The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-09
QUEsrIONS ANp ANsWERs.

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The question Of orthodoxy Of Biblical lnterpreta-
ton Of the whole episode Of The Nosoalsp deluge.
as well as OF its minor details. such as that pre-
sented In this inquiry. must rest until agreement
has been reached on the greater question as TO
how the narrative 'nnds Itself In Genesis at all,
That the narrative In its familiar shape Is a COM
posite OF two originals. q YAhvisticAnd an Elohistic
respectively. eaoa representing a different theo'
logical idea. IL Of Wide acceptation. AT present
the discussion Of the deluge Is held apart from
theology and nnds its proper place in the science
Of comparative religion and mythology. From
the latter source we learn that the belief In q world
food was spread over 1ndlh, Persia, Babylonia,
Syria, Asia Minor and Greece. On missionary
authority. by no means unimpeachAble. the gen
erAl deiuge story has been traced into the two
Americas and Polynesia. the latter being in a high
degree suspicious. In Europe. with the exception
Of Greece and perhaps HthuaniA. the story does
not appear, and from Africa also II IL absent. The
Hebrew story runs so closely parallel 10 the Baby
loniAn account now being more and more freely
available In the discovery OF cuneiform libraries
that Il has bsen proposed that the combined Hebrew
narratives have been drawn directly from a Baby
lonlan original or that the Hebrew and the Baby
lonian accounts are equal descendants OF an ancient
Semitic Archetype. Regarded solely as an ancient
myth there is no need TO account for such physical
difnculties as are here presented. The topic will
be found fully discussed In the more recent theo-
logical commentaries on Genesis. and for those who
care 20 70 into Il e1hsustivcly the attention may
he directed 10 the very valuable works Of Usener,
Die SintnutSagen" Ulonn, 1heol. and Andrea. Die
Flutssgen ethnographisch betrachtet" Brunswick.
1920.
back tc prc Revolutionary days the wise tavern
keeper provided a hottie OF gin stceped tansy
, which served TO give the unblended whiskey OF
those days ac,r,qin gpstatory tang besides form;
tahRy hitfFrg In the gDTinR were "QDnd To the TASTE
and eonsolin' to The !nnards." Early in the nine,
in the. bibuio1is world. who survived even The
rswsdssain y. TlS,, I'd m s1Sssa Min ne 1fcm M%Ila TsDe eR1Sadi
biltieTs The compound was originally encased in
ordinary SlrslEht green Spossleiy black bottles,
became a bar fixture, always standing on the end
OF the bar ready for use. Probably from this arose
t tSf f II steo d i nS,y a Sn s,o %STs SsAf pos sfo' 'T But t Re
S,oughtoR bottle IN IT, latter days took on another
smpiirlcs. ID possssSsd a ready disesrnment Of the
merits Of advertising; The Presidential campssIgnn
S + i' and aDT'. Siocush,on,t IKE @of fEe K Kenwigs.
had espe E,,,dDaS ~, Th init, pi ,,nn 3 IoE os sl1ISsH boI,ISs
and the StOughton bltters In It's leg cabin home
held lis own for z s,Ore o. geS STs, sI,e TS :,h Tine
in the early part OF 1851, The Stoughton bottle,
glass bottle formed TO the shape OF Q log cabin:
with these agreeable "reminiscences the origin
OF the Stoughton bottle may be considered es set
tied. The bltters are scarcely TO be regarded as
wholly of the past II one may Judge from a sign
board in an obscure side street OF New York set
ting forth that the establishment is the sole agency
for DR.. Stoughton's celebrated bItters.
read an article in the morning sun stating that
the necessary amount Of postage on a letter In
same special delivery, II win be delivered as such
Without purchasing and plscing thereon a special
occasion TO send a letter special delivery, and Just as
your article stated, did not have a special delivery
the letter, making ten cents for special delivery
and two cents for the regular postage. Our once
Il f1o hGSs a SUB @ .s,s HRaDn al 1ss eSen,e : 1iHG street Ss and fFmiftiSS
avenue; and as was passing there ! took !, into
special delivery. Three different clerks Informed
me that there was no such law. and II there was
NJ. A, REARpoN.
A little more Attention to detail in reading the
article (Which was published on May l0 would have
shown that the new law goes into effect on July 1
and not before. In addition to the ordinary postage
the letter must bear ten cents worth of stamps of
any denomination. together with the words special
delivery" written or printed upon the cover.
Kindly tell me how to get nd Of ants which appear
In the kitchen. G.. SPIEdEL,
Nothing Is eihcaclous. Some use Hn@y com
minuted bora1 mixed with pulverzed sugar. An
old rustic remedy Is TO set In the dark corners
affected by the pest the nnd of cucumbers. One
is probably as good as the other, for neither is
OF much avail II domestic philosophy may md a
place In the kitchen at all, It may derive some salts
faction from the knowledge that the ants are rem
denng good service In destroying the eggs of files
and other household inconvenlences, Think how
much worse they might be. In South America there
are ants whose bite sets up Inflammation reaching
even 10 grave fever, in Africa and Australia ants
are known 10 consume the wooden houses which
they lnfes,.
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penalty df any Tor destroying. drfacing OF in any
way marking coin or specie Of the United States
GEORGE
The only opinion that has any appreciable value
is that OF the United States and II is expressed In
these words OF Section $3.50 OF the Revised Statutes:
Every person who fraudulently, by any art. way
or means, defaces, mutilates. lmpalrs. dlminishes,
~falsines. scales or lightens the gold and silver coins
which have been. or which hereafter may be, coined
al the minis OF the United States. or any foreign gold
and silver coins which arc b. law made current or
are In actual use ard circulation as money within
the United States, she'll be Imprisoned not more than
two years and nned not more than 81. 600" With
such provisions as these itis clear that the only thing
that safely may be done with coin Is 10 spend II.
want to know the cause of glass breaking on Its
cold day this winter, took II into the house and
placed i on the mAntelpiece over the stove. In
about fifteen minutes 1t burst into twenty pisces des
Surely not on Its own account. for the conditions
here stated are sufncient TO give the reason for
the fracture. The glass yrs cold with the tempera.
ture OF the outer air; Il was placed In a warm situation
and one In which II received unequal amounts OF
heat, namely, from the mantel shelf and from the
warm air OF the room. These caused unequal eI-
pansion and In the effort 10 adjust the balance OF
strains the crystalline structure Of the glass wss
nver. Such accidents were formerly very com
mon IN lamp %chimneys. but improved methods OF an
healing have largely done away With them.
Can there be another Queen OF England. or Was
Queen Victoria 10 be the last! r. c..
Certainly there can be another Queen ~ the
conditions are hight. II the next heir 70 the crown
is a woman she will become Queen regnant by the
terms of the act OF succession. The idea that
Queen Victoria was 10 be the last seems 20 have
arisen In a recollection OF the rhymed list OF the
English sovereiEns. which said OF Victoria May
she long be the last"
Please give me the date OF the lion episode In the
stable In Eighteenth street. None OF us can Tecol-
leci Just what year II was. W. l.. c.
Wallace. the man eater. was turned loose upon
an unsuspecting public February q. 1894. For a
detailed account OF the incident from the inside
one may read with proht and enjoyment the remi.
niseences Of Tody Hamilton printed In THE SUN on
May IL of'the current year.
What ls the relationship between King Edward
and the Queen Of SDAinf c, r.