The sun., 1916-02-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

] wonder II your readers can help me
to find poem that the late Alfred =.
burbank used TO recite. The tale is
told by Peter Brown. an Englishman
who fights a duel with IA Spaniard and
| runs him through. | recall a few lines
| or the Spanish cabaliero
And the lady in the villa
! Years and years ago.
After wounding the Spanard Peter
| Brown asks II he can do anything for
| him and the Spanard replies something
like this:
Senor, am Don Camille
Miguel Petrillo
Il de Rivas de Rosa
Quintana e Mendoza
"" swooned
win the bleeding OF his wound.
There is. l think. a serenade in il
that ends with: "Quien sabe? Sane
| pios." w F.. :.
Leander ,ciiins through the midnight
Kingdomiess Anthony, we're scarce my
peers
are the conclusion OF Alexander smith =
sonnet beginning
warm tears
This will be found in his "Po, ms
,Boston. 1853. page 1897. 4. NJ e.
In the cook books and others giving
recipes for admiNtures and drinks the
word jiegcr IL frequently used. How
much is a igger--how many ounces? ?
! cannot find the information in the
century Dictionary. A. l.. +.
The standard Dictionary gives AZ a
slang meaning OF jigser: "a con!cal
metal cup IN which 10 mix fancy
drinks" SC. Sir James A. II Muir
RAYS dictionary gives as a slang mean
ing: ~ drink Of spirits. \ dram ~. s ="
and ,ites N>e2) the History of Colum-
bus. ohio hy \ T.. Lee. Volume l..
page 335 Tine jigger was a dram Of
less han a gill" sylvia Clapin's New
Dictionary OF Americanlsms' ,New
York Louis Weiss and Company
gives as one meaning: ~ small meas
ure used by barkeepers' The measure
does not seem to be standardized.
municipal system is copied directly from
that OF England. where the city was
treated as a corporation which derive
It's life and power from Parliament. This
conception was opposed TO the principle
~ home RUE and was abandoned in Eng
land seventy-fve years ago. as il has
been in most OF the progressive states
OF the Union. All English cities are now
endowed with full powers Of scf-gONctu-
mcni.'
How ta- IS the above statement true"
/ l. :,
Il is too sweeping 10 have much value.
English local se.f-government had its
origin in the reform act Of 1892. Eng
lish cities though largely self-so> ernlng,
must obey the Local Government Board
the Home once and other authorities in
certain instances. The author ought
lu d.y to have used the phrase home
rule IA connection with English affairs,
for there i, is restricted TO the problem
OF Ireland -"self-government would be
better IL J. r s. will read the article
ON Municipal Government" In the New
International Encyclopaedia Dodd,
Mean lSlbD ne Will Hllu lNe pr4H'pal
points OF difference between English and
American municipal systems stated with
precision and more detail than u is pos
ible 20 ,.eld space for here. The Eng
lsh system IS detailed N IN. Britannica
under England Local Government"
winch y.jy ~ the world has the mos,
Inhabitants: Does New York beat Lon
don" r. :
The latest figures We're given IN THE
S-> Of December - ast The county
uf London. ~ London proper. contained
i.5el.3;S persons by the registration OF
l9ll. New York city held 4165,ss3 10y
the lYlu census Metropolitan London
had a population in 1911 OF 7?52.3js.
Including the Westyhoster and New Jer-
-. Suburbs New York had 7.3s3.S7l in
l9li the census taken by the New
York Police Department; gay. the popu.
lntion Of Greater New York on December
.. 1915. as 5,aJ3ss5 The New York
state census in 1915 gave Inc greater
city zoos isi people With the war as
factor ii would seem probable that
Ne" '"'" '' ''' '' NV
r,e.ss tell me the name OF the recipi'
eur of the las, Nobel prize for medicine
for the year 1919 IL H. IA
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