The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06

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become impesfectty converted ~ Protestant
Chgiatianity aud Get oat IN overthrow the eneettfAl
faiths ~ HE countfy. ASSUMING the style % Tien
wang, Heavenly Kiae. he established himself
~ King IN Nsahtna. The dynasty witch Ne hoped
20 found ne proclaimed ~ Tai Ping chao. or Great
Peace Dynasty. From this Il derived the foreign
name of the rebellion: 10 the Chinese u Ia known
a. the war Of the long hatred rebeis. The rebellion
progressed successfully for ten years and IN 1870
threatened Shanghai. This led 10 the formation
81 n. naaa Nu.aA.Natsa AwNaa uUAaN the ANnNYt(ln
Ward: after his death 10 was commanded by Bur-
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missed. the command fell 90 Holland. an Enelish-
man. who was defeated 81 Tai tsan. February ~.
iaa, Az the teaues, Of IA Hung Chang the British
authorities detailed Gordon 10 take the command.
He prosecuted the war to . successful termination
and the rebellion was practically wiped out by the
capture Of Nshkins In 1874.
Can you give me the year when Gen. sanford
was retired from his command Of the militia In
New York; UNION CiuB.
The reference 10 to Gen Charles W. Sanford. who
was retired by Gov. Reuben z. Fenton In 1857 after
having been In com and Of the nTst division for
more than thirty years, He began his military
career IS . private In the Third Regiment and was
promote through all grades 10 the double star OF
q Major General. In times Of peace he directed
the military dispositions In the Aston place. Flour.
Street Preachers and Draft riots. In the civil war
he went out under the nrst call for volunteers for
three months. was assigned TO q division command
under Gen. Robert Pate rson. and during the battle
OF Bull Run wss 10 command at Harpers Ferry.
He died July Is. 1873. Although better known as o
lawyer. he began as o theatrical manager. Q line
OF business which he relinquished after losing two
theatres by nre. The Seventh Regiment treasures
In Its archives an invitation which Col. Sanford
extended to Col. Stevens and neld to attend his
La Fayette Theatre on the Fourth Of July, 1928. to
witness q national drama and a new corps de ballet
introduced for the nrst time to an American audi
ence."
VIA, is :, s, in asSoo BY m me name sArAe e 4 see as
That is a mispronuncistlon of the name common
enough among sailormen but not likely TO md
place on maps. even those for school use. The
Sargasso Sea was once depicted as the abiding
place OF dead ships. q place Of dread and horror.
Dayy Jones's slough Of despond. a trap for the
unvary sea wanderer. II has been crossed and
recrossed 30 many times that Il Is now thoroughly
known. II Is no more than a backwatef Of the
recurring great equatorial current. and Into Its
erea drifts all the notsam Of o wide area Of sea.
the floating timber eventually wateriogging and
sinking, the gulf weed massing In nelds many acres
in extent. II Is this gulf weed. the sargassum.
which has given the sea Its name. Both the English
name, sea grape, and the Latin name from sarga.
a grape) have reference 10 is clusters Of bladder
like floats.
some months ago you idcntlhed the old white
fort; can YOU a. The site o. Thss was once EhG~n
III OIu NCN III rs ~ 49,"
That was the popular designation of the North
Battery, which was built in the North River about
two hundred yards from shore at the foot OF Hubert
street. II had a drawbridge thirty feet wide lead.
ing to the sallyport. II was armed with twenty
heavy guns In a single tier OF semen and crossed
nres with the Southwest Battery. the later Castle
Clinton and Castle Garden. and with Fort Ganse-
wort, the old white fort. lids.
In which Of Shakespearc's plays may I md the
quotation wherefore do you droopI""
In the first scene of the NTH act OF King john
The passage reads:
But wherefore do you droop, Why look you sadt
Be great In act az you have been In thought;
Let not the world see fear. and sad dlstrust,
Govern the motion OF a .kingly eye:
BE st!rring as the time; be hre with hre:
Threaten the threat'ner, and'ousface the brow
of'brageiug horror.
Please inform me Of which. Duke Of Marlborough
and why Lord Churchllrs son Winston did not
succeed 70 his fathers title. G. r. p.
He was the third son Of John winston, seventh
Duke, and grandson OF George, sixth Duke Of
Marlborough. Lord Randolph, being a younger
son, was a commoner and had no title save the
courtesy appcllation of Lord %conjolned with his
baptismAl name by which sons Of Dukes arc dis
tlngu;shed. There was therefore no, title for hs
son 70 succeed to.
what %arssnals were In New York before the old
Central Park Arsenalf c. t. LEWIS.
Early In the last century the city had no less than
four arsenafs. The state Arsenal was at the corner
OF Elm and Franklin streets. The Federal Govern
ment had three within the city: the arsenal on
Bridge street near the South battery. the magazine
and arsenal at the foot Of West Twelfth street
and another arsenal on what was known as the
Parade, now Madison Square, al the parting of the
Middle road and the old Boston road.
Kindly let me know whether "Dochin Dorrish, ="
meaning a stirrup cup. is a Scotch or an Irish say
ing. b. hNiffLhR'
II Is Gaelic and therefore Scotch. 1t may be
spelled In many ways, according to individual
phonetic fancy. but these two ways have the weight
Of authority. doch an -doroch, Tor dorroch) and
deoch an -doruis. The latter Is good Gaelic. deooh,
q drink. an, the, and dorufs. genitivc Of dorus, .
door: literally q drink at the door.
What To- meant by the word crossing as used In
reference 10 the construction OF the new CathedIalf
W. II. G..
In o cruciform church. such as the Cathedral is
| designed 10 be. the crossing is the open square made
by the Intersection OF the transept with the nave
and choir.
Who nrst said go West, young man. c. =. 3.
II matters little who nrst put the words together
In that order. The phrase belongs to Horace Gree
ley, II was his enuhciation OF It that gave II cur
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