The sun., 1916-12-24
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

! mating season? The bulls put to sea
about two weeks prior to the cow.
r. c. BLRY.
The bulls arrive at the beaches in
early May. tho cows begin to arrive In
early June. The rookeries are filled
about the middle Of July. Soon after
the landing Of the cowu they bear their
single young and within . week they 20
to ssa to feed. The cows spend the rest
Of the summer between the feeding
banks, one o. two hundred miles OF
shore. and the rookeries. where they
feed their offspring. The pups are able
to take 10 the water in . month or sig
weeks.
The bulls fast from the time Of their
arrival at the beaches IN May until early
August. when they 30 out to sea to feed
and rest. Is this the departure you have
In mind? It Is no more than . land
fall. Late In November comes the real
departure. Then the adult seals tourney
rapidly TO the attitude OF southern Cali
fornia and the u proceed into Bering
Sea and the Aleutian bays, not progress
Ing south Of the latitude Of CAvs Flat
terry. There they meet the Older seals
and return north with them In the
spring. The seals OF the Commander
Japan. those Of Robin Island enter the
Sen OF Okhotsk and the 6ea Of Japan.
The tourney north 10 made OF the curve
Of 100 fAthoms and the animals reaopear
at the breeding places. class by class. In
orderly mobilization.
Will some reader please tell me whore
to md the sermon by the Rev. John j.
Jasper. the negro preacher OF Richmond,
Va. on the text. The sun do move"
JOHN l.. KINDS.
Can you give mo any idea as TO the
origin Of the feminine sidesaddle? I
understand there's an interesting story
attached to II. r. J. L. II.
"sidesaddles were introduced a. early
a. the twelfth century. They were de-
veloped from the pillion or pad on which
a lady rode sidewtse behind her husband
and steadied herself by holding on to his
belt. The present type Of sidesaddle
seems 20 have come into vogue about
1860. but the third pommel or leapins
horn, by whit.l a firm grip Is secured. did
not appear uu;il $780," says the New
International Encyclopedia tDodd. Mead
1870.
"The lady's sidesaddle when frst fully
developed had two heads or pommeis, be-
tween which the right leg was supported.
the support for tho lef. leg being the
stirrup.' nays the Encyclopedia Britain
MICA. The third pommel. or leaping
horn.' against which the left leg rests.
was. Il Is said. invented az the result OF
n match between two gentlemen riders
to ride a steeplechase on sidesaddles: the
winner had provided himself this sup
port for his left leg"
This may Be tho interesting story you
refer TO. but We are unable to give you
tho particulars OF II
Can any reader of THE suN inform
mo n II was ever tire custom 10 num-
Der the houses In New York by tart
ing at ono end Of q street and number
ing all the houses on one side consecu-
lively until tho end OF tho street wal
reached and then. crossing tho street.
numbering all the houses on that side
consecutivcly back to the starting point?
Some old records OF the Tax Department.
seem TO Indicate this: IN fact. ! found
on one old street n low number. say 20.
and the hous directly opposite was
numbered 2l1! T. J.. RICHARDSON.
This Ia the English system OF number
ing houses. nd was probably a heritage
Of English rule in New York. We shall
he glad 90 nave information as to how
long II existed and when I. was departed
from.
Does Great Britain tax her colonies
for the support OF her army and navy OF
other purposes: Y.
No. In the case OF the larger colonies
the mother country assumes no moral
or material responsibility for their rev.
enue or expenditures. Until isso-isoO
the expense OF the British navy was
borne entirely by the taxpayes Of the
United Kingdom. Since then some OF
the colonial members OF tho empire have
manifested . desire ~ participate In is
common defence. Australia has created
= navy ana Canada had begun the for.
nation Of n prior to the present war
other colonies. such as the Cape and
Natal. long ago voluntarily voted sun,
Of money TO BE- expended on imper,a
defence. Since the beginning OF the wal
the colonies have been notably generou,
In their free will offerings.
What IL the address Of he Journal O
Home Economtos? d.
Forty-two West Thirty-ninth street.
Can any Of The SUNS readers givs ms
the author OF the following!
when God made the shad the ssvil VA
And ne used al, the bones that he had.
when God made the ''ravber-y the dew
For he'd used all the bones In the shad.
1t IL possible that the lines arc her,
incorrectly quoted. and I should be Glaf
to ave the correct version and the nam,
Of the author. CHARLIE CaA.
In what States 10 the poll tax law
fully levied? INQUIRER.