The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
| A number Of readers inform Us that the song
Golden Days" for which c. c. T. asked recently.
IL set 10 music by Sir Arthur Sullivan: one OF them
says he thinks the words are by Lionel H.. Levin,
| As TO when Ny ship Comes Home TO Me, for
which Z. North asked. II Is ascribed BY some read
ers to Fila Wheeler Wilcox. while Margaret Lee
| has poem My ship" Joaquin Miller one. When
Ny ship Comes In and Barry Gray" tRobeH
| Comm one called possibly when Ny Ship Comes
| Home to Me-" a friend likewise suggests that By
| The Phantom Army Z. North may mean Bret
| Hartes The Second Review Of the Grand Army.
The lines for which 4. X. G. asked are by Richard
| Hovey In More Songs From rsgabondia," writes
| stil another. We thank all these friends.
with reference 70 the highway women Elizabeth
Grace and Rachel Martin. about whom Curious
l asked on Feb. I. Ms Edgar II. May writes
| The Martin family numbered nine sons, seven
of whom were lighting for the cause q indspsad,
the two eldest that COURIER conveying Important
despstnhes TO NE enemy was 10 pass dns. mgs
pose they disguised themselves in their husesnds
the COURIER sppca red they rushed from their cover
and demanded the lns,ant surrender OF the de-
and tSe seeming at soldiers secured the papers
picture Of the daring scs was engrr Es1,. Sy
See Mrs. Eiletis The Women Of the American
Revolution" l.. 2H.
The poem for which p. McCrea asked. Walt,
I'll s.s . IaasI ' BEEN s' sbues
yili be found in Naval songs Pond Co o. New \
enclosed lines and Il they pan o. longer poem
could owl. you md space In your paper 70 pT,nbs II
"S And patient s%lss 10 wear through suderinss
And sunless riches from affections deep
TO p0T, on s5Ssen md sesa Ana Sssm
And 10 bewsi their worship-therefore pray'
Two friends solemniy assure us that We did not
translate satisfactorily the "Sarastro u. Kurt"
| Inscription on lie Roys beer mug. We know II:
| but here Is the translation:
tits good modern German 1--WE said So and spelled
Walter Won der voseiweide ~ semen ss jAhrigen
JubIlAum," or transla!ed -Sarastro and kurt TO
es'' % nei think the ' The end
OF the line belongs TO the line OF dedication unless
have been obiiterated. the three meaning eur
| frohlIchen Erinn-rung "or TO glad remembrance
mSt and kar 10 some one who bcre the name
OF the glorious medieval German bard no, .n the
Al he @knsipe" tclaS, and called -Kneipas%sn;;,
! -Nic o'Teen- agrees with this translation. and
adds solemnly: If my memory does not fall me.
believe Walter v. d. Voigelweide was some promi-
men, German was taught about many years ago
I have seen Il stated In Proctor.s Other Worlds
than oys tina. star Or 81. S NUM- ne o es,s
1IH 81 mss would g an Observer :,
xed star appear only seou, ons ninth ~, ~ isro
;s.s oS eanCpu. %Tciuru. and yess mus. &c
lively OF enormous magnitude, These starr show
ianey. Place the imaginary sun Of Proctor q, the
distance OF Campus Or Arcturs and What fsctionai
4 part OF our sun would be represented W. G.
recent book on astronomy. by Miss Clerke and
Messrs Fowler and Gore. says that " our sun were
placed at the distance OF Arcturus II would be In
| visible TO us. PrDctor's imaginary sun would be
about 1000 times large as our sun: but. as the
distance OF Arcturus Is unknown. the brtliancy OF
| Proc,ors sun In comparison with our own cannot
be stated. Arcturis Is sun Of vast size-so. too.
| are Campus and Vega.
Ionce heard the expression Ism, she the barge"
TO a s
q. VIII 70 Al me s.sS ".
ssp1ssso me ' Can !, mean an old Soss'
Please decide this. A bets b tina, there are more
acres in lorkshire England than there are letters
| Excluding the "Apocypha- there arc $500. 40
letters In the Bible In Yorkshire there $500 $50
acres. ThusA wins. Counting In the "Apocrypha's"
~, iss words and assuming them to equal perhaps
rs 90 letters the Bible would contain say 4ai $50
letters and surpass Yorkshies acres but not other
| wise. =
| A relative from Rensselaer, county was visiting
recently and nSqssd 10 10 is CHEAP ,y vii IA a
ss re
but nnaily told me tina, my Wit was IS sharp as
r..oi ike Ssr and
know and svshsd g a. that s%
ASK them 70 teIi me he point and Joined In the Laugh
nu,cSman 5 razor is dull why /, Is We dom,
| know. John Flske In his Dutch and Quaker Colo
| MES In America, comments In passing upon tho
| application to the Dutch OF various opprobious
| comparison and suggests that their proximity
to the New Englsnders was the cause OF these
| SMILES.
the Ninth avenue elevated road: and what month
and year WAS u open TO the public Also same
syenus and second syenus elevated roads; also also
give date o. me opening 81 hne brook'Sn snase'
| We do not know the exact date when work
began on the various elevated roads. The Ninth
avenue originally called the West Side Patented .le-
waited Railroad. WAS built about isooo7. ana opened
July 7,lse7 The sixth avenue branch OF the Gilbert
| elevated road begun IN 1877, was opened juno 5.
| ,s1s: the Third avenue branch OF the New York
elevated road opened Aug. 20. 1873; the Second
| avenue branch Of the Gilbert system was opened
| in 1850 The roads had been combined In the Man
haitian Railway Company in 1873. The Brook
| Iyn Bridge was opened on May "a. isS3-ouecn
| vIctons's birthday.
Il n
Excelsior In pigeon Enalish called TOY side
| Gsia"i II was. ] Believe. written By an American
naval onhcer about thirty YEAR, ago DO you
| Know where I IND the parody OF my Name
| IL NorvN" In pigeon Engllsh' c. y. y.
l. Ia II not true that the President OF the United
state. Sonmsndsr 81 iSe AND p Nay
| dent ever taken command OF either army 10 the
| 6eid or the navy on the water Did President
| Lncoln eyer take command OF any par, OF the
army during the Cvn WAT To- " hohssLs.
| l. Yes ,. No. .. No.
why vii, the hen canary tend her chicks ssfdp.
ousiy for a week or ten days and then suddenly
| desert themt Is II advisable 10 leave the male
bird In the cage with the mother af'et Ne eggs
arr hatchedr T. M L.
the principal bird dealer In the city says that the
hen viii look after her chicks unless the cock shows
an inclination 70 mate again IL he does. Il Is best
| 10 take him out OF the cage. - he Is likely 10 Kill
the chicks otherwise. he may be left In the cage
/ with them.
Can YOU inform me what year Or years Rust
| Turney did business In New YORK city, ] have
| Press, invented By Samuel Rust manufactured
| by Rust Tumey. New york. but eiyes no date.
would Ike 20 lind out how old the press Is
Tne Warrington press was invented by Samuel