The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Is Ambrym a new volcano? That IL,
has IL ever been active before the present
destructive outbreak which has killed 40
many nsenf n. n
Ever since It's discovery. and that Ii
more than a century. the central cone Of
Ambrym has been in constant activity
II has been a very convenient cone in
which to study volcanic action because
IL IL small. easy Of access from outside
and not dificult within the cone. The
lava 10 usually at a fairly constant level
Of 900 feet below the crater rim and
frequently 10 crusted with q vitrified and
scoriaceous covering. a. q result Of which
It has been possible to prosecute Studies
at the very edge Of the lava. In normal
activity the crater fills about once in
three weeks. the eruption IL not COM
monty expulsiva but \ portion Of the
crater rim gives way and allows the lava
stream to run down the outside. The
extent Of this stream depends upon the
altitude OF the gap; II Il Il low the
flow reaches the sea. The island Is al
most at the point where the New Hebri-
des branch into a Y. the crater OF Lopevi
being the first land mass on the eastern
arm. Ambrym next north Of Lopevi for
a few miles. The New Hebrides IL a
focus Of the volcanic activity of the west
ern Pacific. There seems to be some in
| terrelation between the Ambrym cone and
Lopevi for every overflow at Ambrym
! Is attended by a cessation OF activity Mt
Lopevi. The crater has no distinctive
name In Ambrym. for the Inhabitants
! speak Of II only az ''the fire. when they
can be induced TO mention It at all. and
none can be induced to approach the
| cone The name OF the island has been
| standardized by the Melanesan Mission
AZ Ambrym IN the inchoate speech OF the
islanders II sounds more like Amrm than
anything else.
| A cement or glue with certain attributes
is desired for the perfecting of an import.
ant invention. The purpose OF the cement
is TO insure cohesion of parts Of porce.
lain or glass. not where broken but on
smooth glased surfaces. It must he
durable and must resist the action OF
water and acid and the highest climatic
temperatures. II must also be non-poi.
sonous, therefore xinc and lead must moi
enter into It's composition. Inquiry ha,
been made Of American consulates ant
OF foreign consuiates here. OF the Massa
chusetts Institute OF Technology-th'
professor OF applied chemistry there
has been consulted--as have such con
Germs as Jones. McDuffee & Stratton
china merchants here. but without salts
factory results. The glue sold by tn
street vendors with their mended chin;
will not dot does not altogether rests
water. An encyclopedias formula 10
Turkish" or Persian cement IL a pos
sible solution. but as conside cradle guam
tlty is wanted. that. used. as IT Is. b!
Jew oilers and such. would be highly ex
pensive. Can you name any manufac
turers OF such cement as described. o
suggest any quarter In which I mirh
profitably inquire? II so I shall b
deeply obliged. Y. II. BELHSAP.
What was the sin OF Elizabeth Croft
for which she did penance In her shift
HERMAN THOMAS.
There recurs Just the tag end OF
memory of an old ballad. somewhat Fes
Genuine In tone, about bold Betty Croft
and 'shrtft In a shift" which utterly re
fuses to come back In consistent orde,
| Tho story Of the lady may be found b
those curious In such matters preserve
IN willisms's Lays and Legends O
Gloucestershire.' from which count
Elizabeth Croft came TO London. Her a!
seems but mere triie to demand publ
confession and penance on scaffold q
81. Pauls. particularly when IL Is foun
that she WAS no more than a wench @
Is In 1854. when IL happened. All she dl
was to practise ventr!loquy in a hous
in Aldersgate, which worried the citizen
Or as the old narrative quantity recitei
"throughe tho whych the people OF tn
whole city were wonderfully molestet
for that all men mighte heare the voc
but not see hir person"
BE good enough to inform a numhe
of your readers as 20 the origin of III
name cop and peeler as applied to police.
+. H. :.
Peeler is British, u recollection OF III
Y fact that in London the parish constab,
i, larry were replaced by a metropolitan polio
when Sir Robert Peel was at the hea
OF the Government The new police wei
i ridiculed at first. in respectable qua'
tiers regarded as an invasion OF the II
al!enable rights OF the subject, prompt
dubbed Peelsmen and Peelers This va
,. between 1925 and 1889 In the metropolis
>. but the term peeler had been used SOM
z what earlier. yet for the same reason G
the establishment OF the Royal Irish Col
= ,stabulary. when Peel was Secretary Il
g Ireland.
Copper II American. a characterize
ton Of the wearer by the buttons
wore. copper being a popular locutlon 4
;. brass. From this arose the street ver
OF warning:
T. Cheese 1t; n cop around the block,
Another one on the corner
~ What II the origin Of the Sortes Nerf
lians and how are they to be consulted
T. G, T,
"a 1t Is one Of the most consoling metho
Of sortilege, Take a copy OF Nirg
Opera omnia." close the eyes, open
At random. put the index finger on paa
then read the passage thus selected al
apply II to tho needs OF life. 1t new
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