The sun., 1909-01-10
0UESTIONs AND ANSWERS.

hleroglyphB exists on Two large and most beau
| ,lfully executed scardbs, Two objections 10 Thu
Autnentieliy NJ theso scsrsbs have heen pro
posed. The nrst Ia that thew are carved from
material foreign to ETypt--lltnosranhio ston,
Instead Of the limestone In which similar scafab'
have uniformly been carved. Tho second objec
| tion Is based on textual criticism, Tho inscrip
| nons are very Uneven In style. some Sentenoet
being faultless In Gramu ar and diotlon, other'
Intervening between the good sentences beln,
very clumsy In construction 1ne good sentences
Of the text have all been Identified from known
papyrus sources. IL h supposed that some
! fabrteator OF the scsrabs has made a patchwork
! OF genuine manuscript material connected with
/ HE own attempts st hIsrogiyphio writing. The
Judgment Of the beat Er> biologists discredits
theee scarabs ss forashes The topic Il care
! fully discussed In the magazine OF the Royal
Geo graphical Society Tor October. zoos.
That are the e. Treasures 'nree" which form the
Treasures three
! Hath Oronse.
do not know whore found the brief verse !
must have read y somewhere long ago shall be
II. 7. wAAsock.
The dislch. with Its utterly impossible rhyme,
Is not Identified. but the reference Is more read
lily discoverable. orense ls small town of Spain,
on the left bank Of the hinho northeast OF Madrid,
famous for Its rsislns chocolate and fine linen.
TO the distich cited In the question:
Tres cosas hay en- orense
Que no las hay en- Espans:
RI santo Christie. 10 Puente
Y Ia Burga hirviendo ef aqua.
The image Of Christ once graced the little
churcn on Cape Fnsterre but In issa Bishop Perez
harno carried II 70 Orense and placed II above the
high altar OF his cathedral. The bridge spans the
hinhU north OF the city and ls vsrously attributed
70 tbs Emperor Trsjan and tho un known builders
Of the thirteenth century La Burga Is . group
Of three hot springs, known respectively by the
names OF Absio. Arriba and n Ssrtldero. which
rush forth below the old town.
What was the Characteristic peculiarlty OF
, Aew art OF war; GBoRoK FILcoSKH
The Improvement over other military arms
lay not 90 much In the ride az In the ball. This
was cast hollow for nearly two thirds OF lis len 9Th
lato this opening OF the cylinder there was intro.
dueed q small ooncave piece OF iron which the
powder At the moment OF nring forced into the
slug forcing Il open and causing II to engage
with gas proof AZ into the chambers OF the riln
| OF the piece. The Inventor was Claude Etlenne
Mimic. born In 1910 st Paris. who enlisted at an
| early age In the ranks OF the French army. After
several campaigns In Africa he became q Captain
| OF the chasseurs Z pied and devoted himself
TO Improving the arm OF that corps dellte. lie
not only refused TO receive a royalty from the
patent rights on bis dlslnterested labors but
rejected most nattering offers from the Russian
Government to enter It's army. He Invented
he bullet which bears his name In isaS and In
isSl was promoted TO be chef de battalion.
isss he went upon the retired lis, and then gave
bis services 70 the riceroy OF Egypt In directing g
q school OF small arms practice and an arsenal
for the manufacture OF rides
Upon what authorities may rely in making an
examination OF the dialect OF French used in
Normandy Has anything been printed on the
subject c. R.T
These are the standard works OF reference:
r. Kelhsm, Dictionary OF the Norman or Old
French Language" U>ondon. IT'D; L. Dubois.
"Glosssire du psto,s Normand- (Caen. 1867
r. lie Hericher. "Normandie Scandinave, Gu
Giossalre des Clements Scandnsves en- pstos
Sormand" (Avrsnches. 1851; Edeiosland a Alfred
Dumerl "DtctIonnaiIe dcs patois Normand-
tCsen, Istsl E. lie Hericher Historic ct 0lossare
du ormsnd, de L'AnrlaIs ct de IL LAngue
Frsneaise" (Avranches. 1857. As q specimen
Of the patols here 10 q verse from the parable OF
the Prodgsi Son which may readily be COM
pared with the standard French version:
Y u dit: via d'ja une nee d'snnses Que, yvo
ssrs ct je n'vos al jarnoues desobt portant yo
ne mavez jamoues bain! tsnt settlement I'm
srne nor me divertir aveu m'samis. Mats des
cue l'aut gut q mousi tout sen cas- aveuc des
funellss est rveuus vo kavez tue tout de sltute
por II un viau Srss.
In the plural Of tho noun sheath! have looked
IN four Authoriue; AL give the singular as
,hes q th % tn s a.. q The .ns sns I"r sins
the z" sound The other three do not state that
the Hh" differs stall In the plural from the sinFu.
lar. J. GohrEnIs
The plural has the thick IN" more com monty In
dicated In orthoeplc schemes by "dh" and the pro.
auncia,ion authorized b. tho authority ci ed is
the correct one. This Is not q case where the
double eonsonant changes 10 form the plural
but Just the contrary. The etymology shows
that In the Germsnic forms the consonant Is .
true ID" which by regular transmutstion becomes
"dh" ip English. This sound is preserved In the
plural through the protection OF the - In the
s. nc uisr. however. Il undsrross . softeninx into
",h" for the reason that oh" termlns 10 not agree
able to English speech.
Please tell me whs, sort OF wind the sIri wind
is cannot md II in any OF the works on
neteoroiosy. CHARLEs FREScH
Not the sort OF breeze to be listed on the Beau.
fort scale. yet II has Its record. II win be found
Ia Charles Godfrey Lelands Songs Of the Sea
and Lays Of the Land:
"A hurry .burly. huri wind
Is hurryinv DER the waves
Before Il runs the girl wind
Fresh up from the ocean CANe>
shes the little pun VINO goes before
TO tell OF the blow that's coming
She sounds Ike hive when ~intersoer
And YOU hear the bees -hummlnr
What English bishop vas Il who several cen
turies ago predicted the success OF the nylng
machine AFRO
Something Of the sort was enunciated BY John |
wilkins In 1851, Who later became bishop "
chester. II may be REGARDED as prophetic. for
this Ia what he said: III win vet be as usual 10
hear man call for his wings when be Il going on
tourney Il 10 now 10 hear him call for his boots
The prophecy has not yet been wholly verified, !
but II looks more hopeful than la the good Bishops
day. Among the writings OF Bishop Wilkins is ;
A discourse concerning the possibility Of pas. !
SAGE 10 the moon" uc'0,
Tor what reason IL the title speakers Com.
attached 10 that work OF biblical cru. |
ditlon. CH,Hi.ks ROW. RosiSsoN
Becsuse the enterprise originated In the EFFORT |
of John Evelyn Denlson. speaker OF the House |
ot Comrron% II was designed 20 meet In sue.
,essful opposition the views Of biblical inter. |
pre- alton 50 forcelully upheld by Dr. Colenso. |
rhe work was announced In isc3 and pubilcs tion |
a. begun Ia 1911 r. &. Cook was the editor
n chtef, the te1t was revised and commentaries
n ritten BY several bishops and other theoIogIsns