The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

| Concerning the phrases dealing with Phlis
| deiphis lawyers. Charles s. Greene. ESQ. Pro.
| thonotary Of the Supreme Court In Philadelphia.
WHITES hndlng their origin In the fac, that Andrew
Hamilton Jf that city appeared as counsel for Johr
Peter zenger at his trisl In this city for libel, In
| l7aS. and succeeded In winning the case MI
| Greene quotes from Scharf and Westcotts history
| OF Philade lphla:
The defence made profound inpression n. not
where leading s!s.esm.n reported 20 htys ss sta
20 g. ax and s a0 s law
prevails and II WAS further reported tina. ths
men 81 s5 oar have openly sed
| Westminster Hall as at New York
| Mr.. Greene further says: MY personal experience
is that the expression Is more commonly used 10
, New York than here. In is+s went TO New fork
and lived there several yess. lived with people
who claimed 10 be OF the legitimate heirs OF the
| Trinity Church property. About that time tneS
| were constantly holding meetings, and o PniiA'
deiphia lawyer was approached and think en-.
| gagged and II wa solely account OF the reputation
that Philadelphia lawyers had In that city ~ thas
time. Nothing came Of II. hut I mention IL 70
show that the reputation Of the Philsdelphis law
| yer had kept up"
Jus, afier the battle Of Pi!tsbyrG Landing M,s
dosuRsp' 5seyas MIN Of , 81; .Ss,
s ffaS Sis rom a'fss. IL ne 's n Cen
n 50 10 :osa 4 q a'
| order from secretary Stanton, q. DID Gen. Oyster
% any n1n "a wses he S. his
| Gen, Phil Kesrney ever say 70 Gen. Mcclellan on
! Receiving I. certain order: This is ei'heI COW
l. He was not: Gen. Haileck. commander In e
chief Of the army arrived at Grants headauar-
tiers on April II, 1882, and naturally assumed com
mand. Grant being second In command. When
Hal HCl Fstn tn N aft nj
| resI ned CO nnani. He had asked to be relieved.
but his request was not granted. >. No. >. No.
| g. No, s. We do not know.
VIII you kindly publish the snswer to the
! following a bets that sharp on a violin Is trne
higher Than nat, bets ma, I! Is Jus. me reverse
DO not disI from ma, OF any fre''ed Instrument or
| plano Who Is right H. L. -
TO the unequal temperament" plan. sharp Is
! a tribe higher than u Fat. The music OF TO day
| is played In the equal temperament" system. In
whlch nearly all intervals are slightly modified
so TO permit instruments OF III ed pitch through
| out. such as pianos. organs, hu;cs OF cianne's
| 10 play In tune In all keys. 10 this system A Cat
| and q sharp are Identical. as on a plano. II Is
posi- bic 10 play a violin according 10 either system
| but as the instrument, Is almost always heard In
conjunction with another others OF med tuning.
| the play ers are accustomed TO the equal tompers
| men, system.
that no snip ever pss,ed through Bethhs Straits,
How about me tcss. the svedlsa, eipedilion;
from Scandinavia round North cape, e.M through
!he Northern Arctic See 70 behnns S,rs,ts,
tadish Ocean and bach 10 siockhOm sweden.
| year 1871 1873. Is that myth -.
| We said that no vessel had passed around the
northern coast OF America. and said nothing OF
ship passing around that OF Europe and Asia. The
VEGA Is no myth. certainly.
IN 1878 Sweden sold ST. Bartholomew. one OF
her YES, tad!. Islands to France what . vas the
France paid 50 600 crowns $50. 500. which sweden
sent back the neat year that hospital for the
poor might be founded on the island.
Among the queries on Feb: rs was one asking
trial, &c. In the Annals Of TacItrs Book Nv.
scnrlsius the iounder OF that name; was pu, 70
death as a criminal BY Pontius Plate. PrOcurator OF
psr,on reprssssd for Vine sronf on, . g., u
1scius wrote about ITO A. D. ,,
report prepared under the direction Of The Com.
y. EssshsT Probably any ocSn:eI 4. could
While there Is no magazine shake,pesreana In
|
at Westheld. ". J.
I. Was wellington an Irlshnsn: u so. where
/ Thona as Upton belong to- J. T.
| /. Wellington an lrIshman he was bonn In
! Dublin. ?. Sir Thomas Llpion's parents were
| Irlsa. but he born In Glasgow.
says a r-sn Joining the Regular army becomes
the ordinary ave years residence = S Mys no
| is night. But when the nan leaves the amy
| with an honorable discharge he may obtain nnal
papers a, once, wi,hou, taking out nrs' papers
| have sand fathers clock 100 yesrs old, made
by Edward Marks, II Is there any trace OF such
man as EDWARD MsIks Jd,, having seT sioek
! why are certain trains Of the New York Central
road called Dolly Warden trsins' r.. Y.
The Dolly Warden" trains date from the time
| OF the removal Of the New York Central from
/ Tt,rteth street and Ninth avenue 10 the Grhnd
! Central station, In 1871? Everything was Dolly
/ Warden" then. from skins OF gayly lowered ma
ttfal TO side streets so the trtins which nan from
For,y second street TO Thirieth street. By way OF
Harlem and Spuytcn Duyvil. were called Dolly
| Warden alnos, Of necessity. Originally they
| consisted OF Que car, drawn b. IN engine with .
| cowcatcher at each end.
wha, are the duties Of the Ways and Means
| Committee In Congress- l., C.
/ To devise ways and means OF raising the money
! needed 10 carry on the Government. and TO con
s,ier suggestions and bills which Affect ,hose ways
aad means.
l. Does the moon in It's different phases have
I any Ia fuencc on the serinlnaiion and growth Of
SEEDS ani plaa;s' 10 the changes OF the moon 10
any nv SA s,s sso o, he winner /. The any con-
necton between ,he lime Of the rising and :e,,ln.
no cr ' Tree. depend IA any h: De
/ yo,s,n sclen,inc men Say II has noae a. No;