The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

atmospheric cUeCt ChuBou uu ObJctto w
appear bright yellow. I have heard only
the bare fact n have been unable TO
get any Information a. 10 details OF this
phenomenon. Can o help me?
o. r. r. b.
Charles r. Marvin, ohde1 Of the
Weather Bureau At Washington. d. G..
states:
You will and this day. September 9.
1881, briefly described In Perley's Ellis
toric Storms Of New England" pages
336 and 3e7. II 10 also referred TO BY
Mr.. r. q. r1ummer in Bulletin III (For-
est Ffres) Of the Forest Serv4cs Of the
Department Of Agriculture. On page II
Of this bulletin II 10 stated that:
I'm 1881 in the northeastern United
states . dry fog lasted from September
I to September 10. eliminating on Sep
tember . in the yellow day" Its limits
were determined As between 10 and IS
degrees Of latitude and between 81 and
81 longitude. This was caused by for
est fires in Michigan. with contributions
from nres in New jersey. Pennsylvania
and Canada"
With reference to the quotation: "If
q man write o better book. preach a
better sermon or make . better mouse
trap than his neishbor. though he
build his houss In the woods the world
will make . beaten path to his door"
Our attention has been directed 10 an
item in the literary Digest OF Juns IL.
1915. in which Mr.. 8. Wilbur German.
general manager Of y. W. Aver & Son.
Philadelphia says that Ebert Hubbard
told him II wrote that. although II IL
generally attributed to Emerson"
Mr.. Germans account OF the genesis
Of the mousetrap quotation says:
"Mr. Hubbard told me that when he
started his enterprise. In a little village
IN New York STATE. he wanted TO ex-
press his creed. md ne wrote this quo
tntion in an effort TO DO 20. He said
that II was nearly enough like some
things that Emerson had said and
written that ne could sign Emerson's
name TO II and give II an immediate
standing. He naively remarked that
people might not pay any attention &c
what he said on such a subject. but they
would gladly approve anything that they
thought had been written by the i'm
mortal Emerson"
The above 10 from mat department Of
the Literary Dfoest nown a. The INxi'
c~osrapher's Easy chair.
when hanging the United States Gas
from the window Of a house leng.hw1se
to . person standing on the Sidewalk
facing the rag should the field Of stars
be at the upper left hand corner o,
the upper right hand corner? J. NJ. 8.
Probably the field OF stars should ap,
pear in the upper right hand corner wher
regarded from the street. for this reason
A nag has no fright side" But when cir
c~uinstances compel it, exhibition from
one side only. a. in . picture OF tn
y American nag or when Il IL hung from
. window. Il 10 shown in . Horizontal
position with the stars IN the p lef
q hand corner. Now II you are asked e
o put the nag 30 displayed In . vsrt1ca
L position. whichever way you turn Il yo,
will get the field Of starr in the uppe,
right hand corner provided you keep tn,
Same side facing out.
which b correk. rector Of 81. Der
. nards Church." o. "rector 81. Der
=. nard Church." or of A. Bernart
Church"f NJ. NJ.
Tho frst. Or you may say "rsctor
a 81. bernatu > 'NuFcu
] notice IN Questions M Answers Al
inquiry concerning your highly valuah!
cholera mixture. As YOU probably know
the Harrison narcotic law has made !
impossible to buy or sell this prepare
ton without a prescription from a reg
!stered physician, but the and nay b
attained by increasing the quantity o
one of the minor ingredients. say tn
q
reduce the proportion OF opium With
the legal limit. and making the dos
large enough to obtain the name medi
cine content az tho former fifteen {,
thirty drops dose.
Thus one dram Ach OF t1ncture O
opium. tincture Of ~rhubarb. uncturs o
capsicum and spirits Of camphor mike.
with enough essancs OF peppermint Z
complete three ounces would mako
mixture Of which one teaspoonful woul
approximate fifteen drops Of the oil
formula and would conform to the liini
tstion OF the Harrison law. II II a de
plorable feature OF this law that man
valuable old remedies have been take
away from the homo medicine case be
cause Of a positively harmless propor
tion Of the forbidden narcotic, II 1
rather difficult to imagine a fondncs
being developed for the peppery. cam
. phoraceous taste OF your mixture. 8.
b. m regard TO the inquiry. In Question
: and Answers of April % for the middl
\: name Of Daniel ~. Tompkins I remem
ber my great-uncls fthe son Of Go,
or T'ompkins) said the name had original
been ne Tompkyns. and without dou,
that Is the explanation OF the m~ystertou
{: middle initial.
N. MARIE T. wIpMArEn
T. remember distinctly having rea
somewhere that In the civil war Gar,
ar baldi was approached by Lincoln @
some Of his associates and asked I
como and help the North. The negotia
tons fell through: Il seems that Cart
10 baldi refused 70 come over unless IN
entire direction OF the war was left
him: but this was not agreeable, g
q course. TO the American Government
Can o give me Information abou
4: thisf A. II.
A full account will bs found in q
article. '1Anooln's Offer Of a Comman
to G%aribaidi." by H., Nelson Gay. in N
Century Magazine for November. 100
ID volume Is (nsw ssries, volume 5s,
pages So TO -.
Tho appeal was made in tho summe
OF 1851 and tho command Of a Norther
army was offered to tho Italian patrio
NJ. q. Sanford. American Minister
Brussels. was instructed by W. \