The sun., 1910-01-30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

elOlogies reSson for the fact that the breast mel
and the leg meat DARK j was asked this GSei
ton myself and could think OF no answer eIceT
made Of the eS muscles e as oO%paTed % are Hs Win 1hos @
q the wings, me blood being darker in the iorme
same reason one Of these % Student sf & sioIOSS g
but none could state positively that this was IN
Of wild duck. q remember rightly. is of IN
same color as the leg meat there would seem .
" '"' WARRANT TOT inc reason ElTsnIB g BROWN.
The colOrauon Is In the muscle tissue. The re-
color OF muscles is due to a special pigment
nyOhemaun or myOchrOme. which remains Gfte
Tho blood has been removed. II Is closely relates
| TO hemoGlObln, the cOl0rlng matter OF the blood
and Is supposed TO subssrve the same purpose
| that OF atirac ting and holding the oxygen which
isnecessary In the &C dvity OF muscle rhe muscle
attached 10 the skeleton are composed OF micro
scopIc nbres. OF which two kinds are disun gu shed
the rcd and the pale. Pale muscle represents thu
higher degree OF development and can perform
more rapid movements than can the red. but tn,
latter is capable of more sustained effort perhap III
because the larger amount OF pigment enable,
it 20 hold more oxygen In reserve In the chicken
/ the turkey and the rabbit so me muscles are com.
posed chiefly OF red nbres and some chiefly OF
! pale, but In man and In most animals the two
kinds OF nbres are lntermlngled in all the muscles.
| When one is In want Of information the worst
way IL Is fortunate 10 have some one TO refer TO-
| The other day In consulting the Century Die
and 10 my horror and disgust ! found the accent
was placed on the antepenult Now, | would
nunclation OF this word transferred bodily from
the Greek-was changed. l have always placed
cocksure was right until / accidentally dis,
covered the contrary. +. \. JACKSON.
The Greek accent of the word fell on the penult,
but the vowel of that syllable Is short. In Latin
"Pro'cyon as Hsrper's Latin Dictionary gives It,
Referring 10 birds changing color OF their
Kodiak on the entrance 10 Cooks Inlet, Alaska,
In the early spring when the ground was snow
plumage. while In the timber covered land at
Cooks Inlet at the same time the grouse perched
Of eIscuy the color Of the bark OF those trees inc
ground as At Kodiak being covered with snow
west Of a southeast northwest line through the
Island there is no timber while northeast OF this
Ss ssSon ssa he Mhs grouse
seen This timber line. ! am told holds across
and @ % tSe sosence OF rrowSr timber L seen IN the
Aleutlan Islands, which continue from the Alaska
ola sS se Kodak al The cUSs
OF their Plumage summer and winter. Further.
& an s1:%1SHa0. & % neSe & sI,ds IN the AsS9ST M
the species 10 each OF the Islands. W. b. p.
Can you tell me where Is TO be found q song of
half century since. the frst three verses of
which somewhat as follows:
= WOO0mAn
A physician aud dancing master.
This fellows hut will serve. said they,
For the rain falls faster and faster.
The physicl1n was proud and he held up his head;
But the woodman said, How now, sir?
cut trees and you cut limbs.
And we both know the worth OF a bow. sir"
And the master was proud, and he threw up his
head
You cut capers and I cut trees,
And we both know the worth Of a bow, STR
:. ID. DAVIS.
K3ay Inform me Essn and for wa:. reason
'O~ ''''" ~ G. L. CoxRoY
The date was not changed. BY act OF the
Congress Of the United States CConfederati tom
dated September IL. iToS. II was prescribed that,
Ina smuch as the Constitution had been ratified
by the requisite number of States, the FIRST
Wednesday In March neat be the time and the
present seat OF Congress the place. for com
mencing proceedings under the said Constitution"
This initial Wednesday was March 1, II was only
for convenience that Washington was not inau-
gurated until April 10
Is the Torrens law providing for the guaTan-
this State Under whose win the work
with this law come under IN New nors
our other States D. NV.
The law vent into effect In this State February
/. 1909 aud the Appellate Division of the supreme
Court has already banded down q decision up
holding the conStltutionallty OF the law. The
en- rorcement of the law Is In the hands of special
examiners, whose researches are submitted to
he Supreme Court The Torrens system Is In
use In Massachusetts. Illinois. Minnesota Oregon.
Colorado and California. An extensive review Of
he subject was printed in The Sun January 10.
n c calls upon u. removes his hat takes a Z
'eat In D's once and engages In conversation |
rprSatfon lakes does Il constitute an Interview !
u '"'''" '~"'' N''' " r NEELEY
omIttinE the technical definition OF the word /
q per art the conditions set forth In this !
quite satisfactorily constitute an
ntervlew Although the term has acquired
n usage a connotation Of a certain Formally
ne essential element OF the interview is that
he parties thereto be face TO face.
In order 70 decide a dispute Kindly give your
lew as TO he correct pronunciation OF the word
sOporinc" O. II.
Variety exists as to the nrst syllable. IL may
e So with . long o. or II may be sop" With short
. Webster gives the preference to the long o. but
here Is quite as good authority of usage for the
hort vowel. In the Latin root the vowel rs short.
ut this is not decisive OF English quantity In all
aSes. /
Was height ever spelled with a nnai aud
rOnounced the same as depth or width One
ears 80 many people pronouncinE II that way
ow. CIV. b.
The form hlGhth was the older form ana the
"a sonAbIe form. II Is now collOQulal and may
ven be considered illiterate, The same aversion
, the nnsl tn Is found in drought which has
aually supplanted drouth.
What Is the definition OF a nautilus, and where
Ould hnd picture OF same1 An old sesfarlng
ian gave the definition Of nautilus as scullon
the sea JOIN MORAN, ia,
IL is not only denned but pictured In the die
onaries.
| nnd In Sims history OF Sch0harie county the
blowing In this town tCarKsleI is one OF the |
lost lofty elevations In the county. known by
1e aboriginal name of OWAerc Souere. IL In
q conlcal form and may be seen from Fulton
ounty ATTY miles north OF IT," Win you kindly
I've some student ot the Indians the opportunity
} indicate the pronunci ton of the name OF the
leVaton sDc also Its meaning X.
The correspondent who recently Inquired as
the authorship Of My Ain Countree." may be
Itere sted 70 know that a volume OF the authors
oems bearing the title page name OF Mary Lee
and the copyright date OF i12, was
1blished BY A. ID. y. Randolph a Co. The authors
0te. preiacing the book says. The scotch verses.
~ Ain Countree, were written In 1891. and Z
ere nrst published In the NeW York Ohsersey.
YER my signature l." In nearly their present
'rm." DEWITT MILLER I
which is the proper address for towns on Long I
land, New York or Long Island y. NJ. @. ,
II facilitates the work OF the postal clerks To
npIoy the name OF the State. Long ago II WAS