The sun., 1912-08-04
QUESTIONS AND ANswERs.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The method Of swatting being better
as q war cry than practicable within Q
ny infected house. what device do YOU
recommend for dceling with Musca do
mestica when he Is too confoundedly
domestic? G. NJ.
A plan for clearing rooms already
screened is practised commonly and sue
cessfully In the tropics with the assis-
tance Of powdered pyrethrum. An ounce
Of the powder heaped In . cone on plato
Is fired at the vertcx and will burn for
hours with a slow combustion and no
flame the smoke IL aromatic and by no
means unpleasant. but deadly to insects.
A writer in Good Health suggests a more
rapid device. namely to heat q fire shovel
and pour upon II twenty drops Of car.
bolic acid. The New York State Board
Of Health urges the use Of formalin.
Ono ounce Of formalin. eight ounces OF
water and eight ounces Of milk are to
be mixed and exposed In saucers with
. small piece Of bread in the middle.
This is deadly to fiies and cleaner and
less poisonous than the general run Of
ny papers and poisons.
note through your columns the steam
ship Savannah was built at the Erie Bnsin
In 1919. Please let me know In what section
Of New York city Erie Basin was located
foot OF what streets. A. N. c.
The information conveyed on an old
print Of the Savannah. the text modern,
was that this first transatlantic steam.
ship was built by Pickett 4 Crockett,
shipbuilders. at Erie Basin. New York
city, In 1918. The point Is one which
may engage the interest and the atten-
ton OF the historians Of the town. No,
until the more modern times could the
existing Erie Basin In South Brooklyn
| be described as IN New York city. Fur.
! thermore that dock was not In operation II
| 1918. the year following the formal au
| thorization Of the Erie Canal whose por
II was designed to be. several years preced
| ing the pageant Of the opening TO com
merce Of that inland waterway. The cit,
map Of 1905 names all the wharves alcni
both rivers, but no Erie Basin 10 dlscov
cred. The name OF Pickett & Crockett II
not found among the shlpbuilders men
toned In the Memorial History" Blu
the hrm Of Ficket & Thoms Is mentioned
as having = sh!pyard. adjoining the yart
OF Carpenter 4 Bishop. near the foot o
Clinton street on the East River. and late
as removing to the foot Of Houston street
| To settle a difference OF opinion will
you advise IL you consider the sentence
'lt Is not worth lighting for eithci
| dramatically correct or In good form
Also IL the expression, Not worth fght
Ing for" dramatically correct' You
courtesy In the premises will b.
appreciated because TIE SUN Is regarded
by many a. an authority on grammatical
questions. Tho above quotations wer
not taken from your paper.
NJ. 8. A.. Jr.
There 10 no question Of grammar her,
involved. The more formal school o
rhetoricians decrics Tho use Of tho prepo
sition in . final position. Long ago
keen critic and wiclder Of vivid Engllsl
rhetoric In his dictum "a proposition 1
not q proper word to end q sentenc
with" The locution cited 10 In sue
sood form Of speech that 1t would b
practically impossible TO phrase It better
wrote an inquiry asking where
remembered as told of a Duke Of New
castle in the eighteenth century. Yo
published my inquiry and stated that the
were recalled from "Aiilleduicia." 1 kne,
that had not recalled them from thI
hook. but looked II up and found II Yer
interesting: but IL did not refer to eithe
OF the two anecdotes ] mentioned.
have made a mistake ! would like I
have th~ name OF the edition and III
page. think got them from som
memoirs OF that period. ] have locke
in Macaulay's and Thackeray's essays.
was quite sure I would hnd one OF til
stories under Msckenny's George IL.
was not there. have looked In Lor
Harveys Memoirs by Horace Walpol
and also glanced through Lecky's histor
Of the eighteenth century. picked thes
stories up in different places. II ha
tust occurred to me 70 look I'm Parkma
l think may nnd them there.
NJ. J. CASAvAS.
have In my possession a f,ve dolls
bank note, WITH give descript,o
and would like to know its money valu
IL II has any. The bill was issued
II7s It's size Is as by o.. inches.
was printed by Hull 4 Sellers, the pap'
is quite thick and 10 OF a yellowish colo
tho number I322A8 10 written with RI
ink In tho upper left hand corner OF OF
~
the Latin inscription. Sustlne vel abstir
with the signatures OF 7. Masoner and
Roberts. on the reverse side Is an acoI
leaf II was issued nv the Bank OF Mort
America in li'e l.. W. NJ.
The Continental currency. to which th
specimen belongs. IL almost entirely Wit
out value TO collectors. Every dealer
old coins has bales Of II for sale ar
pieces In excellent condition seldom bril-
). more than half dollar.
am contendins that Monday IL Il
first day of the week. basing ups
Genesis chapter Of the Holy Ribl
!. "And the Lord rested the seventh day al
haiiowed IT," or words To that effect. co
soquently the haliowed day Is Sunday, q
seventh day. e. y. SWIFT
The theology of the query Ia som
what at fault. a proof that the Srriptur
no longer hold tho intimate place whi'
,. once was theirs In literature. Tho ci,
tion Ia properly to b" assigned TO Exod,
Xxx. II. saturday Is the seventh day OF q
j. week. Sunday the erst Apart from Il
theological side Of the case the law
the state OF Now York is .c,car;
example, section :l%6. entitled. Pub
Sports On SUNDAY deals with "sho'
upon the hrst day OF tho week"
! notice \ reference to the Germ
Ocean Fleet" On referring to my att
7 hnd no German Ocean and prcsul
this refcya ~ tho North Sea hut WOt