The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-23
QUEsTIONs AND ANsWERs.

use OF o hyphen and the great big B, As II help
much cSi 81 IS as sa' By S0T .Ss f aad 4 SPt tRs oo o. sRsGy we & &
not mind me EFFORTS for amusement a. our expense
that the town was named iphor % the RevoiuIion
i az E 1TS Se P, who sSOt The = &c sids oo Of the cOlC1is sSn I
P PsmeS Het 1s' a, w;r' .i HSa IN R f5SsltS S1a e f,s them hs S9sf
me latter always used the acute accent when b,
wrote his name, and In dual name-as; for example
the English statesman; Mrs, Scott siddons, the
actress-lt Is proper 70 use a hyphen and Q bsElT
name. thus. %iIkesbarre, lie latter half q Ii;
word is meaningless and Is often taken for a cor,
s sHPes %ttS 81 the w PrssiSeni e many nH of GIs d Es S to1 .h nG!
pronouncements, We do owe him a debt Of gratitude
% 7 0es - issfSE'''H OF the correct mAnnf III. Fl E Moc.
Barrd used the accent and pronounced his name
In accordance herewith. But the use OF the accent
on the ultima OF Wilkesbarre would naturally tend
10 nislcad all educated users OF English except
the comparatively small number of those who
know that the name of the Pennsylvania town Is
not pronounced Wilkesbar-rt The excelsior OF
the hyphen In this interesting place name rests
upon the common sense principle OF convenience
and had been definitely promulgated BY the Board
on Geographic Names until overset by the E1ecu
tive pronouncement. which seems almost TO per
Suade the local correspondent. Wilkes5arre could
scarcely hope 10 maintain Its semi detached eI
iStence against the theories OF an agency Of govern
ment which has seen no absurdlty in such names as
Westpolnt. oldglory and Proctorknott, all OF which
are ofncially authorized.
d~eenshirc seat OF the Earl OF ETfoli. is a single
PLAYING card which recalls a never TO be forgotten
70 this day the curse of ScotlAndO on which the
Duke OF Cumberland wrote his order for the butch
cry Of the brave Hlghlanders who were taken
prisoners at the feieful battle of Culloden." Re
rseri IN what 10 t Ss0I l0 tSt batTls st "a cnfl05. Pls xss l Intern
who was the Duke of Cumberland, what was the
language OF his order. how did he come 10 write
his order on a card. A. &. BUCK.
For SO much OF the tale as Is historic the standard
histories may be consulted. Culloden Moor, near
Inverness, was the held on which the last SCATTERING
defeat was given TO Charles Edward. the Young
Pretender. The battle was fought April is, I7Ie.
The Duke OF Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland"
the Jacobites called him. was the son OF George H.,
and q competent commander. The story of the
nine OF diamonds is derived from partisan sources
and COMFORTS well with the rancor of that period
OF the hanoveran succession. As told north of the
border II is said that the night before the battle
the Duke issued orders 10 give no quarter. Seeing
that his chlefwa In his cups the subordinate General
refused the order unless IL was In writing. This
scarcely served as the appeal from Philip drunk TO
Philip sober, for the Duke gTaspcd q card from the
gaming table al which he sat and wrote the order.
AT the best II is TO be said that the story lacks cor.
roboration and the Earl OF Erroll's card lacks
naturalization. The shallow sclnshness OF the
stuart prince, the bonnie Prince Charlie OF legend
and romance, is overlaid with a g~littenng ,insel
OF anecdote through which the historian vaInly
seeks the web OF good desert.
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In Carl Schurz's paper In McCiure's Mroa.i"e
" is said OF Stonewell jackson that he was acct
dentally, killed By his own troops at Chsncellors-
is the fact! | recollect at the time OF the occur.
renee that 4 was so stated, but It seems to me that
uoubt has been cast on the statement and that he
actually was shot by the Union troops In the
Vicinity, W. l.. C.
