The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Can you t.n me somstninf q Joseph Ms, s.s,u
s ssss u PIsss: A:s dIa ss s!:' S.ys :e.s
4 sons. Dover street. London: were .hey, r.
lated In any way 70 Joseph Menton. or was s John
Joseph or John Manton. HArDoN JOINS.
Joe Manton died June 20. 1885, .. tho ago Of %.
He was the acknowledged chief Of all gunsmiths
In the days OF the nlntlock and Of his barrels
brought much ~ seventy guincas even when
new. He was not only master craftsman but
| he had nne touch Of genius. which led him. a.
| genius often does, into remarkable absurdities.
| GrecneT. who gives ("Tho Gun and Its Develop
mentD the most readily accessible sketch Of Joe
Manton, recitcs that zone particularly fatuous
i invention Of his was . won't hole which allowed
the air 10 escape but not 70 enter John Msnton
| died 10 1884 Hawker. writing In 1883. notes that
the OF John Manton. with Mr.. Hudson. was stu
carrying the business 1t Dover street. London.
| We have been unable 10 md any further STATE
| mont as TO tho relationship between Joseph and
John Manton or any notice Of the arm name stamped
| upon this pistol.
infer q 70 2, epes
Virgil Ian who became In eflec! Prime mister
ssa g S! ssv ~ v % S
CONNECTED with European politics A history Of
o Ssf him Ps s
He was born In Hanover county. Va, Dec. 10.
I7e2. He was graduated At William and Mary
in i77s and Joined his kinSman. John Jay. who was
then Minister TO Madrid. In 1852 hc volunteered
for the expedition OF tho Due de Crnon against
Mlnorca With the Prince Of Nassau -Siescn he
took part In the Siege Of Gibraltar and accom-
panied that leader 70 Constantinoplo and then 10
warsaw. Stanislas, King of Poland. showercd
honors upon him and made him Ambassador TO
Russia, created him Knight of tho Order of 81.
Stanisias. employed him as 9 chamberlain and
confidential secretary and entrusted 70 him a.
special envoy tho conduct OF several important
regulations. When the King sided with tho
Torvov ConfederAtes in 1892 Lttepaee returned
to Virginia, where he died July 10, 1902, 81 Fred
erioksburg.
Kindly publish z short sketch Of copTodors
John Barry. Was he not the frBt man 70 hoist tho
American nag at scar II not. TO whom does tho
honor belong! q. y.
Paul Jones claimed that he was nrst TO display
tho present American nag and tho claim appears
well founded Commodore Barry. however, has
longer naval record than John Paul Jones. He was
one OF tho Captains commissioned In tho navy OF
the Continental Congress. of which Commodore
Esek Hopkins was commander In chief. Barry's
commission dated from juno g. l77e. Just twenty six
days earlier than tho Declaration Of Independence
BY act Of Oct 10 of the same year he was placed
at No. Z In the seniority table. This stage OF his
career brackets the whole history OF the Continent tai
marine: he made the FIRST capture Gender Edward.
1870 OF British ship OF war and he fought tho last
engagement d7s2 of the war. Juno s. 1874. he was
commissioned senior Captain and Commodore OF the
Navy OF the United States. which was by that act
nrst constituted. He died at Philadelphia Sept. Is.
1908 He was born In l74s at Tacumshane. County
Wexford Ireland. and was already q man OF wealth
when he gavo up all to 60 into tho service Of his
adopted country.
We make cloth which does not spot With water.
and call II a -spottable or non spotable. Which
In |
unders that there is no such word as spot ~ abb
In the language. Respectfully, JOHN j. HkALr.
would be pleasure to assist in the incorpora-
tlon OF a new word into our common speech, but in
this the opportunity comes too late for the
fair There not only Is such word as "spottable."
but II has been word so long that the Standard
Dictionary, by the shy inSinuation OF the former
half of a parcnthesls. suggests that II might DO
reformed Into "spottabl." Tho duplicfty OF the
Is quite In accord with tho principle Of doubling
the inal consonant when tho syllable carries tho
accent principle which allows the extra in tran.
qulllty." AS to the negative member suggestion
may be made. The use Of tho Latin non is not
usual with the termination able form 'un-
spo,tablc," therefore, would seem preferable. 1t
Is a most encouraging sign that tho gentlemen
OF commerce are thoughtful to take advice upon
the new words they about to employ. for many
OF their unaded efforts have proved scandal to
language.
In a business letter would the following sentence
be considered correct English. to wilt, We are
sending you to morrow an Oriental rug" r. H.. N.
Why mott The meaning is perfectly clear. no
doubt can possibly arise. and II the Oriental rug
did not arrive soon after the receipt OF that letter
OF advice you would show that very letter TO tho
express company as your proof that something
was expected. II any objection can arise 1t can
come only from precsians and will take the form
that the verb ARE sendlng"is in the present time,
and Is therefore Incompatible with the futurty
whI essentially underllcs the word
All OF which would be very true II II were true AZ
all. Particularly In the progressive compound
form OF the verb the present In grammar may be q
future In logic. Even were that not So the citation
which was recently made In another case. OF ITO
morrow is Saint Crispian" shows that TO morrow"
and verb In the present tense are not irrecon-
cilable.
What Is the date OF the storm which has passed
KERRY.
Jan. o and 7. 1889. The storm. which attained
almost the violence OF hurricane. ragged over
Ireland and the west coast of England. being felt
In the latter kingdom through Cheshire, Warwick
shire and Stanordshlre. In Liverpool twenty per-
sons were killed In the crash of buildings and moro
than hundred were drowned In neighborng
waters. In the Irish Sea the coasts and harbors
were covered nth wrecks. and In the list of marine
disasters Included the Diligence naval cutter.
with loss Of Capt Sir j. Reid. Bart, and nfty-six
souls More than 200 houses In Limerick. Galway.
Ath0ne and other places were blown down. and
fully many more were destroyed BY hres famed
By the high wind. Dublin was particularly ex-
posed to the force of the gale and suffered dread
fully.
A says the Barnum Bailey circus Is the largest
In the word. II says Forepaugh Sells'si Is larger.
c says Mngling's Is the largest. VIII YOU state
which In your opinion Is the largest circus In
the worldf a. F. CLEVELAND.
It's matter OF current belief that Tody Hamilton
has both copyrighted and registered as trnde
mark the phrase greatest show on earth" sapplied
TO the Barnum aggregation OF tented wonders and
magnificent marvcls Of miraculous manifoldness.
Such being the case. It would be the height OF
tcmerity to brave the rigors OF the laws penalties
by establishing a comparison with other circi.
Anyway all these mentioned are understood to
be In community OF interest. and their relative
magninccnce cannot much matter.
Are there any Chinese in this country who have
voter G. p. MURRN.
Not II the ofrccrs Of election are awake. An oct
OF May 8. 1882 (22 Statutes at Large 5s chap. 12o
United States Comp Statutes 1901. page isoS,, pro-
vidcs that thereafter court. State or Federal
shall admit Chinese to citizenship and repeats all