The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-10-29

, the smiling Jones; or shall give yoI
a glimpse or these lovers welded life
, showing how bravely they bore the
trials that are ineYitsble with all, and
how they were steadfast unto the end.
: 1t is well to write fais here, for, puri.
fed by affiiction, and strengthened by
a right learning of the lesson life sets
for US all, Brown has earned the right
to be happy.-LocEe's National Month.
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Questions and Answers In Mythology.
Who was Argus Pie was a mon
: ster with hundred eyes, of which on
ly two were asleep st the same time.
) Mercury, by order Of Jupiter, slew
him after luiiing all his eyes asleep
} with the sound Of his Tyre Juno took
the eyes and put them on rs deeOra-
ton.
Who was B4cchus?-He was the god
Of wine, whose worship consisted in
noisy orgies, at which vOtaresses call
ed Baceeantes, danced in a wild and
excited manner.
Who was Silenus He was the god
Of humor and good fellowship, an ally
of Bacchus-
i Who were Momus and Comus ?
4 l-Momus was the god of moekery and
tComus was the god of natural revelry:
vOtaries of COmus went about at night
dancing and singing. and crowned
with roses.
Who was PrOmetheus ?-He was 3
person who, having stolen fire from
heaven, incurred the vengeance of Ju-
piter, who had him bound In chains
on the summit of Mount Caucasus,
and caused his liver to be preyed up
on daily by a vulture, and set Prom
ethsus at liberty.
Who was Pandora ?-She was q
beautiful female, endowed by the gods
with a box filed with blessings, which
mankind would have continued to en-
| joy if curiosity mad not prompted her
to open it, when all the blessings flew
out except hope.
| Who were the Fates ?-They were
three daughters OF Night, who deter
mined hdman destiny-Ciotho, the
spinner of the thread OF life /; Laches-
is, who determined the lot OF every
one and Athropes, the Inevitable.
! What was Pegasus ?-He was 8
winged horse which sprung from the
blood of Medusa, and ion mediately flew
up to heaven according to the mod
ern poetic fancy, Pegasus became the
horse of the MUSES. on Mount Hellicon
hence person who writes p'etry is
said 10 "mOunt Pegasus"
Who was Cadmus ?-He was broth
er to Europa, and having gone TO seek
for her when carried of by Jupiter,
arrived at 3 spot where he killed a
dragon, and at the command Of Mi
nerVa, sOwed its teeth in the earth,
from which armed men Immediately
sprung up. He then built the city Of
Thebes, aud taught the inhabitants
thereof knowledge of letters.
What was the 'Gordian-knot ?"-
1t was an intricate knot by which, Ou
one occasion, GOrdius, king of Pury-
gia, tied the harness on his oxen. An
oracle having declared that he who
was able to unite the knot would con-
I quer Asia, Alexander the Great, af-
ter failing to unite 1t, cut it asunder
with his sword. Hence, ito cut the
iGOrdian knot" is to overcome q diff
Guilty by o violent measure.
What is the story of Hero and Lean
der ?-HerO was 3 priestess Of Venus,
celebrated for her love of Leander, who
visited her by swimming at night
across the Hellespont; his course on
these occasions being directed by a
blazing torch which Hero held from
the top of = tower. One iempestOus
night Leander was drowned at sight
of his body cast ashore, Hero threw
herself from the tower.
Who was Tantalus ?-He was per-
son who forfeited the favor of the
gods, and as q punishment was con-
demned to perpetual thirst, by stand
ing in water which his lips could not
reach. From this legend is derived
the English word tCrIltdlize.
Who were the Furies ?-They were
three gOddesses Of a fearful aspect,
having serpents twined In their hair,
and blood dripping from their eyes,
Like the fates, they had a share in de-
termining the doom of persons expos
ed to calamity. The names OF the fu-
ries were respectively AlectO, Niagara
and TisiphOne.
Who was Charon ?-He was wretch
ed old man, whose duty it was to fer
ry the spirits of the deceased across
the river Styx, for which he charged
a small coin those who could not
pay the fee were doomed to wander
restlessly along the dark shores of
AcheTsou.
Who was Sisphus ?-He was q per-
SOD who, for 3 crime, was banished
Oy the gods to Tartarus, where his
punishment consisted in rolling q
stone to the top of hill, but which
ever rolled down again, and accord
lingly his toll was endless.
Who were the GOrgons ?-rhey
were three sisters, named Steno,
EuryaIe and Medusa, all immortal ex-
cept Medusa their hair was twined
with serpents, their hands were of
brass, their bodies were covered with
lipipenetrable scales, their teeth re-
rembled the tusks of q W lid bOsr, aud
they had the power Of turning to
stone all on whom they fixed their
eyes. Perseus had the addfess to cut
off the head of Medusa before she
could see him.
| Who was Boreas ?-He was the god
and controller of the North Wind,
and had temples erected where he
was propitiate'I by sacrifices.
VINO was Rsculapius He was
the god of tue healing art, and his
symbol was 8 serpent, with which he
is generally represented.
Who was SOmnus ?-He was the
drowsy god, or god Of sleep, near
whose habitati0n flows the river
Lethe which creeps silently over the
pebbles and invites to slnmber. One
of the attendants of Somnus was
! Morpheus, whose duty it was to ex-
cite agreeable and pleasing dreams.
Who was Hymen Pie was the
god of marriage, represented to be the
] so-callsd Bacchus and Venus. On the
occasion of nuptials, propitiatory
4 hymns were sung in his praise.
The Column Veudome, which was
destroyed by the Communists, is near