The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-02
QUESTIONS Ann ANSWERS,

"ah ana tlitAhle eieIe"S' wv ,f,,y 81. ft,os.og
The Indian languages. through thsIr system OF
polysynthcusm or AEGutiuAt0n. w Veiy lew va
s'hncea thoW noun ~ -nowh 10 our gtamWate'
nominai word IL commonly noun In sone relation
/ expressed by added elements In the sprecb OF
. the AlgonEisn stoul covered By TrIlnbuus dc
l tonAry tho word wing appears a. follows hh
wing The wiue or toUuHVppoh, runnupohrhtuoh'
/ VuHnHDtrAvuoh; one Wihg o. pa'uA "u"'uPpO''
{ pituE uggnu ppohnhuu0h; their wngu, uuanup.
puhrhrg yah having wings. HuBpohpunau: having
four wings VlufanspuhrApHdu' These aTo de-
rvAlive forms frolu aepoh. hsspdu, ne rises up
from which Il would appear maj tue simpIes' Iorm
Of the noun wing must l'e 10 she Vord HupPo''
What was ST. Pa,rioks nationality; what was 18Th. ne
nSslon.ll,y o. h!s parents where va W.. IGiH'
50 tAru II Is possible 70 sit oui autohlographle
fact from st. PatrcE's own Confession - appears
that he vas born tNsD a. bAnAvern IaSoinln,
probably near he site OF the present Dumoaron
| on the Lsveu and CLYDE in Scotland. HIS tstheT
! Wa CAlponius q deacon IN the Church and the son
| OF priest, and . deourion or magistrate man OF
/ substance The son Of Calpornius was nance
| suest In baptism and assumed the name PatTieiui
! when he Vas eonseoratod pTiest by AHstoT Bishop
! OF AuI,re when lad he vac kidnapped INTO
ireland BIZ eorsslrs and heroed cattle as the save
| Of Mliiue IN the County Antrim, Eseapng thence
he van, "a France 70 the care OF ST. Martin Of Tout
He returned 20 Ireland IN toS, found It pagan and
Ell "A CbTistlAn, dying probably a. Armagh In toS.
Prom An early life 10 Il said that bis mother was
Fhtsr Of 81. Martin OF Touu. Beyond these feW
fAotn q tissue Of fable and controversy has grown
up around three PAthoks in ireland, inciden" OF
whose live and vonk have become insI'Hctoly
tangled.
please pususA bnef sketch Of the life q WIZ.
Am walker and Incidents In bis career WhUe IN
graphical WoTEs W A. H.
In any encyclopedias you will md the dates Of
bir,h and death and the Intervening events ~nloh
n Walker But the 1901
that he va lawyer and an editor 81 Aarysville'
CaI. In The spring OF 1850 "A not IN Itself sumoisnt
70 account for the fact THAI men followed a. the
INST suggestion that the gray eyed man Of destiny
was TO load, even were u hope 90 foron yet Vic
torioya ~ 70 conquer EicABEus With but Nifty
eight men. To catch the feel Of the man born
and ma Enstio leader. one should AK OF some sur
vtvor Of his efortA Some there are IN California
Who knew walker, who fought With him and fouThi
for him who believed 10 him through every risk
OF war. walkers own narrative The War IN
Nicaragua Mobile. 1850 Is decidedly readable
ali aooeas be facts win be found In the third volume
OF II. H. BAnoroft's History OF Central America
The Nicaragua eide OF the story IA told In
senate executive document issued when the Canal
treaty WAS pending In Washington.
Gladly sn,lshlsn me a. 70 the origin t'hs word
uis vowel variation Of the word halo In IL
various spelllngs. The word IL rare type 10 our
modern speech In shat represents an early demon
reduction 10 ths pars OF speech for 10 say that II
Is an luieTjeoton Il TO beg the question and TO
make II possible for pArueu 10 parse uneompre-
hendinGly II readily reduces 10 Two monosyuAbio
dsmonsi rAtVSs, ana that IL about all that can be
said OF H. About the Norman form hsro which
william the ConaueroTs men-st-arms shouted on
English sol there grew up an interesting complex
Of battle Law and rights OF sAok and spoil. Less
Warlke now, The word In the hello" form has
shown new vitality for telephone purposes and has
even puton added dignity ofEramnAT - A. east sn
adjective
IL n proper 70 cay he paid the penalty when q
srimnii eoaviO'Sd and 'sH''noed s9eorSlnE 70 ,s"
Certainly, and the dictionaries support the To-
outon In terms. II MScAulAy found II proper
enough 10 employ there can be little doubt that Il
is good enough for others.
