The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12
QUESTIONS sAND ANSWERS.

NcfuAf1. CfcalfQ IN 1913. the fanny name OF
Is 0rmstoni fihs IA so. why The change OF name
II not so, why docs the word or tile NerulAm sp'
inTsi PAuL Bvs STEVENSON.
Francis Bacon. successfully styled Baron Neru-
lam tby creation OF January 1910 and Nsoount
ST. Alban Ganuar. 1871. but ever remembered
AS the man Bacon that was the underlying security
OF tho nobilAry ornaments. died without issue
His titles accordingly reverted TO the Crown. IS
the fount OF all honors. At tho latter end OF the
eighteenth cer-ury lTsA peers were being taken
Into the pecrste nf the United Kingdom In prrpa-
ration for the deal whereby the Act OF Union was
pu, through In College Green. The King hac inc
Verulam title on his hands and II was an easy thing
10 confer II on james Bucknal Nuckyn Grmslon
third Nsoount Gfmston IN the pecrSgc OF Irelanu'
who was created Baron Vcralam OF Gorhambury'
Hertz. July 0. 1890 His son, James Walter. ,ine
second Baron was created Fan OF Ncrllam. NOV
~ 1915 So far the student is 10 the realm OF such
severe fact as may be found In the pccragc But
when one passes over Into the question OF 'he
Baconian origin OF Shakespeare. that Is another
matter The topic has been so o1haustively usAtcu
by Miss Della Bacon and lgnatius Donneiy that
no one possibly have any opinions on 1t what
ever.
In .recen, answer you mentioned the neck
any proof OF ability 10 read save the guilty when ne
was about to go up the long LADDER and d9 So ,ne
To get the benent Of his clergy the criminal had
TO prove formally in open court TO the ordinary
or his agent his ability 10 read This oeneht or
clergy-the night OF criminal to escape punish
ment by proving that he could rcad-was right
claimed by the Church time out OF mind. to use the
phrase Of the old law texts II was nrst acknow-
edged In statute law by an act Edw l. u2Is.
modified under Henry VIII. u6is and not wholly
repealed until d George w. c. 2s us9O. Usage
settled upon Psalms H., /. the critical test Have
mercy upon me- o God. according to thy loving
kindness and that Is the commonly accepted
necxverse. The ordinary showed the book to the
accused: II be could read or repeat the words the
clergy man reported TO the court In the phrase
-cgit clericus (he reads like clerk) and beneht
OF clergy was by that report established. In the
United states md act OF Congress OF April
%. 1890 OF which the twentieth section prescrbes
that Dcnent of clergy shall not apply In cases where
the penalty under the charge was death.
In Sun OF late date an answer about the Spanish
prisoner fraud stated tina, -four little games had
would ask. can The sun explain for the benen!
Of Its readers the tricks OF tue o'her three ,itue
EameS' 1t might save some ono or many from
loss OF money and bitter ipdlgni,y al being drawn
Into a dishonest scheme. Till,
The three other games are the Gold Brick tho
Green Goods and the Wire Tap, It would seem
scarcely necessary TO detail the workings Of these
pitfalls OF finance for they have been exposed 40
often that reader OF any newspaper should know
them b. heart Tho principal victims nowadays
arc the wise come ons who know Just how the
game is worked and who rely upon their acumen
70 beat It, With startling regularity the record
stands Game. /. Acumen. 2
There 4, a Statement, of mine called into question
which made to the effect that TIE snowfall for
December. 1903 was much less than for me month
ing this IN OF your December ssucs Would
you he Kind as TO ndoHe me on this point Z
am correct, and. II possible. give nc the ngufes
WILLIAM y. CAvANAUcH.
Now. that's too bad. for you are distinctly hight.
