The sun., 1905-08-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.


The writer read In q magazine article Of . news:
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Of ships also please state what history or book Of
.sss,shss can quote " an 'us19 4 nISys '
The preliminary treaty concluded a. Versailles,
10 which the onal Treaty Of Frankfort conforned,
contained Ten hsads covsring evcry possible phass
Of ths restoration Of peace. and In II there Is no
mention Of the cossion OF any vessels OF war. IL
The statement nocded further disproof It will be
found In the following statistics from tho "Al.
mansoh Do Gotha- A. the beginning OF 1870 the
nest Of the North German Confederation consisted
OF thirty eight sorcw steamers and In 1877 the aeet
BlSes. soldiers in New York. about isso;so' Were
'heS '0'm'0' VINO "e'' ''' 0t1ED'si OLD REV Yosxxn
Two companies Of tho old militia in the days Of
Genefh
the TompkIns Blues, company Of the Fifty .nrst
Regiment was at one time very ornamental body
OF citizen soldiery 1t held held days IN st. John
Park followed by ned nights In tho restaurant
OF. tho Tammsny Hall Of the period at the corner
OF Nassau and Frankfort streets Some quarrel
whose merits are long since forgotten ttesty chaps,
these sons OF Mars. and prompt on the point Of
honor gave rise to schism and led 70 the
formation OF the independent Tompkins Blues
as q company OF the 222d Regiment In is%7,
by general order Of June 81, the Eleventh Regiment
was formed Of eight companies VIZ. The Light
Guard uoo.h ReginenO. Bensen Guard u25th
Regimcnp. Independence Guard t294th Reg1menD.
Italian Guard C75zd Regimenu. Monroe Blues t23Sth
Regimenu, La Fayctte Fuslllc1s eighty NTH
Regimcnp and the two Tompkins Blues July n,
ls+7. the designation was changed to Twelfth Regi-
ment-
Tell me how 10 improvise an icebox suitable for
chilling the provisions OF four campers, F. B. h.
These suggestions have been In successful use
and the preparations are simple II thero Is ice
In the party wrap each piece In strip OF manila
paper and . piece OF an old blanket and put the
Ice and the provisions In tin box. Put the Ice
box In q larger wooden box bed Of sawdust
OF nne charcoal and pack the same non-conductor
around the sides In the space between the two
boxes II kept covered and In the shade such .
box has been known to keep a ten pound block Of
leo into the NTH day, and only little way from the
Equator. at that II there is no Ice put the provi
and seal Il with a strip Of manila paper over all
open Joints Wrap this in six inches OF sphagnum.
any common moss. tied 40 tightly as to DO well
packed, wet the moss thoroughly and renew the
moisture as II dries out Hang the moss covered
box In the shade where the breeze blows best
IL will cool the provisions we'll enough to keep
bottle Of milk over four and twenty hours, barring
| thunder.
Tor were and the titles Of the psrodie. that made
them preeminen. In this branch Of literature ,.ox
where so much depends on individual apprecia-
| tion IL would be thAnklea task TO simmer down
the grca, parodists 70 any three as the greatest
| Here. however, are . few Of the historic names
| In this art, one moro evanescent than any other
literary form, sincC Its Immortality must ever hinge
upon the equal Immortality of the work parodicd.
| Homer found his parodist In the unknown author
! OF the "Batrachomy omachia-" classic type of
parody Is 10 be seen In Francois Villons "Ballade
| des Fendus.- Shakespeare DaIodiei Lyy and
| Beaumont and Fletcher parodied Shakespeare,
| . sport In which hc, too. Joined. The Rejected
| Addresses" OF Horace and James Smith quantity
parody the greatest names OF the literature OF the
| early nineteenth century. Charles Stuart
Caveriey Is the best appreciated OF the later paro
dists In English. Thsckeray and Bret Harte were
successful In the same literary diversion.
washbum. Commissioner and Minister Resident Of
issi e. Is still living and If so' his present y where
All tho washburn brothers occupied prominent
place in public life. Charles Ames. born In Liver.
more Me-. March 10. 1872. was graduated a. Bowdoin
In is4s. was admitted to the bar In Wisconsin and
went 10 California In $780, where he became in 1858
editor and proprietor of the Alta California. In the
| Parsguayan trouble Mr.. Washburn was charged
| with conspidng against President Lopez. and es
capped only through the arrival Of the United States
| steamship Wasp The Minister came into serious col
lison with naval ocers for his efforts TO save Others
under suspicion Of this conspiracy. but he was ex-
onerated by Congress. On his return to this coun-
Try he settled at Oakland. Cal but later moved to
Morrstown. N. j.. which was his home In 1880.
After that date there appears no further record OF
| him.
"A circus train comes to a summer resort nea,
says tho train Is composed OF twelve cars: claims
ss sns but M %sn
andis found that there arc 'hf'esn ThG xns'
| wins OF course. But why will . sane man put
| UP even money when the double odds are against
| himf This u a three legged proposition. the ele
ments being that tho cars arc nearer twenty. are
| as near twenty. are not as near twenty. bets
| on tho nrst. has the two remaining chances to
win: and he docs wtn for the cars are not nearer
| twenty than near six. Gambling Is foolish at best
but before entering upon the practise It would
! be well for the man who and his money arc soon
| parted to read up on the doctrine OF chances -
! sagely by John stuart Mil and cnterainlngly By
| Richard A. Proctor presented.
Why do Jewish groccrymen d delicatessen and somo
others have three Jewish characters painted on
their windows slgns1 Is It so that all the Jews
In the neighborhood and transents will be sure TO
pH.eI'N' psces' 'A''' ''"'e' :" NATIVE CHRISTIAN.
The correspondent mistakes the true sense OF the
three letters when he suspects a trade device to
keep business In the same race. The letters arc
caph. shin and resh. the eonsonant skeleton OF the
word kosher. meaning clean. The sign signines
that the foods;uns obtainablc within have been
prepared In accordance with the law OF God az
presented In the Pentateuch. Under the dispense
tion Of tho Gospel tho observance OF the minute
specifications of the dispensation OF the Law has
been dispensed with. But a familiarity with
Levltious and Deuteronomy will vest In this com
mon window sign q religious sense far removed
from any thought OF business scheming.
Kindly publish the exact date and time Of the
| destruction Of He'll Gate by Gen. Newton.
SuBscRIBxR.
| The work Of improving the channel was begun
| In August. 1890. Sept. "a. 1876 Gen Newton blew
up the principal obstruction. Haleu's Point Rec!
An OF two and three quarter acres OF rock had
| been tunneiod: $3.50 charges Of dynamite and vul