The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

correctly; the third ana iourtn 'erses run
Now the miller. he stole corn.
And the weaver. he stole yarn,
And the little tailor, stole broad CLOTH im
TO keep these three chaps warm
The miller was drowned In his dam.
The weaver was hung In his yarn,
And the devil came for the little tailor,
With his broad cloth under his arm.
The nrs, two lines Of the song canno, be very Did -
not more than ~, years. at all events; the rest OF the
song NAV he older. The Harvard version Is wholly
different The song perhaps had some occasional
Significance a, nrst. referring possibly to three wei
known persons who could not sing.
/ when was specie payment resumed or when did
In the TomSs: also when was the lasts when Was
Harlem ship canal opened' J. when did Dunn, who
allied Jim Elliot, IN chicago kii 2 man IN iLouS,on
ltogerS)' ). When was Marin Mandlebaum arrested,
and under what name no,
/. Specie payments were resumed under the law
on Jan. /. 1879; gold had been at par since Dec. H.
1878. =. The nrst execution was OH Jan. IL, 1899,
when Edward Coleman was hange for the murder OF
his wife. The last was that Of Henry Carleton on
Dec. S. 1889. ,. On June II. 1925. 4. Jere Dunn's
last killing was that Ct Elliott in Chica go in 1888. S.
on July 90. 1884: under her own name.
VIVA, is mean, BY Offering a person the freedom
OF a city, Has he any greater privileges than an
ordinary person with money IN his pocket to pay his
way hoes Il mean anything more OF less than a
klhd OF municipal welcome ~
In the old days, when only free men o, a ci,y-per-
-. -.
become free. and masters In their uades-could do
! business in a place the Gift Of the freedom Of the city
gave the recipient the right to do business there. We
doubt II II was ever more than a form OF welcome, or
tina, many persons to whom the g'tt might really
have been useful received the freedom.
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~ sisrme SUN "os dpm, rrna.,' u
nd' M, re, ,.sr " mpu,a y, h. ,on pn, awSn p. mr
TO me. G.H S.
We nnd no Close described In AllIoone as a poet:
ve DO not know whom Gilbert meant.
lsthe cup founded ny DI 1onnsou ano Pr 'ps1ua
sorIs Cimh s,,i in sIis,rnce, Nv edition OF Boswell
shows 4, 10 have an existence In 1885, NJ.
We do not know II the club is extant now. Accord
ing to an edition Of Boswell published in 1898, II was
'snIl In existence" then. Goldsmith's quotation
means; perhaps our name also will be Joined here "
MtlIose, or Of what scotch family the Castle or Abby
OF Melrose is the ancestral seat CO
There Is no Melrose peetagc In Great Britain. Mel
ro. Abbey was a convent Of Cistcrcian monks. built
nrr IN lIss4 40. and rebuilt, several times. Il has
never been a family seat
OF February OF this year bear The exact I'm press OF the
English snyeret die A 81
We believe it did
st., .~.,~ t.re.,,
2 How many Bti,isS sSo1'd,eis hsv. been iilled up to
war, 4 How long is the Suez Canal 4 How far
Is 4, from Alexandria Egypt 70 ,he Cape 81 Good
nIw "He,a M n I tgbhtt when n / say thai IA. GU;
Stream Is merely the outflow Of the warm water &C
bodies "t water between North and South America
s r.
y,, A, technically Is ono Of THE Scramble, and
crd., d,s.,en, forms I, h., dlr.r,n, names. Tho
unuer uin'''H' '''H' " SOS '
name Il given 70 thr wrecknsh OF s"he oosS' " INC
guasa, 70 the uarpon. TO the California black sea bass.
70 the black grouper and 70 the summer founder.
: Up to March 10, 2.s4e orncers and men had been
killed and had died OF wound, About 100000 mfn
have been senI 70 oou'n Anch IL WIS., m"oS
4 About 5000 miles BY steamer. 5. Bronx Park Ia
.,s, an, north n, 6, John, College A, Fordham; the
n IL p-u..-.
station II bediord faik' on INC nahem nani'na'
u.v., c.nno, h. S..c,,b.d IN . sentence
n, ~. ds.i,,,c,lon Of American ncrchanimen during
,h ~ IN of ii9osI v. h \.
France paid no indemnity; the umHd onhs as'oeo
10 pa. the damages. and reduce their payment 10
- =, v "a. 49, A.. spo,ps a n nstd
France LOT Lou'saha v VIZ A"ONA' W '"~
a discussion occurred the other day among some
friends IN winch one te n mn"n' eo1Isc,eS Tor d..
w. we on i,mnCr,s 10 COLLECT the same. while the great
bulk OF the direct taxes cost only ] per cenL 70 oo,ee.
We seem Gnaoc ~ w uonls Eel grateful II YOU would
decide the ahesuoh'
The cost OF collecting all ouuos IN ue hsch 'oai
ending June 80. 1899, was a67 per cent OF the toAl
e~"s, 40 49, .n,
"N' W"
sroonnt, 'onvs current in my day. The frst verse OF
~.
oa v.,. a,,r t,no a, 18th. nrason-
Lhtee .9ib nur n,sn we,e drintine st-rhs Drason:-
And they ort,f !. ss,on !" "'
40 enpS wv '"o
Inc seeohd ocs"na y"
Good morning Eossp 'oh"' Oh ""'' law '"u
Our bonny cow has calved right down in yonder
meadow.
4. 10 nei,,r cd in The Washin gton Elm, still burned
ruclia and made an occa slonal bonfire on Guy Fawkes
Day Ia prove that VT were up in our history. la.
Minnie Warren did not marry ,ommodois Nuv.
oxing 20 hS ~, .T,tny nsyina warren. Minnie was
lion Mrs newell died In her sisters arms from
eIhau,tion after giving birth " a child that weighed
an mounds. being one sixth OF the mothers weight
Jre' sister whose arms she died In, was a full grown
person By the name OF Souihworth. IL W. W.
Probably not The story 'ha' rope rus -. was