1880; wen, to Mexico In 1883. and served In
JuAreI's army against MAMMALIAN, and became
Governor OF Coahu!la and Durango. He led q party
from the United States into Cuba in the Ten Years
war, landing in Cuba in December, 1854 He or
ganlaed the patriot army, and from April. 1889. TO
the ,pring Of 1870 was oommAnderin-ehief He or
CANNED several expeditions from this country and
from South America and the Wen indies, one Of these
Was on the ~stesmShip Nrstnlus A son OF oue'ada
was IN this party, and vas executed al Santiago
Arkr 1873 Quesads settled in ccra Rica, and died
ther. In 1884 . We do not place Round island
mo, Round Robin where Lopez organized the ex-
petition. which was stopped BY our Government
I G. NJ. c. bets ,ha, after Gen Kitchener con,
ou.red the Soudsnese in 1898. he cut OF Ne head
q, the NAdhi and sent u to England. 2 j. BITS that
no such thing ever happened. Witch is hight, ,
IS The range OF The British naval oinch gum RI
/ ul,a fact sha, Kitchener had the Nadhi's body
taken from is tomb beheaded, and the body apd head
thrown into the Nile. . The so-called Long Tom
has a cAlioer Of is 5 onttmetres, and a range Of about
s,s mile. ) The einch naval gun has 8 range
O, about six miles
wh.. va. tn. number of men in the FranG-GerSgan
War Of 1901 D. f. ID
In 1859 the French Army on a pesce footing mum
b.r.d on paper so4, 7s4 men and about %. 1000 horses
When tho war began 10 had S 10000 men The army
OF the North German Confederation on . peace footing
unhered 3i9.s78 men. but actually had $4,000
when the var began. During the war the French
pu, into the Geld about 1000. 900 men: the Germans
about 100000
WIN YOU Kindly inform me WHAT the mathematical
rule BY which the chances against red appearing
At roulette twentyone times IN siecession are svo
regarding the zero. the chances are equal each time
for appearing either red or black. Al what rate do
they lncrease, l. E., what arethe chances against RED
HPp'N' " ELBERT ROE
When the chances are even ~ the beginning the
odd, against any number Of events occurring sue
~e-,,!v.ly ar. double the preceding odds plush Thus,
in the case you suggest al nrs, the odds are even.
they are 5 70 1 al the second trial. Z 10 , Al the third.
iyo,s TO / a. the tenth. :.os7, ISL 70 1 ~ the twenty
nrst
Since when have the Jew, claimed the star .. The
emblem Of their religton' hRS D.
". do no, know that u Is the symbol Of the Jews
A star was 70 some -ou. Of Jacob Numbsrs xiv.
as the Messiah /, not yet come in Jewish belief. II II
possible that the star Is symbolioal. not Of the jew.
but OF the MesSiAh that II 70 come.
have tried 70 md out the geographical limits OF
New York Harbor,- but without sueceS> Can you
tell me- r ". Y.
Line, from Sandy Hook point TO coney Island
polns on the south. nom wlliets Point 70 Throes
Neck on the Sound. and across the Hudson al Fort
Wa.hin non, bound the haroof. The AnebeRage
vessel OF the revenue OUTER service crul~s 70 fun
beyond these lines
/, ,hsre any known remedy for the pes, Of Buffalo
u,ed BY ,hewrier for ihelr represssl. ALL
Dr. RIley Of the Agricultural Department say, that
in house cleaning time the rooms infested should
bs cleared. the d1yt removed. and bennne pulled
from an atomiper into every crack and creviee Car
pet, should be sprayed and furniture. VOC.
How did the term ball. meaning . drink. como
into use, and doe, the term high ball. derive IS name