Terra. Their names were Alêtrô (flaming), who is represented armed with torches, head covered with serpents, and breathing vengeance, war, and pestilence; Tisiphonê (thundering), who is represented with whip in hand, serpents hanging from her head and around her arms; Megæra (gigantic, terrible), who is represented to be employed in spreading diseases, torments, and death. (Vol. III, p. 171.) TRANSLATION OF THE EPITAPH OF STANIslaus. Will some reader give us the English translation of the epitaph on the tomb of Stanislaus, chevalier de Bouffleurs, who died in Paris, Jan. 17, 1815. He is said to have written his own epitaph as published by you (Vol. III, p. 79) as follows: Mes amis, croyez vous que je dors. Ꮓ The English translation of this epitaph is, "My friends, do you believe I am asleep?" FORMULA CALLED “Remedy of the MINT." (Vol. III, p. 171.)'' What is the formula called the "Remedy of the Mint?" Z. This formula is found in Haswell's "Engineers' and Mechanics' Pocket-Book," page 25, and is as follows: Gold, 12 grains per lb. in weight; Silver, I dwt. per lb. in weight. I Gold, of a caret in fineness; Silver, 1 dwt. per lb. in fineness. 16 Copper, of the weight, both in weight and fineness. 40 GUNTER'S CHAIN, LINE, QUADRANT, AND SCALE. (Vol. III, p 171.) Give an explanation of Gunter's Chain, Line, Quadrant, and Scale; and why called Gunter's. GIMEL. The mathematical instruments were invented by Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), professor of astronomy in Gresham College, London. He was the first to observe the variation of the magnetic needle. He published several works, "Canon of Logarithms," "Of the Sector, Cross-Staff, and other Instruments." Gunter's Chain is the common chain in use for measuring land according to the true and statute measure. The length of the chain is 66 feet, or 22 yards, or 4 poles of 5% yards each; and it is divided into 100 links of 7.92 inches each; 100,000 square links make one acre. Gunter's Line is a logarithmic line, usually graduated upon scales, sectors, etc. It is also called the "line of lines," and "line of numbers," being the logarithms graduated upon a ruler, which serves to solve problems instrumentally, in the same way logarithms do arithmetically. It is usually divided into 100 parts, every tenth of which is numbered, beginning with 1, and ending with 10. The use of this instrument is : I. To find the product of two numbers. 2. To divide one number by another. 3. To find a fourth proportional to three given numbers. 4. To find a mean proportional between any two given numbers. 5. To extract the square root of a number. Gunter's Quadrant is a quadrant made of wood, brass, or some other substance, being a kind of stereographic projection on the plane of the equinoctial, the eye being supposed in one of the poles; so that the tropic, ecliptic, and horizon form the arches of circles ; but the hour circles are other curves, drawn by means of several altitudes of the sun, for some particular latitude every year. This instrument is used to find the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, to take the altitude of an object in degrees, and other common problems of the sphere or globe. Gunter's Scale is usually call by seamen "the Gunter"; it is a quite large plain scale, having various lines upon it, of great use in working the cases of questions in navigation. It is usually 2 feet long, and 11⁄2 broad, with various lines of numbers, both natural and logarithmic, relating to trigonometry, navigation, etc. JANNES AND JAMBRES. (Vol. II, p. 607.) From what book or writing does Saint Paul get the names of Pharaoh's two magicians ? He says: "Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses,"-II Timothy III, 8. We do not find these names in the Old Testament. OBSERVER. Paul probably had many manuscript books in his day which we have not. The Gospel of Nicodemus (v, 5) speaks of the same magicians by the same names, and Paul must have had this Gospel also. Nicodemus gives us much information not found in the four Gospels called canonical. He preserves the names of quite a number of the persons who are mentioned by Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John, but not by name. For instance : Veronica was the name of the woman who touched the hem of the garment of Jesus. (Matt. IX, 20. Nicodemus v, 26). Dimas and Gestas were the names of the two thieves crucified with Jesus on his right and left respectively; and that the promise of Paradise was made to Dimas. Luke does not designate which the prom (Luke XXIII, 39-43. is was made to. A BOHEMIAN. (Vol. III, p. 76.) Why is a newspaper reporter or