The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16

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Of ne effort under Cromwell to crush
Spanish power in the West Indies. The
whole island had been divided among
eight noble Spanish families who had SO
discouraged immigrants that tho popula-
ton in 1855. both white and slave, did
not exceed 5000.
An unnaturalized German marries an
American woman. Does the American
woman lose her citizenship and become
q German citizen. and are their chil-
dren Germans or German-Americane or
what? J. n. J.
The American woman has become a
German subject. The children are Ger
mans unless born in this country.
VIVA, is the secret Of the rope trick
of indian jugsiersT A rope Is tossed
into the air and a man walks VI It and
vanishes. There are obviously no me-
chanical aids. Is "A sort Of hypnotic
spell thrown on the audience? =. D.
Did YOU ever see the trick performed
as described? Did anybody? John Nevil
Maskelyne, an authority OF conJuring.
says tina, the jugglers Of India do not
even create an Illusion but depend solely
on cheap deceptions. In tho first chapter
Of The Fraud Of Modern 'Theosophy'
Exposed" &c. =. Dutton and Company
he declares that he and his partners
vainly offered $4,000 a year 10 any Jug
gler who could perform the trick in
London. Finally he found a man who
t,l 2aon 1, asd .x,ogal d, tt,,u
The audience, said our informant.
occupied the balcony OF the bungalow.
and were sheltered from the sun by an
awning. The jugglers brought a coil OF
what appeared to be u large rope. AS
they uncoiled II and held II up It be-
came stih 1t was evidently jointed ban-
boo with the Joints made to lock. II
was covered to look Ike a rope, and II
formed a pole abou, thirty feet long a
diminutive boy. not much larger than an
Indian monkey. climbed up to the top Of
the pole and was out OF sight Of the
audience unless they bent forward and
looked beneath the awning. when the
sun shone In their eyes and blinded them.
As soon as the boy a at the top OF the
pole the jugglers made u great shouting.
declaring he had vanished. He quickly
slid down the pole and fell on the ground
behind the juggler who held the rope.
Another Juggler threw a cloth over the
boy and pretended that he was dead
After considerable Conforming and in
cantation the hoy began 10 move, and
was eventually restored 10 life"
Maskelyne says that Il IL now possible
to see why an Indian juTgler told him
he could do the trick in India only.
Ia there any scientific explanation o.
the potato failure In ireland IN 1916,
the year Of the great famine, or II 4, still
| merely attributed TO the hand of God?
BoRRis O'KASg.
Failure Of the potato CROP WAS sim
| ply the result of neglect due to igno-
rance. The potatoes rotted in the
ground because the people knew little
about keeping them and customarily
eft them In the soil az the mercy o.
fros, ard damp, digging , few a.
needed.
Among payments 20 various officers
for services in tn. war Of the Revolution
Y md IN the State Library az Richmond
Va. record ~ n payment in the year
1879 to an ancestor as Mathematical.
onrl Of Amherst TVa.) militia for him
self and command Will. guarding the
Convention troops" Can YOU cnlighter
me "a 30 who the Convention ,roo~s'
We're" w. NJ. :.
The Convention troops were prisoners
taken whcn Burgoyne surrendered and
So called in reference to the convention
signed az Saratoga by which they were
10 he paroled and allowed to embark
for England. Instead Congress sent
them to Charlottes VILE, Va. where
Thomas jefferson played host TO the Of
fcers. See Charles Campbell's History
Of the Colony and Ancient Dominion OF
Virginia CLippincott. 1850. page 6ai.
In a bound volume OF songs OF sev.
onty-'ive years ago | have what /,
doubtless a cop OF the original edition
of The Cork Leg"
In the upper part OF the title page. In
panels, are six illustrations signed Joe
] l.lNl't lffAN. itl'N = ll' az ~ q
''rhc Cork Leg. Written by Mr.. r
Hudson. sung by him and Mr.. Fftz.
William at the city Festivals. g.. Tn
Music Arranged hy J. Hewitt. I'm
tered sta. Hall. Published and TO be
had of r II. Uorn) Museum
| Collard & Collard and al
Music SELLERS
ON the next pag is this
Written by Thos, Hudson THE
Music Arranged n Symphonies Com.
posed by J. Blewltt"
At the end Of the song is: "Hudson's
Comic Songs with Music" followed b.
the names Of more than a dozen NJ
them, w. w. G.
II murder IS done In any State IN Tn,
Tn.on and brought before a Fedora
court, has the President the right tc
pardon or commute sentence
II. T, HARRINGroN.
The President has power to pardon OF
commute the sentence of persons con.
victed In a Federal court, and only thos,
persons.
Some years x 7 saw a story In TIN
SCS OF u record made cutting wood hS
II man I'm northern Vermont. VIII yot
please state what this record WIS. \,
! remember IT,, this Yankee farmer Gu
ten cords between sunrise and sunset.
NANCY RoRBrNs
Does some reader recall the record
or, ut least. tho champions name
What special name Is used to dsslg
nate that type of humor which Is usually