The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

street, lsts). In the Hret volume. page
<3o Of SOC. There are twenty hye stan
ras with quaint marginal ynopsss OF
the tale "Hs ca,loth upon the vap.
talns." "iIs stateth his narne and &C.
knowlsdsesh his w~ickedness.' "IIe bcar-
eth witness VI the good counsel OF his
parents HE curseth his father md
his mother dear"-the he being. Of
course, Capt. Kidd himself. mlscai,ed
Robert Kidd" at the outset Of the bal.
lad. The Rev. Mr., Bolton seem. to nave
derived his version from a, B. si,liman's
"Gallop Among American Scenery"
Bottoms book Is accessible In the gene
alostcai room, Of the New York Public
Library.
In THE SUNDAY SuN OF December 81.
1919. there was u picture entitled
Christmas Day in New York during the
British Occupancy" drawn by Howard
Pyle. On. sign reads The Duke Of
Marlborough Tavern, l1lS" over the
doorway 1t says, Here .s a royal place
where his Msjesty's soldier. can set
Christmas Cheer Of Cakes and Peer. also
vin.s q. rum. etc" Wanted to know the
name OF INC etTeet tnS tavern blpOI on,
and II 1873 IL the correct date. OF should
It have been 1878? Also would like to
known II i1Sc-s3 was about the tim.
this picture rerres. nts when the British
occupied New York" J. \. u.
There was a Duke Of Cumberland
tavern in old New York. but some
searching has disclosed no inn called the
Duke OF Marlborough Perhaps the
arts, invented an appropriate name nad
inscription for the signboard in his
illustration.
Hopper Striker Mott calls attention
to a Sigh, error In printing his answer
to the question. asked MAY 81. vii,
Eleventh street Was never cut through,
from Fourth avenue to Broadway. The
name ~ William VI. Harrison Shout!
have been spelled with one r-Wtliari
II. Harrison.
Where may | obtain the wholesale
prices OF henp and hemp seed. naN and
max seed for the last three yeais?
Write 10 the Cordooe Trade Joruuul
81 Fulton street. New York
In reply 20 II. r. Hail and others w
have to repeat that THE Sun canno
attempt to answer questions ~ law oI
medicine except where they concern his.
torical facts. such as the date OF enact.
ment OF a Law or the name OF the pro.
ponsnt Of a theory ., healing.
A foreigner who has been in IN
country for three years. bu; Is not nat,
- -
unable TO work any more b., an acct.
dent in a factory or mine. I don't know
which. He will he a charge on the pub
lie and the poor board Of n township al
which ne has been q resident FOR five
months. Can he be deported"
The Bureau OF immigration az Wash
ington says no, adding Three years 1,
the limit within which deportation pro
ceedinss may be instituted in cases o,
the foregoing character"
Two readers state that the novel asked
for by r. l.. r. on May 81. enbodylns
the stor! OF the cardiY Giant, is You,
Uncle Lew" by Charles Reginald Sher
lock. published in 1901 by the Fred
erick A. Stokes Company.
can you give me- data concerning tn,
Alaska DOG Derby. run snnually-th,
distance. stakes. conditions. &C.
? ROBERT JORDAN.
The +l2 mile All Alaska sweepstak'
dogteam race was run for the ninth
. time last month. II is an annual event
/, occurring In April. The course 4
over a snow trail from Nome to Candle
. EOS miles. and back. The record wa.
. made in 1912 by John Johnson
hours - minutes and 90 seconds. TIL,
teams are Of fourteen or sixteen dog
each. The winner receives a purse o
several thousand dollars for those viii,
guess the result, most accurately Their
. are various prizes Of gold coin, nuggc,
an gold dust. blue fox hides and incl.
carved walrus tusks, The race orig.
mated In a desire to improve the spec
and stamina Of the Eskimo dog. 1t |
a rule that each driver must bring hacl
had 10 drop GU, this SPRING because hi
sled was not large enough to carry
dog tina had played out. The weathe
conditions arc often highly adverse an,
in a blizzard the driver has sometime
TO depend upon his team to keep tn
trail.
The cottages on the west side OF Sc,
enth avenue betwccn Twelfth and Thu
teenth streets, concerning which NJ
Lawrence Osborne inquired May -, wer
called the Grapevine Cottages. II
The COTTAGES on Seventh avenue. ives
side. Twelve 70 Thirteenth stree
never had a name, I ought to know
as was horn at - Seventh avenu
years. CLARENCE y. l.ErEY.
was born in Thirteenth street bs
tween Seventh and Eighth avenues an
lived there twenty-seven years. neve
heard any specific maine applied to n
block Of houses on Seventh avenue hs
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth stree
Thinking my memory might he at fsu
rams up Henry Holden Huss. the con
poser, who lived In one Of those hois.
>, when ! was a hoy and who was a pla>
mate of mine. Mr., Huss's recollcctio,
or lack Of recollection, agrees with min
There were several places In the Mint
ward. that is. blocks Of streets with pa
ticular names. such as Van Nest pla,
'cavt ~ West Tenth street,. 81, John
place (part Of Leroy street,. a.. h,
=. ] am now positive that no such design
ton was ever applied tn the block 9
Seventh avenue from Twelfth 10 Thi
teenth street,
JOHN CAsrREE WILLIAMS.