The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Where did Col, Michael corcoran meet bis = death a
and how D. =. d.
Near Fairfax Cour, House. Va. Dec 22 1863 by
the fall OF his horse upon him while r'u'hg wiz"
Gen Thomas Francis Mcayher. He was born In
CarroWkeei. County Sligo. Sept II. 1877 the son VI
| Captain In the British Army. Appoih'eu W tne
Irish constabulary when II. he resigned 10 iof'
from motives OF patriotism and came 10 New YORK.
where he became clerk In the Post once ana a'er
held clcrkship under the city Register, Entering
the Sixty ninth Regiment MS private he rose from
grade 10 grade and became It's Colonel IN august,
1859. For refusal TO parade his regiment IN lsoo
In honor OF tho Prince OF Wales he was pfougn'
before court martial which was still trying MN
when the outbreak OF tho civil war convinced the
military authorities that the nation had better
uses for hghting lrlshman than to Try NM oh
the st call for troops the sixty ninth went 10 'ho
front. possibly little In front OF that and AZ buli
Run Col. Corcoran was captured and kept IN close
confinement for more than year. and TO aao 70
the dlscomtorts OF prison llfo he was one OF 'he
oicers reserved for execution In case the reoeral
Government should carry out Its announced purpose
| Of executing the crews OF privateers. released
| on exchange Aug. 10. 1852. he was commissioned
| Brgadler General OF Volunteers and organized
| the Corcoran Legion. After checking tho advance
OF tho enemy upon Norfolk In tho spring OF NOS.
the eion assigned to the Army OF the Potomac
| In August OF the same year. and was q portion
| thereof at the time Gen. Corcoran met his DEAN.
In controversy with a friend recently, | AZ
nrmed that The Greeks were descendants oiJapnelh.
| With equal positiveneSs he affirmed thai thcy
JOHN EDWARD BRUCE.
In a very old. very orthodox and almost obsolete
| system OF ethnlc classification you are right and
| the Greeks are not the descendants OF Ham. Such
| classification predIcates the necessity OF rcdu-
| cling all human knowa beS to some sort OF forced
| harmony with the Hebrew writings. On this sys-
| TEN the Hebrews were the descendants or Shem'
| the negro Africans tho sons OF Ham, and all other
Md
| as Japhetic. This classification did cruel wrong
to the Africans. for orthodoxy up TO the beginning
| Of the civil war rallied TO the defense OF negro
| slavery as provided By divine revelation In tho
curse of Ham. In some works on anhropology
the term Hamltic yet remains loosely used for
| convenient reference to the African peoples. The
| designation Semitic. however, has been cordially
| adopted In ethnology and phllology and has a
very generally accepted application. As Japhetic
| Included too much 1t has passed quite out OF use.
For general purposes 1t Is sufficient to say Of the Hell
lenes that they were Caucasian In race. lndo Ger
manic dndo European Aryan) in speech. a
| precise definition calls for st further dellmitation
under each head. but this definition Is modern
| enough and comprehensive enough TO serve.
Why Is II that artists. literary people and others
Of Unconventional habits are called Bohenians,
| and the places tia: they frequent bohemia!
This Bohemia comes by devolu,on from those
| meet 1t with that kingdom which had ST. John
| Sepomuk for Its patron saint. An effort has been
| made to connect It with an entirely hypothetical
| club OF bright spirits which used the tap room
| OF Bohemia. public house In London which bore
| the sienboard OF the Queen OF Bohemia in honor
Of the Lady Elizabeth stuart. daughter OF James l.
More probably In some way untraced but easy to
be imagined the literary use OF Bohemian refers
TO the use OF the word an erroneous origin for
the gipsieS. The French account for their word
Bohtne (or Bohtmt) of similar sense by reference
to chanSon of Berangcr on the gipseS. Larousse
says that while the poet had In mind analogy
with the care free lie OF poet and artist. such a
comparison could not be long In being drawn.
"A new signihcation." he says. as singular as
charming, was given TO the word Bohtme. /, APP
pearcd for tho first time. 1t seems to us. from the
pen Of George sand who finished her romance
entitled the "Dernierc Adini" us3TI. with the e1-
clamaii on lirs la BOhtmc!'
May the Governor OF this State hc properly ad
dressed as His EAccllency Hon. Frank W Higgins
And Is there any warrant for the title the Hon ?"
ri. 5. {.
Such style is without warrant In law. and.
Furthermore. has not the force OF usage. After
the early debate over the comforting upon the
President the ofcal style Of Your Hghmightiness.
which was voted down In the nrst Congress. there
has been no legislation directly comforting such
ornaments OF address except In the two States of
Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The Con =.
siiu,ion Of 1850 In Massach usets provides In terms
for a Governor OF the Commonwealth whose style
shall be His Excellency and for Lieutenant Gov e
ernor whose style snail be His Honor. In New
Hampshire the Constitution OF lisa provides for a
President of the State whose style shall be His
FScccncy. and in the Constitution OF 1882 which
changed the style OF the Executive from President
to Governor, the same title Is continued In applica
ton. As to the Hon." there Is only one working
system; all adult American citizens. not being at
the time In jail, and OF right ought TO be, the
on n hpr iS thpri