The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

husband, Sir Richard Francis Burton. wnlcn seeMs
men or a, least p pref them arains. him
He Is said TO have been unpopular among ms NIL
and writer, and a man OF most brilliant attain
ments. he never received the recognition that
seems to hang over him does not appear in the
book. and some Information would be mucn ap..
preciatcd BY the writer and others who nav teao
the book. BooKwoRM
Burton. from his youth was careless In his dress.
rough In manner and without tact. These things.
together with his openly expressed hatred OF con-
ventionaty. made him unpopular with the great
mass OF his countrymen who did not know or IN
derstand him He was "rustcated" from Cam
bridge. and throughout his life he was resuNe
under authority OF any kind Hence his lack OF
success In the army and the consular service. His
niece. Miss Sisted IN her biography. Is responsible
for the statement that In his youth he had queer
habit OF telling horrible and wholly imaginary
stories against himself-smply for the run OF
shocking his hearers. The world now knows
him to have been brave and brilliant man. and
there was nothing in his character or career that
needs c0nccalment.
I. VIII you kindly answer the following queries.
jim Fisk by I'D Stokes7 2. When did the La
fargo House change Its name TO the Central iater
to the Roadway Central7
I. Col. Fisk was shot on Jan, a. 1877, and died
two days later. 2. The hotel to day stands on
part only OF the site Of the old Laiage House which
was burned down In 1854. The name was changed
to the Grand Central about 1890 and again In 1892
10 the Broadway Central.
Can any Of your readers advise me where may
be likely to And the music for a song entitled:
"The Firm Old Rock" 1t Is quite an old song and
refers to Plymouth Rock J. l.. ROSS.
Have the United States Senators a. all times
had the privilege Of appointing a cadet 10 both
the Annapolis and West Point academles' D. y r.
At Annapolis ono mldshipman Is allowed for
each member or delegate Of the United states
House of Representatives. one for the District OF
Columbia and ten At large In addition an act
OF Congress approved July, 1902 provides that
until 1914 tho President shall appoint nve mid
shipmen. and there shall be appointed from the
States at large. upon the recommendation OF Sen
stors. two midshipmen from each State The
same act Of Congress changed the former title
naval cadet" TO m dshipman."
The custom OF appointing cadets to West Point
from Congressional districts and territories was
converted into law in 1913 The appointments
are made by the Secretary OF War upon the nomna
ton OF the Senator or Representative.
Can the President Of the United states, while
holding such office. visit foreign countries' IL So
please publish the la" which G EstsTi ts H. Mrrr.
There is no actual law on the subject. but there
Is an unwrten law to the effect that It Is not de
srable. No President OF the United States has ever
yet left the country during his term OF once.
VIII you kindly inform one of your readers: ID
The year that LYDIA Thomson and troupe or G. enme
Crook" and when and where? II W. NJ.
I. 1865 ?. We think not. though Pauline
Markham. who came to this country with her and
appeared as Venus In the buresoue OF "lSion, -
aferwa I'd played in The Black Crook"
Mr.. Eugene Lent submits this problem TO the
consideration Of Sun readers:
A owns farm Of $40 acres Of perfectly level land
y owns a farm OF $40 acres, II measured on the
level as was AS farm. But rs farm Is not level
the ground Is undulating and undulating to such
extent that specifically rs farm would measure
7oO acres.
Now granting conditions as TO soil. climate In,
Of the increased area Of his farm, occasioned by
the said fluctuations. be able to raise more grass,
| words do better as a farmer than on his ca
acres
wish to correct Col T. Alston Brown in his
Novelty Theatre on the Bowery, on the block above
Canal street, In my time abog. twenty .nye years
rim ON the order OF the Atlantic Garden. at that
| time. and was changed and run for time as the
ish theatre the hrst, believe, on the Bowery or
| in New York There is many an old timer on the
Bowery that remembers the NOVELTY n,nIr q uo,,s
We have had several letters from correspondents
who claim to remember Novelty Theatre on the
Bowery. One places It lin the early B0s at i07 oil
100 and directly opposite the then National Theatre
Another says II was on the East Side. between les
ter and Canal streets One old timer locates It on
! the West Side. Some other old timers have' no
recollection Of such place within thirty years.
1t is evident that some small place OF entertain
| ment In the ncghborhood OF Grand street was run
unier the name for a time.
| T. he a mr.
order or 2. WAS 1t ever at any my ,ims , aisd win
| them In any way WILLIAM RYAN
| l. No. 2. The Anti Masonry party, 1882 op.
posed Tammany as secret society, but had nc
pc rceptible influence against II.
| have been reading in a Halifax newspaper
| some statistics regarding Bermuda and ! should
| like TO have you tell me how 1t is possible for
year five times as much as 1t receives for exports
The Nova Scotia PAPER gives the hgures wh9
| to YOU, and few remarks based upon them would
be appreciated. T. s.
) The Bcrmudas are not In the same position as a
| country that has to be self supporting The Is
| lands derive their chief Importance from the fact
| that they form a valuable British naval base on
| the North America and West India stations with
! docltyard, victuang establishments, &c. The
| chief source Of revenue Is the customs. and tn,
| chief Items OF expenditures are salaries. public
| works. ecclesiastical and educatonal--and to these
| the British Government makes an annual con
| tribution. Exports principally onions. lily
| bulbs and potatoes. nearly all Of which come tc
| the United States and Canada Her schools re
| ceivc substantial Government grant, and though
she had according TO the census Of 1000 apopulatlor
| Of II SOS her public debt only Gao. 200: hence
| so long as Great Britain maintains II as nava
base. the little colony is in exceptionally fort
innate position. In 1901 she imported f2i3 7l6 worth
Of Government stores alone from Great Britain.
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