St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-18
NSWERS TO ATHENEUM CUES
TIONS.


Summer and the longest day in the
Prthern hemisphere.
Winter and the shortest day in the
hthern hemisphere.
reatest inequality in length of day
night every where except ON the
latOr.
Within the arctic circle no night.
thin the antarctic circle no day.
t point of north pole, noon of a
n which lasts six months.
t point of south pole, midnight of a
lt which lasts six months.
,etweeD arctic circle and north pole,
Hay varying in length from six
nths te "a hours. Between arctic
lie and equator, day varying from
hours to- II hours, and between the
arctic circle and equator, night
wing from "a hours to ~ hours.
une 2I-23.
=. Who defeated the Saracens in
A. ID. and checked the advance of
Mussulmens into the heart of Eu-
be ?
harles Martel.
3. Augustine and Jerome both
ntIOn "a correspondence prOfessedly
ween st. Paul and an eminent RO-
u stole philosopher consisting of IA
ers which have come down to u.s.
10 was the philosopher
eneca.
4. What great bulwarL of the lib
es of the people, though actually
gated in the house of lords, was de-
red carried by the artifice of one of
tellers facetiOusly counting very
ord as ten
Iabeas corpus.
p. What queen, having received
b her spouse absolute authority for
space of one day, employed her
Eer in causing him to be assassinat-
and what great city did she after
dis build
entrants, wife of Minus, king of
yria. Babylon. Is said to have
blOyed 1000, 900 men.
). What archbishop afterwards
Dnized, whose mother, then a Sara
maid, during the crusades, saved
life of his father, was assassinated
he cathedral where he Officiated ?
hOmas a Beckett.
What eminent djplOmatist by
skill, baffled all the calamities of
ty years full of ruin of all power,
ch swept away most of his com
IS, and figured in his 80th year as
PassadOr 10 England and chief coun
pr to his own king?
hlleyrand.
Who said that Rome must be
Fomed by steel and not by gold
lmillus.
What king having conquered a
ban army, said another such victO-
Eould compel him to return home :?
ut other memorable saying is at
uted to him
yrrhus.
Who ascertained the existence
distinction of sex in plants in
e Thomas MlllingtOn. 1876.
BY what four physical agents is
human race the most powerfully
Ienced?
Innate, food, soil, general aspects
ature.
Quotations:
Heap wood she wind is chill;
But, let it whistle it will
Wen keep our Christmas merry still
Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Erl
g.
1t thou fair boy. 90 along with mel
aughters shall prettily wait on thee
maze of the midnight dance they sweep
II rock thee and dance thee, and sing thee to
sleep,
lOng We a knight or a squire 50 bold
to plunge into this abyss ?
in the vortex goblet of gold,
dark waves already surge round it and hiss,
Friedrich Schiller. The Diver.
dropped her glove, to prove his love, then
looked al him and smiled
owed and in a moment eaped among the lions
wild:
eap was quick return was quick, he has re-
gained his place,
threw the glove, but not with love, right in
the lady face.
Leigh Hunt The Glove an d
Lion.
B. Where and upon what occasion
e the Judges, officers of court and
Eers held prisoners Ky a mob in
monte
Il Rutland, 1856. The people were
r, debts having accumulated during
war, and the courts seemed to
to he an instrument of Oppres-
They complained of taxes I'M
" levied, and of the excessive
IS of the courts. When the court
Nened the court house was sur
lded by great multitude armed
bludgeOns, rusty muskets and
swords. The court thereupOn ad-
med until noon. In tie afternoon
indictments took possession of the
rt house, and conducted themselves
IN insolent and riOtOus manner,
reupon the court again adjourned
were not allowed to depart. Sen
Is were posted at the door, and
ses, sheriff and lawyers were held
oners for two hours. The militia
= assembled from the neighbOring
MS before morning and the "regula-
7 as they were called were finally
uaded to return to their homes.
What was the answer of IA cynic
osOpher, to the question why pee
give cheerfully to the lame aud
d but not to philosophers 7 Who
the philosopher
ecause they feel they may be-
e lame and blind, but have no fear
becoming philosophers. DiOgenes.
5. Connected with what impOr-
national transaction in the histO-
f our country was there a vigorous
pute concerning the existence of a
lntain of rock salt, $50 miles long
- miles wide
lac Louisiana purchase.
What territory of the United
es is included in what is known as
"LOuisiana purchase 7" What was
for it
Ouisiana, Arkansas, Indian Terri
Missouri, Kansas, part of Colo
Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Da-