The sun., 1908-01-12
QUEsrIONs ANp ANsWERs.

COneerninG the query Of NAutIous relating 20
ships which are known TO nave sailed bachward
t6e point to refer him 20 shr Beiman's snip %hoss
30 6SSwsDIn s sSt mixed With the rudder somsSlmes,-
vanished the Bellman forgot which end II be
distances when he got it aSsd on the wrong end
That Heiec,sDle situation may be considered as
having nothing TO do with this serious inquiry
Here, however, is another which. Il seems to me.
syncienty serious 20 call for little attention
In these Gays when the minds of men are turned
seaward In no small degree. That the following
is true IN every particular ls proved BY the fact
before me as write, the same being sworn on the
Holy Evangelists, January Z. 1850
Hugh Williams. sailed from Quebec for Cork. laden
with lumber ON November u. 1898. She fell In
gear such an extent on the last day Of Novsm
Der. as says the log. -they got hswser from for
east away 70 WRdWaT in order & q 70 Keep the shiPs
head to the sea. That night came on with perfect
the mlzEenmast, and az midnight they had terrific
gale With heavy cross sea making a clean breach
boats decEhcuSe and the sssrScSTd side Of the
cabin cabin noated away This they stood until the
6arNue Grssnock., and they, the said sDpesrsSts,
their lives This they did and were taken on
the 18TH OF December lnote please the thirteen th!l
the Cuthbert became waterloEEed. and up 70 the
ssy nis I'D tney a. wei as sns crew OF the ear9ns
visions and water and exposure. when upon said
Gay tney Tell In with the German barQue Amertka
OF Bremen. Georg Roper, master. who came 70 their
assistance. and through the greatest exertlons BY
crews Of both vessels. thirty nine mote the three
times tnlLteenl IN number. on board thc Amertka
srsaisst Rtnaness TSss Capt KopeT snGesVorsd
70 continue on his voyage 70 New York. but owing
TO Near up for the Island of Fsyal. where they
arrived on the night Of the I'd OF January"
sea Of two crews with the Ioss Of not single nfe
Are there any more which can DO historically YER
The ship that sailed the sea backward Is not to
be dismissed by reference to the navlg alton OF
the Shark hunt. for she was navgAted by Bow
ditch. The ship was the American clipper Dread
nOught and her skipper was Capt Samuel Samuels
That brilliant seaman delivered a lecture at the
Madison Avenue Congregational Church February
10, 1880 and the brief report In the mornings
SUN records that he told the story of how hc backed
the DreadnOught toward FayAI after losing her
rudder In gale OF wind. The distance thus sailed
was 800 miles and the date was the winter OF isoeos
where does AbracadAbra nrst appear In print
IN any language ana the date thereon What are
the Greek numerical values Of lts letterSI &C.
Il Ia impracticAble TO trace Its nrst appearance
In print. but the nrst written mention OF the word
Of might from which fevers Zee ls in tho work OF
Ihe 0nOstic physician. Of the BsSide sect 3erenus
Ssmmonicus, in the second century Of our ere. His
prescription was to write the word In the magical
form OF the triangle. two forms being permitted
a. follows:
Al r A c A D r RA
BR ABR
RA ADA
&C ADA
CAD
ABRA ACAD ABRA
Al AC A ABR
BR An B
r A C d A
G A ID