The sun., 1908-05-24
QUESTIONS AND ANsVERs.


.toct Of antique. arms caIhs scross . iin!ioei
plsio which a mrs, sppsared 10 be one Of the
syd;ny s bad Gsais NOT ss.n s aosesG Cd ,Hs asssn
Cleaning the ggn wsa slrprlsed 70 fnd ths barrel
'Ihs dssigp u no, AZ aii rssaisrbet seers 20 be Z
ssriss Of wrl.inas .he whs's being insld Win
the lock 'pisis bears no! dsts. but is marked as
se'iSws s.s sa:T, @ cs. Letters. L@s.SS
By ibe iac, that iSs ssrsSs and nails are hsnd,
sS s Nssms 70 s TIA. sus hsys sssn asss ssse
any an.hho.i,s nm M on ne s,Se,sc' to de'ermne ms
RUrasHsoaD IRnLAsD.
The piece was referred to william Coventry
Souhwiok Of this city an Interested student OF this
typo of small arm and the posscssor Of valuable
collection. II proved TO be Of a make quito nsv 10
him. and he examined II with interest. He has
kindly consented to make this report ON the piece.
While " In beyond doubt Turkish. he thinks that the
lock Is English. more likely French. sinse certain
marks peculiar TO Engiish makers do no, appear.
A to the age OF the arm he cannot venture any
opinion, but the forged sorrows and the general
dition denote great age. He reads tho letters on
the lock plate as C. B.-Luego" but the meaning
which they arc intended to convey In unknnwn.
Lueeo does not appear place name In that form
or In the forms a. originally read and beyond that
lis use would be quite obscure. The possibility
thatit might have been Fuego before Il was worn
down naturally suggests ITSELF but Il y BY means
clear why any armorer should enGrave the nre
designation on what % clearly q nrearu- An
authoritative work on the ancient history OF the
pistol would be greatly appreciated by an enthusi-
sstic group OF coliecton In this city.
have sent over to Africa to friend who Ia fsm
s.r with ne nsusss spoEsn !; no Snyer.sy SS ss
Louisiana plantation nslodies. 70 SEQ 4 he can
'ny n as EssS S.y may he s
English. The verss is this:
Rnbcri do cinnamon see -'
Miy hoppin, tust In time.
Hound ki,tle OBJ possun fas.
Double step for jubarl.
sandy crab do mackarl.
Ham and half pint OF juba.
The words 10 which am directing inquiSy are
rHes einnsmon S sec; &C., 'uba ,nbsri macksrIi end
This should prove an interesting limo Of inquiry.
But what is the language spoken universally the
vest coast, There 10 = host OF diverse languages
on the Guinea coast. each with It's own narrow
boundaries Only two languages approximate
universally. the Krooboy paiaver and the Hausss.
The Krooboy palAver 10 picturesque jargon, tho
Isrgeot element English. q little thread Of Portu-
Eucse and very scant African materials. IL has
como Into general wholly since the abolition OF
the Middle Passage and for that reason well for
Its structural relation Il Will probably shed light.
The Haussa 10 true African speech which has been
now cxtonucu DoyOnu natural DoundB 10 serve
as irads language between Africans OF alien
tongues and between Europeans and Africsns OF
all sorts. careful search of Its most recent die
tionary has been made without shedding any Hight
upon The foregoing words which. however, IL IL
fsr 10 assume are dilspdated African. "Cinna-
mon see" likewise appears In Dixie: In the Hop
kins broaddde Il appears as "cimmon seod." In
the later texts az cinnamon seed" From some
forgotten source 1t 10 also recalled as "sinnantsee.
opera. Pied Piper OF Hamelln." the claim was made
that the legend was OF German. Scandinavian and
Danish origin respectively. H. g. FRENCH.
The story is familiar to English readers through
Browning's poetcal version OF the legend. Its
origin Is German and of the Saxon stock In Ger
many. In Its bhefest gulso It appears In much
the following form In Meyers sKopversatons Le1i-
kon." In June, 1884. a piper turned UP In Hamein
who pledged himself for certain sum TO drive sil
the rats out Of the town and into the Weser- BY
the blowing of his pipe lie performed his contract
TO the letter. but the town withheld his pay. SO
the noxt Sunday. June 20. while the people were
~ church he piped a tune that drew all the Hamein
children from their homes and led them 10 the
koppelberg mountain. which opened before them.
Only two children were saved 10 Hamen. for they
came late and when they reached the mountain
II had already closed. The scene now makes a
sudden leap 10 Transylvania, where q little later
the piper and his train come TO view and become
the founders OF the Saxon colony OF SIebenbdrgcn.
Some students OF history trace this legend to an
origin In the siege of Hameln by, the town of
Sedemunder In 1859 and Its capture by the Bishop
OF Mlnden others link 1t up with memory OF a
chiidren's crusade: the probable explanation is
that II Is based upon an impcrfectly comprehended
cpitaph found on The Koppelberg. The whole sub
ject has been diligently discussed by Meinardus,
der hstorische Kern der Hameler Rattenfsnger-
sage" (hsnnover, 1882.
At the west end Of the Sound and especially at
such places as Oyster Bay. Gien Cove aid Sands
Point. L.. J. 10 freanently heard sound resembling
very fpeauent o"cursmce ' and st Times when
there are no s.sns OF tnunderstorms, and would
like to know wnAt these sounds really arc ! have
been told that in India there similar pheno menon
and they term the noises "Oarasp guns. Sn,v,s
Alfred Judson Henry Of tho Weather Bureau a
recognized authority. The sounds evidently be-
long to q class OF seismic noises known under dif
ferent names In different parts OF the world. On the
coast OF Holland they are known as "Mtstpouhers"
In the delta OF the Ganges as "Rarsal Guns. In tho
United states we have the Moodus" noises In Con
nectlcut tho, rumbllng and shaking preliminary
to Iandslidcs In North Carolina and Pennsy ivana.
Explosive sounds have been heard near Frank
linviue, n. ". also at Lake Seneca. n. Y. The
observer who reported upon the last named attrlb-
utes them to the escape OF bubbles OF gas from
the sand at the bottom Of the lake. The noises
heard In the hills about Ftanklinville have been
attributed to the breaking OF the strata OF under
lying rocks. The above notes have been CLEANED
from the Monthly Weather Review OF September.
1897 an July. lot3 4 soems that there Is no gen
orally accepted theory to account for the noises
In question. ..r
In telling Of the size OF the place sns had been
visiting my wife said that II was three times larger
than the place we live In. This doubted. but she
insisted tnat II was and so. too, s IN three times
large. means only three times as large. which sne
said It did mean. l thought. and think yet that
three times larger means four times as large. As
we couldn't agree would you mind telling which Is
right. J.C'
The two expressions are In use as exact caulva'
Tents, and consenting usage does not readily yield
to the chops Of argute reasoning. Three times a.
large" never needs any explanation. Three times
larger" will pass unehallenged In daily speech until
It encounters the assault OF some logcian then Its
defence 10 that It been ngsa diom for Just A.
long as the other phrasing. Even should 1t be cut
out from common speech the difhcuities OF three
times larger, would by no means cease; let II be
granted that from any given date three umesirxer