The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

tuudllN DdTeUtS uedu. VIII Was urdWU
in 1913 in New York Total estate about
$4,000 in banks. Nc real estate. Would
the $4,000 be subject to an inheritance
tax, and " SO about how much would
tho tax be? A READER.
There Is no tax. 1t is necessary to go
before the attorney for the state Comp
troller in whatever county OF New York
the deceased was a resident and claim
exemption. However. THE Sun would
refer all inquirers about the inheritance
tax to the State Comptroller. Simply
write to him at Albany or New York.
II. up to May 1. I have deposited divi-
dends Of $4,000, the tax on which has
been paid by the corporation at the
source. DO ! I'LL out the income tax
blank exemption not claimed or the
one exemption claimed? INQUIRER.
Answers to income tax questions
printed in the SUN some months ago
were supplied by arrangement with Bah
sons Statistical Organization, Sc Lib
erty street. New York.
Sarah Jane Smith. maiden name:
widow Thy death) Of Thomas Block
Brown. What Is her proper address,
and what would II be IL divorced?
r. A. c.
Some widows cling to the Christian
names of their husbands. and Sarah Jane
Smith. who was married to Thomas
Block Brown. might, IL she cared to,
call herself Mrs. Thomas Block Brown
after his death Most widows do so, hut
legally she would be Sarah Jane Smith
Brown. In case she should get a d.
vorce from her husband she would drop
his Christian name and. as is lone now
adays. she would be known as Mrs,
Sarah Jane Smith Brown. That Is what
the divorced women do in New York
city.
! believe in a debate many years ago.
either in the United States Senate or
House. these words were used y gen
tleman would insult me, none other can"
Can you inform me when IL took place
and whom, and who used the
phrase? A.. II.
The instance referred to has not been
may have been paraphraslng two lines
OF William Cowper's poem "Conversa-
ton:
"A moral, sensible and we'll bred r!an
VIII not affront me-and no other ca y"
1t Is a long poem. and this couplet
occurs at line 1913. Bartlett's Familiar
Quotations gives II.
! would like 10 know a recipe for dry
To- -. .N.a 49,. 49, - - -
that an acid liz used to hasten the
process. I would like to know IL II is
possible for me TO dry them myself on
Long Island. j. b. q.
Where there is enough autumnal sun.
shine and heat raisins may he dr.sd
on the vines. Sometimes the growers
partly cut the stalks before the grapes
are quite ripe. This stops the flow or
sap. The usual way Is TO cut off the
several days. They must be protected
from rain. You can dry them in a
heated room. but the product is In
ferior. In some parts OF Spain and
France the clusters are dipped into boil.
ing water or a strong potash I've. This
%softens the skin, helps drying and gives
a glossy appearance. In Asia Minor hot
water on which swlms a layer OF olive
oil Is used.
For any sort of agricultural informa-
Fullerton. Medford. l.. J., the Long
Island Railroads expert.
Kindly inform mo how 7 can obtain
the names and addresses Of the people
living in the villages and towns OF the
United States. RorH.
Most places OF 5000 and over have
local directories. Where there Is no
local directory the postmaster can help.
The telephone book is invaluable. II
you want names wholesale there are
houses which sell mailing lists. There
are galleries OF these directories in the
New York Public Library.
In our english history class in high
school a question came up as 10 the
surname OF the English King.
A. NJ. H..
He has none. Surnames are only some
hundreds OF years old II has been said
that Queen Victoria In other circum-
stances would have been Mrs. Victim
1t is true that the Victim family was
the source OF several royal houses of
Europe.
In reply to John +. P~falzgrafs in
quiry in II SUNDAY SUN: George
Palsgraff was one OF the Palatines ar
irving September II, 1892, on the ship
Pennsylvania. John Stedman. master.
from Rotterdam, last from Plymouth.
England. See Rupp's Thirty Thousand
Emigrants to Pennsylvania"
In reply to l." q LIS question AS 10
the poem brakes Drum" | OFFER the
verses written from m and ! do
not guarantee them to be verbatim. ]
read them several years ago and ! think
they were credited TO a work called
"Admirais All" II you have l.. G. LIS
address kindly send it., II you see At.
O. *. HAND.
A comparison OF the enclosed verses
with the poem in The Home Book OF
Verse" shows that Mr.. Hands memory
has t%ransposed the first two stanzas and
is slightly inaccurate in trihes. l.. G.. LIS
address is not on file and Mr.. Hand
has omitted to give his own II both WI
communicate their addresses THE sun
will forward zach to the other,
A correspondent discloses himself as
doubtful OF the propri,ty OF Dear Sirs'