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


Kindly srbi,rats. the question Of she ..oG. and
,Sis QUESTION wss.ssrs DscsIousry declares as
Follows: "on the farther side; on tho side OF an
he 70 on foot: In the United States. the right side:
AZ The on horse Or on In a team, In distinction from
Is seated IN he IsSIcie and. for the best Of reasons.
a. the satrenls right Or, Is one faces the team:
OF nearest the driver the nlxh horse and the other
%; .S ss s sSs;ss i. Ts n. ; sssI:n Y DO w. co 2. EsSs is''
There seems no doubt as TO which animal Is the
on one for no such doubt was pleaded In the anus
ing discussion which lately arose over the mural
decoration OF the Iowa state Capitol with . young
farmer driving his oxen from the right or OF side
greatly 70 the surprise of an agricultural state.
The earliest record of the use Of OF In this sense
II found In this citation from the London Cdssfe
of 1873 uOos'O. - black stone horse. four years
old rcxelied for . lsmeness behind on the Oh side"
on may be defined through its opposition TO the
niEh or near side. that on which the driver walks.
the rider mounts. the position rides and the pas
seager enters Q vehicle. Tue doubt which arises
when reference IL made 20 the position Of the dtv-
tag seat 10 . local one. In this country. whore the
rule of tho road 10 to keep 20 the right, the driver
sits 20 the tight for the best OF reasons as the cor
respondent notes: this throws him out OF accord
with the nigh and on sides OF the team. But when
the word on was obtaining It's now well established
sense the rule OF the road was TO keep to the left,
- II IL In England. and for that same best of reasons
the driver sat on the left side and there was nothing
ia his position 70 deranr. IN. deNnitlon Of on side.
MANY v..,. ..o ,,.,. w,. ,,d., w.v. nm m.
Pseine. Ocean that CARRIED q United States war
vessel high and dry several miles inland and Il re:
" ";seSs s s1a PT ns ssy . s.lt s nc !. ''i sos s % sSts Sas
ri - no, pemsrssrss pi...e s,ns ase dsts and
the name Of the vessel and the circun stances.
A. SANroxp.
AREA. Peru, was visited by q severe series or
earthquake shocks August II and II, 1894 In which
not q building In the town was len uninjurcd. The
shocks were followed by . tidal wave. In which tbe
unieed states storcship Fredonis was broken 70
pieces on the shore with 9 loss or twenty seven
omcers ana men. ana the Wstree vas carried nign
ana Dry inland half Q mile with the loss OF but ono
hsn. ~ " would nave cost more uhan ene was
worm 70 noA ner tne vessei was SOLO. IN te
esny es ene was still intact ana was IN use as
todging nouse' Inc Mcnonssneis' Iytns IN tne
n.tocs otffodeickstsdt VA inc slano OF >" Nio,N.
wave Of earthquake origin. carried over q number
| Of Warehouses and landed In one OF the streets Of
tne &C.,. anotoer wsve phxea nsr up. carried nei
out OF me Town 70 . second dry perth on . coral
bu. Ave men: xhs was woce..n,IIy nosted and "a
still on the navy list. About the same time the
cruiser De Soto wac thrown by 8 similar wave.
| in St. Thomas, high and dry upon . wharf, thence
picked up by q receding wave and carried into
deep water with little injury. In the Samoan
disaster the Ntpsic was lifted over the reef and
put high on the beach: she WAS dug out later and
came home under her own steam.
What u the precise difference In count ing cleo
ZION returns oe'"een > majority tna q PIurslNSE
s..s"
you stsee . uo..Imi'eNoh' .eI se't.eu 70
svuu y po-s.,mss aHs " - ,o.s
Is this from the standard pctlonary. Under the
word plurality az used in American politics; The
greatest OF more than two numbers, whether u Is
or u not q majority OF the whole also. inc excess
OF the highest number OF votes cast for any one
candidate over the next highest number, When Q
candidate Tor once, out OF 10000 votes cast, re
eeives 1000, and two other candidates receive re-
specttvely 1850 ana $500. the hrst Is elected by q
plurality. though he has received less than a ma
iority or the whole vote. and he Is said 70 have .
plurality OF 800 votes. II the numbers are 5000.
! 1000 and ZOO the majority Is 1000 and the plurality
Is &oon.'
wiped OUT Can the claims Of supposed survivor.
or surtvors, be suostsntiated'. What was the
.s,,ms,eS nvrher ~ indIan." was he bs,,i. an
| open one OF ravlpe ambush:
J.B. WoooHULL.
Custer with III troopers OF the Seventh Cavalry
attached an open indian village ON the Little Big
\ Horn, June %, 1879. He had no knowledge of the
number OF the Indians. later proved 10. be shout
1000. This Ignorance and his natural impetuosity
| led Custer TO divide HIS slready small force BY dis
,ributing sfx companies between Major Reno and
| Capt. Benteen with orders TO attack the camp from
,ns indian c.n,Ts' r,r. ovs1gb.,med' beaten sscs
'ne inu'ah oeu'Ie' ~ euno see
and killed 70 the last man. TheiroodiesW were iouno
neHtday upon the neid. which later was conSecrsted