The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
QUESTIONS AND NSWE

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
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What Is Inc whence OF this fetS6Sm IN ae yoypat
II must certainly 20 hsck 10 the bronze or iron
eye, perhaps even then Il came down a. an inherit
ance from the stone age. Al any rate II h spread
| into many distant regions Of the world. To a
I friend one may not give a pointed or eoGeo I'M
plement lest the hoodoo OF the metal carry out
Its manifest destiny, You may buy q knife orr pin,
you may steal it, you may appropriate any such
thing found owneTiess, but you must never take
II 40 q gift, for edges cut friendships" az the
proverb is recalled. Just what sharps OF the
| pointed sort do 10 not now remembered. To SHOW
the extent of the dispersion OF this ldes common
70 all European races the same thing has been
found In the heart Of CelebeS by Its nrst explorers.
A dAtu in the mountains gave Sarasin d hne sword,
but the explorer had TO banibh the Bperl bya return
present OF a knife, anything would do 90 long az
edge returned cancelled edge received. THESE
aboriginal Alfuras had the proverb SHARP edgeS
| cut friendship" They 60 yet further with .
proveTb. Fans blow friendship away"
In Il on record that George Washington once
had his headquarters at Flushing, L l., 10 a building
now s~tandingi FLusHIHo'
II 10 no thing for popular tradition
anywhere within the known tract Of the Revolu-
tionSry War 70 assign the Occups ton by Washing ton
to any building that looks sufficiently old for the
, part. An extensive article has been written on
the recognized headquarters OF the Commander
IN Chief and this Is silent as 70 any Flushing house
Of the sort. In the operations around New YORK
waahinRton's headquarters were nrst in a house
on Pearl street. opposite Cedar; next the Mortimer
house on the southern corner OF Vartck md Charlton
streets; next. after the evacuation OF the city. he
occupied the Roger Morris house on Harlem Heights,
almost opposite the intersection OF Tenth avenue
and ielst street with the old Klngsbrdge road,
but between the two definitely established head
quarters he spent one night az the house OF Robert
Murray, near the corner Of Twenty. nlxth street
and Fourth avenue, and the next at AottS tavern
In Harlem Plains. From Harlem he withdrew
across the Harlem River TO Valentines Hill In
westchester county for two nights, then TO the
Miller house in White Plains for three weeks until
he crossed into the Jerseys.
Kindly furnish me with a list OF the names of the
veterans of the War OF 1872 who walked up Broad
names in THE SUN at that time and would like TO
get q copy. JAMES Y. BAuLAiB.
New York honored them too highly TO ask the
| OLD gentlemen 10 walk. Incy went IN carriages
under escort of the Sixth Regiment 70 the old fort
at 10th street and Seventh avenue. in the building
of which many OF these veterans had worked. The
veterans who stood on the ramparts were: Gen.
Henry Raymond, aged 81: Col Abraham Daily,
IA; Henry Norris, rs: Christopher Reinmey. IS:
NJ, z. De Grove, 70; Abraham Plorentine. 81; Samuel
Ryckman, 81: Jared Olmstekd, 70; Charles Coombs.
70; W. J. Sure, II; Capt. John G. Sexton, 30; Capt.
Leonard Baum. 81; Daniel French, II; Thomas
Stewart, "a: Capt. Leonard Hoffman,, rs; Charles
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Jefferson Darling, rs: James Totten. 70: James
Michaels. 70: George Newoomb. 70; Henry +. Jolie.
76: Charles Baker. rs; william c. P1nckney. II;
Henry Bernard, ~: William II. Brown. 70; Per-
mems DoIey. "a; Joseph BaulSir, rs; Amos Com
stock, 20; Henry verplanck. Is: william l.. Van
Zandt, 81: Isaac n. Phyfe, "a.
, Is it necessary for a native bonn New Yorker to
carry with him on a trip abroad Identification
papers for use in foreign lands and as q means OF
onOE iansl hin seTe : nS NY ir ie H' cI Ida,s" 1sa aO . aa'ISs
born American must be supplied with dooume ntary
S Sssi ssa@shiie Ge6 Sihss hS 't petere Seins e sIiS%ed
to land. l claim that his oath is sunieient without
any written proof OF his being native born. Who
is right! AhJHUR Lyons.
No papers are needed. for ciuzehfhip In these
United States has never been q matter OF docu-
mentation. To one who travels wide comes a
recognition of the facility OF life where one has
papers. provided those papers are In order. The
German system works very well at home. but IL
smAcks too much Of the pAternai idea OF govern
ment TO meet with favor here.
would like TO inquire II there is a society OF
descendants Of Tory Colonial Dames3 Some of
our ancestors were on the spot In Revolutionary
days, but preferred 10 consider themselves loyal
ia az a case Of sour grapes. for my ancestry is either
peaceful Quaker or Loyallst, Also. can you tell
Of 1877 BuRLiSo'
No record 10 found Of any association OF 10y
Alists. although most of the population OF this
island found II convenient 10 have their convictions
incline toward that side between the battle OF
Long Island and November IS. 1883. The Ma
tional and State societies of the Daughters of
1872 have headquarters al s.: West Eighty seventh
street.
A claims that q man placed on trial for his life
being squitted by a Jury OF his peers cannot be
Of newly discovered evidence after the verdict
has been rendered has the prosecuting attorney
JOHN A. McKESRA.
There is a clear provision In the Fifth Amend
ment OF the United States Constitution which
covers the point raised: Nor shall any person
be subject for the same ofebce 10 be twice put in
jeopardy of his life or limb"
When and where was Jumbo killed' AR.
The date was September 10. 1885: the place. ST.
Thomas. Ont. Jumbo was ~sidewiped by a freight
engine, which was itself deralled by the accident.
His skeleton is preserved In the National Museum
at Washington. the skin was stuffed and Is IL TIE
museum Of Tufts College. The elephant stood
II feet Q inches In height. and weighed six tons.
The remarkably unusual" question Of a CORE
spondent concerning the inclemency OF the weather
on July 4. 1859, published several weeks ago sug-
gests the following statement, Last summer, while
In Loudoun county, Va, nifty miles west OF Wash
ington and within the afternoon shadow Of The Blue
Ridge. | often led an old lady who had always lived
In that county into "reminiscences OF her earlier
years, and among other things she told me that
on July 4 OF some year during. the sos she saw
snow fall In that part Of Virginia; IL was not like
q hAilstOrm on a hot day, but the weather was
really cold. In connection with this cold July 4
a singular story survives In western parts Of Mary
land and Virginia. Grubers Hagerstown Almanac
has been published In that city for several genera
lions and one of Its issues during the sos, 1t Is said,
contained In It's weather representations a proph
ecy of snow on July g.. This WAS not GTubers
doing but was the Joke OF the compoSltor. The
proofreading was done by Grubers wife, accord
Ing to the tale. and she did not perceive the incon-
Eruity of snow in summer; and 40 II happened
that Grubers long distance weather forecast for
July 4 promised snow. The almanac was printed
and distributed for many miles around about and
there was a general laugh ~ Grubers expense
until July 4 arrived, when the harylAnders and
VirginlAns were awestruck az the f%ulnlinent of his
prophecy. ! have been unable 20 verify this story
by reference TO the file Of this almanac In the
Library of Congress, since copies for only three
years OF the sos arc In the. Ole; but Il Is a fact that
this almanac before the civil war took its. place
with the Bible and tho Baltimore sun as lnfallble
Concerning this matter the weather Bureau In
fa.r,g 80 that la rNDards aaG far aa vR tRye heeu