The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

years Of the nineteenth century, following
the National Pike westward to Cumber-
land, Md. there veering of on to the arm
| which crosses western Pennsylvania.
have found his orchards as far west as
Steubenville. Ohio. and believe he occa- 1
sionally Jared as far Al. the Indiana from |
tier His work was truly a labor OF love
he planted his trees that travellers along
the pike might ind refreshment and that
orchards might early attend the reclama- ,
ton of the wilderness. His seeds he gath /
cred from cider mills. cleaning them from
the ponacs. slowing them in great eunny |
sacks which he flung over his shoulders
a. he set out on his $50 mile walk Ny
grandfather. In Rostrav~r township. !
wes,moreiand county, Pa. knew him as
q kindly. smilng FEY old man. who de-
voutly believed in Swedenborg. and whose
face would light with ecstasy az he sat
O nights by the hearths of those who
took him In. Being seedlings. his trees
never bore fruit that was worth much,
and have never heard that any ono took
pains TO graft them certainly he never
did. hut his orchs rds are monuments to
him. one I know well lies not far north
Of I.,gonier Va, Ranked ON one side by
I>oyalhanna Creek and on the other by the
pike. with its arch OF mountain trees
Doesn't that sound AZ though Johnny
Applcseed ought 20 be remembered for
his intention II not for his deeds?
". p BRAZIL.
Shortly after tho war started the two
German cruisers Scharnhoret and 1neiss-
nsu were shot 20 pieces by the British
feet and were taken TO Shanghai by an
English crew and they barely escaped
sinking
Please decid. q bet. "a" claim, th,,
these cruisers were repaired by the Brit
ish and handed back to the Germans who
had 10 pay for the repairs "R" claims
that they were taken torcibly from the
British when the Germans bofnba rded
shan rhaf and that they were repaired
AT Honolulu by the United States GOV
ernment and expenses charged TO Ger
many Who IL right
FRED s7E.NrEso
! This statement 10 not IN the least
In accord with tho news which has come
out Of Tho Pacific. August IS an obscure
despatch announced the arrivsl NJ Hong
kong OF Rrft'sh vessels disabled after an
encounter with German ships of the
China coast and tho suggestion Vas mad.
horst and Gneseau Aurust IS Il was
reported that vessel. believed TO be .hes.
had made a reoonnois.anc> ~ the Jap-
snese feet watching Tsing-tao Tn. FIRST
definite Information as TO thar where
abouts appeared on October :. when Il
WAS announced that they had shelled
Pspeete. Tahiti. o: course they were no,
repaired on any terms ny their British
enemy and they havs not been al Homo
lulu during the war. The bombsrdmen,
OF Shanghai Is new to history
Can YOU or one OF eome Of your inter
estinr reader. inform a ION chemist what
two thin liquids each harmless while
separate. will when mingled mako
strong rnordant or corrosive on metal.
stone glass. or any hard substance" Per
hap. tho de.iderata should rather he stated
As Cp thin liquid becoming mordart
whom another thin liquid Ch) - ad1i.1ed
to H. Preferably Oh should he simple
water. II there are several pairs OF such
lquid. would be grateful to hear % ,hsn
ali. - Tnr%HAM
In the sos I was IN Washington I.
dinner given by Senator Dawson OF
Georgia. number OF guests were pres
ert amors them being The noted actor
James A. Murdoch, Toast, we're given.
and the hos; requested that Murdoch re-
cite Richard Briusley Sher'dau's toast.
VIZ
INC "or'o'
We came mo H. haNeu ana mare
We 20 through Il with sorrow and ,--re.
When We die, We 20, Cod knows where
" ". are thorouGhhrcd' here
Well be thorourhhreds there.
II We are s'oundrel' here,
Wei he -roundrels there
This toast was recit"d with h- IN
surpassed elocutlonlry power and graceful
manner. and LEFT memory that Ia. been
with me 'or YEAR,. and I am pleased 70
tran-cr!he II for Notes and Queries
. when had raised particular hob with
well ordered room my good old grand