The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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The hcrce Norman william In ten sixty slh; a..
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s English possessions in ten Sign ~ ssHsd
ssss h IN one a
Ns Msda ara S,spher' for ss srss ny strive
Henry tue second In eleven Ave four
hs Az SS he q Fl rsG,Ss s,yn, SH5s
Who IN Palestine nights for Jerusalem snr rnc
John hls WORTHY slrcssSor 10 clssrn h tn siHn
ii tie 'd third Henrys reign twelve hundred
Edward Frs, tho famed warrior In we''c-se'chN
Added Wales ,o his rcalr, and has Scotland In view.
BY his feeble reign. thirteen hundred ana seven
y the third Edw.A resa 11r'" , 'M yh I, Ssy@ n
Second richards dcposcd and 10 prison /, driven;
Henry Fourth the frst King Of the Lancaster line.
The sctp,rc assumes In thirteen ninety nine, 80,
Henry finh wears the crown fourteen huhdreo'
Reforms conquers France. and thence gains his
In his cradle we md Henry sixth, sc, as due,
Thoy gave him his crown In fourteen twenty two
The famed house OF Laucasters course IS no"
And OF York Edward Fourth rules In fourteen six
But the white rose fades for In fourteen eight
Edward Fifth but two months bears the title when
r b, nnoesn soyno9h i slain mn IN he bur,
The baltic ~ pS OF bosworn he does no, survive
Henry Seventh succeeding In fourteen eighty I'VE
And tho eighth Henry blossoms In en-nough'-
nine ~ ,. -
Commences his reign. bnt soon httcd for heaven,
Left his Kingdom and crown, though unworthy
To Mary the bgo, In fifteen .nvethree.
Elizabeth ne1t took the helm o. the state 49,,
The Armada OF Spain owned her power on the
And james the hTsi ssSsH relsned sixteen nous0,
Charles tic First VINO succeeded in sixteen two
I'D eng but IN vain for p5erGsaH;ys s s,1
They dePosed him from power In sixteen forty
He on The scarold hchcaded, a Commonwealth
With Cromwell Protector In sixteen Ave. three.
Gen. Monk had his plans and, everything hAed.
Recalls second Charles in sixteen hundred and
James The Second succeeding In sixteen eighty
The power Of the Pope struggles hard !" reyye
EN- s1 psG RI ssa o ~ To-
Anne. the last rclgning Stuart, comes next into
Who frs, rulc. the realm seventeen hundred and
Then George. the Firs, Brunswick, succeeding this
Sways the scep,re of Britain In seventeen fourteen.
George the Second succeeds seventeen't"en'y
And by him the Pretender from Scotland Is driven.
George the Third wears the crown one seven six
And many a batde In his reign is fought.
His son. the fourth George. eighteen hundred
Found the kingdom In peace. hut in debt, millions
Fourth william mex, ruled in eighteen rec ought
And gave the Reform hill SO earnestly sought
Victoria succeeding in eighteen three seven
Then long meath the reign OF the good Queen
May the motto prevail pax, Lbertas, Gloria"
No reference to william and Mary Is In the copy
sent by @. W. D.
should be very glad TO learn when the foot,
bridge at Fulton street md Broadway was erected
preston thatn was about lsesor 1870 G.F.f
This bridge. called the Loew Bridge from is
sponsor among the Aldermen. was erected In 1851
and axe n down In 1868.
Please state: /. Nation consuming. per average
inhabitant, greatest amount Of alcoholic and mall
,auors Comnaa.iye s9nsnmpaon sSrr nsn
Of Ia Switzerland and %, Denmark to all o;ne1
nations in this respect, H. b.
1. Mr.. Gallus Thomann. secretary OF the Brewers
Association. informs us that the data as 70 the con
sumption Of distilled liquors are not easily acces
sble. 2. He gives these 1gures
Per CAPITA
Production Of Consumption
Man Liquors. Mar Liquors
1901. 1901.
Denmark .47a 100 hec,olItres 40 Hire
Svltycrlnnd. heCtOlttTcS IN Hire.
g. The per capita consumption Of beer Is create
In England Germany. Austria and Belgium. Tn,
greatest quantity OF malt liquors consumed pc
capita is 2S3 ltrcs In Bavaria. The per capita con
sumption In Grca, Britain and ireland amounts
to IA ltrcs. In the United States the total produc
ton Of beer amounted to ~ ,47s $50 barrels.
O. G. 3. thinks that the answer to the hen and
half problem Is neither 2s nor AZ he thinks II Is -
His reasoning Is an follows
la hen and a half lay an egg and half in .
obvious. On the seventh day there VIII be no,h!ns
in seven days Will have no, completed any furthcl
leaving "a eggs the result OF six hens in days
the hens al this point passing out o. our history
with the laying oinnoiher egg each hu. two third.
He speaks as u poultry raiser. not as an arth
me,,cian, and d,srcgards the conditions OF tn,
problem, while considering those OF the henhousc.
The violn's Voice" may be found In "Fenno
Choice Pieces" book No. 2. price 80 cents, pub
l!shed by John 4. Potter Co.. Philadelphia.
p.
"a Woman, Question" is by Adelaide Proctor
and viii be found In a hook OF her poems Could
you tell me where could ind poem that used
10 be sold from door TO door during the War Of the
RebeTon' 1t was printed on a card and was sold
"Tis midnight now In Tennessee
And there Is no sound but In the old forest tree.
the Soldier lies In his tent and dreams
OF his home in the North and Its bright running
streams
II went on to tell of his awakening to the call TO
battle and describe d the nercc battle In which he
was killed and SPOKE OF his wife and child. &c. II
il could Can you help me to do II! X, VS..
The New York Times, on May %. asserted With
eouaI postivencSs that "A Nomap's Question"
was by Mary r. Lahrop,
when wa. MI Scarle minister OF the Willct Street
Methodist Church, Where are the records OF The
church 10 be fo'lnu' L. ~ "
The Rev. John E. Searles was pastor In 1854 81,
1890 III, ls77.5s 1899 81: he died Feb IL, 1893. The
records are In the pastors study IN the church,
"A" claims that II 4 gun Is discharged from the
rear OF rapidly moving train at given point IN
The opposlte direction, and the force behind the
bullet r. SUFFICIENT to drive II at the same relative
specd as the train Is going and the train Is stopped
one mile from the point Of discharge. the bullet
viii be exactly one mile In the rear OF the train.
bullet viii have passed the point OF discharge when
the ,raiu is one mile from inng point
The bullet will go In the direction in which |, is