The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

the best tobacco and the best rum me
W wSs deAsiHRhnaEst SdfTs as 1HGGss cages or OF, fGss
meaning OF The phrase IS SUI Lslained; 81 course,
world !" After looking up all books at my command.
cannot md this, IN any publication. although thlS
You tIl me ESbs,,hsr tbs is a theory. or the truth OF
new publication CANADtAH HEADER
We never heard this account o; the origin Of the let
tiers as used and We doubt It's correctness, Aux Cages
was never noted for the bcstrum and the best tobacco.
so far as We can learn,
lie. which vessel was al me pier between Dover street
and Peck slip, East River, caught nfe from SPARKS
Tresdwclis bakery In Front or water street, The
ship Joseph Walker and me GilpPet snip MnlIe SgHa.
sank in her dock and furnished litigation with the
corporation Of The Gtiy ~ IG IT. T sit iIs, 80 this city va,
laid lengthwiSe at the end OF pier foot OF Hammond
street, North River, and an admission Zee rhanfgfa 10
visitors. d. H. IL
Can you inform me how many cubic te.,othydtogen
gas In a balloon is necessary TO htt $50 pounds
At a temperature Of 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and a
barometrical pressure OF 80 inches, a cubic foot VI
hydrogen gas wei ghs about ~ grains It will M about
sis grains To M $50 pounds would require. then
Atleast a.57s cubic feet Of gas.
In connection with the Alabama Claims ) when
did America make claim .. What was the amount
s. What reply dd England make 1 who pro
posedsa noinnfnl,s!on- & What tiiue eF pSrd after.
swsrd was mad, before they paid & pid We make
more than one demand Z a W.
J. Claims for COMPENSATION were not made until
AFTER the war. They we're made In 1898 and there
after. :. About SIS, 900. ) Great Britain IN
1919 proposcda general arbitration Of all claims We
refused. Then In 1871 the two countries agreed TO
arbitrate the question u damages growing out OF the
Confederate cruisers depr-tatlonS, ana the fisheries
claims A. veil. 1. Great Britain In 1865. 3 The
award was mad, on Sept. Il, 1872 payment was
made Sept. v. 1873. q. No We got rather less than
one third what We asked Tor.
Kindly let m, know what IS ih. best book pub,
liShed on the Italian war Of 1883 between france ahI
Italy against Austria and where II can be putrh&Sed'
", cannot name the best so " name some Of the
good histories Of the time. " \ Hunts History
Of Italy d. " Probyn's Italy from 1913 to 1890
Count c. Arlyabene's Italy under Victor Emman-
ucl." {. de Ma1ade's Life Of Cavour
Some time shout 1880 the Third Brigade. y & Y. ".
under Gen Ward, was ordered In hcayy marching
and a great many men fel IN The ranks and were
carried on the neld some l. believe died, WilYo
kindly give me the date y. I"D
In 1881 N. First Brigade paraded In Prospect Park
on May -. a very hot day. Many men o'the Eleventh
Regiment fell ont but there were no permanent In
jurics. and no one died as = result. A week later,
May 10. the Third Brigade paraded; the day was
cold. and there vas suffering from the inclemency
OF the weather. but again no permanent injury was
suffered.
think | was born in Nev York about FEB. -.
1897. don't know who my parents were as was
Of, isss from an asyluW ],rs sanY1 " A., = SS Sest rs, 70,
pa OF Cothef relatives second II my father was
Killed IN the var o. t4e rebellion was ever sn.Usd "
record ~ the family Of Martyr, also Martin. who lived
about that time y. NJ.
You will have To search the records Of the asy
lums that were open In the sos. :. We think 50,
hrt not while you were In = home. \ There are
such records. We presume; you will have to look for
them IN a large library, however. You can a. moth
ing IN the matter from Havana. when you come up
North you can 20 TO work.
How long slnoe there has been a conscrption In
England ;. y.
There has never been a general CONSUMPTION in
England. such as there vas In France, and with us
during N. civil War. In the last century paupers
and vAEabonds were -mpressct- as they happened
N b~ found
Ihavs an did piece NJ mosaic taken from the Street
70 know when NE strrt, n Tom6s- was laid olt.
would also IKE to know nov % the House Of Apollo
Is and What Il has been used for. j. W. "
romp.i was destroyed on Nov. -. 4 n. ~ The
date NJ laying ont thr Street NJ Tomhs l. not known.
nor tina, ~ the erection ~ the House Of Apollo. This
WA a private house. and obtained IT, TIL. because
Of the pictrrs Of the Wounded Apollo On It's walls.
Of the army. 2. what proportion n the population
Of Canada is French-Canadian' T. W.
t. There are now about 81 900 men in thee Regular
Army. and $4,000 men In the Volunteer regiments
total OF some 81. 700 men. : The on1cal Year
Book Of Canada carefully avoids giving any lnforma,
ton on this point, but as the Roman Catholics mum
her rather more than a. per cent, II Il probable that
the French canadians form about IS per cent Of the
population.
friend ~ mine conteses that the Pop Is = prIs.
onsr confined ~ the limits ut his owl household. white
I state that hc hasan equal r,ghtto 20 "her" he pl"aS'S
In Rome ~ la as any subject ~ resident the matter
Taste simply p protest against the occupation NJ Rome
nv the King ~ united ltaI'. Am right,
Won Ar. rEht II VAS sid Al the TIME NJ card
ma, r.cciS death that tn. Pope Ind been lncnEn',o
to So. him on his de7,hhed. Tbt' was denied.
In answer toe. astoaho wrote Auusam" 81 would
,st # NAY he Mics oRc'ly" con lia' pin TO
sen q snatch Of p2Gm %, MS Is Ti,6 = ne 'n ms, & %,I de
and heat MIN ~
In regard To- the artistic carser ~ Miss Annie P'au
mont. who sang tddgu6 t." Ilt'lN N"'rIH V"IId
"a. manager for Toolc, tn English actor. and r.
trcd from the stage. The death ot her husband ,rit
stage career. playins as star In her own company
in tbr prny iuceS understand she is still IN the
profession. although long past middle agr.
+. II. Y.
" p. taylor ny "a To : is meant = return to
III. ratio between gold aud silver laid down In the
Co,pgge act ~ 1917 Py this Law sixteen ounces ~
silver were declared to he equivalent In the mint I"
nne ounce NJ gold. This was the market rato At
tn, tmc: the market ratio now is about thirty three
ounces ~ silver 10 one ounce Of gold.
- r. Whrclort We do not know Of any one hook
that gives thu Weights and measures ~ fruits and
vegetables. The weights Of measures o. capacity
diner often In the various STATS The hushcl In this
state. for example. contains 2,Si5 cubic inches It's
weight depends on the article measured. In Con-
r.c,lcut the hushel contains . las cubic inches An
Att. mpt was made to rcqulr" the sale of vegetables
and fruit rs weight IN tNiS STATE, but II was not sue
cesS'ul
e The lines. Thou Inst conquered, n nsle
Csrlsan. And the world has grown gray al thy breath"
are from Mgernon Charles Swinburne's "ylcistI.
GalilR-'"
R.ad~-NrS Surrstts son, John Il. Surratt, did
nj, testify against her he fed from the country. Some
wars aferyard hs was arrested, tried and acquitted.
H u Henry George died on oct 20. 1897.
h, was a candidate for Mayor Of Greater New York