The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-19
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Many friends write that tho lines which we could
not place last week. lights sllvcry veil hung low,
DC, are from N. p. Williss poem, "Absalom."

DC, are from N. p. Wills's poem, "AbsAom.'
Anent the statement in last Sundays SUN that the
and operate a railroad. the following statement
may be OF interest. The Allegheny Portage Rail
Rer extend to os ss ca h %
thirty six and half miles. was Incorporated by the
Legislature OF Pennsylvania as link OF chain OF
railroads and canals and crossed the mountains
by means of ten inclined planes nve on each slide Of
the mountain, and included a tunnel 900 feet long,
about 1889. Another link. the Eastern division,
called the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad
In Philadelphia and was undertaken In virtue OF
numerous acts of the Legislature from 1911 to the
the Pennsylvania Railroad including both sections,
was authorized as state work. so that this railroad
was. therefore. the liTst which was undertaken in
road was TO he 81 $40 miles In length TO Columbia
and the estimated cost was to be 81. az. 900 for
double track road, with machinery. wagons, cars
and contingencies. This was the beginning OF
what Is now the Pennsylvania Railroad The inter.
venlng carriage was TO be by river and the Union
canal. G. W. W.
Iftherc Is paper in the world that Is read by men
YOU ask the scholars TO make II known TO such as
am, OF the most insignificant and unworthy. con.
feSS, how many versions there are OF the name or
that Overwhelming victor and gcographlst lamar
leng This; SIR your most intolerablc and wholly
Yu.rN-rAo
l.
Ing rhyming list of Presidents, wish to say that
there Is such Il list printed about three mouths or
with whose permission I incosc copy. ! have
asked him to add Rooseyet's name. making II
complete to the present time NJ H. c.
RHYMINo PRESIDENTS.
The first OF our Presidents every one knows.
For yearly the fame Of George Washington grows.
When eight years hed served. John Adams served
four:
Madison
Each sat for two terms; next, Tor one term. you
Came an Adams again. John Quincy, by name.
Andrew Jackson for two terms as President came.
Then Martin van,uren four years held sway.
And became President. the full term TO complete
James X. Polk. for one term came from old Ten
Then Zachary Taylor. the next one we see.
But Death ere two years. called him from the race,
Willard Fillmore completing the term In his place.
Franklin Pierce his successor. the next four years:
Then Abraham Lincoln. whose flrst term was passed
In guiding our country through wars nercc blast;
But his second term hardly begins when 1t ends. j.
And his murder brings grief to his millions OF
Andrew Johnson completed the unexp,rcd space;
Then Ulysses S. Grant for eight years held the
RHs,toTd Hayes 70, one DT. -rn held The chair
James \: Garfield the people next chose as their
But though mourned by the country his time was
For murdercr's hand shot the President dead.
And Chester 4. Arthur was chief In his stead
Grover Cleveland for four years next sat In the
chair.
When benjamin Harrison succeeded him there.
Four years In his turn, In the seat TO remain.
And when his term ended came Cleveland agnin.
For william Mckinley. one terms barely DER,
When the people have given him four wears more,
Once more In our nation comes sorrow and grief.
Again an assassin strikes down our chief.
And Theodore Roosevelt assumes the command
Tho latest Executive here In our land
Please name the six largest ports from which
the greatest amount OF cargo Is exported.
READER
New York New Orleans Boston, Baltimore.
Galveston. Philadelphia In the order named.
If a man at the polls on last election day slgnlhed
on the ballot given tn him for that purpose that he
Intended at the prmarle Of the next year to ami
ate with the Democratic party. could he II he had
changed his politics, vote at the primaries OF the
Republican party In next September ~ the man
lived iS Queens county last election and moved TO
New York county In January would he be able to
vote at the Republican primaries II he wanted to-
G.S.
No-to both your questions
Kindly inform me where tho lines written on
the death OF the Ahkoond Of Swat" 10 he found
J.H b,
George r Lanlgans "Threnody on the Akhoond
OF Swat" Is In the tenth volume p 3a9> OF the Ii.
brary OF American Literature Edward Lear
the English humorist wrote an ode on the Akhoond,
for which you will have to look In his collected
works 1t is not so good as Lanigans.
Please inform me Of the color Of the eyes OF Ma.
poleon T. Were they dark or light. gray, blue.
black or brown II. s. y,
The lives and histories seem to avoid describing
Napoleon We do not know what color his eyes
were
Was there yer penny postage, on drop letters
delivery by Boyds Despatch, but by the Post once
Department II so. give date 1t was abolished.
CIR 5.
There was never oflclal penny post in this
city.
The lines nqui RED for by Matt H, Elliot may
be found, with certain verbal differences. In The
Pleasures OF Hope. written by Thomas Campbell:
These shall resist the triumph of decay.
When time is Der and worlds have passed away
But that which warmed 1t once shall never die"
HI.
Where can ind an IRISH ballad named "Soggarth
Aroon'" One verse Is as follows
"Oh. soggarth aroon' Sure. know that I'm dying.
Then might but ask that my spirit while flying,
Might visit old Ireland after die SH.
John Benin wrote ballad of this title. but your
poem seems To be Denis OSullivans VIII My
Soul Pass Through Ireland" O'Sull vans poem
Is as follows:
"oh. soggarth aroon Sure, know my life Is
Soon, soon in the strange earth my poor bones
Will lc.
have said my last prayer and received my last
blessing.
And II the Lords willing I'm ready to die
But, soRgarth aroon' Can never again see
The valleys and hills OF my dear native land
When my soul takes It's Hight from this dark world
wlll it pass through old Ireland to join the bcst
band
"Oh. soggnrth aroSn' Sure know that In heaven
The loved ones are waiting and watching for me.
a NJ hn ynrd I'M N ri NJ tn hr NTH
In those realms OF JOY mid souls pure and free.
Yet. soggorth; pray ere you leave me forever.
Whose hope, next 10 God Is to know that when
Twill pass through old ireland on the way TO
Us goal.
oh. soggarth aroon' have KEEP, through all
changes
And. OH II has minded mo often and often
OF that bright smiling valley, so far. far away.
Then tell me, pray you. Will ever again see
The place where II grew on my own native sod
when my body lies cold In the land OF the stranger
WIN my soul pass through Erin on Its way to our
Cod"
NJ j. HcfYcruan il said to have added Ave or six
sanzas TO these but they part OF the original
poem.
Is nm American naturallzed foreigner German
or French stlI liable TO do military duty II he re-
turns to his original country j. X,
Yes II he left before serving his term In the
army.
saw picture recently entitled Nero at the
Circus" In the foreground bull Hes dead IN
tho arena wi tn spear In his Side. A thny draped
girl is lied to the dead animal. To the left stands
Nero regarding the grl with somewhat sympB
tnrtlc expression. What Is the history OF that
plcturc' ~ VI,