The sun., 1906-02-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSVERS,

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same letter as thr frst word OF that line. Can you
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An Austrian army, nwmlly arrayrd.
Boldly by battery bfsitged Belgrade
COssAck commanders cannonading come.
Dealing Distinctions devas,ing doom;
Every endsayor engineers essay
tor fame. for fortune, forming furious fray.
Gaunt gunncrs grapplo, giving gashes good;
henvrs high his head heroic hardlhood:
Tbraham, Islam. lsn,ael, imps In ~. X
jostlr John Jarovlitz. Jrni. Joe. Jack. Jlll:
Kick klndlinK Kutosoy. kings kinsmrn XIV.
ahor low levels loftiest longest lines
Men march mid molcs. mid mounds mid
nurd'rous mines,
Now nxhtfai's near. now nerdful nature mods,
opposed. opposing. overcoming odds
Poor peasants. partly purchased, partly pressed,
Quite quaking, "Gusrter quarter" quickly quest
Reason returns. recalls redundant rage,
Saves sinking soldiers. softrns signiors sage.
Truce. Turkey. trucc' truce. treach'rous Tartar
train.
l'nwise. unjust. unmerciful Ukraine.
Vanish, vic vengeance vanish. victory vain
Wisdom walls war ~ alls warning words what
were
Xerxes. Xan,lppe. Xmenes. Xavier!
Yet Yassy'S youth. ye yield your youthful yest.
Iealotisly. zanirs. zralously. aeals 2cSi.
This picturesque poem properly presenting
patent purpose Is found without credit to the cum
Gus author In Henry Sou'hga,c's Many Thoughts
on Many Things" a somewhat variant version Is
given In the ninth edition OF Bartlett with this cI
planatory note: These lines having been in
correctly printed in a London publication We have
been favored by the author with an authentic copy
Of them.-W hssier's Mdoa:tns VOL /. page ,da.
Winchester. England. 1881
Can you some reminiscent correspondent
designation, may term the domestic calendar
OF city Me, say In the simpler epoch lust nnrr No
ircuins day. day what we're Inc o,her days kno.
they were sufl1c,ent,y n1ed IN housekeepng habits
to condition the giving OF private cn'eranmens
4 good susg eston TO preserve record OF home
life OF time when men lived each In his own house
and the horizontal economy OF the Hat had not
wiped away the going IN OF stairs. SATURDAY We
rerall sweeping day. day OF maids co"led
like Capuchins plying a brisk broom or fea'hery
duster a day OF furniture moved around and dust
In air. a day when men and boys kept wisely abroad
And Wednesday was that not baking DAY. \
day OF tragran, odors OF browning loavcs yelling
out al oven doors when heated cooks prlckrd the
bread with broom splints to ser " II were done a
day whose metronome was the 'hud OF rolling pins
on plccrusts with Just enough shortening 10 bring
them out crs sp and naky sheets over apple or peach
A very good day al home. Now whal was done on
THURSDAY. what on friday Memory falls here.
Avery charming old gentleman IN ansver'ng, an
dance any Of your gay rigadoons but have, suffered
Hs o. a Il ss G a,ns
MARIE ORMsBy.
The rieadoon. once very popular was very
pretty dance. and It stll survives In out Of the way
nooks In France. The omclctte is surely reminls
cepce NJ popular French country ballad that may
have been learned by your correspondent In 'hc
nursery. or perhaps he may have heard II on the
Biscsy shore. where It still may be had In rcmen
brance Its omelette verse thus rms:
Allons 4 Bordeaux
Ma mic Jeanette.
Allons bordeaux
Tandis quill fait beau:
Nous y mangcrons
Tine oHielette.
Nous danserons
Tn rigodon.
upon he correctness Of the following You
may DO offered similar goods at lesser prce; "
! incorrect. b. RosRSwALp
Not Incorrect. though unusual Lesser Is a
word over which the heathen rage because to q
comparative In sense. less Is added the er OF com
parson by form. The uscrs of English, however.
have accepted the word: not by any means the
only instance wherein English speech has disre-
EaTded the grammarians and other precise folk.
Lesser with indefinite article is unusual. to
say the least with the definite article would cause
no comment. as In the lesser light 70 rule the
night" Yet II the rhetoric OF commerce may
follow the literary classics "a lesser price" may
claim its warrant In tho last act OF "Cymbeline'
where Posihumus says
That caus d lesser villain than myself,
A sacrileg ious thief, TO do Z.
In the battle between the Monitor and the Merr,-
the outcome OF the batte' T. A, c.
In the engagement with the Monitor, March 0.
1892, the Merrmac the Confederate States steam
ship Virginia. was not even very seriously injured
after a night OF four hours The Mcrrmac with
drew up the Elizabeth River and was destroyed
when the Confederates evacuated the Norfolk
Navy Yard. May II. 1862. The Merrlmac was
technically defeated In respect Of the fact that her
PURPOSE was to destroy the Federal navy In Hamp-
ton Roads, and this could not be done owing to
her inability TO put the Monitor out OF action,
While the engagement was indccisivc as regards
the two vessels engaged. 1t had worldwide re
suit In proving that wooden ships no longer could
command sea power.
Recently me foownE s nS,, question wa was pn, to
Inc Presidents name twelve years ago" The
answer was Grover Cleveland" from every body
yeit. p'%iF immcdiattly there arose an argument, /
contended that the way the sentence was con
ySYF ophon but one reply M yG f"d
II human thought were precise then would speech
be precise and such tricks OF language would not
arise. Incidentally 1t would obvate much OF the
necessity OF cross examination. The sentence per
nlts OF two replies and none may decide which Is
meant. Therein II differs from classic instance
of ambiguity. Moses was the daughter OF Pharaoh s
SON." where the sense is saved by the sex.
How is the name OF the English poe, Cowper
pronounced D. f- l.
The English call 1t Cooper. following their re
condl,e system OF the pronunciation OF proper
names. That the poet himself would moi be both
cred by any little trihe like that in vowel sounds
should be clear from the FIRST rhyme In his Alex.
ander Sekrii verses
ain monarch OF all ] survey.
Ny right there is none to dispute.
From the centre all round to the sea.
am lord OF the fowl and the brute.
Kindly advise me n there Is a law requiring a
President of the United States To remain within III
boundaries of the country during his term. or
whether II is a matter of custom only. II So can
YOU state out OF what such custom arose
WILLIAM PhGsnN.
There is no law directly governing III" ease,
despite the popular idea that In some way the
Ionstltut ton forbds It, The only clear TACT In the
n after IL that no President Yet has ofI,cally
crossed the boundary to visit a foreign STATE.
What is the plural OF money" also Is there such
a word In the nglish language monies" and
II so what is lis definition 7. r.. II. GARDNER,
Moneys. Monies when used plural Is II,
error: II may. perhaps. occur somewhere a third
person singular OF the verb money! which Is familiar
only In its past participle. II Is 10 he noted tina,
,Ae Standard Dictionary pc ermitS monies as plural
az ,,nney though preferrny MONEYS