The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

lights required BY law. and when were green Ian.
no :s'd upon Tor n sas
For the careful research which has supplied the
following complete reply to the query cordial &C.
Acknowledgement Is made OF the good ofhces OF
Charles ". Stewart, superintendent Of the naval
war records Great Britain was the nrst nation
to require tho red and green Gdellghts. The Ad.
miralty was authorized BY act OF Parliament tskins
effect Jan. |, is+D 10 make regulations for exhbi.
tion Of lights. Experiments were reported show.
Ing that q green light might be seen three miles
and red light two miles. snd the Admiralty. on
June So ls4s. issued It's regulation directing that
British steam vessels distinguish their aides By dis
playing at night IA the white mast headlight
IN green light on the starboard and ~ rcd light
on the port side. The United Ststos Navy De.
partmcnt 1T ID stated by Rear Admiral T. A. Jen.
kins, U. 8. NJ. In Tho Rule Of the Road at Sea
and In Inland Waters" published In 1850. page n
issued shortly after ists substantially the same ~
the British regulation for night lights for steamers
Other maritime nations issued the same regulations
regarding lights for steamers. The use OF red and
green lights on sain. vessels was required by
British Admiralty regulations June ~, 1882 About
1850 the British merchant shipping act presented
In statute law the British rule Of the road. This
British act, schedule c. was adopted by the Unitsd
States In act of Congress approved April 70. 1874.
and 10 In substance the recognized rule Of the road
at sca throughout the commercial world. Act OF
Congress OF March .. is+s. provides that stean
vessels under way AZ night on the Great Lakes
shall show the white. green and red lishM sub.
stantialy - at present. '..
Why was Christopher street so named,
SANEx.
No of,cial record in q faithful search has been
disclosed which will supply the information. II Is
therefore respectfully submitted for the considera-
ton Of the amateurs of Manhattan history. In the
Goerck 4 Mangin map OF November, 1903. II Is
laid down as Christopher street In such company
as Amity Reason and Commerce streets In 1878
the Trinity Corporation surrendered title TO part
OF It's southerly line. In 1875 the city accepted 1t
as Il now exists Az an earlier period II was Skin
ner road. named for the man who married Sir Peter
warren's youngest daughter Sir Peter married
Sussnnah De LAncey and had three daughters:
Charlotte married Wllloushby. Earl OF Abingdon.
whose name Is yet found within the bounds OF the
old Lady Warren farm: Ann married Charles F,z-
roy, who was created Baron Southampton: Su-
sannah married William Skinner, Lieutenant
Colonel Of foot. His father began life as Mac
gregor. but because he was out In the rs he found
II necessary 10 change his and come to America
where. as the Rev. William skinner. he was rector
of q church in Amboy.
want TO know the origin OF the phrase between
the devil and the deep sea" II has been used by
several editors within the past twelve months and
have merely received a courteous note regrettlns
that the editors were unable to trace the source Of
common phrase. / therefore request tbs SUN to
illuminate the subject either by furnshing the
inclined may s., to work exploring distionare *.
ii: Eli 's suSq sa ha s
and understandable WALTER b. Hill.
While awaiting the detailed information with
chapter and verse which IL IL hoped the query will
bring out II may be suggested as q possible ex-
PLANTATION that this devil Is the devil OF that other
wise saw The devil to pay and no pitch hot"
authority Is In accord on tho state
ment that the latter devil Is the seam In ship which
margins the waterways Possibly. as the deep sea
Is distinctly nautical. the devil too must be looked
for aboard ship.
Pleas ten me- 4 GDs per EG Sns aa i. live ss
and whsn' pa you ever hear 81 any one mnS
that '' pePson iISed that long some time in the
eighteenth century. h. NJ. PHtLLlPS
Thomas Parr. who has gone into history as Old
Parr was introduced at by the Earl CO Arundel
In September. 1885, as being then 1852 years old
He died In London Nov II. 1885, and was buried In
Westminster Abbey: he was born at Wilmington.
Shropshire. II Is said In 1893. John Taylor. the
water poet, rimed his career under the title The
olde. ode, very oldc man" His claims 10 such
great age have been Investigated and dlsproved
by w. J. Thoms and Sir George Cornwall Lewis
The greatest age ever attained by man In case
susce pti6- OF documentary proof Is tina; % ma:
Of the name Of Rves living 10 1888 - TaIbes. France
whose baptismal record showed that pc was born
age OF iis years. There Is proof that any one In
this country or In England has passed the az" of
10.
Liberty. called liberty Island located in New York
New Jersey state. JOHN n. LKIDNKR.
Liberty. while on Federal territory, stands within
the territorial limits Of the State Of New York.
In the same way Staten Island. geographically
pe rtalnnr to New Jersey, Is an appurt enance Of
New York. The ancient patent Of Now York
covered all the islands in the adjacent waters as
far as low water mark on all shores. This clalm
when proposed to extend easterly through the
extent Of Long Island Sound. gave rise to con.
siderable friction with the neighbonng colony OF
Connecticut and the settlement Of the matter was
long In adjudi cation. Attentive readers OF Cooper
may discover In this matter the ground of much OF
his bitter hostility for the Yankees.
Please tell me VIVA, and where and when were the
hanging gardens, stated to be one OF the Seven
Wonders Of the World. W. r. II.
The earliest note OF the Seven Wonders Is found
in an epgram OF Antipater OF Sldon In the second
century r. c, HIS list comprised the walls OF Baby
lon. the Olympian Zers OF Phdias, the hanging
gardens OF Babylon. the Colossus OF Rhodes. the
Pyramids Of Egypt, the Mausoleum at Halicarnas-
sus and the temple OF Artems at Ephes,is. Our
knowledge OF the hanging gardens Is derived fro
Strabo. II seems to have been a sort OF pyr. .zi-s
supported arches, rising above In terraces set
with trees and flowers. and Is said 10 have been
built by Nebuchadnezxar for his Median queen
who wearied Of the fat blessings Of Mesopotamia.
The Inscription to the mythical Semirahis is wiihOu;
historical value. Their Identification has been
suggested with the mound known Is Amran ibn
All.
What are the uscs TO which mica is put. Tel
also whether or not " is valuable apd , where
There are seven varieties OF mica. Of which the
common form is muscov,te. or potassium mica.
Because OF It's resistance to heat Is used for win
dows In stoves and for lamp chimneys. Because
II la non conductor enters largely Into elect neal
const ruction. as may he seen by looking into the
socket OF any incandescent electric light. Other
uses for It are found In the manufacture OF wall
paper and dynamite. II is mined In South Dakota.
North Carolina. Virginia and New Hampshire.
and to a far smaller extent In other States. The
sheet mica Is valued at 8S cents pound or there
abouts. and scrap at ~ the ton.
la there a Government assayer chemist who
assays or analyses ores for prospectors'
GRoR0R W. LIvKRhoRR
The assay otYices In connection with the several
mints assay the bullion that Ia offered for coinage.
rhe CONNIE cia analysis Of ores Is part Of their
duty. and the individual mine owner who wishes
to f,nd out the value Of his samples Of orc will have
to deal with q commercial assayer.
Did that portion Of Weatchester county that Is
included In Greater New York become part of New
York county or Is It stl Westchester county.
e. W BERTrSH