The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-30


cratic ticket. 2. He was nominated for Vice.
President a. Mr.. Bryan's running mate AZ inc
Peoples party convention OF 1904 3 The Peoples
party ticket .-
VIVA. country leads the world in exports tuean-
ing the general export nadsi ,,,,,v = xo,x.
What Is tho proper title of "Father john, the
celebrated Russian prtesti H. M.
Father Joann serglen Kronstadtsky, He is
an archpriest and prothonotary of ST. Andrews
Cathedral. Kronstadt
You mentioned recently. in an answer 20 a
Daily Reader" head which Is said to be that Of
oliver Cromwell and which Is In the possession OF
p he said 'n head Is and j, is supposed 20 be
genuine! L. IT, H.
A head which is said TO be that Of Cromwell
- In the custody Of Mr. 8. W. Williamson OF Seal
near Seven oaks. Kent There arc at least two
others in existence, but the genuineness OF any
ono Of them Is moro than doubtful.
I. How did Russia rank as naval Power before
the war. with Jspani ?. To what race 90 ee
people Of Japan belong1 L. ". w.
In point Of tonnage and number Of vessels she
ranked about f,h OF the FIRST class Powers. In point
OF pcsonnel and efficiency she has always been
dfncult TO place. 2. The Japanese OF o-oaY arc
a mixed race, sprung from Mongolan immigrants
in prehistoric times and from an indigenous popu-
islands of Jebo and Ssghalin. Tho prehistoric
Monaghan ancestors probably migrated from tho
Chinese mainland through Corea. Modern ethnoio'
Qsts also attribute share In the formation OF the
japan Csc people 70 the Malay as well as the Aongo-
Ian races.
In a talk about Mrs. Gilbert this morning,
remarked that she Is the widow Of John Gilbert,
for years at Walack's Theatre while the writer
INoUrRKNpo.
You arc night. Mrs. G!lber-for. Of course, you
mean the dear old lady who IS now starring In
"Granny"-wS married In isAe TO the late George d.
Gilbert, dancer and antomimst Of Her Maiesty's
Theatre. London.
You stated recently in answer TO "Inauirende"
that slavery was abolished In New jersey Feb.
is isoi. Is this quite eorreot' have always
underwood that ther. was some &C! passed In
s.Us' fses .oms.n!ns e. ss.n sand.sd :Isys:
nation or some got Of the State Legislature In
.n S.s E you Kindly .'uo,d.'' NJ. g.;:;, : 'a.
The Ac. Of iso4 tsohniesriy abetshsa sis~erv
In the STATE Of New Jersey. but u prcttdsd tsisr
ala. that every child born Of slave sfser the eth
Of July Of that year was to be free but should re-
main the servant Of the owner OF the mother until
the age Of rs years. II . male. and II years. II
female As . matter Of fact, the law simply sub
stituted apprenticeship" for slavery. and again.
In ls4e. q statute was passed abolishlns slavery
In Now Jersey In the early years Of the nineteenth
century the State had . larger slave population
than any other north Of Maryland. with the eI-
oction of New York. but In the census OF 1850 there
were 72e slaves reported and In that Of 1860 there
were H. These slaves, however. were legally
apprentices for life. Look up "A Study OF Slav-
cry In New jersey" by Henry S. Coole, In the
Johns Hopkins University Studies. series XIV.
Nos. Q and 10.
trottng horse from pacerf d. j. s.
A horse trots when his on fore and near hind
fec, strike tho ground simultaneously vice versa:
and he PAGES when the legs Of side move In unison.
like those OF the two riders on tandem bicycle,
Please denne the expression 10 to l. as applied
81, O. iSs and B s Mn ppea
times TO jail wagons for conveying prisonersi
The Free silver party advocated the free and
unlimited coinage OF both silver and gold and
the nxing by law OF their relative values. Sixteen
to one was tho ratio they proposed. 2. Some years
ago a writer In the English Noes and ouerles quoted
from q periodical. presumably English named
The AAion. follows: During the old Colonial
days Maria Lee. . negroes. kept sailors boarding
house In Boston. She was q woman OF gigantic
size and prodigious strength. and was . great
assistance to the authorities In keeping the peace,
a the entire lawicss element of that locality stood
In awe Of her. Whenever an unusually trouble.
some person was 70 be taken 10 the station house.
the services Of Black Maria as she was called were
likely to be required II Is said that she took al
one time and without assistance three no,ous
sailors 70 the lookup. So frequently was her help
REQUIRED that the expression send for Black Maria
came 10 mean take the disorderly person 20 jail
IL Is easy 70 how the name became nxed to the
prison van" Maria sounds bit hshy, and we
cannot vouch for her, but perhaps some learned
reader can throw more light on q dark subject,
Concerning Merses Bnnsy famous paa ;Si;
phe was summoned TO defend a great commercial
interest In the GIard VIII case with Daniel Webster
f. MI rhS Webster sn IVES from NO.
from a. sne ndy ~. NJ. somssSnr
i ,hs NJ In ths pa. o. referred TO- oSTAMo.
The case was that Of FrapsAs Vidal ct Al, ap.
pellants, W. the Mayor and Council Of Phiia-
dclphia and the executors OF Stephen Grard,
Involving the validity of the trust created by
Stephon Glrard's will for the establishment and
maintenance OF college for orphans, a. described
in this column last Sunday. Daniel Webster
appeared for the appellants and In the course
of nine hours speech made an eloquent plea for
religious ins.ru cton for the young. Horace Blnney
smoke In defence OF the validity OF the trust and
won the case. and his mastery argument lifted the
law Of charities out Of the depths OF confusion
ana obscuiity that had covered 1t. and IL still the
subjsst OF admiration by the legal profession both
in this country and in England.
Can YOU tell me n at any time Chauncey Depcw
was democrat, and II he ever ran for Lieutenant
Governor OF New York State on any ticket and II
So whenf D. ~ ~. WoLAph'
He has always been Republican He was an un.
successful candidate for the Lieutenant Governor
ship on the Liberal Republican ticket In ISM.
III, s. Mvsr.-The article on Medicine In the
Nineteenth Century. by Prof. william oser. ap-
pearod In The SUN Of Jan. ~. 1901 IL was re.
publlshod with the other articles Of tnc series. In
.Tho Progress Of tho Century" by Harper d
Brothers In 1901.
r. Mafson.-The American Branch Of the Society
for Psychica Research has Its headquarters at
6 Boylston place, Boston. Mass. Mr.. Richard
Hodeson, IL. D.. Ia secretary and treasurer.
In II not fact that q majority Of our Presidents
n~'' '' N. E. SEVERANCE.
Yes
NJ rorr.u-Mr. Timothy Z woodruff has served
thpee terms as Lieutenant Governor Of the state
OF New York undor Messrs. Frsnk 3. Hack Theo-
dore Roosevelt and Benjamin. B. odtll. Jr.
O. y. Cauanan.-"Brws,er's Millions was
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