The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-23
orEsrlnNs -ANn ANsWERS.

following pfo5i@1, 40 hA,iug received several
W,",,'shl ansNgrs 90 T. snvu , 'trsdsrs IN thrlr
ophlons There Is iub Wr,r iy ~, "iisnn ,i 1.i,g
water Wstrr Gnd trh uhr wrish' g., VIC W. S SE,u1
lhWatsflAl,, weigh ten puinds INTO ihS rnet'l
! pm pirc, Of irr vsleblng 90, poand Ihe , wee
uoy. not cause the water 70 o'sfhyT - I'm, ~
'hr Ten pounds ~ water Plus ihr onS p"u,s ,ydi,y
~ VIII b. eleven pounds 80 s. VII. M Ssivm
VIII BE- M ~ that ~ we Na,rt prlIois .uJ,r,
Hah pui IN ttn pounds sAys .ns1 And ,ifcr
LIGHTER substance, Ice plrib dhps,fa ~ ~.
suOs tnrv, water the fssultani WIN VIZ .,s,, ~
man ten pounds y Says that since We NsgM ol
IN wat AiIrr me icF ives put ~ n,lsl br ih' san.
a. before. ana sinrv the lcc VII % W, H. oys
La tea but lees than eleven p5una. ~ ~ ~, ~
10 khoN what 4 the ldeA u your fe@NeiH % " ""
"''s"' OF zee anu N-' AErEua p wAIaIN.
Coming from q town which 10 little mops thAh
tue very respectable New England college OF he
smaller type about which Il has grown, the question
has an scadrmic smack But before reasoning
Il out theoretically 10 acoOrdAncr With me hN
Of Archimedes or any more muden physicist u
might be well 10 recall tbr AneCdote Of King hArles
and the Institution OF the Royal SOchty' toa' We
believe bu, without yehhcAtloh " me reference,
Ia Augustus DE Aorgan's Budget OF PafAhoAea
II IA told tina. the rather saturrine monarch pro
posed 10 his phioso pliers why Il was that II a I'VE
nsh we're put into a bucket Of water the weight
remained unchAnEed. After AL tue debAe -and
70 had AZ least ~ many solutions a. this qusT OF
AAt pOuul OF ltf Ahf AlnA eAAeet A'H ~" N''AHN
Please quote your sglh0nty ioI the e'S o. :,
aheT the word ComWalN. In Other words. uslng "
IN this way: lord CornvSlnSa Sc Als9 foI using
small caps In editorials C. " 9ohNboN.
A. 10 the added aposIIophs and =" 70 form NE
pOts, asivs cas~ of words having nnAI sound
you viii ind the authority preseEted very fuzzy In
Good Browns Grammar Of EnEiah GrAmmars.-
D 7Ss n zee with tie dghate-for 4 hAl bern
much debated Issue -set torth IN the many Gdiolned
obse Tatl0us So much for book authority 10
printing uldsF lhe conditions Of tndsnnusIy al
yided collaboration which mus govern TIE ne
chAnica side Of the making Of a dAny nfvSpaper
Il Is necessary 70 have teW fundamental rules or
grammatical form and 70 admit Of no eNosptlonA
This u one Of Such rules Yet, Gusr AZ, u docs
seem q pity W sAcrihoe uuch an dian a. for con
science sake Tire ANAL eapitAls arc a HuviyAl-
SOON amer ypefOundeb evolved As prssfnt
roman tounts II became tie practice 10 dignity 10
All printing the pGmss OF persons BY using small
cGpitAh Alous and Later By using small capitals
With a eaptal initial WhiF thai Cuttom has prae
IDEALLY vanished from book imposition se main
conservative tendency In Size editorial. as disim b
Guished from ths nsVI Dc pArtmsnts OF Journalism.
Fetaihsd thr small capitals Gown 10 The INTRO
duction Of mechanical typeSettlnG. Though ths
superior facility Of the machines In its use Il has
been possible for THI SUS In ihs particular 10 cling
70 the Old tradition Of the printers ART
wheu and by waom vas the word -grsn nrs,
Ubers "a the SnAlogyi II n. c.
