The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

vas formed. for a Republican Presidential cSndi.
date until It cast II for Mckinley In lS0S Is thiS
The political complexion Of Connections IL
definitely shown In the following record OF Its
Presidential vote during the course of'the Repub-
loan party, II being promised that by small plurall-
tles t went Wing IN. ls4s for Taylor and in 1869
Democratic for Pierce.
1850. Republican FremonU As.TS: Democratic
buchanan 1,0OS; American Fillmore) z.oiB.
I000. Republican Lincoln. 43.T92. Democratic
DOugiasO. lSS22; Democratic tBreckenridEe)'
t,8Al: Union CBeD, 3,2ol.
1894. Union Ulncoln). 44.ooi: Democratic Mcclel-
lam. a.. 2sS.
1858. Republican terano, So,S1; Democratic
Seymour, A7,oOO.
is7s. Republican CGrsnp. N.Sss Democratic
1879. Democratic Tnden). $685.; Republican
HAyeO. 5000; GreenbAck Cooper. ia; Pro-
hibitiOn Smith. S76-
1850. Republican CGsrneldl. SION; Democratic
HancocO. A.tiS: GreenbAck (WcaveD, ga: Pro
hibition dow. 900.
1854. Democratic cleveland. 6zloo. Republican
CBlaine). 06,azs; GreenbSok (Buterl. less; Pro-
hTbitlon Est. john. 1SoS.
lSss. Democratic cleveland, E.ooO; Republican
HArrison). 7ASsE; Labor (S~treeter), aaO; Prohibition
Fisk), ABA
tos2. Democratic cleveland. $3.50: Republican
uHarrison). 7Z01s; Prohibition (BidwelD, 5000.
1893. Republican mckinley. 1lO.,sS; Democratic
CBrySn). 56T40; Democratic (Pslmen, ASA Pro-
hibiton ueveringJ. l.se Social Labor MatchetO
La.
1900. Republican Mckinley. iO,.S12; Democratic
Bryan. H.oiG scattering. 3.oOe.
1904. Republican (RoosevelO, ili,0so: Democratic
parker. 1900; scattering, Ills.
You lately made . casual reference IN the om-
phallsts Of Mount Athos; what was their particular
form of belief or heresyt THH0LOoUE.
Gibbon. in his sixty third chapter. cites these
words OF an ascetio abbot OF the Mount In tho
eleventh century: when thou art alone In thy
cell shut thy door and scat myself In a corner.
Raise thy mind above all things vain and transitory;
recline thy beard and chin on thy breast: turn
thy eyes and thy thoughts toward the middle OF
thy belly. the region OF the navel, and search the
place of the heart. the seat OF the soul. At nrst all
wil be dark and comfortless; but II YOU pcrs we're
day and night you will feel an inefable Joy; and
no sooner has the soul discovered the place Of the
heart than II Is involved In a mystic and ethereal
light" This light, the erudlte historian continues,
the production of a distempered fancy, the creature
Of an empty stomach and an empty brain, was
Adored by the 0uietlSts as the pure and perfect
essence of God himself. In the fourteenth cen
fury this light, which the capitalists Identified
with the divine e~fulgence that irradiated Mount
Tabor. was vigorously asSailed as heretical by
Barlaam and as vigorously defended by Palamas.
Their differences grew to such a high pitch OF theo-
logical acrimony that a synod was summoned
for the settlement OF the question, and CantacuEene
himself presided. The PalAmite faction established
It's case, the light OF MounNAthos was established
by the Church as orthodox doctrine and an article
OF faith, and BaTlaam returned in disgust TO the
western church.
Kindly state whether It Is ever proper to use
expressions such as N II is" and N II was and
under what circumstance 4 maintains that an
and sn99's sSo9Id slvaS be- Expressed in the ftormi III
Il be- and If il Were't' Maintains that this form
"ir" may In some cases be a simple conluncton
and that the verb following it may be indicative.
present or past tense, in cases where the reference
Is a concrete or particular one Instead 81 an a6-
tains that In speaking OF train Il would be correct
the 6rst expression being proper In speaking of
any start which that train might make; me sec,
which that train may have made. G.. o. NJ.
