The sun., 1908-03-22
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERs


-eyan' root which he thinks was used for makinI
= evidently, cropping amer The sweet aysns,' oI
probably In Ontario. There are various kinds Of
ayens, but the purple, scarlet, or water ayens Il
pr9eSSly th1 Sprs he msans y FrSEs 10 sCSTy Q,
stock OF an aAtrlngent nature which might n dried
! and stepped, yield drink with taste something
mai M STsn, ana dn1S S va sso % SS' Ssod BY ne %S
who probably learned lts value from them, The
root Of this kind Is fraMAnt-tho word -Geum'
give an agreeable navor- me hoVsr stalks groW
nearly two feet hight and bear quite large, dfoop.
Ing flowers Of . puTpie-orAnge or red color. |
medicine, There are also the spring ayens, tbe
leld ayens, and the white tvens, but l thlnk they
IgTog n the West and south and are not used q 4
called scarlet Avens lS rather pretty plant and is
sometimes seen In northern gardens. HIS.
The derivation from the Greek Is not confirmed
BY the le1lcons, the word -Geum" appearing In the
Latin Of the elder Plny and no suggestion implied
Of lts derivation from the Greek.
l see that you are trying TO md out what cyan
root was or Is IN your y. and A. column: also that
quest am able 70 gu, or a. near Il as a few old
boys and Girls who found themselves snoWbouhd
a. farmers house a couple Of yssrS ago could
was near when possibly might be called upon
20 make speech or sing a song a. pioneer dlnhfr
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Is WASH very reliable on making speech.
THis NEW COUNTRY.
The wilderness was our abode some forty years
And when good meat We chose to ga. Wo shot the
For nsh We used the hook and line, We pounded
on JohnnycSGs our ladies dned in this new
country
Our paths were through the winding wood where
of the savage tfOd.
They were NOT vide, had scarce a guide, yet ali
Our houses they were logs Of wood rolled up In
squares and caulked With mud
II the bark was tight the roof was GOOD In thiI
new country.
With axes GOOD We chopped our WOOD for we'll Wo
We Steamed our land with hardy hands to d, II fol
We sowtd our land with rye and wheat for strangers
From The maple tree we drew our sweet in this new
country.
ofdeersklns we made moccaslns to wear upon our
With checked shirt we thought no hurt good com.
Andifs visit we wished to pay on winters night
The oxen drew our ladies' sleigh in this new
country.
The Indians sometimes made US fear that there
was danger nigh;
The shaggy bear was often there the pig was in the
The rattlesnake our children dread and oftenumes
mother said,
Some beast OF prey would take her babe in this new
country.
Our little thons grew apples on when mandrakes
The sour grape we used to take when frosty nights
came on,
For wlnterTresns our girls would stray, for butter.
The evan root was our ladies' tea in this new
country.
We lived In social harmony drank from the purng
No priest. no lawyer, doctor there, was ever to be
Our health It needed no repair. no plOus man forgot
And We could fee no lawyer there In this new
country.
There may be 10 II but this was all that could
be eTemembe and no more In any shape hAscTOSsed
my. mind since. and II has been often hummsa
and sung In anticipation OF that pioneer dinner a.
which am expecting to sing II some day. &c
Recently, after funeral service in a Catholic
church. the question was raised "a 10 the reason
for burning incense. one theory advanced was
that II originated In very ancient times and was
done for hyglsn,c reasons only, but has since be.
several authorities can md nothing 20 cover the
origin Of the use OF Incense. JACOB METLoER,
The ritual employment OF Incense Is parted by
considerable gap between the temple OF the Jews
and the churches Of the Christians. The rolling
cloud OF aromatic smoke was prominent IN the
early religions OF the Ess', In Egypt In Babylona
in Assyra but II was absent from the early stages
OF the Hebrew cult. II was not untn the time Of
Jeremiah that II became at all popular and not
until the post.eIlllc period did II become the most
holy offering. MalmOnldes held that the incense
int I'd q ~ he odn nf
and to hearten the priests; II was also considered
au antdo,e To plague; In the Orient generally Il
was regarded as banning demons. Tertulli8n.
SAY Ing that Christians do not bum Incense like
pagans AsCrlbes the use OF Incense among the early
Christians TO the need OF purifying the foul air "
the Subteuanean places into which persecution
drove them for the celebration OF their mysteries.
II Is regarded as well established that incense was
not used In the inst three centuries NJ the Christian
Church, IActantiuS aud Arnobus deny specin.
caly lls ritual Use Ia their times Christian EmperOrs
forbade itS uss as being a concOmtant Of idOlatry
aud a law OF Theodosus Connscated 10 govern.
ment any house or other place In which It's Use
could be proved. 81. Ambrose second half Of the
fourth century refers TO incense as then familiar
IN the ritual OF the Western Church. In the time
Of ST. Gregory the Great. latter part Of the syth
century, II was lndisputAbly IN the service OF tue
mass.
l,it correct and proper English to say i have
a limited opinion OF her talent1 J.F
II may be that limited Ia grAyltatinF In some
sllpshod fashion 20 have such q meaning as Is here
s,l;s.ay ,a,eaGei 10 he conveyed, ior Il was
recently noted In similar colocatlon in one OF those
remarkable conversations In light nlerAture-Only
possible In such literature The speaker clearly
plans TO sur the talent by the statement that II Is
limited instead Of which he casts the slur upon his
own opinion or power Of forming an opinion. than
which Of course, nothing could be further from
his thought, One may say, with idlomatc pro.
priety, 81 have poor opinion Of" for that has the
sanction OF length OF usage, but limited In such a
sense and In such use has BY no means attained
the hight 10 claim Idlon.
What year was the arst spring mattress made,
tSitGn American or foreign Invention! N. T.
The recollectlons OF furniture dealer who has
been ,ong In the business are that spring mattresses
nrst came upon the market In 1907 and that they
were the product Of American genius This seems
tribe too modern, yet II Is remembered that even
later than that the bed screw was a necessary
article Of the household tool chest aud that corded
beds we're stu In use. The early type Of sprnE
mattress was by no means the woven wire fabric.
but was built up Of double helical coils intriohtely
dashed together and lonEitudinaly barred With
wooden battens. Even with the double safeguard
springs were known 10 break loose with upheGvinI
umult quite dlscommodlng 10 any sleeper less than
Ephesan.
About two years ago | read that freezing In lakes
and rivers began at the bottom, and | have used
this information only 10 have my authority con
iroyerled. Please tell Just where the freellhE
begins. A. Z. VINCENT,
At the surface In any body OF water exposed
to low temperature the bottom becomes cold more
rapidly than the top until the temperature Of the
4. Il h.