The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

about winds blowing soft and "turf
lying light" f.. IL. Nj.
The verse YOU mean is not on Mrs.
clemcns's stone but on that of her
daughter, Susy. The lines are:
summed sun shine kindly here;
southern wind blow softly here
Green .od above lie light, lie right
Good night, dear hear. good night. good
night.
When Mark Twain heard that the au-
thorship Of the lines was attributed to
him he had the name Of the Australian
poet Robert Richardson cut beneath
them rl,c word southern was north
ern IN the orig nal by RichHi Ison 'who
died in England IN 1900. because In
Australia the WARM wind Is from the
north. ON Mrs. Clemens grave her
husband had inscribed the single limo:
Gott sci dir gnaedie. . mcinc Wonn"'
----
Where can I find the Irish poem en-
titled "Shanus OBilen'' L. H. =
"Siamus OBrien, the Bold BOY of
Giinsall,' by j. 5. lie Fany talso at
tributed TO samuel L.over). * in the
first number OF One Hundred Choice
selections ,penn Publishing Company,
"Cumnocks Choice Readings by T. NJ
Cumnock "a. = Mcclure & Coz ;
Dicks Dramatic Recitcr" ,Dick & fIt3-
eeraldJ. "Monroe's Miscellaneous Read
inss," by l.. u. Monroe tI.ec 6 Shepard ,
The Science and Art Of Elocu;iou.' by
+. II Fenno blinds & Nobl,b "Sopcys
Dialect Readings TT. :. peuisouD. He
role Ballads, by H., H. Montgomery
,Ginn 4 Coz. and the Treasury Of
Irish Poetry" by S. A. Brooke and 7.
W. Ro.leston ,Mocmillan). The YER
sions vary somewhat.
What is the explanation of bacthre in
a carbureter? j. y.
Mum and Company. publishers Of tho
Scientific American. TO whom the inquiry
was referred. reply: "A very lean mix
ture burns slowly and the combustion
may continue throughout the cShausi
stroke until the inlet valve opens, thus
exploding the miNturc IN the inlet pas.
sage. This question Of hackhrc iu the
carburctcr is often very perpl'Ning, and
We are inclined to think trat It I. more
often due to a leaky or badly timed ad-
mission valve than TO a too lean MY
ture.
What ~pronortion Of tho tonnage Of NE
, world has been destroyed Soiuce war was
declared by the European Powers
JoHS TERRY.
The editor Of the Murine Rcricr
Cleveland. q. states
"The total merchant shipping o. the
world Al the outbreak OF the Eu:opeaI
war consisted Of 3O.S56 vessels of ~,
0s?.5j2 tons. OF which .i,I4i vessels o.
-. lu3.SIT gross tons were steamships
aud s.3?a vessels Of 3.s>5.s75 net ton,
We're sailing vessels. These figures N
clude all vessels Of loo tons and upward
rr to January /. 1915. which is TIM
la;ee, date for arhentic figures, "''
vessels Of 1.s7s,o"3 tons had been lie
stroyed as a result, Of the war, OF thi
total SOC vessels OF l.l9..55i tons wer'
British"
We may ado that the shipping journa
Fair Pioy G.onhon) said, according &
p despatch TO THE l. printed April !
last, tina, 6 per cent. of the total BIRTHS
'o"i"se "'" wv"
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With regard TO the inquir OF q q
Hood IN question" ana !"
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10 death by mountain rat
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cover a grave. tn" inscr,u;iou tallie
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This. with the letters printed In I'M
column MAY ~ "''"sS "'"" ~ "d'e ="
amusing re'or' vi ''''"' N'
hoaN'
WI, s,id "I-n,,ea uc stand divide
We fair: GILBERT ToMrKiNs
robn pickinson I72.-lsO>, In "Tt
Liberty Song" t'6s)
Than ,oir IN hand bravo Americans a,l,
BY uniting We stand. by dividing W IA
Tho rroyerbial wisdom Of tho sen,
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