The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-23
QUEsTIoNs AND ANsWERs.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
built SH% 3 Church. Of ssf possisly Two s 81 sSS IN Enslsnd.
About them some SORT. Of q story was told. but I
Church ssSS sor Ts 2 wiz ES'' ,h ise h isGty ana Sfi / q set nsS.s ice
mat II 10 painfully. meagre. can you help bring back
TUcr vAAIck..
These are sugg~ estions. they apply respectively 70
the idea that the ssters built . church together
and that each built apart. The parish church OF
ormskirk. near Liverpool. 10 said 10 have been buiit
by the two slsters Orme. Tho structure progressed
with unbroken harmony until the roof was on. Thea
one sister wanted q steeple. the other wanted .
tower, and they fell out over this architectural
detail beyond any patching up OF their disagree
ment. So the church still stands with o steeple on
one corner and q tower on the other. q monument
to d breach which went doun'to the churohyard
unhealed. Grose relates OF the other instance the
common tradition that the churches OF Putney and
Fulhsm. on the Thames above London, were built
by two Sisters, who had but one hammer between
them. This they exchanged a. needed by throwing
II across the liver on q word agreed upon between
them. On the Surrey side the call was PUT II
nigh" on the Middlese1 side 10 was "Hesve II full
home" This ~puerility was offered In ctymolosy
Of the two names. rs from Putnigh and Fullhome.
How can Thomas Jefferson and all Presidents
down 10 Incoin's time be entitled Republicans In
history wiihou, the existence Of the Republican
Not with any propriety. for the charge 10 too
sweeping. Washington and John Adams were
Pederalists. then begins the dominance Of the old
Republican party founded by Jefferson. continued
by Madison and Aonroe and ending with John
Quincy Adams, who was nominally . Republican
but In act q very Federallst. OF the Republicans OF
his time Jefferson quotes W sshingt on in these words,
he said he believed the Views Of the Republican
party were perfectly pure" This older Republican
party was equally well known as the Democratic.
Republican party. and II was only when Jackson
rNataTaA IL from Tia Vrsnk NJ thu aarltAr aTfv d.
visions that II became known as the Democratic
party. The old name stlll remains, however. and In
some formal cases It 10 necessary to use 1t. - may
be seen In certain ofnclal announcement OF the
regular Democratic Republican party. The mod
en Republican party dates only from the nomina-
ton Of Fremont and as q dominant party only from
the election OF Lincoln.
, cG,S as. 9S::as,y enHrh'en me where the follow
Boz s sss :, and r iees s's TO- ss I'D;
wSssSsr Sst s. nsws Of olds..
the r sSens in sssssd up s 20 1.S sI'S 90 4 H'e an. mug YOU'D Said
ys e much IKE 70 know who ths sutnoS OF .ne
songs the question 10 satisfactorily answered By
the credit assigned on the mug: II 10 found In the
second cot Of "Gammer Gurton's Needle" This.
the second comedy In English. has been sscrfbed
10 John Still. Bishop Of Bath and Wells, who died In
iso7, but such ssctption rests upon wholly insun-
Client authority and 10 By modern studepts dis
credited. Several editions of the text with album
dant notes have been published In various courses
of literature. 4 copy OF thu London Quarto OF
1875, bearing the imprint OF T. oolweli. last csme
upon the market In 1884 and brought feA.
When were the lake dwellings Of SwttseIiand dis
covered and by whomt {. I. W.
Thsy were nrst detailed TO students Of archS ology
By Keller In issS. Their discovery In the winter Of
1855 - came about - the result Of . very dry and
cold season which lowered the Lowell Of Lake Zurich
by Q foot. This exposed margins and shadows
never before seen. Also II encouraged thrifty
riparian owners TO enlarge their holdings BY setting
dykes against tho return Of the waters. Such
operations between ober Nielsen and Doliikon dis
| closed the remains Of piles and domestic Implements
of bone. stone and horn. This discovery stimulated
research In . now neld OF early human Industry and
social life. Many pile settlements In the Swiss
lakes have been subjected to careful examination.
and the European museums contain many objects
derived therefrom- The literature Of the swiss
lacusthne population 10 quite considerable In the
number Of titles. Existing pile dwellings In Vcnez.
ueia. Malaysia and the African lakes have also
proved valuable nei de- for research.
without reference 70 the disputed points Of
Instances where Witch nndine snd punishment
reSsiysd sas ssnssion Of law or Of iaHfully Con
witchcraft was among the charges preferred
against the Templan In France In 1So and after
due inquisition many were burned for sucn prac-
tces. Joan Of Arc underwent the same punish
ment at Rouen In 1<si upon conviction a. Q witch.
In i4s4 Pope Innocent VIII. issued Q bull against
witchcraft An English statute Of Henry VIII.
tiHl) declared witehcraft and sorcery 70 be felony
without benent Of clergy. In the reign Of James I.
q canon of the Church uooD forbade the clergy
TO cast out devils. The English laws against witch
crnft yenalnSd d0rmant uD0a the HtntIta h00ta
for many years, until I7s6. when an attempt was
made 10 put Thorn into effect against q poor old
woman; they were then repealed. .
What Is the historical reference In the verse -the
beard that once lay under royal scorn', Where
docs the lue come ronf EMORY ALDEN.
The line is not Identified. The reference 10 by
no means clear. for II might be held TO apply TO
any ono Of several monarchs at different epochs Of
history. In Russia Peter the Great ordered the
shaving Of boards, and he found II no easy task 70
compel compliance with his edict. Julian the
Apostste wrote a tract f"Misopogon1 against the
wearing OF boards. Alexander the Great ordered
the Macedonian phaianx 20 20 clean shaved In
order to Afford no handle whereby their enemies
might scike them In the Gloss ~juncturc Of conflict.
whsnos comes ne srch.lo Proyerb -fy,.hyn.
is,sered on ~ book which he Ia. ;u.s 1iyss me,
while appropriate enough for the establishment
Of . ny book. II 10 not a proverb. IL forms an ap-
pendiI. The Treatise Of f~ysshyns with an Angle
10 the book OF -HawkynGe and Huntynge." EN-
printed al westmesire by wynkyn de worde,- In
1895. one Of the very early specimens Of English
printing. The book was written by Dame Juiiana
BeTnors. said 10 have been the daughter Of sir
James Berners. beheaded IN Tower Hin In 1885.
and to have been prtoress NJ Sopwell nunnery In
Hertfordshire while the name 10 printed Berueru
Il Is now commonly held that Barnes Is the correct
spelling.
To whom among the Victorian poets was the
name Of the Spasmodl' school applied In dertsisn,
II. T. 8.
The better known Of the Spasmodic school were
Gerald Massey. Alexander Smith and sydney
DobeiL. Prot. Aytoun In 1854 devoted his atten.
ton TO them In bis -Firmiiian.- Yet soms Of the
work Of each Of these has been found worth preser.
walton In the anthologies.
VIVA, was the date of the burning Of Psn.ance'
In July. 1895, nesas pln.ged BY the sp.ni.rds
and burned.
The following are the words of the song, -Pompey
Snow Inquired for by &C. s. JT In last Sundays
Questions:
way down In Louisiana. not many years ago.
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