Matters of Religious Interest
Matters of Religious Interest
ascribed to Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, in Campania (400 A. D.); but there is no evidence of their existence for a century later. The first…
Weights and Measures of the Bible
A gerah. 10 gerah = 1 bekah. 2 bekahs I shekel 60 shekels = I maneh = = 5° manehs = I talent WEIGHTS.
Jewish Money Reduced to English Money
1.3660 manehs=1 kikkar (talent) A Gerah = £0 O 1.36 Ο IO gerahs = I bekah 2 bekahs = O I 1.68 2 bekahs = I shekel = O 2 3.37 Ο 2 3.37 A…
Roman Money Reduced to English Money
Pence English.
Bible Time
The Natural day was from sunrise to sunset. The Natural night was from sunset to sunrise. The Civil day was from sunset one evening to…
New Testament Day
66 66 First Watch, evening.... 6 to 9 P. M. Third hour.
Dictionary of Proverbs and Quotations From the Bible
A false balance is an abomination to the Lord; but a just weight is his delight. A fool uttereth all his mind; but a wise man keepeth it…
Dictionary of Proverbs and Quotations
He that keepeth [silent] his mouth, keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Things Not Generally Known
A Miss is as good as a Mile. This is handed down in a tale by Turpin, of two friends, Amis (or Amys) and Amile (or Amyle), who are supposed…
Things Not Generally Known: Hobson
Hiawatha. A mythical personage of miraculous birth, believed by the North American Indians to have been sent among them to clear the…
Things Not Generally Known: Irish
Humbug. A corruption of the Irish words "uim bog," pronounced "humbug,” signifying worthless money, such as was made by James II. at the…
Things Not Generally Known: Lynch
Lynch, Judge. In America, a personification of violent and illegal justice, or of mob-law. The name is usually alleged to be derived from…
Things Not Generally Known: Saragossa
Maid of Saragossa. An appellation bestowed upon Augustina Zaragoza, a young Spanish woman distinguished for her heroism during the defence…
Things Not Generally Known: Mars
It is the exact equivalent to a "beau," an elegant, in which sense it is applied by thousands, who use it vulgarly, without suspicion of…
Things Not Generally Known: Grundy
Mistress of the World. A common designation of ancient Rome, which was for centuries the grandest, richest, and most populous of European…
Things Not Generally Known: Johnson
Puck. Originally the name of a fiend, subsequently the name for that "merry wanderer of the night," styled also Robin Goodfellow, who plays…
Things Not Generally Known: German
Renard. A name given to a fox in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry. It is derived from the celebrated German beast-epic…
Things Not Generally Known: Arthur
Round Table. A huge circular marble table, at which, according to the old romancers, King Arthur and his knights were accustomed to sit. It…
Things Not Generally Known: England
Sailor King. A title popularly conferred upon Willian IV., of England, who entered the navy in 1779, at fourteen years of age, and…
Things Not Generally Known: Coventry
Sent to Coventry. This comes from a peculiar law of the town of Coventry, which deprived the privileges of the trades to all but a…
Things Not Generally Known: Sicily
Sicilian Vespers. A name given to a memorable massacre of the French, which began at Palermo, in Sicily, March 30th, 1282, at the hour of…
Things Not Generally Known: Tammany
St. Tammany. An Indian chief, who, in the United States, has been popularly canonized as a saint, and adopted as the tutelary genius of one…
Things Not Generally Known: Persons
IO years Persons. Age. 134 45 years 66 15 66 20 25 66 66 30 66 35 66 40 66 131 50 66 129 55 124 60 119 65 70 66 66 I12 66 103 722" Persons…
Things Not Generally Known: Elbert
Uncle Sam. This term is said to be derived from some casks of provisions pur- A. E the name of the chased for the use of the Continental…
Things Not Generally Known: Trojan
Achilles. the son of Peleus and Thetis, was the bravest of all the Greeks in the Trojan war. During his infancy Thetis plunged him in the…
Things Not Generally Known: Apollo
Esculapius, son of Apollo and Coronis, or as some say of Apollo and Larissa, daughter of Phlegias, was the god of medicine.
Things Not Generally Known: Neptune
Amphitrite. A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, who angered Neptune. She is sometimes called Salatia. She was mother of Triton, a sea deity…
Things Not Generally Known: Mercury
Caduceus. A rod entwined at one end with two serpents. It was the attribute of Mercury, and was given to him by Apollo in exchange for the…
Things Not Generally Known: Saturn
Ceres, the goddess of corn and harvests, was daughter of Saturn and Vesta. She was the mother of Proserpine, who was carried away by Pluto…
Things Not Generally Known: Jupiter
Clio. The first of the Muses, daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne. She presided over history.
Things Not Generally Known: Terra
The goddess or plenty, represented as bearing a horn filled with fruit. Cybele. A goddess, daughter of Cœlus and Terra, and wife of Saturn…
Things Not Generally Known: Dejanira
Dejanira. A daughter of Æneus, king of Ætolia. Her beauty procured her many admirers, and her father promised to give her in marriage to…
Things Not Generally Known: Juno
Echo. A daughter of the Air and Tellus, who was one of Juno's attendants; she was deprived of speech by Juno, but was allowed to reply to…
Things Not Generally Known: Greeks
Eos. The name of Aurora among the Greeks.
Things Not Generally Known: Oceanus
Fortuna. A powerful deity among the ancients, daughter of Oceanus, according to Homer, or one of the Parcæ according to Pindar. She was the…
Things Not Generally Known: Cœlus
Gigantes. The sons of Cœlus and Terra, who, according to Hesiod, sprang from the blood of a wound inflicted on Cœlus by his son Saturn…
Things Not Generally Known: Hercules
Hercules. A celebrated hero who, after death, was ranked among the gods. Hero. A beautiful priestess of Venus, greatly enamored of Leander…
Things Not Generally Known: Oceanides
Oceanides and Oceanitides. Sea nymphs, daughters of Oceanus, from whom they received their name. According to Apollodorus they were 3000 in…
Things Not Generally Known: Phyllis
Phyllis. A daughter of Sithon. She received Demophoon, who landed on her coasts on his return from the Trojan war, and fell in love with…
Things Not Generally Known: Cupid
Psyche. A nymph who married Cupid. Venus put her to death because of this, but Jupiter, at the request of Cupid, granted immortality to…
Things Not Generally Known: Tartarus
Sphinx, A monster, having the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, and the paws of a…
Things Not Generally Known: Solar
Solar Time. Solar time is that used for all the ordinary purposes of life, and is measured by the daily motion of the sun. A solar day is…