The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-13

Inc WOIO DQudIo - no NoIy ulku Nyps Oh utcxory
activity. yet this Intellectual gymnastics has en-
gagged from time to time the acumen of some very
keen intelligences.
S AS IN lid sHsn the ' 'ss s:s
In 1880. at the expense Of Henry Willard. Edison
installed at Menlo Park tho nrst actual dynamo.
electric railway In America, the track being somo
eighty rods long. Stephen D. Field OF San Fran.
cisco In Juno. 1885, exhibited an electric locomotive
at the Exposition Of Railway Appliances In Chicago,
and during the exhibition carried no passengers
The current In these two experiments was carried
by the rails Of the track. DR.. Joseph r. Ftnney
OF PitAburg worked along the line Of the overhead
conductor and operated very successfully an
perlmental car In Allegheny In the summer of
1882. Tho nrst electric street railway actually
doing business In America was a line of two miles
between Baltimore and Hampden. Nd. put In
operation Sept. 4, 1885, 1t took tho current from
third rail- midway between the track rails Van
Depoele's railway four and a half miles long.
went into operation at Scranton In December. 1885,
We appeal 70 you in regard to the correct use of
the words uLH and shall In the following sentences:
w. IWe viii BE- pleased 70 have you call on US" We
words. and we ASK your, valuable paper. Of which
one function q to teach good grammar. to en-
WILLIAM W. JONES Co.
This IL q distinction in English usage that II IL
said Scot never masters. For others the rule
may be established that for the first person rfn
expresses volton and shall expresses futurity:
for the second and third persons the rule must be
inverted. simple example Of just how not to ex-
press the sense OF futurity may be found TO have
some mn monio value: Il will drown and nobody
shall save mo- No particular interest ATTACHES 10
grammar, good or bad; but the idioms and usages
Of our speech arc worthy Of preservation. and
therefore OF daily attention.
am at loss to nnd how rar back in the history
OF the worlds people the loving cup has been a
feature OF crtainments. and what has been
yealed so me- them N the 1ds , from G
be glad 10 be put In the way OF getting Information
1t goes back TO tho childhood OF civilization and
probably developed Immediately as a peculiar
expression OF the sentiment 10 have one on me-"
. state OF mind marvelously facilitated by adding
second handle to the cup. They are abundantly
exem pned In most museums of antiquities. The
part they played In Homer's time may be seen by
referring TO the !exicons and dictionaries of
tiQuities under the words depas. amphiphoreuS
and dmphtkupelios In a similar culture plane,
though widely separated In time Sir Thomas
Malory.s -Morte dArthur" affords further llustra-
tion.
y1 I..;s i. me s sasS xhss ws. city ' New
A. G. HANDEL
New York has the age, for In 1858 the Dutch
eutuOIuicc incorporated as a Cly tuo ectVculcut
of Amsterdam In the New Netherlands. which so
encouraged the 800 people Of the new city that they
built wall 2.st0 feet long to keep out the Indians
and the English. Neither OF these hostles ever
dared the wall. but the English came by water and
took tho city In 1894 and named II New York. In
1878, when tho Dutch regained possession. the city
became New Orange. In 1874 the Dutch retired
from the struggle and the city became for the second
time New York. Its nrst city charter issued from
Gov Dongan In 1880 Perth Amboy was settled in
1858 for the announced purpose Of becoming the
London OF America. Its incorporation a. q city
was not accomplished until 1854.
t,rovn Paienis.-- Kindly publish these queries TO
them. Are the grants from tho English Crown.
the Beekman and Rombout patents, the Great
Nine Partners, the Little Nine Partners, recorded
In this countryf Arc there maps accessible show
Ing the grants east OF tho Hudsonf Was there
land granted u Dutchsss county to any L'spsnHrd,
by purchase OF inhentancef How was the Ludlow
land scQurcdf Sauthers map made for Gen.
Lyon shows the land OF Fhuconnlcr Co. When
was this grant made! Who were the company
tory Il will DO gratefully appreciated. pu B.
Old CIoeks.-I have old fashioned grand.
fathers clock. On the back of the works 10 stamped
"OsboTnes mandatory, Birmingham" Can you
give me any Information as 70 the year he was
established In business and how he stood a. .
maker OF clocks! e. ID. HAYS.
Can YOU ipform me in yhss ysars clocks were
;:sIss,i isnsy s. !. 'ons ago . 90 seS p:sss1'
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