The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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s s1s'G e. e cp. r. sss q SoR A2:soa. DS S.n 7. oS 1Gsaf mss
uon, Of . eentIal ntgre, And th.! yes what par
asn viz : :siYsa in E Ss. aesisn n9t s: : rrsI sss s sss,S
occupation and declared him self King Of the
This noblemAn. adveuturer and king was 50
obscure that his career has quite escaped the
attention OF the encyelopv dists and The references
10 his career are brief OF best and scattered In
the Polyneslan library. In vlneendou Dumouiln's
Lilies Marquiscs" Is preserved a copy Of bis
proclamation assuming the throne In which he
sirns himself Charles. Baron de ThIerry. chief
sovereign Of New Zealand and king Of Nuls
hiva,- this royal act being duly countersTned
by I'd. Fergus as Colonel and aide de camp.
Dom wilkes makes two brief notes about
him In New Zealand. the nrst that the Baron
do Thisrry was INST with. who WAS eIceedIngly
po,lts": tho second that the explorers were
Hospitality received by his lady" At his house
a. The head Of udowater on the Hokianga River
about thirty milss from It's mouth. wilkes, who
arrived after the British annexation. does not
seem 70 have heard that Thierry had over claimed
royal rights. Lafond do Lurcy, though brief,
10 much moro particular. He ssys that Thierry
had establhhed himself IS king over the whole
Of tho North Island and OF much of the west
coast tprobably meaning Of The South Idand)
and that no had offered to surrender his king
dom 70 France. Thepeppcry Capt. Lafond urged
upon tho French Government the necessity Of
roing TO war with Great Britain In order 10 re-
store Thierry TO his right. These events under
the Southern Cross took place about 1870.
garding the little creatures mentioned In Breton
folklore as korrgans. poulpicsns and Dues.
S,iS sn mary { - 1850 Ssa hssL'A "A1 ;. sAs1s y R Rl,'''
The korrfeans are The black dwsIfs OF brittany
who dweli In the sacred Druidlc circles Of the
menhirs and count their cash In the moonshine.
Whom mere mortals encounter them by night the
kornrans force their visitors to dance with them
| around and around. singing monotonously sthe
name, Of the days OF the week from Monday 10
sunday. This 10 the theme Of the best known ira
diton dealing with them. the story OF Lao and the
korriganh- Lao was q prize piper and came TO
set the dance At the pardon OF Armor. Women.
terrified at their discovery OF . korrtgan town.
besought him 70 avoid the little black folk, but he
laughed them down. Bravely enough he went
70 the ~korrirsn town, but terror came over him
10 the dark when no heard whispered sounds and
| dlmly saw dark shadows marching with him In
she gloom. Then the moon rose and the little
creatures bsde him play for their dance. All
night long no played upon his pipes and the little
people capered about him on the grass Not .
note did he miss until the moonlight faded and the
cock crow, sounding dawn. gave the signal for
his companions 70 vanish. All the night he had
played. obedient 70 the magic cry Pipe. prize
| piper. pipe aud set the dance OF the korrigAns!"
Exhausted with the coming Of the day. the bag
piper left his pipes and he fell aheap al the foot
Of the menhir, and the last sound which fell upon
his drovsy ears was Sleep. prize piper. slecp'
Thou hast set the dance OF the korriEans: never
moro shalt thou set . Christian dancei" The
| poulpicaus and the Dues have passed unnotced
by our French authority. Breton folklore has
engaged tho particular attention OF Hersart de Ia
v1llem ARGUE and LuEel. but there 10 little material
available In English
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The book Is not listed Ia the Auction Prices and
probably would not be sought outside the libra.
RES Of divinity schools, It's. however, q work OF
consid cradle worth and tstwelv sermons occupy
q D dtion Of no little note In the history OF the
theological development Of Its time.
Please rives the dates In the order OF creation
Of the embassies Of the United States - foreign
No rank higher than that Of Envoy E1,raor.
binary and Minister PlenipotentiAry was possible
"a riier than the act OF 1893. which granted per
mission 10 the State Department to commission
Ambassadors t0courts which should send repre-
xentauves OF that rank TO Washington. Under
this act the nut Ambassadors In order OF con
nmstion were those to France. Great Britain
and Italy. the nrst nomination to that rank being
that OF Mr.. Bsy1rd to Great Britain. These
three. ,og ether With the embassy TO Germany.
date from 1875. Russia received an Ambassador
10 1898 and Austria In 1909. The later constituted
embassies are those TO Brazil, Mexico and Japan.
WIN some one be good enough to tell me why
t tions MSi' s''''" M. c. s.
Probably because We have not yet attained TO
loose leaf ~le1icous. although that modern system
has been applied to tn encyclop vdla. thus bring
inn the treasures OF know ned &c down to the day
before yesterday. The average interval Of
several dictionaries 10 about ten years. aud the
language. At least 90 the popular SIDE. can grow
enormously Ii that dime. However. In one OF the
dIctIoaartss. Of date 1904, "grouchy- does md an
entry. A. the adjective can best be defined a.
nANlOG y BIOuCu VI ~ ~ wv ~ SSpS~h
that the next dictionary viii make room for the
noun.
have no reference books here from which !
eau learn anything eCarding the construction
OF the vesseis composing the spanish ARMADA
Ny Impression Ia that 81 least . part OF the armada
MAS composed OF vessels using oars as well as
ssis. Kindly inform mo when oars we're nnaliy
dlsearded, tivins way 70 sails Alone a. motive
the Armada propelled BY oarbE j. >. H..
The only note tending toward The set,leme cot
OF this question which has been encountered In .
series OF papers upon the lnvinciole Armada Is
found In the article In The Encyclopr dia Britain
mica. where In the enumeration Of the Spanish neet
there Ia used the expression besides slaves as
rowets." The opposing English neet was com-
posed OF easily handled sailing vessels. Gaileys
propelled BY oars remained In use until the
Napoltonic wars.
What 10 the c,,nnet ton between gumbo As .
vegetable ana - . form OF speochf }. u. h.
The connection Ia not even remotely apparent.
The orlrIn OF the word ID obscure. II came Into
existence from 70 lowiy a source that II Is quite
unce uaiu whether II Is degraded French or an
adoption from the African or Indian Of the West
indies. Nj Ia, however, accepted as the deslg
nation OF the Creole pAtois OF the French Antilles.
A pathological Renaissance OF southern waters
pictures a Creole boatn an stretched IDLY In his
ba,eau expressing his voiubie opinion on the
march o; s,sn;., with none Of which he was
In the least Jealous 10 catch mp. and all In . nne
now OF Gumbo weilnirh iucomprehensible 10 the
French Of Paris.