But for all practical purposes the subiunctive
has been laid away with useless grammatical lum-
Der. IL exists In the text books on grammar, II
may even be taught In the schools. but II is now
unfamiliar in the speech OF men and Is rarely met
with In written works. 1t is a pity TO sacrifice q
device whereby fine differences OF meaning may
30 nicely be shaded, but against q ~pleblscite II is
hard 70 set oneself In opposition.
In TIE SUN of September Q is a query By Gorhem
relating to the order Of the Eastern star, OF the
as you have stated. to Dr. Robert Morris, who
originated Il In February, 1850, and Robert Macoy,
1879 1888. of i should Ike 70 !" give s% . little light on this IN.
t~erestinE subject, which may enable US 70 arrive
Morris Or Robert Macoy had anything 70 do with rs
convention. Inc rite OF adoption or Eastern star
is French. have a book In Spanish titled Ia
verdadera: Masonena dc Adopclon.- translated
from the French and published u Havana in lssT;
The sketch Of the origin OF the Eastern star upon
which this comment is based was greatly abbre
Waited from the history of the order by William j..
Duncan. who Is well known in ana about the places
where such information Ia available. This history
ns appended to the MacOy book Of Eastern Star
Ritual In Macoy's Masonic encyclopedia full
Information is presented as TO the French rlte o
adoption.
when were bronze cents Of the current form
nrst authorized CLEMENT DANE.
Chapter 90 Of the Acts Of Congress in 1864 pro
vides for the coming OF a cent and a two cent piece.
the former to be OF a. grains. exactly one tenth Of
An ounce Troy. the latter 90 grains In weight. The
two cent piece was last coined in 1873. by tnf
Law the cent was made a legal tender up to a dime
the two cent piece to 20 cents. the present tendcl
Of the cent being limited TO twenty Ave in any on
transaction. This act was designed TO remedy th'
Inconvenience Of the shinplaster and 70 correc
the ev 70 OF private tOkeps having no currency
except AS war needs gave them standing; !
provided that II any person should make or pas
any coin, token, card or anything Intended TO be
passed as money for one and two cent pieces hi
should be liable 10 q fne up 70 $1,000 and imprison
ment not beyond Ave years.
Are the Igorotes. as exhibited at the Louisiana
Purchase Fair, representative Of the native popu
iaton of the Philippine Islands,
c. W. T.. WINTERB0rroM,
To the same extent that a circus bunch OF Indian
in Europe might be regarded as representativ,
OF the United STATES. There are many tribes Il
the Philippines. OF several races and OF diver
Twarms OF migration. The autOchthons are rep
resented by the NegrItO Inhabitants Of the in
terror, q people yet resting on a very primltiv
culture plane; the highest development has bee
reached by the Tagalog. q people allied lingulsticall.
with the Malayan stem, or perhaps TO be CONSIDERS
as q northern branch OF the PolyneslAn race. Tn
I~rorotes are the mountainecrs OF North Luzon
savages whom civilization Is now for the nrst tim
10 reaching. They are capahly studied In "Th'
Bontoc Igorot," by A. r. jerks ue05.
Can you or some OF your interested readers favo
me with a brief sketch of the career Of Jane
Kennedy. at one time Judge In the Mixed Court a
Havana. Cuba, and author OF Modern Poets an
Poetry OF Spain: also OF David Turnbull, at on
time British Consul at Havana, author OF Travel
In the West-Cuba.- with particular reference o
10 where the gentlemen were born7 canno
md this In any OF the dictionaries q
biography. not even In Leslie StephenS's, yet bot
authors are mentioned by NllbOnc.