The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-29
QUESTTONs AMI ANsWERs.

w. H| .N.. o.
what spthortyis ,hsrs for . variation Of che
which makes Q read ia . S g. +. q bs ssyr1
, The best Of all authority. for the needle IN the
bottle OF hay" Is the old proverb and the haystack
10 o very modern torn arising cut OF the ignorance
ofths meaning Of tho old word. The eahleai date for
the ptoverb 10 1879, when II appesrs In Nathaniel
Fields comedy. a woman's o Weathercock." but
10 10 undoubtedly eariier In common uoo than the
stuart epoch. i've centuries age and earlier the
common bottles were made Of leather. an eSplanA-
tion that 10 needed for tho comprehension OF the
"nsw wipe Into old bottles" OF tho Gospel. Glee.
men have not altogether ceased to sing the npe
OLD song Of the Leather Bostei' The bottle OF nay
In the psoverb, clearly rcfers TO the nosebag stil
used IN feeding horses, though nov lesthem only
In the trimming OF It's canvas and made sanitary
by . ventiiasing port. In the scs OF . and q "a.
ward W.. o. 0. treating OF tho merchandise OF
ieaiher the b~ottelmAkcr 10 grouped with tho lether-
selier. tho coblor and the sadier. There 70 nsusht
but leather In such Q bottle as this. leather and
good cheer:
Then when this bottle doth grow old.
And VIII no longer good liquor hold.
Our OF its side you may take . olout
VIII mend your shoes when they're worn out.
asms o FIX SsS ~sn.s : V ~ s sss.s do % 30 Boa an ,n sn srHss
alien ! have Investigated the dictionary dertva-
sSs ne, iSosn .o sss S9a ,ssm s'0 % s saSwn 70 for ns q srsd::
whion oonslsts In aeIl,ns gsn,esl noMons ho%
~ come 20 pass tn ~. sbs dsa,s, N rs I,yiie
and 6ne linear ' EDWARD TYLER.
That the principal staple OF the early haber-
dashor was the coarse cloth may be Inferred from
" pos".a ~ y = o,,,an.n vhsrs =, found
Ivy 10 - .IN "s.rn. a. c.nsv.s 4.
49, NJ ss,s. Al .ha,ouns a dyan.
du Reyn4." But At IN carly period be was scknowi.
edged a . vendor Of notions. for Rneys London
- -. ssasS. .hs..s .hon ss ono,tnV
80 ". 80 ~. sanSr,or. ..,o,sment "A suurs
y. ss. sa0a : = ~ n,rh,..ns sn,ot.o,es And
-r.- 80 1900 80 r.nc..es nombs and
'.Ss.s.. s..e-s.s. 49, whtnoords. earine
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hsvS . ooSE snt,ts1 * q sp2Seof pr,nted BY
enisys- ~ y. msseon. 49, ~ 100000 r. In ind.
Kindiy insoIm me whether Il has any value. T. r..
Tim s,n,,.a ,b.o,ory so,doru se,ches . price
voyth nsocrdin, and tbia once famous work by
ths p,shop Of Ii.ndaa M made NO entry Into the
.Arrt,o, pdo,s. IL Was orxt published In London
In INA ana vaa directed aeainst tho attacks which
Gibbon had made In hin Decline and Fall" against
IA Chrtst;an' reiirion. OF the learned theoiogian
0ibbou WROTE "a man whom I should b happy to
nv an,asouist." That IL should have been 70
due "a ths rrca, demand at that time for the Bishops
APOLOGY for the Bible, In q sehes OF ietters I'D
dressed 10 Thomas Paine" which was also repub.
rshed IN New prnsvick in that year.
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wba, Ar. the apostolic gems,
" ELLRr hErHHRIForoN.
Tn. ,.t.rs,e. a..ma In be To the apostle stones
which the churchIy iapIdAries Of the Middle Ages
found cousecrsted 10 the several apostles. just
but II seems TO Be Byzantine In origin. This 10 tho
49,. ~. n-,,~ $500. o, A,d,.w .snnhir.. q
ust' 81. fe'eI. !sspeI ~" nHIe" :, nsu,n
-. e, psr,ho,omsv earn.ii,n, 81. Matthias.
.hrs.a;,t.. q, Thnma. b.rvi. 81 James the Less,
.ans,. "a 1haad.us- ebrvsoprase: 81. Matthew,
sr-,n,.,. @, s,,.nr hvaointh.
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r.u -. v... ,.n. IN srp,ied IN the poctjcal
usase which BrowninT employs In the line {.
: vsIloned. Dirck salloped, we eaIIoped all three.
o,on.,o,osss H,m,et,s advice TO the players
IN audit the word TO the action. The rownIng
,n,,.n.. ,m,cks AZ yIrpils essay al the bea, Of
hoof In Gathering rhythm upon the way
ousdrunedante putrem sonitu ouasit unxula cam
pum.
And ~ Bro vnins copied VIRGIL, virgil no less had
eopIed Rnnju. before him.
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my 10. Johni J. s. T.
swe.,he.r. Ia the longer English for that which
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- .s..AI, :. nsu,.S rrom ~. word Tow nv
5000 ~. vard Il. n,nh. his N h. reckoned
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49,, wsrr,h ~ sr.ction ~ r.esrd "A other
49,. .rns.m.,v rd,cu,op,. m. vord rrspne,r.d
80 rnsrv v..r' And o,hervise a long way af,.r
p,,n. IN IN. onc. nopulsr ,onr Of Annie Rooney."
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pI.sse state which of these sentences Is correct:
Charged with attempted suicide" or charged
With attempt ~ swc'ao' ohchL H.
Interest 10 the attitude OF the law on the subject.
~ the suiride he e6ectually accom- plish ed the
..,wn.rs tu1v oy., the remain. brInes IN a yer.
800 =, az. -, -. ,,,,,i.
49,. ,na,,,dv.I q. ..n. .ro,,h IN n. ,I.d Tor h,s
oaenee aeslns, the peace and dignity OF the SOW.
ereisn State; the madness seemsto lie In the success
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p,...e 10 s,ye me the Itinerary TO Boston BY
trolley. j. S. I,
Webster avenue cars to Mount Vernon: the tnp
Haven 10 sprtnrneld to Boston; more comfortably
49, - $3.50. psa--ws. u..r.L
In four days New York 70 bridgeport to Hartford
to Ware. 70 Boston. The fares amount to ts.n.
Pull details are 10 be found In the trolley hand