The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Old Horse. Let Him Die" II is evidently
n venerable one. for my friends recollec-
lions OF 1t 60 back some sixty years
The Jeanette and Jeannot" Inquiry
which recently ELECTED such n hearty re-
Spouse from your older readers leads me
to believe that In this Instance also you
will be able to shed a ray of sunlight.
W. y. HENpERsoN.
dim recollection of % form OF lyric
literature nov completely vanished. the
chantey of the old time sailor, brings
back fragments of poem about old
horse. In tho rude gastronomy OF the
forecastle a suspicion grew up that salt
beef was not always true to type, that II
was probably saltcd and corred horse
meat SO firmly fxed was this suspicion
that the name harness cask was uni
versally applied to the barrel of salt beef
when unheaded and dashed to ringbolts
Just abaft the galley whore Il was handy
for the doctor. This dim recollection re-
tains but the few lines here set down
| with undoubted lacune:
They treated you with harsh abuse,
They've corned you down for sailors use
Old horse. old horse, what brings you
here?
And | say 50. and / hope so.
You've carried stone this many year.
And I say so. and | hope so
From saccarap' to Portland pier,
Poor old horse
&c. d. A." asks for the story Of the
shoemaker, &c. I knew nothing about
h. nf b. oh
what he is looking .or IL az follows:
When John Edwin the comedian. was
tramping through the South of Ireland
on professional tour with three others
they requested him. q being sunday
morning. to favor them with q discourse
suitable to the day He began as follows :
In the fifth chapter Of Job seventh
verse. you will md these words: Man
is born unto trouble as the sparks ny
| upward" | shall divide this discourse
and consider 1t under the three following
! heads FIRST mans ingress into the
| world secondly. a mans progress through
| the world. and, third. his egress out OF the
/ world.
First. a mans inrress into the world IL
I naked and bare;
! Second, his progress through the world
IS trouble and care:
Third. and his esress out OF the world
is-nobody knows where
To concludes
| I, we do we'll here. We viii do we'll
there.
can tell you no more II preach a
whole year.
c. A. CRAMEh
| am trying 20 nnd some data on the
number o. the diff~ren; languages spoken
| in the various parts OF America ] write
| this tlir king that YOU may ne able TO tell
| me the number of newspapers that are
! printed IN different languages In New
| York or refer mo TO appropriate sources.
W J RoppEr.
In Ayers newspaper directory Is found
complet. list OF all foreign languages
| IN which publications are printed In the
/ United States They are Arabic. Ar
| men,au. bohemian, bulgarian, Chinese
| Croatian. Danish Dutch, Esperanto. Fin
nish. French. German. Greek. Hebrew
Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian. japanese
Lettish. Lithuanian. Norwegian, Polish
| Portuguese, Rumanian. Russian. Ruthe.
Man. ScrNiar. Slovak. slovenian Spanish
Swedish. Welsh This list Of thirty-two
European Languages deals only with those
{ Languages which are employed ~ peri
! odcal literature within the United States
Its territorial limitations exclude - In
terestiug a journal as tho "Kamloops
Wawa' Of British Columbia, printed N
Dupuytrien Shorthand for rho Indians
Z iyI J.. ~ This ire mi
I md record IN Pil.ngs photographers OF
the Indian languages published as bulle
tins 10y the Bureau OF Etnnolosy. 1. vii
surprise the investigator To ascertain the
number OF these languages In which tht
pic,y of john Culinary shea caused 10 b.
printed cards containing the Credo Az,
Maria and Pster Noster.
You quote Abraham Lincoln thus
with malice toward none. with chart,
for ALI"
on the base of tho monument in UnioI
Square this inscription is cut ,hus: wiz
malice for none with charity for all"
Is not the correct reading WIZ
charity for all and malice toward none
II not. will you give the corrsnt reading
OLIVER Watson
Nicoiay and Hay tne dcini,c awhori.,
on f.incoln's writings. quote as follow
fr m the second inaugural address. Marci
4, 1865;
With malice toward none with chart
FOR all. with hrmncss in the right, d
God give. rs 20 see the right. 'et " striv
on to finish tho work We are in; . bin
mp the nations wounds; 10 care for hr
who shall have borne the battle. and 20
his widow and his orphau-to do a
which may achieve and cherish a jus
and lasting peace among ourselves an
with all nations
Does an iron ship Sink 20 the bottor
OF the sea no matter what the depth?
NJ. A. SoUTHwoRrH.
This is a common doubt, Really Their
is no reason why the sinking of a bod
in shallow water should not continue |
deeper oceans, but the magnitude of IN
sea appears to confuse the mind. :
y skilled photographer as Commodor
Matthew Fontaire Maury allowed hmse
TO believe that by reason Of depth an
l. sadness Of the ocean the bodies Of dea
sailors stopped short of the bottom an
there interrupted awaited the day of III
! Yst gIf ManrN'S M