correspondent sometimes called a Bohemian ? SEARCHER. Bohemia is a cant designation of those parts of London inhabited by gay young fellows who hang loosely "about town," leading a sort of nomadic life, like the gypsies (French, Bohémiens,) and living by their wits, like journalists, politicians, artists, dancers, and the like. "WHAT HATH God Wrought"? (Vol. I, p. 70.) I would like to see the telegraphic alphabet published in your pages, also a message. HORACE. The alphabet now in use by the Western Union Company is the American Morse Alphabet, and is as follows: The last two-lines is the first message "What hath God wrought? (Num. XXIII, 23,) which was wired. "THE LIGHT THAT NEVER WAS ON SEA OR LAND." (Vol. III, p 171) Who is the author of the line: "The light that never was on sea and land"? PHILOS. It is by Wordsworth suggested by a picture of Peele Castle in a storm. The fourth stanza is as follows: "Ah! Then if mine had been the Painter's hand, WILMARTH, Mt. Carroll, Ill. TRANSLATION OF Bishop AbbotT'S LAST WORDS. (Vol. III, p. 171.) Generally, I observe one thing that you very carefully do when giving foreign language quotations, and that is, you most invariably translate them, which I admire. I notice one, however, (Vol. III, p. 143,) Bishop Abbott's last words-In te speravi; ne confundar in eternum-which please translate. M. O. WAGGONER. We translate the words: "In thee have trusted; let me not be confounded for eternity." WILMARTH. SUBLIME PRAYERS. (Vol. III, pp. 40, 71.) Allow me to contribute the "Prayer of Socrates" (found in the Phodus of Plato), to those already published in your pages. It is a sublime production, and as follows: "O beloved Pan! and all ye other gods that dwell about this place! grant me to become beautiful within, and that with all outward things I may be at peace. May I deem none rich but the prudent, and may I have only such a portion of gold as the wise can carry." H. W. HAZZEN, Mt. Carroll, Ill. Republished from last month with the word have instead of "love." FAME'S PROUD TEMPLE. (Vol. III, p. 171.) Who is the author of the following: "Who can tell how hard to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar"? PHILOS. These are the opening lines of a poem entitled "The Minstrel," by Dr. James Beattie, who was born at Lawrence Kirk, Kincardine, Scotland, 1735, and died at Aberdeen, 1803: "Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with future an eternal war; Checked by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone Then dropped into the grave unpitied and unknown!" WALTER H. SMITH, Montreal, Can. QUESTIONS. (a) Who was it that betrayed a city, asked as a reward the rings worn upon the fingers of the soldiers, and was crushed to death beneath their incumbent weight? B. F. BURLESON, Oneida Castle, N.Y. (b) What queen was crowned with full ceremony after her death. PHILOS, Baltimore, Md. (c) I notice that many inscriptions on monuments, especially large ones, are usually without punctuation. For example, the Webster Statue in the State House Yard, Concord, N. H., and the Soldiers' Monument in Merrimack Square, Manchester, N. H. Will some one give the reason? ALICE G. ADAMS, Boscawen, N. H. (d) What are the full words for which the following letters stand, found in catalogues of autographs for sale: D. S. A. L. S. R. S. L. S. A. O. S. To some names there is added other letters, as to that of Gen. Enoch Poor, one of our revolutionary heroes, n. d. ALICE G. ADAMS. (e) Is there any other town or place in the world that bears the name of Boscawen, than in New Hampshire? ALICE G. ADAMS. (f) Where do we find the expression, and its author: "Clothed in all the panoply of war?" L. P. D., Concord, N. H. (g) Can any reader give me the name of the song, and author, commencing "Close the door gently; bridle the breath; W. S. W., Chicago, Ill. (h) William Gerard Hamilton, an Englishman, is generally known in biographical works as "Single-Speech Hamilton." How did he receive the compound appellation, on what, and when, did he make his single speech? ADELBERT. (i) In that admirable poem entitled the "Loves of the Triangles," a mathematical and philosophical poem inscribed to Erasmus Darwin, are these lines : "So youthful Horner rolled the roguish eye, Cull'd the large plum from out his Christmas pie, This poem, which is a parody on Darwin's "Loves of the Plants," was written by George Canning (1770-1827,) and John Hookham Frere (1769-1846.) Query Who was the "youthful Horner," known in modern times as Little Jack Horner"? R. ROBINSON. 66 (j) Who called the friends of the Missouri Compromise "doughfaces," and why were they so called? M. |