The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.

4 QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
4 ouery-what is the legend Of Antaeos.
reserred to In the Editors Corner" OF
nsa,. srst9 PENELOPE.
Answer-Anteaos in Greek mythology,
e,yas a gigantic wrestler, whose strength
was invincble so long as he touched the
n earth, and was renewed every tin1e ne
did touch it. Hercules killed him by ny
Ing him up from the earth: ~. M Nh - Z
his paradise Regained." writes:
& ..As when earth's son, Antaeos IN 1rassa
with Jove,s Alcldes, and oft foiled still
H rose,
Receiving from his mother earth new
strength,
Fresh from his fall. and fiercer grapple
rhrottied at length L the air, expired
ouery-who was ivan the Terrble'
@ P. N. W.
Az Answer-1van W. Of Russia, infamous
for his cruelties. but man OF great
= energy. He first adopted the title OF
ouery-why are the ''Dog-days" 50
called? = Il. -
Answer-The Romans called the six or
res dies According to their theory, the
dog-star or Sirius rising with sns sun,
added to It's heat, and the dog-days bore
N the combined heat Of the dog-star and
the sun.
y Query-Who is the author Of the famous
medieval hymn known as Dies lsrae!,'
E. I. C.
Answer-1t was probably the compost
ton Of Thomas of Ceano. a, native of
Abruzzi who died in 1855 Sir Walter
# Scott has introduced the former part Of
~ 1t into his Lay OF the Last Minstrel
S"On that day. that day Of ire,
Ii Saith the King Of Wisdom's sire, 4:
Earth shall melt with fervent fire.
6S5&s Query-Who was the Maid of Nor
way and why Is her history considered
5 sorrowful? JULIET.
Answer--The maid of Norway" was
Margaret, daughter of Eric H. and Mar
& garet of Norway. On the death Of Alex
B ander III she was acknowledged queen
4 Of Scotland. and was betrothed to Ed
ward, son Of Edward !. of England; but
4 she died on her passage.
iE3sa Query-Nas burial In wooden shrouds
ever made obligatory by English law?
l. ..K. L. N.
Answer-such Aaw,.exsted early in
Il the eighteenth century, and Mrs. Oldficld,
the actress, who died in 1871, revolted
NJ at the idea. She insisted on being ar
raycd in chlntz, trimmed with Brussels
II lace, and on being we'll rouged to hide
& the pallor OF death. Pope, in his Moral
Y Essays, writes OF her under the name
OF Narcissa, in the following lines:
'.Odious! in wooden? 'Twould saint
provoke
sN.Werc the last words that poor, Narc!ssa
5SS'a-S spoke.
'ssS3..'rta,s let charming chintz and Brussels
lace,
Wrap my cold limbs and shade my life
less face;
n one would not. sure, be frightful when
. ones dead,
M And, Betty, give this cheek little red
Query-Who was Sir Phillip sdney's
"Stella % c. NJ ].
vi Answer-The Lady Penelope Devereux
y who married Lord Rich and was a widow
In sidney's time. Spencer says, in his
E5..Astrophel," that when Sir Philip died
la3 Stella died of grief, and the two lovers
were converted into one flower called
34.Starlight," which is first red, and. as Il
II fades. turns blue.
3g9 Query-What Is the origin Of the name
Sof this month-May? JULIA.
81 Answer-At one time 1t was supposed 4
N be In honor OF Naa the mother Of
sS Hermes or Mercury, But the best &C
IA cepted authorities represent II as being
assigned in honor of the Majores OIL
Ma!ores the Senate under the old Roman
a constitutions. Just as Junius or June wa
I. compliment TO The Juniores or mino
" branch of the Roman legislature.
3fssF Query--What is the story of St. Jerome
and the lion. and who was Saint Jerome
X NJ. NJ. S.
Answer--St. Jerome was the son o
(. Euset3ius, who WAS educated in Rome
/. founded monastery in Bethlehem, ant
sS died "A. D. 40. Sitting one day at TIT
$.s gateway OF his monastery In Bethlehem
he saw lion limping toward him AM
holding his front paw in the air. Tn
sil lion came and crouched at the feet Of III
NJ holy man. st. Jerome extracted from
1 the wounded paw sharn thorn and tend
ed the lion until the paw was healed
After that the lion followed the sain
i like dog. and was put In charge Of a
ass used 10 fetch the monks firewoot
5 while the lion slept the ass strayed fror
b the meadow where he was allowed
rs craze, and could not be found TO III
lion, who was supposed 10 have Dc
youred the ASS. was assigned the task {
bringing !n the wood, One day howepe
tho lion recognized In passing cara
M95yan his friend. the ass. He dros
M the caravan into the monks courtyar'
where some merchants In It confessed
sS8 having stolen the ass and then an
II there restored It to It's proper owner
& From thenceforward the lion became a
& Attribute OF Saint Jerome and appear
~ In all hts pictures.
siI IS Query--Why is May considered an VI
IA lucky month for weddings?
IN ri 4Answer--The superstition dates hack
AS tia RQmapN. for OVID declares that ~