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

a. i've "a ons was 81 ss s S us0n
'nv'n''on 'hAs'uSh boa's came Into ,sryWlSs
This 10 not easy 70 determine exactly. for the
reason that the present type OF ferybos 10 not bst
| nrst employed. In 1872. Futons hrst regular
| voyage Of the clermont having begun on Aug, 4.
1901 steam ferryboat ran every half hour In day
light across the North River between Cortland.
| street and Paulus Hook. This boat was OF tho
catamAran type. tho two hulls ten feet spart, and
the wheels were between the hulls and operated BY
steam. The trip took from fifteen minutes 10 IN
hour. according 10 the wind and tide. Similar
| catamerans. but operated BY eight horses In .
tresdili were In use on the East River a. late -
islA In May, 1914, the trst steam ferryboat with
outslde paddle wheels was put In commission, the
Nassau OF the Fulton Ferry line. Tho floating
BRIDGES operated BY the tide and balance weights
substantially present In the invention
OF Robert Fulton. The row Of Yielding pics BY
which the boats are still guided into their alps
was the contribution 70 ferry navigation Of John
Stevens. A. . marine architect he stands second
only 70 Fulton; and bis nrss steamboat. completed
but little later than the Oermont. was sent around
BIZ sea Philadelphia, and vas the rst 10 ply on the
Delaware, F,ltons monopoly excluding It from
New York waters.
WIN you inform me hew , many lnai.n yssssys-
area and population. as nearly = oSsainsblsi =
In Ca1olSon, Cold Spnnss Elko, Great Valley.
Red House, Salamanca and South Valley In Casta-
rsuguA county, In the census Of 1900, contained
i,SSS Indians. The Cattaraugus reservation.
u go aores IN Penysburs. cattaraugus county;
In Hanover. Chsutauqua county; and In Brant
and Collins, Ere county, 1SN The Tonswands
reservation. 7.SS acres, In Nswstead, Ens county:
and Alabama, 0cneseo county. 40. The ST. Regis
reservation. 1860 acres, In Bombay. Franklin
county, I.2Ss. Tho TuscAroTs reservation. o.Ao
A. ~ HAA rN-A A.
reservation, 1880 acres. In Lafayette and onondAga
OnondaSa county. SO. Some local authorities
would include tho reservation Of tho Huekleberry
Indians on Travofs Island. tribe OF uncertain
number but flowing hospitality. The STATE census
OF 1875 indicates reservations In Madison. Oneida
and Sufiolk counties, now dlsusod. Tho Onotdas,
numbering lei. hold their lands Zoo aoreO In
soveraity. Tho Shinnooock reservation OF 400
near Southampton carries population Of iso, In
which few Indian traces arc disoornible. The
Tho word billion in French notaton-adopted
In this country a. . political expression. the billion
S0Is ..Ds DO wIer. wi.hnt e
avoid acknowledgements writers-not usually
ayss "a % Weea:
Of billion" tho best Englshf G. N. JsRv1s.
When the word was introduced into French in
the sixteenth century II was In tho sense Of million
raised 70 the second power. that Is million million.
figures. In the seventeenth century tho custom
was Instituted of punctuaung numbers In periods
Of three and at that tirno and a. a result Of the
change in punctuation the nAme billion grew into
application 70 tho period next beyond tho millions.
and tnlon TO the next period beyond that. and so
further In system Of decimal accreion rather than
that OF invouton. Billion camo later into English.
for Locke t-Essay Concerning the Humane Under
standing 1857 mentions It as . novelty The
English use Is In the historic lense. The Ameri-
use Is based on motives OF convenience. The
French have practically abandoned the word for
thoir every day milard. used In statements Of
money.
VIII you kindly advise me as 10 whether there
10 any meaning 10 the words "Sator arepo tenet
opern rctss": or !s !. something got up ior
palindrome eject? j. F. COLLINS.
II one may be permitted 10 regard the barbarsm
~arcpo" a. proper noun II may DO construed as
meaning "Arepo. the sower, holds wheels with
care and that after all docs not TO be blessed
with much meaning. Tho paindrome ID the least
Of tho purposes II forms q word square with
seemingly limitless possibilities a. to the number
Of ways In which It may be read Thus: