The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29
0rESTIoNS AND ANSWERs.

CSars have been assasslnated' ".
! l. II would be- quito pAlnstaking ana entirely
prontlcss task to publish complete list Of the
! Cars court and tho Offices they hold The cur
rent "Amanach dc Gotha" lists NO less than ~
otrcers OF the couu holding situations ranging
down from that OF Minister OF the House TO cham
berlans and equerries galore including such vslu
ablo servants as the Master OF the Royal Hunt and
the Royal Almoner. ?. Since the time of Peter
the Great four Cars have been Assassinated: Ivan
W. in 1894. his nominal reign OF ono year having
been succeeded by very real imprisonment OF
twenty three years from i7ii Peter ILL.,. July "a.
i7G2 Paul. March ~. 1901 Alexander H.. March 10.
1881
Has ANYBODY ever made thorough scientific
study Of the subject of a persons features and
general outward appearance es revealing his or
her character and mental faculties. and what works
can read on this sublcct1 ii. IL. G.
The theme may more safely be approached now
than was once the case The Act OF 80 Elizabeth,
C. {, deals with allpersons fayning to have knowl-
edge OF Phisognomle like Pantasticall Ymag-
inacions" and prescrbes for-the guilty wretch that
no shall be stripped naked from the waist upwards
and openly whipped until his body be bloudye";
this provision obtained until the Act OF George
w. c. a. which dropped out physiognomy and
specified alone palmlstTy OF these Faniasticall
Smhginacons. Although the period was simply
Innocent OF sclentino method as now known. the
deepest research into physlognoruy was made by
Johann Kaspar LAvater whose "Physiognomscho
Frsgmente hur Befoerderung der Menschcnkonnt-
Miss und Aenschenllebe" ueipzlg. i77S-1s not only
Is the sum Of former black art but remains TO tho
present the best work on the subject. PhySiog-
Monty lost favor when phrrnoogy introduced
new arrangement OF practically the same mate
rails. This. In turn. has been suppianted by
newer form OF physiognomy, dealt in by the school
OF clinical crimnologists. II ono may put faith
In Lonbroso for an example. the shape of mans
nose viii hang him without benent OF his neck
verse. unscientinc Lavhter did the same thing.
hut mod rhppl wa hcdnCtlOnN
Bertillon measurements in millimetres
exploded IN ride barrel from inc ground: me
rlnc is set nIy Heon moving train gong shy Ky
direction tho train is going. In three
seconds time would the bullet still be IN we barrel
OF the gum >. H. PATTERSON
According TO this statement of the problem tho
bullet would be 2eA feet of the barrel OF the
in the direction OF nrs. Whether the gun be nred
fPm 4 railway train or from tho ground the ques-
tion OF o moving platform Is equally present The
earth. which you assume is nxed platform. has Its
own proper motion OF some nineteen miles second
yet students of bastics have never found that
therc is any position in which bullet. when hredl
with lively charge behind II, will stay In be barre
OF the gun
Refer me 10 some works wherein can find blog
raphles OF Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the great British
commanded the steamer Kearssrge when she fought
the Alabama. SPENCER II. HoRE.
For Sir Humphrey Gilbert you will 10 well TO read
Bournc's English Seamen Under the Tudors"
london. 1861 and Mar<hsm's The Fighting
Veres~ london. 1881: possibly the most valuable
accom-, is 10 be found in Paynes Voyages OF the
El1abethan Seamen- london. 1880. For Admiral
Winslow, Euicotts Life OF John Ancr7m Winsow"
New York, 1900.
Can you give me any Information about the
great musical festivals that have been in America
and whore they have been held, r. W. HowKs.
Biennal nlusic festivals at Cincinnati were es-
tsblished In 1885. Gllnores National Peace Jubilee
was held at Boston. June 1919. 1859; Ole Bun Carl
Rosa and Psropa Rosa took part, and there was a
chorus OF i0s7i voices with 1904 instruments.
Gilmores Worlds Peace Jubilee WAS held at Bos-
ton. June II 20 July 4. 1872, with about tho same
number OF musicians. The Worcester Music Fes-
tivsl produced Bruck's "Arminlus." Sept % 1891.
4 claims he went TO Bryant's Minstres In Twenty
third street In $780, b claims that Dan Bryant and
Hins,reis in Esst FoaT,ser III street in tho winter
OF 1870: and did not open In Twenty third street
until after that year c. McI
And Col T. AIston Brown. writing in 1870 al
that. aims that Dan Bryant took bis farewell
OF tho dramatic boards May !. lsss. as Handy
Andy at tho Academy of Music. New York for the
bencnt Of the American Dramatic Fund"
K!ndly advise me vhA. you consider the best
publication Of the ntc OF Napoleon for one who
. ''' srsscH1BEK
There Is no work In English that can all com
pare with william Milllgan Sloane's Life OF. Ma
poleon Bonaparte- Century Co. New York. lsp6l.
Yet as tina, is massive work Roses Life Of Ma
poleon /" New YORK. 1000 has its advantages.
When did the Russell sage nl,rOgycsrlns cpl
sCde occufl W. I. HINCbs
OnDec. T. 1891, when Henry l.. Norcross Of Somer-
vile. Mss. Demanded $3.50 900 from Mr.. sage
IN his ornoe HelnE refused, he dropped bag OF
the explosive He and another were Killed. Mr.
SAGE and others injured aud the once wrecked
when was the Dewey parade in New York,
sept % and 30, 1899: the water parade being
INC former day.
Warren Fagygv-It has long been recoSni1edase
fsct In ne Field renesloEy mat DEACON 4 John fied
u PlAinned; Conn. April g. ~ :; TO Mn LYDIA
who was killed at bunker Ilil. have never been
able 10 prove this fact nor tn md any Information
that would sutsan,Ate ~ ana 'SS su Sslns snIsh
what In relation this subject ! Neniufe 10 con-
t7iSu,e This with The hope HAT Il may be OF some
benefit 10 both OF us. EDWARD FIELD
I, this Is not an smsnuersis error II would Seem
ecsrceiy probable that Mrs Lydia Warren"
would be sister Of the blood TO Dr. Joseph War
rem. The use OF the term Mrs. for spinsiers was
b. no means com mon in the northern colonies az
in England. and generally supposed 10 mark
family OF Tor ieaning. which WAS something
that Dr., Warren could never be charged With.
As 10 the date has been set fcrh IN Sons of the
authorities that the double year, as mas. was
applicable only IN the period OF the year between
jan and Mnrch rs. this being the period Involved
in confusion through the change from the old style
10 the new
Ranch Lpe--Soveral letters. half dozen
more have been received conveying requests for
Information as 10 employment on ranches. One
coffespondent writes: Il am young man 20
years OF age and have great desire 70 20 West
and work on ranch" Yet others ask as I o wages
paid Others again. worried over transportation
oddly enough most OF these letters come from
Brooklyn: all are from cities. II may be that
there IS something misleading about the word
ranch there may be roeeAto visions OF being
cowpunoher with chaps, OF being horse vrangler.
Of shooting up cattle towns, OF busting broncos.
Spell ranch farm and Il may put different com
ule1nn on these aspirations, West or East there
/. not much romance in farm work. work with
hours that know res pite from the gray OF dawn
to late st night The West still call It's farms
ranches. but the men who work on them now
aye no more than farm hands. view OF the |
subject that may not prove eniicng 10 these cor
respondents.
: Formulation -cton--J. r. Brooks 6sks: How !
many words in the English language end In ofonf-
ne thinks nDs. ! never knew OF but tvo. aside |
nd