The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-09
BIOGRAPHIES OF OLD
SURPRISING BITS OK REFORMATION
THEY IMPAIRED.

| SUR|htSliSG 81 = CF In ORmE ION
THEY IMPAIRED.
| Some of the QGcstiGnS and AnSGVerA
| Contained In Eighteenth Gem
| fury Publication - Two Curiositics
That We're Located In France.
! For a score of years after geogra-
| phieS began In be Introduced into the
| schools of America they depended
| largely OH the use of Il globe to make
| clear the divisions of the earth. 1t
| was not long, however. before nearly
| Rvcry book was accompanied by an at
! las. and his continued customary to
about 1886.
Jphidiah Morse was pioneer among
| American authors OF school geogTa-
| phies. The earliest rival 10 contest the
field with AlUrSe's books was small
volume nf questions and answers CON.
piled by Nathaniel Dwight and pub
lished al Hartford III 1895. Below are
some of The curious bits OF Information
the volume ilnparts:
q. What are the Russian funeral CO..
emunieS: \. They are singular. The
priest prayS and sprinkle; the corpse
for eight or ten days. 1t is then bur-
led with 81 passport 10 heaven signed
by the bishop and another Clergyman,
which is put between the fingers of the
! deceased. and then the people return /
IL the house whence they went and |
drown their sorrow i'll intoXication. I
This they comuonIy do for about forty |
days. durin" which time the prizes !
says prayers over the :;raYc.
-. Are there any lakes in Scotland
\. There arc many. but two are vel" |
remarkable. One near LochncsS is OIL
the Top Of Il hill almost two miles high.
This lake is small but il has never
been sounded. nor does it ever freeze.
About seventeen miles distant is an
Other lax" which is frozen all the year.
q. What ar" ia" pcrS ms and charac-
ter; If The Srot>: A. they art ccner-
ally lean. rawh0ned and have high
rhcckbonrs. which * 81 charactcristical
feature.
o. What are the diversions of the
Scots: y. Th%- are all of the vigor-
Ou>, athletic ilind-Sncii aS dancing,
golf and curling. The golf is IL SPECIES
of ball playing performed with Il bat
and Il bail. the extremity OF the hat
being loaded with lead. and ike party
which strikes the bail with fewrst
strokes into a hole prepared for the
purpose wins the game.
q. What are tie customs and diver
sionS of The Irish: y. There are few
customs existing i'll Ireland peculiar tn
this country. These arc their funeral
hoWiinT and presenting their c1rpSeS in
the streets 10 excite the charity OF
strangers; their c0nyival meetings On
Sunday ana dancing To ha"pireS. which
are usually attended with qunryp!n2.
Q. What cEriositieS are tEc"c II
France: y. Y fountain near GrenJIie
emt:s 4 flame which will burn papcr.
straw. etc. but will not burn gunpow-
Ger. Within about eight leagues Of the
same place is an inaccessible mountain
in the form of pyramid reversed.
Z. What do You observe of the inhab-
itantS of Guinea: ~ They are chiefly
pagans and illolaterS. In Eyo, where
the people are governed by :; king who
is not absolute. when they are tired of
him Il ,leputation waits on him and IN
forms him that it is fatiSuing for him
to bear the burden Of government any
longer, advising him 10 take Il rest. lie
thanks them AMI rctiI'rS Ia his apart
ment as if to- sleep and directs his Wo-
men to Stranclc him. and after he cX-
pireS they destroy all Things which BE-
lonunI n hiin TIIpu and
then kill on" another. His son Sic
ceedS Il line government and on The
same terms
q. Give Il concise description OF the
Giagc< and AunianS: \. I he first in
habit Il part ri tn" kungo coast: the
latter live in The Macaco. The people
arc cauniI,ai:.. 'fli"y kill and eat their
firStbnlm children. ami their friends
who die are eaten 10y their relations.
The kin" nf Mar:.ro resides iii MOn&ol.
whr" there Is; Il market in which lU-
man flesh is sold. although other meat
exists in plenty. They esteem IL lux
ury. and il is said 10 prisoners or
slaves are daily killed for the kings
table.
One geography that had Il marked
individuality "f its own was Il thick
little volume. mostly in verse, entitled
"Thc Monitors Instructor" published
at Wilmington in 1874. In the prose
portion of the hook are several curious
paradoXcS.
Here il on" of them:
Three mon went Oh Il journey i'll
which. though their heads travelled
twelve yards farther than their feet,
I'LL returned alive. with their heads Oh.
The solution explains that If any
person ShouId travel round the glohG
the space Travelled by his head will cX-
coed that his feet travelled" 10y about
the number Of yards mentioned.
Cummings Geography. 1914. apollo
SizcS In its preface for adding another
ito Iii" number of Biographies. already
SO great as TO ObStrlci rather than pro-
mote Improvement" During the pre-
vi0IS decade Lewis and Clark had
made their Journey across the CONT
nent. and We now find mention of the
stony mountains" 1t was Il numh""
of years before the name Rocky was
substituted for Stony. Concerning IL"
Andes. in South America. we are t3E!.
"TheSc amazing mountains. in cnmpar-
ison with which the Alps are hui l:t.,o
hills, have 1iSsureS in some pl"cc: Il
mile wide and deep in proportion. ana
there are others that run underground
and resemble in extent 4 province
Adams Geography. 1913. is divided
into three parts. The following il
from part 9:
a mountain is Il vast prntIh"ran"c
of the earth.
"The White mountains are tho k:"h-
est not only in Ne~ Hampshire, bAt in
the United states" - New En%!&7i
Magazine.
The Old Fashioned Wife.
y pretty youns; married woman said
to Il friend the other day: Mary is
such an old fashioned wife. Size las