The sun., 1903-08-02
QUESTIONS ANp ANswERs.

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| brought up to date. W. W. c.
Second ;.s LON, John adams accepted ,he esi
@ @EsSris vas James MsaIson; assS S James IS Asnyos
Whose .Doctrne stu Ais foreign nations With woe
John Quincy Adams was sixth In succession:
Then brave Andrew Jackson. who throttled seces-
Won The great battle OF Tippscanoe '
Tnsn s, 5ois sohn Tyler came because Harrison died
As wonderful solder S and after TS him n" came @ "''
Another Vice President Fillmore by name.
nX me troubles brought on BY our great civil war.
He was Vice .President when nj Lincoln % died ''' w.
And And his night 10 % be President wasn't denied
Then Garielt who didn't survive many days.
Then came Gen. Arthur, because Gar,eid died;
SspG prossms rstn S asrssn %9H MA' xho sso
sI Wss arsS f,ansS0n f. q tamous old rppessnoe M
And next came Mckinley. ohio's nrss son. '
| Who was cruelty murdered Now in the chair
! Can You tell me how small washngton's army
| WAS when II was reduced TO It's minimum number
OF men through the War of Independence. and
were not the soldiers In pretty bad shapct I mean
ny oad shape FOR supplies. physical conditions and
| The army under Washington probably reached
Its lowest strength at Valley Forge, during the win
ter Of 1777-s On Dec. 20. 1777. Washington quoted
| consolidated report Of that date which gave the
| strength as about $500 men. OF whom 2.s88 were
| unnt for duty. because they are barefoot and
otherwise naked" The men were largely without
1 and aplyA ~ thc I'm.
plies promised by Congress Washlnston specifics
| vinegar and sonpwere never sent; and II Is often
quoted In histories that the sentres walked In paths
In the snow marked by blood from their feet. Dur
Ing that time. according to Baron Steuben, Some
| times regiment was stronger than brigade:
have seen regiment consisting OF thirty men. and
| company Of one corporal"
| In regard to tho italian pronunciation OF Dssds-
| monds name. . friend writes:
The English pronunciation of Desder,ona with
he accent on the third syllable would not DO proper
In Italian. As it would at once suggest the word
nuncation Des day.m nah. Win the accens on the
SECOND. think It Will be found also that the three
sylablos In she name Romeo differently ac-
conted In various European languages @.
Can you inform me whether or not the Pope wrote
by against what is known as the George doctrine.
| and ifso. where we may procure copy. J. OF
Pope Leo. on May Is. 1901. issued an encyclcsl
letter on the labor question: this was replied to by
Henry George. and We presume is what you have In
| mind. 1t was published. with Mr.. Georges reply,
in small volume entitled The Condition OF Labor"
Kindly explain why the national colors OF vessels
! are carried at the stern rather than at the fore
| or peak. 8.
The stern is the place Of honor on a vessel, and
| always has been. Tho mastheads are used for
| signals or for banners designating the particular
| character OF the vessel.
1 .t,,J,
| learns shrcwdncss and freedom Of speech. B
| claims that In order to he good lawyer the free
person, 2. Further, A claims that II is not always
necessary TO have freedom OF speech In order to
1. He may learn shrcwdness: freedom OF speech
has nothing to do with the matter. ?. There arc
hundreds OF good lawyers who have not freedom
OF speech and never feel the lack of
kindly explain the meaning of shilling shocker'
| F. WILEY.
Shilling shocker' Is a piece OF English slang.
| shilling shocker is simply a more expensive
| penny dreadful" sensational story. Our half.
dime novels are about equal to the English penny
dreadtuls: many ofthe books published in libraries"
OF twenty years ago were shilling shockers.
Can man coming to this country over the age
citizen without taking his hrst papers' H.. WI.
No be must take out irst and final papers.
|
the expression yellow papers" !or ls u more Gus
| tomary to say yellow ournals1' Did 1t originate
In the loud yellow Of the coored Sunday edltlons'
| o. NJ
yellow" when applied TO a newspaper means
| simply sensational The term originated we
think, In the struggle between the World and the
journal for the possession of an artist" who drew
| the yellow kid" pictures Then II was applied
| TO other papers.
| New York state and II So with what llmltations'
LIBRAscor
They are: there are no special restrictions, but
| the laws against swndling and obtaining money
under false pretences have been invoked against
them with eject.
| Is II correct for a man OF the same name as his
A says II Is not n says II Is. II. A. s.
It's correct enough II he wishes to use 1t. Some
| men make name for themselves while their fathers
| live and do not care to drop the "Jr" they have
| used because of the explanations they would have
TO make. 1t Is perfectly proper for them to retain
the word
line of each stanza ends with whatever best"'
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The title OF the poem is
! the same as the catch line.
J.; Why was the rear end Of g.; paul's Church
at vcsey street built toward Broadway assuming
that the end with the stcepe was considered the
front OF the church, 2, What was the date OF the
| erection OF the present edlhce. and what was the
date OF the erection OF the cdhce OF the present
| Trinity Church on Broadway opposite Wall street,
| g. VIII YOU also kindly state when the Monitor.
| the vessel that fought the Merrtmac was built
and was she commenced and completed at the
| same shpyard' j. s. c.
! !. Because Its front was toward the river. which
| then came UP to where Greenwich street is now.
| .. st, Paus chapel built In 1894: Trinity Church
! was built In is484s. 3 'hc Monitor was built
| begun. continued and completed at Grecnpoint,
| Long Island, N. " in the autumn Of 1891
when my friends from Warren county. y. j..
| come to town they use an expression of which
| have tried for some time but unsuccessfuly, to
| nhta,n the derivation When they speak OF a man
| yuhom we would call warm proposition" they
| use the expression honey cooler" What do they
| menn' NJ c. c.
| II Is not strictly Warren county or Jersey ex.
| press,on: we do not know Its origin.
Was there 81 90 silver certificate series OF
| tsns Issued with the word tranquility spelled
| With one "l'' q Should this word be spelled with
| one or two "i's"' o We're these certificates called
n' 1. Are these certificates now at a, Premlum'
| VI. B. A.
I, We think there was. ?. With two rs" o.
| No: but the series was replaced by the present
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