The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24
QUESTIONS Avn ANSWERS.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Several friends think that we have been caught
By the famous old problem: II . hen and hall
lay an egg and half In day and half. now
many eggs will SIX hens lay In seven days! One
friend writes:
This puzzle Is a ven old one, and has caught y
fn S e ans Chicken .a h. sy.
rSs a s IA e: s S'i 81
II "a chicken and a half lay an egg and half In q
day and a half. one chicken will no: lay one egg
In day, but two thirds Of An csg. Twenty eight
Is the answer.
The late Col. Robert g. InSersoll yielded with
out protest 10 the title OF athslst. In an authorized
WORKS he stated that. in bis judgment there is no
difference between an ssnostic and an athss,
s sss q Of or dO no
neTe Is no middle ground
a asnos With rspes 10 % reSeas
Aer IIs eld Is sIfyeyea nna
divine once said The hereafter must. from the
very nature Of things. be hope rather than han
vote no ms &c yHS Il sas city ct town " SsT
Under Section ia of the liquor tax law. voter.
may decide at town meetings whether they will
perml, liquor 10 be sold In town or not.
what suea sad maae and
Put on she mafst u the pure tobacco
ST. James parish perique Is grown only in ST..
James parish. La. In very limited quantities Very
much of the tobacco sold as perque is an imita
ton. The soil OF 81. James parish produces pc
culiarly strong, gummy tobacco. that will grow
nowhere else After the usual preliminary curing,
this tobacco Is mixed with sugar cane molasses and
ntcd Thcp II Ia cd in MID rh har
under great pressure and allowed 10 cure slowly;
II improves with age. During this curing. the
molasses and whiskey odors permeate the tobacco
thoroughly, giving II an aroma found In no other
brand OF tobacco. When thoroughly cured, II Is
sh pped in bulk to manufacturers and used by them
In mixtures.
The carrot" pcnquc Is an Inferior article. While
II comes from the same stock, II does not undergo
the curing process In the whlskey barrel Instead.
1t Is treated to the fnoasses sweat only then wrap
ped In rope. under great pressure and Is ready for
market. Owing to the American Tobacco Company
having bought up practically the entire supply
OF penque last year. the market has been flooded
with limitations. the best of which Is . black Vir-
ginia tobacco. Like other tobaccos, perique Is
naturally brown In the leaf II acquires Its black
color during the curing process In the whiskey BARREL
Please give name OF ship date and time OF voyage
OF the fastest voyage between China or Japan and
New York. also name date and time OF next t.siss'
According to the Clipper, the fastest tnp was
made by the British tea ship Glenalvon, which
sailed from Hong Kong, China on May %, 1885.
and arrived at New York on July 49, the voyage GOV.
erng SO days. The second best record Is not given
poem or story In verse, called Alice du Clos, and
restore the harmony In me Ralph family Mother
poas!bs for T. and although SAD verses are no.
Mother Ralph Is right; In chickering's edition OF
Colerldge's works alice du Clos; or. The Foiked
Tongue" Is in Vol. H.. pages 1852.
Ca" pu ne 81 *h Ss The ssHy win
published In the Atlantic &onfhy several ysars ago
We do not place the stoYy: 1t was not In the AZ
idntfc, according TO the index 10 that periodical.
VIII you kindly 1--WE me Imagination REGARDING
the lay ,s Of England which p1ohh IT,, man marry
SOUTH.
The En- glIsh law on this point Is Elizabeth cap
which recognizes the "Levi;lca degrees" govern
ing marriages. These degrees are set forth In
various chapters Of Ieviticus, the verse bearing
the marriage with deceased wifc's sister being
in LevitcIis xviii. is, These rules were followed
by the RomAn Catholic Charch when It had iurs
dic,ion over marriages. and have been accepted
by the English Church and the English courts
The chief legal argument In favor Of repeating the
&C; Of Elizabeth Is that the Interpretation OF the
verse OF Levitic'ls Is wrone-the verse forbads
a man TO take his wife's sister 10 wife during the
first wife's lifetime This Limitation, though ex
pressed In the verse. Is Ignored BY the law. The
other arguments are largely sentlmental.
In two plays at leading New York theatres the
which some day" has been employed until re:
ns snans a. shall come some d.y ee VIII you II
form me through ,,e yopr columns what su;eoT'y
The Century Dictionary allows this OF the
word quoting from Shakespeare Much Ado. -Act II.
scene Spenser, and Sir John Davies. These refer
cnces would indicate that the use Is chiefly poe,ica
Sir Henry and ID LADY Lady Blake Of Hong Kong.
soIns through to the Paclfc In private car on
ss C s F. 81 'a hey i
II So a little about them' Ed.
Sir Henry Blake is Governor Of Hong Kong: he
was Governor previously, OF Jamaica. OF the Bahia
mas and o! Newfoundland. He was born In 1870, In
ISL, married for his second wife Miss Edith Bema
Osborne He was made Knight Commander OF
the order OF St Michael and st, George In 1884, and
promoted Grand Cross Of the same order In 1897.
that 4 per one eighth OF every hundred.
or i2fa per cent Five per cent. means fve units
per cent means i Of unit Of every hundred units
and no, \ Of every S hundred units Five per cent.
and therefore y per cent. means II times Tor II
par, Of per cent, i seems TO me the! the terms
as per cent and I'VE times per cent. Pen.
II is possible that In everyday language u per
cent. is accepted as meaning II OF per cent: but
II |, did the same really the latter expression
would not be used, As to p. c. NJ, 6 per cent. of
1000 Is a good deal more than Eve times 1.
Please tell me when the reservoir Of the Croton
anueduct al Eighty sixth street and Sixth avenue
row known as Central Park reservoir was opened
what date. j. II. W.
Supply OF the City OF New York. 1858 1895" the