The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-23

WIN You Kindly tell me who wrote the 'l'eath OF
or separately y. II.
what is meant by domestic exchange. buying
d'Scoun''' selling premium" &.
Exchange is the process OF settling accounts
or debts between parties Mt distance without
sending money. by exchange drafts or bills OF ex
change' In owes y In Y G In owes In
IKE sum r In Y draws a bill OF exchange on 4:
thiS I buys and sends TO D, who collects II from A.
domestic exchange Is exchange available In the
United states as against foreign exchange which
Is available between the United States and foreign
country. In buying exchange II may happen that
the supply Is greater than the demand thus the
seller DESTROYS OF getting his money. would sell
at discount l. the supply did not equal the
demand the seller could get more than the face
value OF the draft. selling at premium.
Who wrote a poem. published some thirteen
years ago, called THE Leaves are Drifting Down.
ana beginning as follows:
Gone the ripple and the ruShes OF the love songs OF
the thrtshcs,
Gong The roses in the closes of the garden and the
OF the shy yerbena. creeping by the old south wall
All It's beauty in the sunshine OF the sleepy summer
And ever DER them all, In a gold and crimson pail
over mlgnonrtte grown tawny and o'cr grasses
Win rustic and whIr. and sad and solemn
The leaves are drifting down dear: OH the leaves
are drifting down. HID
To decide n bet. do the stripes In the French
nag run horizontally or vertically b. l.. McA.
Vertically. the blue next to the stan. The Dutch
royal standard has horizontal sui?cS. rcd. white
blue
VIII YOU please decide which Is the correct word
to use IN the following sentence: 1T Is likely 10
rain 10 day or III Is liable 10 rain TO dav." Also
when should the word liable be used:
strictly speaking. both sentences are correct.
Liable refers TO ar unpleasant probability. likely
to mere probability.
mond. Va. Crews. wrl"known militia orean'aa.
ton OF tta' city In 1892 Did he not hrp to guard
John Drown In the Charlrstown iaIl before Brown 5
execution TTMRoD
l. We do not know: We think that he was
travelling as an actor IN 1880
Which is correct--"shc is All author" or she
IS an autborcss' T.. A. BROWN
Both are correct the FIRST is highly preferable
VIII you kindly inform me Of the number Of
America and South AmericH come der the head head
OF America or whether they count as two con
tinents' A. D.
There are six or fvc continents: Europe Asia
Africa. North America. South America Australia
or counting Europe and Asia as enc Eurasla
days are taught TO count only nve continents: but
six Is the number usually given. North and South
America make two continents.
Has the Governor OF New York State stan
and II he has on what occasions do the members
act as escort for HIM L, Men.
He has; II consists OF tho AdIutant General
who has the rank OF Brleadicr General. military
secretary. ranking not above Colonel. four aides
who may have such rank ms the Governor chooses
who lose their commissions when the Governor
goes out OF once and ten officers Of the National
Guard detailed from their organizations during
the Governors term OF once. who return TO duty
with the troops when their details end: they must
be OF lower rank than Colonel They attend the
Governor only when he directs them 10 do So
When and where did the steamship Oregon
sink >. How long did she remain afoat after
the accident 2. Was the captain or any OF the
passengers saved j. q. r.
l. March II, 1885. OIL Fire Island ? About
thirty minutes. B. Every person on board was
saved--ovcr six hundred In number
Who wrote these lines:
Nobody knew how the fisherman brown.
With look Of despair that vas half frown,
Faced his fate on that furious night
Faced the mad pillows with hunger white.
Just within hail OF a beacon light
That shonc on woman. fair and trim.
Waiting for him. \. 7.
would Ike TO know the exact locations Of few
them in New York histories: IT: Tcta r' Hill
kinaSbridVr Fort Independence. KnGshrIdEr.
walenrngS H, fo,dham,: !. Valentine farm
west Farms. O. nc i,nncHys Mis- IVES. Fa mT3,
:. Richard MorTs,'s house "o-rlsnnla 5. Lewis
~. When was the hrst bridge built across the
Harlem. al or near Thrd avcnue' do not mean
MNcomb'' bridge. but the bridge from the end OF
vas the 'crr; before that and when was /, dis
continued. ]. l.. n.
l. TctArd's Hi was about mile directly north
OF ElngsbrdGc, between TihbttS Brook and the
Hudson River. about east OF what Is now Riyer.
dale. .. Fort independence was OH the Palisades.
opposite tn" mouth OF Spuyter nuyy Creek. g..
To the west Of the present Harlem Railroad. on
KlnGsbridge road. J. The Mapcs estate owned a
large amount OF property In West Farms south OF
kinqSbrdg" road: but We do not know where the
Temperance Hotel stood :, Richard Morris S
estate. erected about 1927 into the manor o, Nor
risarla was between the Harlem and the Bronx
rivers. north OF Buchannas NOW Randall'sl Island.
Q G6uvcrncur Morrs's house, perhaps the original
or on the site OF the original. was near the mouth
OF tho Muscoota (iarIcml River. east and north
NJ the Harlem mats Lewis MornSs house was
near by" 10. About 1870. H. The ferry was
from the foot of Church lane. i?6h street and the
Harlem River connecting the Did Post road with
tho BOSTON road.
Some years ago I read IN newspaper lines re
members ~ his family. Of which all can remember
Who calls at thr gate so late
Hush my child. II is the candidate
With his Howdy, hawdy how d do
How's your wife, and how are you"
oh, II ilts ~" st as no other can,
Tn. horny Ii OF the working man..
can yon supply me With all the verses They
were written by Kent ctIan, think ARB
Kindly state " the ncws Of Dewey victory In
Manila ba'' was published In the SUNDAY edition
OF the papers On thc day of the battle, NJ. y.
II was not. II was rumored here within few
hours after It had happened. lust after the Sunday
papers had been printed.
Please inform ne as TO the probabl" whereabouts
of the T.. s. $ Purnlo for tho NEXT two or three
years understand II was At Norfolk about two
weeks ago, and that It Is 20 'oin thc South Atlantic
squadron. would also like IN know the class OF
ship armament. &c. L. NJ. W,
We cam; She may bc kept Win the Atlantic
training squadron. or may he sent with draft TO
Manila or may be used In other way The Buffalo
/, a cruiser converted from a merchant vessel
VI nrst she was known as III CIT thc Brazilian
Covcrnn cnt bought her for aS cruiser against
the rebels and our Government bought her bnrk,
changing her name from NIcthrroy to Wuralo.
She Is Second rate vessel Of 6sSs tons, OF g. 900
hors, power an! carries two nvr.nch and four
four inch rapid-Nrc guns, besides secondary
battery o. smaller pieces.
n r. .Scrr1h Originally a Creole was child
bonn 10 foreign parents In this country; as the
word was used only by the Spanish ana French
in Florida md Louisiana. Its use became restricted
10 American born children OF Spanish and French
parents resident IN those southern States, Their"
IS no negro blood In Cr"ol", Creole families
are simply NrrrlcanN Of French or spanish ar