The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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It does not appear from the reports made by tho
American commanding ofncers that any shot from
the Oregon actually struck The Colon. She was in
iured BY gun Are, but the actual Bleaching is said not
to have injured her greatly. The Colon was not on
FIRE when she surrendered.
l. Who Is considered the greatest, living pianist 70.
national salute, 5. WHAT is he name Of the
Oceanic's sister ship and when is she 10 make her
iva Ts.q lsnd T Y :. S.s ef II. a o g. ieA iamov ,siu IN some 90 e o,h hsi
s ssH y !! '1 Wb y a. Ace. st e. .n ass e YIN adsa,, sn aa "a s 70.
acknowledgements stand fort FIJI
l. Paderewski Z. Perhaps because Il equals the
humber Of years required To attain ones majority In
law; perhaps because seven was a mystic number,
and three sevens very mystical No one knows
really. .. There Is none. 4. He can; he will receive
no punishment. s. Il 10 supposed 70 stand for 'sci-
hcet." which means IN Is permitted TO know" II
has no practical use or sense.
The Republican partyf C S.
Mr.. Mast says that no used the elephant FIRST in
November, 1874. In Horper's Weekly. to represent
the Republican vote. because that vote was tmid
and manageable. In December be applied the
elephant to the party, perhaps for the same reason.
The Democratic party was synbolized by the donkey
by MI. Mast in January. 1870, because Of the party's
ability TO do the wrong thing 30 carefully
OF what New York regimen. was Jim Fisk Colonel.
and what year did Il visit Boston, s e. X.
Fisk was Colonel Of the Ninth Regiment, N. O.. N.
r.; he took the regiment 70 Boston In 1870.
Pleas. let the writer know through your columns 70
what State Liberty or Bedlow's Island belongs,
Liberty or Bedlow's Island Is geographically within
Nhs ltuntes - Me- Y.va>v hvs -tshSp ehn laual S,vla-
dictlon 81 Now York.
Under present acts Of Congress. including those
passed { 1.-THE last Sc ssion. what amount is spent an.
nually for pensions' h A. N.
The appropriations for pensions during the nscal
year Just passed amounted TO S1A5. 2as $50: for the
Year beginning July 1, 1900, the appropriations are
about 81 .O0o, 900.
II. A. Y.
We oannot: the name doe, not seem 70 be Of British
origin, as II does not appear In Bardsley's book.
How can destroy the bamboo tree that I have on
my placer II has become a great nuisance. and Is
cannot dig up the roots unless | disturb a good deal
OF my garden, and II | cut the tree and leave the root
II vii soon come up again. IF.
You can cut Il down now and keep II cut until the
autumn, then you can dig It's roots up. That's
about the only way.
|. Are Mount AGRA and Mount Moriah on the
what side Of Jerusalem is Bethlehem1 s. what
was the old Jewish name OF the valley In which Be'hle-
which valley, "reld," were the shepherds when .hey
received the message In regard 70 Chrsts BIRTH g.
Are the names OF those shepherds known REV.
Mount AGRA Is north Of the temple inside Of the
walls; Il was levsled BY Judas M~aocabeus. accord
Ing 70 the story. Mount Morish Is in the eastern
side of the city. 2 Bethlehem is south, about three
miles distant j. Bethlehem Is on a hill overlooking
the valley and country called Ephrata. 4 No place
seems 70 DO assigned. B. No; or even invented
Did G. l. Fox Of Humpty Dumpsy fame ever play
Hamlet" II he did how many nights and at what
Sheatre on Broadway p
Fox never played HdmIa seriously. But at the
Olympic Theatre In this city formerly Laura Keene's)
on Feb. II. 1870 he appeared as the Prince in 7. C.
DeLeon's b~urlesaue. The play ran for ten weeks.
MI. Fox's Hamlet was the perfection Of burIesque.
/. Was Gen. winfield Scott a graduate OF West
Point Military Academy. or did he ever attend that
y; s nsi' ~ y %ha, m = N ne H seS hs ss S.G,n s .n m min,siy y, scsq,
s. Is the Mormon Church a Christian church; and
z 4 Is not a Christian church 70 what Other religious
belief does II belong A CONSTANT READER
l. Gen. Scott was not a graduate Of West Point
= Scott was a lawyer when he obtained an appoint
ment as Captain In the artillery In 1908; In 1909 ho
was court martialled for making remarks derogatory
to a superior, and during a years suspension he stud
led military tactics and the art Of war j. Il is; its
name Is the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day
Saints
to he c.ntsnDia lpG Exposition Al PsSS(SSeip5Iss in 1887
' vii, f'1 = ni,y ,n cent you sSlH s0'' s s SGiy PIX sE. yG SUu 1 paid yoal
admission with a ffty-cent note r J. G.
At nrst only a nifty cent note was accepted, near
the end OF the Exhibition nifty cents. made up Of smaller
paper or Of small coin. wasaccepsed Bishght
What books have been written on the following
subject: What herbs. roots and gums shou 4 be
T. BE- SOLD and ,heif mark, vsius," kindly 1--WE nn ma
NE title q the books and also the names q ,heiI au-
We do not know Of any book on this important
subject
viii you please inform me Of the origin Of the cake
walk, with q brief history OF the same' +. d Z. ,
The cake walk Is Of negro origin. II has been in |
dulged IN for years both In the North and the South:
Il is only within Q fow years that II has been -Saken
up" by white persona
l. In what year was Mckinley Speaker Of the |
House OF Coneressf q Is the money derived from
the war tax used for any other than war purposes'
l. Nj. Mckinley was never Speaker Of the House
Of Representatives. 3 Il Is used 70 meet the e1-
penses Of the Government. which are larger than
usual because Of the war
THE SUNS correspondent. @ F.. !" 10 In error. and |
SUN Is indisputably correct In saying that the |
sentence. But when say 70 that I ann Matthew
wi. 1915 Is bad grammar. How II can be shown 10
be good grammar one fails 20 see u cannot shelter H. |
under idiomatic prescription. Nor does Il, as I" |
F." seems TO think, conform TO the original Greek.
Il, & + ,ss g nn, me- n only according to Gi,si syn'.1,
gussss Translated literally into English, y I,
Translated literally into French, It follows the same
eIammsties consirucion, Out Me declares vous
they might have done, followed the Greek construc-
have recognized as THE SUN does. the bad
grammar OF the translation In King Jamess version.
and by looping on the m In whom" have, at all
events; mads sood grammar ou. Of bad .
exactly with that Of the revisrra
''And Jesus came into the confines n C6saYea
and He asked His disciples. saying: Who do
say that the Son OF Man Isl And they said:
Elias. and others JeremiNs, or one Of the prophets
Jesus saith 70 them But who DO you say that I am,'
A.
know the meaning OF Te-hesla, the name assigned
BY some 70 Daniel La Fort, late head chief Of tho
Onondsgas and President OF the Council Of the SIX
Nations H. surprised me when ! saw this name
claimed as his when ! was his guest for a time in
he summer OF 1894 This 10 the name which he said
was his. which he carefully spelled out for me: Ha-
vou-wsesh. Its English translation Is zone who
thatis what La Fort told me- Il meant WHO.
n. n. Mr.. Quay's name 70 pronounced Kway.
o. Tho Legal AID Society. $50 Broadway.
DIVES advice free In certain cassA
D. NJ. on Of lavender 70 said 70 b efncadous