Iht word seems 10 have brvn introduced 10
polite uaAge by the Hon. william stephen DeverT,
ths brilliant X LieoErAphsr OF Lhe Pump, who has
made other notable eoutrbutfunS 70 the Joy Of
speech u word o. the under world. and Be
oause their VGys not ways and thsir
little gamss arv not - eur little gHrnts ths anaoGy
u hard 10 discover. As With - many other iocu
tions the word Sppssn 70 hAvS passed into can't
from the -EheltA- speech Of the tinksrs miXtuD
Esslf OF dEbGsed RomGny with aEgOu1e rHilous from
countless Ulysids sources. In thF ahsitA a. spoken
between thirty and forty yeau sCO In Finland 10
b. -0n the GrAft- va 70 b. active 10 -ncking and
-cumng- thsss bsinG vArisuss Of picking md
stealing agAlnst which fUEriulAted the statute
n that eass made and provided that
He Who takes Vvt isnt bhp
Ven Ae'S Eotched mus 90 10 guisun
Dan you Ety. the date and any particulars OF
rns sathquahe which occurred 10 Boston some
s,S si' 70 nave O''1 0''N'' Y. F0u - NM
We nnd,po T.cord Of an ssrthquAks shock at
Boston In the ccnturS named The CTvas Boston
earthquake VAs fsh on Nov. u i7SS. Later episode
IN the grsat seismic agitation which had eLuss
the IAsbon earthquake the hrSt day OF lhr month
II brCSn With roaring noue. a. Of thunder, which
lasted for . minute. Then came q long rolling
uWvn 20 gTeAt that men m the open nslds ran 10
SsiTe something to bold 90 BY lest they Gheuld
be thEoWn down. Afttr feW iesSer thoclu their
came . violent shoek Of two minutes duration.
shArp horizontal usmm with sudden terkb and
ETrnehes. In Boston this shock damaged or
destroyed many buildings, IN the county stone
walls WeFS thrown down. IN ths bay larre NUMBER
Of nsh WIN knlod and hoSted 20 the EurtAee.
WhA, n ssbsstos nd for whery does n come
tr1mi Is mineral or ~ product, on What
MS a mineral q Lnoate Of mAEnesh and lime.
together with trun oxide. n h worked in com
uerriAi deposits mSltAly. Tasmnnh Sew South
WAiea OHnAda and the tinted StAtea. lts dis
trlIr ha Hea m Na
ancs 70 heat and indsstructibnity through nrs.
For this reason Il haa been found pa reula ny avail
able a. a covering for boilers and steam pipes,
and woven or made into paper or mtEed a. paint It
Lsryes- 70 nrepDof oombusub,e Substances. In
value depends upon the particular form m vhkh
IL n vended Most Of the supply OF the crude min -
sul used In msuutAeIurS In Chts country y brought
from CAuAdA.
In the account Whloh I read Of a costume ban
IN Wellington 1sntion E.s mace Of Young .on
Of a NJ; Oliver cromwelL Who, u SsSrni, appeared
made ,hHI NJ. oIytI cromvyn y 6 'lIacsI- &c
S % sT ned 20 SS. h.S ssS SnesPsSod
ths, the dlrset sne o. hs Cromwell fATig esesne
me family Of the Lord PFUtactor became extinct
In the male nns not quite q century IED. u va
produced through olfvsT-s fourth son. Henry. q
brave soldier and competent Administrator, OF
whom his Great father said. He \ a gOvvrnoT %
Vybom I myself miTht isGrn-' The grrat -rTand-
the house Of Cromwell
In what paH Of Germany b standard German
epoken' Are there any summer sChoos m that
DISTRICT y. L. g.
Hanover b commonly rerarded a. the beat
usrt Of the German Emptre for the acquisition
OF German speech. This mainly relates. Of eourse.
70 accent and prou uneiAtion: FOR the other stan.
dArds Of speech are 10 be found IN GRAMMAR and
leEicons and may b. mastered GnyWherv We DO
DOT know 70 summer schools In Hanover, but
n seems someWhht foreign 70 The pAlnEtaktnF
character Of German methods 70 imagine that
would promise much to a mere warm weather
student.
Arr there any nIEhIinG aiss In this county,
Their, is none IN q Wild state and probably
few 10 any IN captivity. The nightingale lDdultaf
tusrtnGal V . bird Of central and western Europe
ouly reaching . limited region IN the south and
eAst Of EnEl land by the middle Of April The niFhtIn
eales Of the Mediterranean. Of PsrSA add India
arc OF different species. IL docs not appear that
the name has ever been Sdopted for any OF the cong
birds Of this continent. me French name how
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