The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22

nam IN lFOO. his nrm must have been wen estao'
lshed by that time. There Is no mention OF tho
date when Il went ou, Of existence. It may be going
yet, but undoubtedly william Osborn died during
the eighteenth century.
Kindly tell me who was ,hs author of the fol-
VETERAN.
Soldier sleep well, your ,ilen, biyouao keeping;
Still heart. no moro the bugles blow for you;
In benediciion sweet, the stars are watching
Solder ihe 'e: siess P %sSs S So a. sudden 81 Drs s.iI 1 10 strife.
r. shall sske yogI soul to wars wid ,e%Pe ,sd o s,ss
SS.bed Tor You. death Claims It's own a, last,
Can you tell me who wrote the poem of which
thls Is the nrst stanra:
4 long time ago. remember 4 YELL.
s Asn ,y In " w% So,'sss 4 maiden a did %o assi; serene.
Her age 1t was red. and her hair Just nineteen
Il. AND q.
Please. relate tho circumstance attending the
death Of the Prince Imperial in south africa In
1879. Was Capt. Carey court -mertlaled for COW.
srdlce and acquitted What was his subsequent
The Prince Imperial went to the front in the Zulu
war as a spectator and on the day OF his death.
June I, 1879. Joined a accommodating party consist
ing OF Lieut.. Carey, six soldiers and a Zulu guide.
The party on -saddled about noon. and were at
tackled by 9 large party OF hostile zulus; each man
ran for his horse, and all mounted except the Prince
whose stlrrup leather broke: while he was trying
TO jump into his saddle. his horse plum gins all tho
time. his rein broke and his horse bolted. leaving
him alone. He was killed At once. Nj, Carey was
couH 7marialed OF oowardice' AND oonSic'edi on'
the reviewing authority set aside the conviction.
He WAS promoted later In the natural course of
events: and died a few years afterward. after leav-
ing the army In ~unonnciai disgrace.
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Has the eleotric plant which obtains its power
from the Niagara River and Falls demonstrated
, p I Is niue much cheaper to obtain power from wsier
it should not.
Have the goodness 10 tell me the meaning OF the
wofd 'lkonAs. IL npPesn In kiplngs poem
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south AihoAh inehu senus us 'h's eAp'aha-
lion OF the WORD: III you ASK . Zwu ior AWNING
he always says 'Ikona,' which means there Is not
any or I have none The expression has be.
come slang and is used TO express failure. The
natives asked every soldier they saw for tobacco.
but poor Tommy Atkins had TO say 'lkonA' so often
that the natives called him 'Ikons.' When Tommy
he would s.v Ikon.'-
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Kindly inform me how many horse power can
States water, for pleasure purposes, wlIhou, neces-
j L. b.
The law seems not TO say: launches OF under ten
tons need carry a licensed engineer. who may act
as pilot, but all larger steam vessels need a licensed
pilot as well as licensed engineer.
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"hA W. hhhbst hh' NV - 1917 ~ ~ ihh'
stones on Manhattan island similar 10 the one on
mssn,ny az ,hn Ssrrrs ,n he civ seal sas Ysat
does the Latin motto mean, n. l..
There Is a mile stone on the Bowery near Rlving-
ton street and another at Sixteenth street and
Third avenue: a stone at Fity sixth .Flfty seventh
streets and Third avenue marks the fourth
mile. and one at Seventy seventh street the
MN mile. The third mile stone Is missing. The
city seal Is symbolic of the trade OF the town; the
windmill. barrels. and beavers refer to the original
rtft 1xttleS NJ the city tho Indian and tha nutTh-
man refer 10 the original owners and early settlers.
The words mean: Seal OF the City Of New York
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a SINGLE Star and vas told mat It r~tsrred to the
Texan MAI. DAs BEARD.
posed OF a blue canton showing one star. and a
neld OF eleven stripes. alternate red and white.
As far as We can ascertain. there never was a real
blue flag with a single star.
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on the new lssue OF ten .collAt bus are The
pie'1reS Lrwn an. , a., .An yon 'rl
on our e%aPSrncy and Should not the Isl BE- eoah med
hsnSs,nsf Lewis Captain, y $ A. ana william
p'Orer' OF The Northwest They set gu, from st.
Louis IN 1904 Ascended the Missouri, and In Nov rs.
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