Please inform a few OF your western rcaders az
" the accepted denni!ion OF the word -SelA 90
often used IN the Old Testament j. D, BOLTON.
That points TO a mystery which has proved too
great for Hebrew scholars. The word IL trans
Ii,sra,loh Of word found In the Hebrew texts Of
the Palms. bus lie meaning long ago passed from
memory. appear 20 be CONNECTED With the
Hebrew verb gdldh. 20 rcst. A. used In Tho Bible
Il best bears explanation on the scoro that Is 10
tended as q musloa, direction 10 the singers In the
temple ritual Against the suggestion that II
means a musical rest or pause Ia 10 he noted thr
tact that while that would AZ within an individual
palm. It becomes inoomprthensiblo when used al
The end Of one, and ssah Is frequently employed In
that position
Please ooms 70 the rescue Of rev mortals who
were injudlolous enough 70 plunge Themselves into
az argument me 4 faction contends that .OO67l
t6s y faction holds thai the addition OF the per
cent. sign - Is equivalent 20 diyidinE the
decimal b. 100. H. y bhAAN'
The A faction "a 20 wrong 10 it, ca lcuiaiion that
you should lose time In borrowing IFS money at
OO67i's interest. ssid interest " be computed BY
Che bank at which the note falls due. You can
SEQ that by taking q simple form: 90 Is the same
as 81. on 800 q amounts 70 g. but O5'o Is .
much smaller sum Il Is fraction OF ~. II Is but
nve cents. difference sunioIon' 70 DO noteed IN
counting up cash
Can q person be citizen Of the United states
and Switzerland al the same time, swearing ALE
glance to both countries wu1IAN ScHAKTEE.
Assuredly not for there Ia competent authority
that no man serve two master. citizen
o. Sutherland on nA'ursuzng In the United STATES,
expressly and In 30 many words forsweas oil
allegiance 70 Swtizeriand before no sweau ale-
Sisnoo 20 the United states. There have been
elses 10 ssmi-oiviIi1ed countries whore a mod
hcAuon Of this rule has been permitted. Thus
10 Hawai- under the monarchy, citiIons OF other
counties woro able 10 acquire doniEonship In tho
island Kingdom without impairment Of their CHI
Eenship By birth elsewhere. The attempt bY
Queen LniuokHlAni 70 amend this provision out
Of the Hawaiian co nsttuOn was one Of the leading
causes which produced The revolution In Honolulu.
The Republic OF Mexico, or The Tinted states Of
NrIico. or me Republic Of the Cnited States OF
MeIl-O' ALkAANpHh ChIbrAboko.
Two forms seem 10 have equal weight Of Mexican
authority for each Is used ofncially In Mexican
state papers one Is RstSdos Unidos AeIicanoa.
the other 10 Republic MsIcanH.
l. HAs the tunnel under The North River that
was started some yeArs ago ever been completed,
and arc there any approaches 70 II on West Btrcet
2 What other tunnels are being built II any. under
abe Fast Norh tivuu7 = b. r.
l. 30 far az concerns the physical tact OF the
actual boring aud lining. the tunnel Is complete
and on March ~. 1904 . party was led through
It from end 20 end. But practically them nmains
much yet 10 do and the approaches have not been
constructed II extends from jersey city 10 the
foot o. Morton street Among the other tunnel
projects there two which are under active
construction The former Is the tunnel from
tho Battery 10 JorAlemon street. Brooklyn, beneath
the Fast River. ground was broken In September
ipOa and the work Is well advanced. The second
but much the greatest OF all the tunnel plans, Is
that OF the PenntyivAnia tunnel which Is 20 60
under the North River, the island OF Manhattan
and the Past River. nve shafts werr sunk on this
treat work In 1904 and the hope OF the railway
company Is that tbs work may be nnished IN two
YesrS.