The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER

speed. cost anu hImhmcnt OF AuCn Vchtclh OF our
KAkL VAN hursEN.
Among the battleships this Includes:
Connecticut. keel laid 1908: tonnage, 10000. horse
power. 1880; speed, 10 knots; main battery, 4 is
inch 3. L. r.. s inch D. L. r.. II 7 inch B. l.. r.:
cost ss.2i2. 600.
Kansas. keel laid 1904. other data the same. COS,
s4.ios 900.
Louisiana. keel laid 1908 other data the same.
cost % eeo. 900.
Minnesota. keel laid 1908. other data the same.
Vermont. keel laid 1904. other data the same.
cost s4.i7p. 900.
Idaho. keel laid 1904. tonnage. 1000; speed.
~ knots: horse power. 10000: main battery. 4 IL
inch B. L. r.. 8 = inch b. L. r., 8 7 inch q. L. H..
cost 0, !aee.soc.
Mississippi. keel laid 1904. other data the same.
Among the armored cruisers are found the Ten
nessoe and Washington Oe0D and the Montana
and North Carolina usos, Of iA,Soo tons, a2 knots.
5000 horse power. main batteries Of 4 10 inch
p. L. r. and 10 o inch r. r.; the cost of the earlier
pair 10 S4.Os5. 900. Of the latter t4.4sU. o00.
The secondary batteries have been omitted
from this record. but class by class they are Of
equal efhciency despite variations Of the units.
When did the now common roIltop desk nrst
come into user L. $.
A very respectable dealer In ONCE furniture
Mes the date when the roltop desk was mrs, put
upon the market a. Hpout 1870, certainly not earlier.
Iney were q NpcCthlty OF Ouc mhkcr INC Wcrc very
slow In conQuering popular favor. The desk
then In vogue was made on Q French model and
was characterized BY Q quarter cylinder Of solid
wood. which rcvolved on axial bearings and could
be swung down upon the nat bod and there locked.
II was an Ingenious American mechanic who hit
upon the device which marks the distinguishing
feature Of the rolitop. and II 10 not recalled that
the device was protected by letters patent. Tho
basic device was tho nrm attachment of small
semi cylindrical rods TO . canvas curtain through
tho noxibility of which the ends Of the rods were
able to play In the ogtval channels Of the sides
Of tho desk top. In recognition OF the essential
feature Of the mechanism the desks were at nrst
known ~ curtain des.,s, . name that has not alto
gether passed from use. They are for some uses
. convenient type Of desk. II only one has the moral
courage from time TO time TO edit the all too facilc
pigconhoies and the sanitary sense to see that Its
many blind corners are busted and disinfected
semi -spasmodicAlly.
Please tell me what led the Dutch OF the New
Nether' snds TO adopt, or 20 commence to adopt.
permanent surnamss In place Of using the fathers
Eh ss : ,se,r mann family wi name. s sSoas sSs year snn 1885, tho he
termination snnexe cd being sen or an abreviatiOn OF
times hold their ancient Tribal or national name
In reserve as the Patronymic OF the descendants
JEROME wrLrsEE. SR.
That the question OF reason why surnames were
adopted In the New Netherlands rests upon an
imperfect cognition of fact there Is abundant evil
mon .mons ,Ss Dutch Of the s.vsn,sen,S century
as N Is to day, but family surnames had long been
IN use. a specimon prooi u 70 o. iouho IN 'ne
signatures 70 tine inventory OF inc properly OF
Jonas oIoncA' ron "hom tne nionA uerNes us
name. VINO oleu AZ nus home az rmauS' Inc uocu-
ment u dated May ., 1898. ana IN signeo oy feuntie
Jeuriacns, Peter Bronck. Everardus Bogsrdus
and Jochim,P ietersen Kuyter and attested by the
secretary Corneiis van IiennoVen. IN INC pody OF
we document the WIDOW brohck Is Hehl'oheo IN
oinsrenuS as reun'Js 'eut'aehs anu 'eufiaenseh'
nihuiy si.e me the c2IIec. weIsaon o. aoun.
name az The snthoy W." CoLIhsp'
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"~' nc o'.u.e an unAno"n u'"o
vi.w. from Inv hand M wor,bv .ction done
III. .,rl,.,, ,ss,gp,bl, date OF IN, ,eptm.p
associates it with Jacob Bobart, who died In 1925.
Nichols. in the preface to his work on autographs
Lea armed ant RcTns rgsble Personage s conspicuous
In English History from the Reign OF Richard u.
70 thAt OF Charics IL, win biographical MEMOIRS
Lonoon' ls" Cues INC aIpum OF pavu hnes as
preserved IN the brttisn museum. This contains
the autograph OF jacob booar' WIN 'ne hnes'
Think that day lost whose descending sun
Views from thy hand no noble action done.
sitsined by the Iate Jonn y: hsYraaet IN tns United
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y" 'ue army "NNi
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