The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Cen you help me 70 the words ana also. possiple.
Wa very 1S popular % on he h%s other sids sSogt ,bss middle
q ne last century and ~ quoted n s.0n d srsSn
runs a. follows:
Come gsnties all. both rrea, and small
Perform your duties here,
And al loudly .inS NJ: BUY the nnA
loves q glass Of FOOD beer
Porter and swipes
Always five me the gnpes
and Ihs ssps = : H'a sS sSny'y ,ss s ssS2a. .oS %hi. .s'i .ssSonnltd
keen y alive: but on careful examination OF all me
f HSiS' oG and % a nssli shi CT 4 1 Sars been sGns ssi sn 20 G isy
my hands on, have never been able to md the
rest Of this particular dirty. o.E.P.
In your sunday issue of Jan. % in answer to .
SSSSs ' ons F 1sS, : IN ph ln ! Th y9s say ina IN i.s sset two >
without counting Territorial county PRISONS INC
IN ! me State Of %sshingWson a. HeSsn's Island IN
Puget Sound
There "a . large gun in Edinburgh Castle called
Mons Aess Why was II so caliedt w. NJ. p.
Because OF its sire and because It was made at
Mons In Flanders. Brewer Dictionary OF Phrase
and Fable says that there are several articles
called Meg because Of their sire. and that the
name comes from q virago. famous for her size
and strength. who nourished In London during
the reign OF Henry VIII. He suggests further
that the name Meg may come from the Greek
Mega. large.
Can you gtve me q short history OF the United
or receiving ship during the Civil wari l. a. II.
The Sabine, bull, 10 is47. was a hfy sun frigate.
She seems never to have seen any unusual service:
In 1900 she was In the homo squadron; and after
that chiefly as a receiving ship al Norfolk. New
London and Portsmouth She disappeared from
the navy list after 1852.
Y.,. ,.u.h,.. r..
for ,he Time and for All Times" By Il. 0. r..
fsnS. o. slavery. Can you lei me Who +h..o, n
The writer's name Is not given In cushing's
Initials and Pseudonyms."
What Is the meaning OF the word shank, when
used In the expression tie shank OF the EVENING"
The latter end OF the evening. ely: though.
like the shank OF a Carpenters tool. IL may mean
the middle Of the evening.
The poem for which I. ': 7, ..s,d. -Tnr.. snip.
publication. n. Q. y.
Can you rive any Information Of the where
sbous Of the small boat called tho Dark Secret
she was spoken soon after sailing. bu, has not
been heard Of since. II Is thought that she has
been lost
Please state u ,her. is any known substance or
attractive power OF the magnet. ] mean, any
substances through which that force viii Lot pene-
trate. 1T
Copper and brass will do %: thai y why they
are used In making compasses.
which Of the yanderbnts made this remark
TIC people be ID" and about when-whAt
yeari l. A. II.
The remark was made by william II. Wander.
bnt. about 1883 or 1854. Mr.. vanderbut had directed
the dscontinuAnce OF a certain fast train. and
a reporter was sent TO ask why he had done so.
Mr.. Vanderbilt said that the train did not pay:
the reporter said several times that the public
wanted 1t. Then Mr.. Vanderbilt made the famous
remark: The public be damned. II the public
wanted the train, why didn't the public use M
With II. II. r. Com. U. 8. N ! wish 10 thank
you for the Interesting Mathematical puzzle OF
the four Is and would like TO ask q question. |
have formulas for all the numbers from TO 100,
Inclusive, without making use OF forty -four ttU but
have not been able TO obtain a formula for 70 with.
out using the decimal point. which Is not used In
any OF the others. Is II possible 10 obtain rs
without either ~ or the decimal point II would
seem strange II this number lIke 10 In the cribbage
score Is the one exception. A simpler formula
than II. u. BIS for 10 IS t~++r+-v4=i0, but there
are a grca, many others. L. c. q.
Your correspondent who IL unable 20 obtain tho
numbers rs and g3 from q combination OF four
figures - VIII md the following formule SUI
noienti
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