The sun., 1903-12-27
Hamilton'" D. Best publication in Mexico, or any
other place (prtnted In English devoted TO MIN
Ing interests OF the country Of Mexico!

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other place tprinted In English. devoted to min
Ing interests OF the country OF MeS'c9, sor,,,x
!. Mrs. Gertrude Franklin Atherton was born ir
San Francisco. daughter Of Thomas l.. Horn ant
Gertrude franklin Is author Of number OF novels
?. THE Life Of Alexander Hamilton" by Henry
Cabot Lodge In american Statesmen SERIES pub
lishcd In Boston In 1852. 8, THE Engineering and
Mining Journal" volume 70. pages $50 $50 1901
Notes on the NJ ming and Mctallurgical industries
OF Mexico" by Joseph Struthcr.
VIII you Inform me OF some OF the prices that
paintings ny urcuzc nave been sold for PAINT.
The record price for Grcuze was paid by Lord
Dudley at Christie's In 1870. when he gave 6.4OC
guineas for the celebrated Portrait of Little Girl.
which had been sold for $40 guineas In 1882. The
Young Widow" brought l.i2O guineas at the Mur-
eta sales In 1892 Some earlier prices are: lie Pere
dc FamIllc." l7s5. $50 gulncas Girl With Chapct
OF Wild Flowers " 1896. S05 guneas 'Lc Premier
Sentiment" 60O guineas: La Reveuse." 1856 guneas
"Ariadne." $50 guincas The last three were sold
In $40.
Can you tell me anything about the old fashioned
sneak box" used for wild fowl shooting % ana who
The f,rst was designed and made By Capt. Hazle-
ton Seaman Of West Creek Village. n. j.. about
1893. He was a boatbuilder and an expert Wild
fowl shooter: and he designed and constructed for
his own use a low decked easily worked boat.
which could be rowcd or sailed In deep or shallow
Barnegat Bay men christened her the sneak box y
She had a primitive apron attachment to keep the
water from stopping In. She did not lie hush with
the water like the modern battery or sink box and
doubtless an educated duck of TO day would give
her a wide berth. but for her purposes she must
have been hard to beat boat built on her lines
Is an ideal one for general sporting work, She
should row lightly, sail well on wind with a
centreboardl, be fairly portable and carry about
800 pounds and draw only four TO six inches.
Is It true that much Maltese lace is nowadays
made by machinery How and by whom IS @ the
genuine lace made Please give me amy inlorIna
ton you can on the subject ELISE H. ;.
Al genuine Maltese lace Is hand made, and the
inhabitants OF the islands are strongly opposed 10
any form OF labor saving machinery. The indus
try Is almost exclusively confined TO women and
girls. and many families have special designs tina,
are handed down from one generation TO another.
Two or three firms practically control the output OF
the Islands. Most OF the lace exported Is made on
the island OF Gozo. SILK and cotton are the mater
ials used The demand In America for this beau
tiful work is becoming greater every year
what Is known OF him! b. &.
James. the son OF Robert Crichton OF Dumtrics
shire Scotland born In 1850. He had great personal
beauty. Is said to have mastered ten languages
and perfected himself In every knightly accom-
plishment. besides being scientific scholar and
an expert swordsman. He tutor to the son
been murdered by his pupil. One Tytler published
The Life OF James Crchton" In London in 1915
and he was also made tho hero OF w. II. Answorth S
novel "Crichton."
Where does the line 10! the pale martyr With
his shirt on FIRE" come from7 b. EDWARDS.
In Alexander Smiths q, Life Drama" you will
nnd
"Of one whose naked soul stood clad In love
Like a pale martyr In a shirt OF fre."
which Is something like it-wth difference. We
have a vague idea that your line has been used
by Mr.. Kiplng somewhere but are not sure about
II.
have heard or read at some time or another an
alusion to the -Four Kings OF Canada," Can you
tell me anything about them-if there were such
persons? LAuREST1AS.
The name was given to four Indian chiefs OF the
Six Nations who visited London In NO. In the reign
OF Queen Anne. Their mission TO ask the as.
sistance OF Great Britain in driving the French out
OF their territory. They were presented TO her
Majesty by Col. Nicholson, ex Governor Of Mary
and. and were received with all the ceremonial
Difference shown to regnlng monarchs. Notices
OF their visit to be found both in the Taller, and
In the Spectator OF April I'LL and their pictures are
still in the British Museum. full account Of them
and their tribes. customs &c. was given In pam
phlet printed and sold by John Baker at the Black
Boy In Paternoster Row. iil0,