The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

son spent his las. days mere. bus niue else ssCsps
8s TssSsy 70 * fivs aPlt wh q i i IL. : 1 .i;%sssi Psi ~ living
Tiers expensive and are proper things 70 eat 70
wn1s either In the Century OF csHg6sSs soSyol0-
Under certain widely varying conditions Samoa
has been found a highly desirable place OF residence.
Win unlimited millions Herr Kunst, the late banker
OF Hamburg and hnsnoscY OF eastern Siber4s. trans
formed VanimA into a palace and lived royalty
WIN scarcely o penny from years end 70 years
end Mr.. Coma. a graduate of q New Bedford whaler
lived hSDpiy for half a century In Solosoto as q
beachcomber. But between the wealth. that CON
mands all things and the perjury that knows no
want Samoa 10 no place for a white man 20 mako
such q living As he ran make far better elsewhere.
The climate - hot and for Owe months very wet.
Living Is very expensive II one tries To I've In oven
q remote and canned imitation Of the cheapest
American fare. The way 70 Samoa. Tho second
turning 70 tho left AFTER you leave san Francisco"
10 by way of the Oceanic Steamship Company from
San Francisco, once every three weeks. fare $3.50.
A careful statement OF the general undesIr@hility
or samoa a. a place Of residence VII DO round In
the Consular Reports for August 1900 OF any public
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AboS, Ssasrscn DAVIS S SSs Isl ss s.d story q s,s cap
ture, IN Georgia, In 1885. b0rpsr's " eskIy for June
r.ss sse1i 10 s me n sss sss snd R ~ as, Is,iss' :, for June !,
Ises, Also has a report by one Of me otncers who
NhtChCo III 1JbuIes 0k0 OI Lucbc pub1lt fO4hc
which ] have on AZ, stale tina. Davis. o. the tine
ofhis capture, y a. clothed IN fen se attire. Is 10
irucf No less an a 'tnority than the editor OF vac
this part OF the story. G.-b. 7.
Nicolay and Fay C-Abrahan Lincoln T., 27D
give In FUN Mr.. DaVis's statement as 10 bis capture.
The question OF disguise Is thus disposed OF: "As
II was quite dark In the tent, ! picked up what " NJ
supposed To he my raglan q waterproof light
ovcrcoAt without sle<ves; II W as subsequently, found
90 be my wife's, so very like my own ss 10 be nfs-
taken for 1t: as I started, my wife thoughtfally
threw . shawl over my head and snouldess. ] bad
gone perhaps nfLeeD or twenty yards " zen atrooper
gallOped up and ordered ms to matt and . urender,
to which ] gave a defiant answer, and dropping
the shawl and IA ,lan from my shoulders, advanced
toward MIN" Later in the narrative he explains
tnat the morning. Il was Just at daybreak. was
damp and chilly. Tho story that Mr.. Davis dis
guised himself as a woman and sought 70 pass the
lines with q TIM pan TO fetch water IL regarded AZ
ono of the nctions of war.
Is there amp rnle governing INC uso Of "or" or
nor" In a balanced clause following "pot"2
Involving the appearance Of q double negative,
this question has long interested uamrartans
and has ELECTED a fun supply OF the aorlnlnY with
which debates on the nicetles OF grammar are
commonly conducted, The precISans In grammar
regard mot . " . nor" as a sole Ism and CONTEND
that as neither " . nor IL correct, nett or"
Ia the only word permissible 10 introd,S c "nor"i
therefore the disputeh locutOn should he mot
" or" THIS will parse very pretuly and Ia
undoubtedly good grammar, m far as grammar
goes. But In the world Of real English, outside
Of the school books. there has never been any OBJ
lection 70 not : . nor; making good sense,
Il nas always by good AUTHORS been regarded as
rood English. Thus In tae Bible: "We wiz not
serve thy gods, nor WORSHIP the golden image"
paniel. m.. IL. OF a somowhAt similar passage,
There Is 10 darkness, nor sNod0w Of death where
The workers OF iniauity may hide uhrmsei' %"
job, xxxlv. s9, the GooId Brown
proposes as "boitCr" the rGading There Is no dark
ness, no shadow ot death, wherein tho workers
Of lnlquity may hide themsclVcs"; n suggestion
which the revisers neglected To adopt.
A friend Claims that t1Iing tho Revoiutlonofy
Wm go rr,,,s snge1s6 In ~ ny sS,tnsI ne
ReSoiationary forces than BIltlsh yeVnIaTs' in
Guiding Hessian and Canadian troops ~ British.
On me otner Qand, noid that the TORY ~ mpa'n =.
~ 49, haH 49, ~. ~ ~ srai "'' 1880
.".n ~ ".soa.oo -, 49,
Tories OF Loyal'sts, as they preferred TO eau them
selves, Definite figures as to the number Of Tories
reason II Is impossible 70 refer 10 thSrn with tho
precision of Arithmetic. They were regarded as
a menace by the Continental Congress aRd severe
measures were taken against thenH with the result
that they, sought protection within me British
lines. When Boston was evacuIed practically all
the Tories of New England sought refuge In the
maritime provinces oil canada The Tories Of the
Mldoe states iounu az asylum "a NC" hoIN arc
LONE isl"nu' larry ~ So "HI onoIes wcIo "auo
70 emls' IetlMenVs VI No LOsN hlpehSAns' ou'
.hel He'SrC ". my ps.Ic N 'no : =, INC pHtFn
presented from the british side IN The closing
chapters of The Nirginlans.' by Thackeray,
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Kindly explain the meaning Of the term whip
sawed as used In the expression TO be whipSawod
~ MS TWAS "ii''AS H. hHIo0s'
The sense Is that the whipsawycr Is bound 10
win whichever way the event goes, heads ! win,
tails you lose" 20 catch the victim coming and W
catch MIN going. IL Is suggested that the tropical
meaning rests upon tho whipsaw used BY mechsnios,
which In some forms at least has rs teeth so SET
that II cuts on the down stroke and again Oh tho
up pull. The term has a long line of use In faro
perry TO be an Amer,canisT, though not so recorded
nv BARTLETT, Il rs credited 10 America by John
3 paru., IN whose sy,d,Ion wa. QUIZ the i.I.n,,-
un,h..na h-o.n.a 4, A.
,r.ou.n,Iv raryied.
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I nave LDohoi high ara lOw for an explanation
of the expTessiOn, ITS nke q cat In Pattens." but
30 far nave i%hea 10 NM ~ foNhIcNkI