The Weather bureau gives these hgures for this
! city; Snowfall for December 1913. ~ inches;
| for December, 1904. 2s.s inches In fact. almos,
tour times as much as the preceding year II
7 your doubling friend refuses to believe you. plus
THE Sun. plus the Government Of the United states,
! We do not what remains 10 be done crcfai
| iuerus Aprli7
l. Is Afyhanstan a Power by Itself: DOES 1t make
| It's own laws and has II a capital cy' is Argen
/ tine Republic sun tllms power or mas II nceh
= Inst at nrcStnt Afrhsnistsn is Power by
ITSELF but unfortunately Tor the future OF Afghanis
! tan It Is to note mat Il Is little Power between
two erras ones, .oi the present II makes Its own
| laws though not Win much hope that any Afghan
will prove >oIsn' re 10 think OF obeylng them when
( made Kahul Is the capital. ?. Argentina IS most
b certainly ruling Power and there Is small lsell e.
! hood that II VII undergo the cutting up process
unless ito Yankees Of the South suddenly change
81 their progressive disposition
claims that twenty years ago the doors on
/
the conductor and In case OF necessity could not be
! opened Icy passengers. W AHps NAN'
Omi,,luC the saloon carriages, then recently
| Introduced upon English railways, and referring
| 10 the ordinary passenger coaches with apartments
| Ais quit. night II was not much more than twenty
years ago that tho English Intelligence arose to the
height OF graspug the uncomfortable situation In
which passenger might be placed when locked In
a compartment With his throat cut. and introduced
the emergency signal 10 summon the guard.
whatIsthe average snowfall in New York state
for ig1e compared with me SnoWtaH during
any ysAr since lSS'' CONSTANT hEAphH
Tho records are not kept for the State. with It's
vast range OF climate For New York city the fol
| lowing nrurcs ofrcial. Winter OF 1894 o5
ss2 inches: 1886 o. q inches; isns-e7, 81 inches;
1917 "a oo1 inches. 1895 90. $50 Inches 1879 ioo.
7oi inches: isoO0i. % inches: 1901 o., 3i.3 inches
1902 -os, &c inches; lnn3-oi, q inches
What is the derivation OF the name Connecticut,
and how did the state become possessed 81 ~
II I. an attempt to relieve the Indian word
Cuonektacat Of some OF its uncouthness. The
| indian word means long river. The State took
! r,ossesslon OF the name which the early settlers
found when they reached the mouth OF the river
d,ay ifiss,;stta5 & necessary when the recipient
intends to nocept Also what, II ANYTHING, is wit
'' SuHscRIHEE.
No acknowledgment IS necessary; nothing hut
the card without sentiment other writing, should
accompany the wedding present.
was tho fall OF snow OF Jan. IS the largest in I'VE
! years. a. IL
Py no means Within the limits set 1t had been
Exceeded according to orrcisl data OF the Weather
| pure,u. by three snowfals, W. Feb. -. II and
"a 1909 1873 inches Feb, II and ls. 1900 1913 inches
| FEB IS, 10 and H. 1903 loS inches.
Nbat ,s the coolest weather ever registered
rrtthin he confines OF New YORK city
N''''' JANIS Il. SIBERIAN
The mean minimum temperature for the period
covering Inc last twenty years Is "a degrees. The
absolute minimum temperature oflolslly registered
| IA inc city Was 81 below zero. on Feb IL 1899.
Are Great Britain and Ireland larger IN square
| rnues han New York Ststel GENEVA.
Great Britain wins without even the need TO in.
cIude ireland The respective areas are: New
vork .-s,n miles Great Britain ss3sS miles: Ire
land, 81 .ss7 miles Total. British Isles. l2o,77i.
pR.Y the Fast River was frozen over on
Ian 70 is52 and again In January. 1854. but there
no record that tho ice bridge was used for passage
/, is,s the ver froze again and It IS incidentally
mentioned that Henry Ward Beecher crossed over
an IN. Ice The river again frozen over on
ian "a 1881 M Beech.r again crossing on the Ice.
mi, ,ir,e e.corting two ladies. More than 10000
oth,r, made the trip and the Fulton Baseball Club
- -,r,. ~ baseball out on the fro zen surface