The sun., 1909-02-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
wh4i are tins wonderfI Circles Of stone
honHe-y n RAUNYa

stone circle. about ten mlles from Amesbury on
salisbury Plain In Wiltshire, England The only
statement as 10 the age OF this prehistoric monu.
ment which may be ventured upon Is that II Is
al least as early as the bronze age when com.
ple,e, says the guide book 1t seems to have con.
sisted OF two concentrc circles enclosing two
ellpses. Of the outer circle. about one hundred
feet In diameter sixteen stones are sun standing
and nve OF the huge cspstones remain In posi-.
tlon. The Inner circle. about nine feet distant,
vas formed OF smaller and less regular blocks.
Within this again Is horseshoe elupse open on
The northeast. originally formed OF nve trthons.
OF which only two are perfect The largest had
uprghts S.is feet In heignt and a transverse slab
5'1 feet thicl. The innermost cllipse consists
Of smaller stones, Ike the inner circle. and also
like that circle probably had no capstoneS The
larger circle and ellipse are formed OF Ssrsen
sandstone; the others perhaps earlier In date
are OF . kind OF granite. The sacred road leading
70 the circles can be traced BY It's banks OF earth
The Isolated stods at some distance from the rest
Is known as the Frlars Heel The name Is de.
iived from the Saxon stsnhengest or hanging
stones Its Older British name was &C. Gawr. or
giants circle
win some Kind friend curious In the literary
coz 10 ne Ssarph. PSSr EstSs9 Sfsgre' and
Pleasures yes 'H tne work s9nST o. % obscure
theology, shabbIly demoac 10 literary style, e. g.
old sgtS Immensely personal in tone and az ciif, rem.
nscent OF his wide wanderIngs the seems TO
sa's d 'y: s: Z .: hsys suS Hsd 10 have e:
s.iendtd hi, yoyssns Ing as 81 far % as the alHcl he
seems 10 have w writ Written nm many any boo BOOKS: he nunser. re
| them az eighteen. He writes: II have sat up
.Soni 65h n.E. s0GS~ o3 Ss GO%P1
patriots. other o. his titles mentioned casually
n this woIl. are Paradise display cd "l'eauues
| OF Philanthropy The Curse Of ChHstendom."
which he hopes will lie omilted from bis collected
works: "MsnIS 81 God which went to the NTH
Literature. which reached a 10 I'd edition; Pre-
llnInaty Essay" In which be scolded Napoleon
hunt. This forgotten pIece~It was published in
1899 was the authors nrst work, aud mighty
prepare e maj book for ,se press bv some ssper
natural power for no person saw The MS, much
And when | remember my profound Ignorance
when commenced writing The book and that
iniratop or quotation marx meant, / cannot
help believing that the Almight. ordered IT,"
one who becomes Of age on the day after cleo
uo1 day Is not a legal voter, many newspapers
,,ructIons to election ofncersD 70 the contrary
Notwithstanding. What the courts have de
= legal voter, on the day before Ills twenty i,rst
birthday. a moments reflection will show ths,
when the r4aIn that the law takes no note OF
fractions o. day Is considered. for at the nrst
he has entered upon his twenty second year
BRYANT WILLARD.
The question was TO learn IL "a man becoming
OF age on November could vote on November )
election day" The law as here ezpounded
shows that a man born on November becomes
ofage on November4 aud cannot vote on Novem-
bers. II, however the man was born on Novem-
ber and twenty one years thereafter mistakenly
referred 10 himself as becoming OF age on that
calendar day this laches would not be an obstacle
TO his voting on November 3. The doctrine re-
mains de mlnimis non curst lex"
Who was the American naval ofocer who threat
ened 20 fre upon an Austrian national vessel? |
Was his action approved by our Government
H. l.. TRAYNoh.
later Commodore In the Con Moderate States navy.
The incident arose in the harbor OF smyrna, !
July ?. 1855, and the Austrian which lay under
the American guns was the brig OF war HusEsr, the
American vessel being the ST. Louis OF eighteen |
guns. Martin kosLta. a political refugee from |
Hungary had taken out his 1rst papers OF natural
ization In this country, had gone TO Turkey on |
business and In Smyrna was selEed and confined !
In chains on tue Austrian ship. Capt Ing graham |
gave the alternative OF the surrender OF KosztA or
that he would open nre a. I that afternoon. BY !
agreement Koszta was surrendered TO the custody |
OF the Consul General OF France at thst port |
and eventually returned to the United Ststes. |
Secretary OF State Marcy supported tho acuoR |
OF Capt Ingrahsm both nrmly and successfully.
When did Columbia hrst come into use as
WALTER ESHIoHr.
Without assigning a date the dictionaries
classify the name as poetcal. a very definite
pronouncement as 10 the word Is found In the act
OF the Legislature Of New York passed May l,
1874. ordanng that the college within the city
OF New York heretofore called Kings College
Hg klTaa la
name OF Columbia College" Citing this act In
his origin and Early History OF Columbia Col
leze," George II. Moore makes the explicit com.
ment: The new name OF Columbia. . word and
name then for the nrst time recognized anywhere
in law and history" This precedes by more than
seven years the adoption september, i79D OF
Ihe name for tho Federal district. II is highly
probable. however. that the word had become
familiar TO patriotic dction before ~ was a.
sumed by the college.
! would like 10 ask OF you the favor either 10
point out TO me where can md the stan "a OF the
Ss6a' mater beginning ,nnammatns. or 70
lnnammAtus ct accensus
Per te. Virgo sim defensus
In die judicii.
FAC me cruce custodln.
Morte Christi premunirI. {
Confoven graua.
The authorship Is uncertain. by some attributed |
10 Jacopone, Q monk OF the fourteenth century:
BY others sscribed TO Pope Innocent ILL.,, saint
and Saint Bernard.
Can you tell me what alchemy spoons sre' !
nave encountered the name In the diary OF .
Colonial ancestor OF about two CENTURIES ago.
CHARL~ rTK WARsER.
They were made OF some sort OF composition I
" base metal on base OF brass and had salts
actorlly bright appearance when new. The c
lame was applied TO nt the popular suggestion 6