The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

for IusSE 'Sr mS af Day foF our ast STesldsntSS 'S and now low
last loo Years. IA. HERALD.
To a certain extent the choice OF the date will be
found written In the chapter OF accidents. The Con-
eress Of the Confederation had been advised, July
2, l7SS, that the necessary nine States had approved
the new Constitution. Disputes over the seat of
government prevented prompt, action, and II was
not until the resolution Of September IS, 1888. that
a date was set for the organization Of the new
Federal Government. In this resolution the nrSt
Wednesday OF January was appointed for the
choice OF Presidential Electors, the nrst Wednes-
DAY OF FEBRUARY for the election OF President and
Vice President, and the nrst Wednesday In March
uhe 9Th In 1851 for the organization OF Govern
ment. The Presidential term being four years.
mat established March 4 for tho Inauguration of
all Presidents. There were delays. The House of
Representatives had no quorum until April I. 1889.
and tho Senate not until April 0. The votes were
on that day counted. showing Washington to be
the unanimous choice OF the ten States participating.
no received of1cih notification at Mount Vernon
April IA, John Adams Though not taking the oath
until June ~, was Installed as Vice President April
q. and on April 30 Washington was inaugurated
In New York. To his second term he was inaugu-
rated March 4. 1893. Since that time Inauguration
Day has fallen on Sunday In 1891, ls4o and 1877.
and will again fall on Sunday in 1917. Tho full
tale OF years sinoe tho organization OF the Govern
ment on which March I fell on Sunday. including
to-day, is this: l79S, 1904. 1910, 1921, 1927. 1882, 1888,
is4s, 1855, 1850, 1885, 1877, 1888, 1888, 1894, 1900, 1905.
l%nt 3 SSHe ea g q 10 E 1 sHsiaa nc T 81 10 'f Fyi kSs
cross. and what Il signifies. G. NJ. BALDWIN
Much Is 70 be obtained from the
two classics upon the cross design. Mortilet "Le
aigno de 10 croir avant 10 Chrisuanisme- paris.
1880 and Bunsen "Das Symbol dos Rreuzes bel
allen Natlonen" Berlin. 1870. Many results OF re-
search are given by Harersve Jennings In Tho
hoSloruciHns and their Mysteries" all tinged,
however,. by his theory Of design as an amulet rep
resentation OF the creative principles. Whether as
fylfot or as svastika, II being cruclform rather than
across, tho design has been the subject Of much in
vestigstlon on tho part Of arch1ologists and the
proceedings OF the principal archaeological and
chronological societies contain many essays on It's
genesis and evolution. Tho most generally accepted
opinion as to the origin OF the design is that II rep-
resents tho hearth or nxed pieces OF wood In tho
operation of making nre by . wooden drill. 1t Is
held that this h earth was formed by two with es across
upon tho plane surface Of the altar, each withe
being held In place by being sprung about pegs.
This explanation accounts for the recurring angle
at the end OF each arm and for the dot within each
such angle which Is commonly, though not uni
formly, present. Many variants In fylfot forms arc
presented In Owen Jonos's Grammar Of orns.
nent."
To settle q discussion will you be kind enough
:: md ao a n %s ,nd dl nspSeS' between F. 2 - < aoA psPaew
From any given progenitors brother or sister
the line OF this collateral relationship Is as follows:
First generation. nephew or niece; second genera
ZION. grandnephew or grandniece; third gen.
Grafton, greatgrandnephcw or greAtgrandnieoe.
Thence onward an additional great" may be pre-
h1ed for each generation following. 1t is a clumsy
method but II has served all the uses to which IL
10 likely to be put. At any rate II affords moro
precise statement than the French arnsre .nepeu
or the German Urenkel; yet II lacks the elegance Of
the Latin system Of relationship designation.
What are the different flowers that are assigned
70 the months OF the year, GEORGE HARTMAN,
This is a list which seems TO be OF American
origin and therefore applicable, Similar lists In
the folklore OF other countries vary widely:
JANUARY. MIST otoel July. ............ Pond lily
February Pine needles August..........R Red poppy
March. .Da1odill September. Indian corn
April. ....... DAndelion October. ........ Maple leaf
May Iris 'v'nb'r .Chysanthemum
June. .........-. Rose December ...........
subject. F.. j. MURPHY.
Col, Arthur Lynch. elected member OF Parlla-
mcnt for Galway district on the Nationalist ticket.
arrested June IL. 1902. in London. was on
January 70. 1908, convicted OF high treason for
serving In the Boer army against Great Britain
and tho same day was sentenced to death. His
defence was that he had become a Boer in citizen
ship and the French naturalization was not i'm.
pleaded in court. The sentence was oommuted to
I'm Imprisonment for the term OF his natural life.
After serving just ono year he was released, Jan.
uary "a, 1904. on license. This was not a pardon. In
hat 1t involved no restoration to citizenship.
In operation In this country. II SO, where are they
WILLIAM J. DrMAN.
Most of the nickelused here Is Imported but ore is
to exist In the United States. The mines
n Nevada are now being operated and II is likely
that American ore will shortly cut some ngure In
the metal market. |
Be so kind as 20 inform me to whom | should apply |
Tor Information relative to the Carnegie life saving
hg medals and under what conditions.
ROBERT S. PAvIouR.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission is actively
engaged in rewardlng well attested cases Of herolsm. |
rs may be seen In Its prompt and substantial recoG-
alton OF Capt. Mark Casio and his mates. who saved
the company OF the Cherokee, wrecked on Brigantiue
The orlces Of tho fund are in PittsburR
Ind detailed Information may be obtained from It's
manager, F, VI. Wilmot.
,f divinity submitted the following conundrum,
1t TO Macaulay. but failed TO give the
To nvs and hye and f95ty-hvo
You have a thing to kill a King
And drive a wise man mad"
For a quarter Of a century | have sought q solu-
ion and now appeal to- Il Sun to shedllght on the
K.
Is the word fetch" properly used In this sentence
The letter fetched S75." Or is II only newspaper
p.
None the worse for being English OF some news
papers. and excellent English at its best. All the
dictionaries record this sense OF the verb. TO bring
rs an equivalent or price, so in Bacon's Advance
tent OF Learning: AS money will fetch all other
commodities, so this knowledge Is that which
Ihould purchase all the rest"
AnimGi Rhvmes.-!The request of Arthur Atw God
or the animals OF North America in rhyme has
licited q generous supply Of replies, all apparently
'ecalled through a long lapse OF time from early
childhood. for no suggestion is made OF a source
n print. Naturally, the variants arc numerous.
version is selected for preservation because
is the most complete, and, so far as II goes. pre-
erves the initial acrostic. The rhymlng pair OF
for o and p are lacking. The only sug g cslion
o nrl the gap found in the variant versions takes
10 note OF the o line but supplies this for p
-Polowall, fox. catamount, lynx
The initial word. most important in acrostic
,erse. may be a trick Of memory. for the beast
Ioes not seem identinable under that name. The
ersion in which this is found was learned long
20 at MendhAm, Morris county. n. j., from a
chool teacher named Remus Robinson: the cor
who supplies the rhyme Is anxious tn