All authorities are In accord in ascnblng the
wounding OF jackson 10 an error on the part OF
Confederate plckets. The nrng by the Fedcrals
did not COME until the wounded General was being
borne 10 the hospital. The separation OF the two
Incidents is made AbundAntly clear in the con-
temporary account in the Richmond Enquirer:
When be had finished his observations and as
he was returning he was fired upon through mis-
take by some of his own men. : . = The General
al once said he was wounded, and as soon as posi-
be was conveyed 10 The rear and his arm ban.
daged. Just then the enemy began an attack
and Il was with dlfnculty that Gen. jackson was
not Injured In being borne from the neld. as the
nrng both OF small arms and artillery was vey
rapid and the rain Of shell and balls fell thick and
fast about him"
In the Questions and Answers column It Is stated
that the stars and Stripes was not raised over the
stars and bars Bsrs hauled a DOWN b. Col Z Ell s1SoG 3. 'H IS
February, 1904, William Clauscn OF your city pre-.
c lain IS IS the se' one MAf caT Rfes's Sy The q rI qss N %Si' 9o ae
Fire Z'ysves. and which Ellsworth raised on the stan
oifhs dag as gil. from . IN Go c"tE p fressSTer
nag. He does not state whether this is the national
emblem OF the Icglmental colors, but have pre-
suned II TO be the stars and Stripes. Mr. Clausen
says that he has the documents 10 prove that the
nag Is an authentic relic. PELEo d. HARRISON.
Contemporary accounts as published In the New
York papers enter very fully into the details Of the
hauling down OF the Confederate nag by Col. ELS
worth and Of tho night upon tho stairs. but not a
word is said about the holSting OF Federal coIors on
the nagpole OF the Marshall House.
always supposed shack came from ramshackl,,
whatever that came from; or from corn shocks
are made by leaning corn stalks together and are
occupied by ramps as vel as By rabbits; hence
very naturally the application to a nimsy hut or
'ieanto,' &c. REEVE. JR.
Both ram shAckle and shock had long crystalIEed
Into distinct signihcat!ons before shack. made
It's appearance In provincial American as a dSslgns-
lion for a rude sort OF house. and there is no evidence
save The slight and superficial one Of partial sim
llarity Of sound TO associate the latter with either of
the former. RAmshackle might be used In a descrlp-
tive way as an adjective qualifying Il house. but
ii has never SO specialized In It's application to
houses and to nothing else as would open the way
TO It's meaning a poor house. Such a step must
be a necessary preliminary before wear and tear
could reduce ramshackle 10 shack as a house name.
had always thought II TO be the golden rod, but
have been told that ! an mistaken. +. PoMAREs.
We have no national bloom in the sense that
he English rose, the shamrock. the lilies are national
- 'H''sb" ~ iD'h VI uNNs vi ]
thirty one SiOtos which have adopted a State
flower the choice In all but two instances has rested
with the children Of the public schools. the two
being California and Kansas. whose
action has been taken by the Legislatures. As a
State emblem the golden rod has been adopted by
Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri. Nebraska.
yet II remains a pestiferous weed
md a source Of great grief IN all such as are suscep-
hble 10 the suffering Of hay fever.
In Arizona there is a new mining district which
lakes us name from a local mountain range known
rs III 1lro" mountains. Is II not permissible 10
TO them as the FL Trio Mountains" and 10 the
district as tho III Trio District" the point at issue
being the use OF both the English article the and It's
Spanish equivalent df GEE. |,
When II is known and recognized that the two Gle
ncnts are articles there can be no excuse for bring.
ng them together In duplication. The II Trio
S as offensive as The La Gascogne and Is OF course
% be avoided. But there arc cases In which an
'rticlo may precede an article without cAvii, cases
n which the second article Is not patent 10 general
comprehension as such. Thus one would have no
In writing an algebra" or the AlhAm-
for the reason that knowledge Of the fact that
Is the Arabic article was confined TO Onentallsts
Il the time when these words were passing into