The sun., 1903-12-27

Where was Cardinal Moran Of Australia born.
and what appointments has he held previous 70
being made CARDINAL AUSTRALIAN
AT LcghllnbrIdge. County Carlow, Ireland. 10th
Sept. 1880 Educated at the Irish College of st
Agatha Rome. ls42-8e; vice president OF the irish
| College and professor OF Hebrew, College OF the
| Propaganda Rome. 1866: private secretary to Car
. dinal Cullen this uncle,. .72: r. c. Bishop OF
Ossory. S72si: third Archbishop Of Sydney. 1884
hrst Australian Cardinal, 1885; author OF essays on
the ORIGIN DC. OF the early Irish Church and several
religious and historical works.
/ In THE SUNDAY SuN treating Of inc growth OF plant
! life under different colored glass, as blue. red.
Quoted By man OF science from whose book you
had taken your article Could you give me Info iniSr, .
book j. EDWARDS MiDolEY Nj. d.
| In recent years there have appeared a number OF
| publications particularly from France. pom this
| subject. The matter was made the subject OF III
vestgation some years ago by the Cornell unirer-
| sity experiment station, and they published the
| result OF their researches In a bulletin on the In
| nuence OF electricity upon plant growth, between
1897 and 1900 the horticulturist OF the Bureau OF
| Plant Industry, United States Department OF
Agriculture. conducted a number Of experiments
with lights OF various colors and published during
| the last year In American Gardening brief resume
| OF this work.
following Wallack's Theatre mot the one at Thir.
n S teens
state Just where and was u burned snd u so a., a.
''e'' as 'n'S 'Aea''e ever 0ufneo' + t. S%sA 5.
| The nrst wallack's Theatre was the old Brough
| ANS Lyceum. Broadway near Broome street.
The Walacks abandoned this house In 1851 and
| opened the second Wallacks Theatre at Broadway
! and Thirteenth street. This was known as the
Gcrmania from 1881 to the end OF 1888. when 1t was
| renamed the Star. 1t was never burned
Would you be kind enough TO give me the trans.
Of as following Welsh motto dGta e Syn
Man cares. God delivers" God will deliver
careful livcrI.
| In what part OF the world are dairylng and
remunera,lvey 10 day. And please give some
particulars. NOSKERS.
In Denmark Most of the farms are from Ave
to twenty five and owned blythe peasantry.
| About half the land Is in oats. hay, pasture and
| root crops for the horses. mch cows and sheep.
In proportion to her size. she has more cattle than
| any other country In Europe. Strict sanitary
| conditions are enforced In the daryng Industry.
| and the cows are examined every month Most of
! the steam butter factories cooperative. and
Danish butter brings the highest prices In the
foreign markets Great Britain alone buys over
| s33 10000 worth annually.
| /. IN re your answer Dec. G. The precept
know thyself" was many centuries ago. inscribed
after proracted council of the wise Men OF Greece,
could be handed down W to unborn generations:
?. Was the elder James Gordon Bennett OF the
Scotia' il YOU have or can eet this Information
! for me wonld be much obliged f. E. S.
ID The question was: "wiil you kindly inform
| me where TO hnd the quotation Know thysef'!"
We confined ourselves to such references as could
| be verified at FIRST hand.
20, In April, 1919 he landed at Halifax. ". s..
where he attempted for while to earn a living by
| teaching bookkeeping. but soon gave II up and
/ obtained employment In Boston as proofreader.
, Please give the date OF the loss by Ore Of the
British ship Ocean Monarch" on the voyage from
| Liverpool 20 New York. READER.
i The Ocean Monarch an American cmigrant Ship
! left Liverpool. bound for Boston. Aug. "a. ls4s.
| having nearly 400 persons on board. She took
fre few miles of the coast Of North Wales and In
few hours was destroyed and lis persons perished
! Is the story OF Philip Nolan. the Man without
| Country" founded on actual fact and II So where
| can hnd record offclally confirming ~ l.. D.
| It Is not.
Can THE SIN supply me with the verses Of an
] remember seeing In scrapbook. One recurring
Now is ye time Of Christmasse."
The following verses. which may he what you
are looking for antedate the Elizabeth than lyric
writer's, They are from manuscript collection
mdde ny one kChatu fflH III 'ne carly part OF the
sixteenth century and probably written about
the end OF the fifteenth century:
Let no cum in to this hall.
Grome. page. nor yet marshall.
But yat sum spcr. he bryng with all.
For now ys the tyne Of Crystmas
"Yr that he say he cannot syng.
sum oder sport then lett hym bryng
Vat Vt may please at thys teStynz
For now Us the tyne Of Crystmas.
"Yf he say he nowht do.
Then for my love aske hym no mo.
But to the Stokkcs then lett hym go.
For now ys the tyne Of Crystmas"
slpp River came TO be numbered. as say, Island
80 anns hn in y4 e n Y Wha TO
know is this according to what system the Islands
nom such books and cncyciop@dias as are accessi
bic here Anynns on IN seec G the MneIs Is spd
have numbers | have been on the rver from ST.
Paul In Minnesota to the gulf of Mexico. but meyer
as yet have had an answer to my inquiry. FIT.
LoSG ISLAND.
Island No. Is near Cairo H.. and just below the
mouth OF the Ohio. From this point the numbers
run down stream far as Island l25. which Is Just
above the inlet to Bayou La Fourchc In Louisiana
Many OF the islands have alternate names. Thus
Island No 5. opposite Chalk Bluff, is also known
Wolf Island. The system was undoubtedly orig
mated as the most convenient for navigation pur-
poses and II vas adopted In the earliest maps and
charts OF the Engineer Corps of the United States
Army We fnd the Islands thus named early as 1905
In The Navigator gazetteer OF some OF the West
em rivers, published in Pittsburg. The Western
Pilot" which Is practically later edition OF this
work complied by Samuel CumirgS and published
In Cincinnati In 1882. has this note the subject:
Below the mouth OF the Ohio. we shall note the
Islands by their ginal numbers. although many
lacking TO make up the complement Many
have entirely disappeared, and others. the chuteS
have grown UP with trees one side. that It can
scarcely be perceived that they were Islands.
New islands are continually forming. consequently
It will be impossible to keep them regularly num-
bcred Would II not be advisable TO distinguish
the Islands by some name There arc already
names for large proportion OF them and II pilots
and steamboat captains would take the trouble to
find names for the balance, In few years they
would become familiar to every one"
In an article In THE Sun OF Dec. 90 on The Story
OF Englands Sailor King" by M W. H, the last
paragraph mentions that Caroline Sheridan is the
subject OF ono OF George Mercdlths novels. VIII
you kindly inform me which novel Is referred to-
BARNARD f. MILLS.
II has often been said that Mr.. Meredith drew the
portrait of his witty heroine in Diana Of the Cross
ways" from Mrs, Norton, hut VIC do not know that
the author himself has ever confirmed denied