The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02

The Pullman Company says that the
cost OF n steel sleeping car Of the latest
type Is from ? 10000 to s25.oOo, accord
ing to decoration and fttinRs.
Kindly inform me where and how
the symbol OF three balls indicating n
rawnshop originated. A. Y. ID.
The three golden balls denotlng a
n awnbroker are derived from the coat
Of arms of the Medlci family, "the
earliest and most famous of the money
lenders of Lombardy." william Henry
p. Phyfe says that they were first
used by the agents Of the Medlci
In London. He refers to Edwardss
Words. Facts and Phrases" which
says the balls represented three gilded
pills-an a~lius,on TO the family's emil
nencs in medicine. an eminence which
gave It its name Of Medicl. Brewers
Readers Handbook" says the balls
refer to an exploit OF Averardo de
Medlci, a commander under Charlie
imagine. who slew the giant Mugello and
bore Mugello's ciub as a trophy. This
| club had three iron balls.
What IL q (air charge for translatinR.
particularly from Spanish into English
and from English into Spanish? n y.
This work 10 lone in New York by the
large typewriter companies on a hxed
schedule. according TO which % TO 81
cents per 100 words IL a fair charge
for ~translating Spanish into English and
English into spanish. The charge va
ries with the nature OF the Language
Japanese. for instance. is done into Eng
lish. or English put into Japanese. for
80 cents per 100 words.
Did the late King Edward VII. have
a brother the Duke of Edinburgh. who
attended the Edinburgh University
1886. when Prof. Blactie held the
Greek chair? And what were the names
Of the two or three French princes,
with their tutor. who accompanied the
Duke OF Edinburgh and attended the
university at the same time? j. VI. T..
This was King Edwards sailor
brother. Primo Alfred, Duke Of Edln'
burgh. who died as sovereign Duke
Of Saxc-Coburg ana Gvtha In Germany
writes F.. Cuniine-Owen. His eldest
daughter liz now Queen of Rumania
another Is Princess Ernest OF Hohen-
lobe, another Infanta Beatrice. wife OF
Infant Dor Alfonso OF Spain. and the
fourth. after being divorced from the
reigning Grand Duke Of Hesse. H. now
the wife OF Grand Duke Cyril Nladi'
mirowi,ch Of Russia. third heir TO the
Russian throne.
prince Alfred's widow. who sur
wives. Is the only sister OF the late Czai
Alexander III. OF Russia.
THE French princes with Prince Al
fred at Edinburgh In ls6S-64 were thu
late Com,e de Paris (father Of the pres
en-, Royaiist pretender TO the French
throne, the Duke Of Orleans) and hi
brother. the late Duo 40 Chartres, Both
French princes At the time had JUS
returned from America, whsre they hal
been serving on the staff Of Gen. Nc
Clellan during the early stages OF ih'
civil war with the Army Of tho Pc
tomac."
When VAS the longest drought IN his
tory? X
An old clipping from an unidentified
source says that the longest drough
In American history was In 1852. h
there was no rain from May ! TO Sep
,ember les days.
Please give me the words OF Heinrich
He,ne's "Ein F~ichtenbaum stehf elm
sam" \. II.
Elm F4chtenbaum steht einsam
In Norden auf kahier Hoeh'.
Inn schlaefer,; init wei~.er Decks
Vmhuellen Inn Fla und Schnee.
Err traeumt Won elmer Paine
bic fern Am MorRenland
Einsam und schweigend trauert
Auf b%rennender F~e.senwand.
while dining at the round table Il
my club yesterday a gentleman VIII
had Just opened a house which ha'
long been closed said that II was re
markable to what extent dust woul
accumulate IN u H"NEe that ~ prV
=. closed to which I replied hat II woul
have been just the same had II bee
, in the middle Of the ocean. Other men
bers OF the club took exception to ,hi
remarl; seeming 20 think that the al
mosphere surrounding the ocean is dust
n less.
or course, my remark may hay
heen p little extravaganza, mi Is II nc
true that Il this very house had bee
located in the middle OF the Atlanti
Ocean il would s;ill nave been sui
ject to the accumulation Of dust To
. marked degree? j u {.
r II IL true. There !s dust IN the al
even over the ocean. and II settles whei
=. ever the sea breeze does not prevent
in closed ship cabins, for instance. Sc
/ the article OH lust, In the New Interna
tional Encyclopedia Opodd, Mead.
1. II a child IL born OF Italian pan
en,s (unnaturalized) living In tn
country is the child an American eli
zen: Can such a boy vote without tai
ing out papers"
= .. II a child is born of America
pa rents living In China and after tweI
ty-one years comes to this country,
he an American citizen" >, +.
/. Any child born In the Unite
states Is an American citizen unlcs
? he chooses otherwise on coming of AK
No papers are necessary,
.. The child is and always has he"