The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-10
oUssrTONs AND ANSWERS.

ffom the Danish, meaning TO make ready" 40 the
origin Of the word. Or. Murray nnds the orsin In
The German DossAn. .odo odd Jobs OF repairing.
desirs 70 learn q. O~!rshpl.es Of my gIsatgr.nd.
father, Who was Q soldier In the American Army during
iher. Is any source from which l can trace the family
pedigree, One OF my ancestors came from England,
SS S, having no , family ,ssor a. n am unable ss % Su asf ismiIS
are heirs 70 an Enslsh estate, and u Is necessary 70
learn which ancestor came from England
On the above statement Of facts we can only say
that We do not know Of any place where the desired
i~nf0rma''o. can b had
g.:id IN France per person As compared With the United
The total revenues from taxation In France Estate.
departmental and communal ~taxation) amounted In
1892 70 %. es francs per head. about tis.l TAXA
ton in this country cannot b given 80 completely:
Federal taxation in 1898 amounted 70 about - 30 per
capita State and municipal TAXATION arc not In
cluded in this answer.
!. Need . voter be Q citizen Of The United sta'es'
Q Does citizenship make q voter BASIL DAHL
!. Not necessarly. In many western States. speak
ing generally. an alien who has his nrst papers may
vote. 2 No Minor children and women are citi-
sens Who have no votes; and men entitled 10 vote
may lose their votes temporarily by changing their
re<idences,
!. Has the South Pole been discovered; II not. are
there more obstacles In the way than IN exploring
for the North Pole : Is the South Poie son,n OK
Caps Horn FAtRViEw'
/. The South Pole has never been discovered: but
Borschgrevtnck. an Antarctic explorer. reports thai
he has discovered . south magnetic pole. He has
not published its position vet There are more OBJ
sAcles TO Antarctic exploration than 10 Arctic e1plora-
ton. 3 Yes
Who originated the saying Murder will outr %
you think this sayine II warranted by factst b. j. ID.
Chaucer. who died 500 year, ago, uses the expfesr
sion. seemingly - q proverb cunen, even then. The
saying Is warranted by facts, II you allov time
enough
How many Democratic Presidents have been occu.
Government, Use 10 the p,-.en, time NJ
Nine, as follows Jefferson. Madi>on. Monroe
jackson. Van Buren,. Polk. Pierce. Buchanan and
Cleveland
Kindly inform me how much q round bar OF com,
mon iron u Of an inch ia diameter and 20 feet long will
expand In length from zero to 100 fahrenheir, =
expand .0Oi6 OF afoot
Kindly inform me about how long a man can stay
Do no, the native spon &c and pearl divers OF Australia
stay under water ior Hve minutes or more'
{. II. Y.
A. the outside not more than two minutes; the aver
age pearl diver stays down not longer than one minute
Kindly give me a receip, for q PAN, or an enamel
70 apply TO q bus, mad o. pla Is. b0 ., psrS :. r, sssnH,
or busted. a Ia, color Is. OF course, preferable. In
using | do not want TO destroy the features
Dip the cast. previously warmed. and suspended
nv q Nue uiye ny silly thread into pulfe white wax,
melted in any suitable vessel. Repeat the dipping
until the LIQUID wax remains unabsorbed on the sur
| face, when the cast should be placed aside. still sns
pended, for twelve hours. Il may then be polished
with a clean brush. The cast may instead be dipped
in warm linseed oil for twelve hours, then dried. II
, may be vashed thereafter without injury.
l. Who Is the Duke Of York's wife and who were
her parents and grandparents, and how can she be
come Queen' 2 Please to tell me when were stamps
ft s"n us ssi Il u! ps son az putt sPas n s1 on a. Bufsio." ) %ho
was y that sross NE .ysien''ne VoA' s sSy,l and me
l. The Princess Mary Of Trek. Her father was
| Francis. Prince and Duke Of Teek; her mother vAs
Princess Mary Of Cambridge. Her paernai grand
father was Francis, coun, Of Hohens.ein and Prince
Of Teck: her ~paternAl grandmother vas Caudine.
Countess Of Rhedey. Her maternal grandfather vAs
| Adolphus, Duke Of Cambridge: her maternal grand
| mother was Princess Augusta Of hesse -Cassel. She
can be Queen, II her husband Il alive. on the death
Of the Queen and the Prince Of Walea =
| Stamps were nrst used about 1898 10 Pahs; modern
pos.age stamps date from May Q. ls4o. We should
no, be surprised II you could get the song you want
At some music store. J. John Henry Walsh wrote
valentine vox. the Ven,rloqujst-; We do not know the
author OF "Wrnkles
Please name the so called fifteen decisive battles
Of the world" D. H. H.
Sir Edward Greasy named them thus: Marathon
B.. c. 400: Syracuse, D. c. 4i3; Aroeis. b. c. a3l.
Me,aurus, b. C. 2o7, Teutoberg, A. D. o ChAlons.
4si; Tours, 732; Hastings. iOs6; orleans. 1879, Span
i,h Armada, 1888: Blenhe,m. i7o4; Pul'owa. 1909;
Saratoga, i777. vslmy. 1872. Waterloo, 1918.
VIII you veil me the title o, some book in which I
can ind the districts and periods OF the year where
hieh wages can be earned, such as hop picking. berry
ing. &c CONSTANT hEAphh
farm.r' almanac would MI the bill partially.
l. When vas Mrs. Surras hanged /. when
vas sultan Abdul AnE OF Turkey. killed. s. What
year Was Custer massacred, 4 what was the loss
Of lie on the steamship Eloe' JERSEYrrE
l. On July 7, 1868. : June Z, 1875. j. June
Is, 1870. 1 s34 persons were lost
l. Is Their. any published lis, Of the unesll.d:ior
deposits In the savings banks = 20 NE directors
have V make a report Of such uncalied-for deposits.
II 50, 10 whom and when Z IL a.
l. No. !. No. II a savings bank fails or ceases
N do business, It's unclaimed deposits are transferred
70 the Superintendent OF Banking. who reports yearly
70 III. Legislature the names Of such banks. and the
amour, credited 70 each OF them. But the names
Of depositors are not published
l. How lsrs. q number Of migrant. have come
into the United States since 1907 Z What y the
population Of the Territory Of Alaska at present
II. W.
l. From July /. 1890. TO June 80, 1899. the immi-
ganu numbered 1881, lbo.
l. How many States in the .Union' Z when vas
Arizona admitted 70 statehood j. II. p.
l. Forty Ave. = It wasn't
Arizona has forests Of p..hnsd .rees where are
Who made the above usterance and where, u can be
found. J. N. r.
B. N.-Chinese. a. such. cannot be naturalired In
this country.
Johnaons ". Morgan Viola Allen created Giory
ovsvls in The Christian" In this country.
n. W.. C.-Thsr. Is no one place where lists Of
stockholders Of New York corporations can be seen
r. r. n. Tn railroad strike In Brooklyn was In
January. 1895. The trouble lasted about ten days
r. O.-Gen. lawton was born at Manhattan,
nov part Of Toledo, Ohio We do not know his an
cestry.
l. E.. Dive DO not know the origin or meaning
Of the name Gladys; we think II /, Celtic In ~, origin
however.
l. G. M.-The intermel1o In "CavalleTiA Rusu.
cana" Is instrumental A vocal arrangement has
been made. however.