"His Death Eclipsed," etc. (Vol. viii, p. 112). Your querist will find His death eclipsed the gayety of nations," quoted in Matthews and Hutton's "Actors and Actresses," vol. 3, p. 5, in an article by Edwin Booth. "The great Johnson declared that his (David Garrick's) death eclipsed the gayety of nations." E. R. PATTERSON, Hired Weepers (Vol. viii, pp. 4, 103).— About 1830, when I was a small boy in Edinburg, Scotland, I well remember the hired mourners, whose presence swelled the state and pageantry of a pompous funeral. If my memory serves me right, the Mutes were generally in pairs, and stood one on each side of the door while the funeral company was assembling. The Mute was a tall man, with a sad cast of countenance. His high hat was enveloped in an immense crape hat-band, which streamed down his back. His person was shrouded in a huge black cloak, which descended to his heels. He held a long black staff, surmounted by a furled crape standard with ribbons attached. He looked the very embodiment of a woeful statue. When the procession left the house, it was preceded by two or four men called Saulies. The saulie was usually a short man. wore what resembled a black jockey cap, and carried his silk hat under his left arm. His right hand grasped a black truncheon, trimmed with crape and ribbons. Very sadly pompous he looked as he seemed to clear the way for the cavalcade. Boy-like, I thought it a very shabby funeral indeed, when there were neither Mutes nor Saulies. I have a dreamy recollection of a third or rarer class called Gumphler or Gumphion men. I am not at all sure of the orthography of the word. Very likely it comes from the French gonfalonier. Perhaps they were the Mutes, with their standards somewhat unfurled, and changed from stationary to walking mourn ers. He My recollection of them is very indistinct, but their name seems fixed in my memory. I may mention that, when the deceased person was unmarried, no matter what the age might be, the gloves, ribbons and minor trappings of the attendants were white. In "Guy Mannering," Scott speaks of the Saulies, who preceded the funeral pro TUCKAHOE " Name of a plant used as food, sometimes called 'Jack in the pulpit,'" district in Southampton. UNKECHAUG-"Land beyond the hill," see Onkechaug, neck in Brookhaven town. UNQUA " Beyond," brook in Oyster Bay. UNSHEMAMUCK-"Beyond the eel-fishing place," pond in Smithtown, L. I. WINECROSCUMS-Name of the Indian who lived here, neck in Brookhaven town. WINGATTHAPPAGH—“ Land that is occasionally flooded or overflowed," brook in Islip town. WONUNKE "At the bend," in Southampton. WOPOWOG-" At the narrows or crossing place," Stony Brook, L. I. WYAMANG "Good fishing place," Jamesport, L. I. YENNICOCK "Extended land," South old, L. I. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac.) Schenectady "This is a primitive Mothe carrying-place, from the point on the hawk word and signified with reference to Hudson where Albany now stands, to the pine timber then covering the sandy plain Mohawk river, beyond the pine plains;' Hudson and the Mohawk at its most availabetween the water communication on the obtained of the celebrated Joseph Brant, at ble point. The meaning of this word was his residence in Canada, in 1806, by Judge Tiffany. O'Callaghan gives, in the Index to the Brodhead Papers, fifty-nine versions of Frontiersmen of New York, Vol. 1, p. 14. the spelling of Schenectady."-Simms' Schenectady, N. Y. H. R. was Cremating Crows (Vol. v, p. 28).—In the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, a raven "funerally burnt" at Rome, but it was an extraordinary bird and this instance is proba WAINSCOTT "Land at the back of the rock," hamlet in East Hampton town. WALLAGE "A ditch," Woodbury, L. I. WAMPONAMON "At the east, or east-bly unique. The raven, which was one of a wards," the extreme end of Montauk. WATCHOGUE " Hill place, or land," neck at Moriches. brood bred on the top of the temple of Castor, frequented a shoemaker's shop opposite and was regarded by the owner of the place with especial reverence on account of its association with the temple. Having been early taught to speak, it used every morning to fly to the Rostra, which look towards the Forum, and there would salute, by name, the Emperor Tiberius, and the Cæsars Germanicus and Drusus, after which it would greet the Roman populace as they passed, and then return to the shop. The raven kept this up for several years, but was at last killed, on a slight pretext, by the owner of a rival shoemaker's shop. This act so enraged the Roman people that they drove the unfortunate shoemaker from the city, and That Dark Page of Our History (Vol. viii, p. 135.)-By a remarkable coincidence, the reply to this query appeared last week in the Portland (Me.) Transcript, to which we have much pleasure in crediting it. as follows: It runs soon after put him death. The bird received the highest honors at its funeral, the body being "placed upon a litter carried on the shoulders of two Ethiopians, preceded by a piper, and borne to the pile with garlands of every size and description." Pliny relates this incident in the tenth book of his "Five companies from the interior of Penn"Natural History", and adds, that it hap-sylvania reached Washington at 7 p. m., on pened in a city in which no such crowds had ever escorted the funeral of any one out of the whole number of its distinguished men." E. G. KEEN. Warwick, Pa. Malabarian Hymn (Vol. iv, p. 8).—I have not yet received any light as to my query at the above place. It is well known that Schütz's hymn (originally written in German), beginning "All glory to the Sovereign Good," is called "The Malabarian Hymn.' But why? Hogg, in "The Queen's Wake," speaking of the poet Leyden says: the 18th. The famous Massachusetts 6th started earlier, but had further to go, and were detained a little at Baltimore, where they shed the first blood of the war. They arrived in Washington on the 19th. Next came the New York Seventh regiment." ED. AM. N. AND Q. Omnium Gatherum (Vol. viii, p. 63, etc). (he is speaking of the dancing at court),SovereignWe read in Selden's Table Talk, 1689, "But in King Charles's time there has been "Sad were those strains when hymned afar, Is there any reference here to "The Malabarian hymn"? I think not. Philadelphia. SOLO. Date of Importation (Vol. viii, 100).—The distich as quoted from Hartley Coleridge is older, and is a twisting of Baker's (15681645) chronicles, which read thus: "Turkies, carps, hoppes, picarell, and beere, Came into Englande all in one year." nothing but Trenchmore and the cushiondance, omnium gatherum, tolly-polly, hoite come toite." G. "Gauls in Spain, etc.," (Vol. viii, p. 114). -I beg to say that M. B. M. is right, so far as he goes; but he merely go so far as Etymological evidence will carry. Canon Taylor uses this evidence and also that of Archæology and Anthropology; hence he gets a deeper, a wider view of Ethnology. But, in doing so, he has alarmed some Etymologists, who, therefrom, Now as a historical fact I find the dates of naturally think him an unsafe guide to follow; the four asked for are as follows: Turkeys, are natives of America and were taken to England in 1523. Carp. Its date of introduction into England is doubtful, but one authority says 1525, but another quoting from "The Boke of St. Albans", by Dame Juliana Berners, 1496, mention is made of this fish as being very fine though scarce. Hops were introduced into England from the Netherlands in 1524. Beer, which was an inferior ale made without hops was known in England in 1482. The other that is mentioned in the distich as quoted by myself, picarel, is intended for the pike and was introduced into England as early as the days of Edward I. West Chester, Pa. THOS. LOUIS OGIER. but the very reverse opinion is held by others. C. COMMUNICATIONS. A Japanese Bookseller's Advertisement.— The Japanese have unique ways of doing things. Here, for example, is the advertisement of a Tokio bookseller: "The advantages of our establishment-1. Prices cheap as a lottery; 2. Books elegant as a singing girl; 3. Print clear as crystal; 4. Paper tough as elephant's hide; 5. Customers treated as politely as by the rival steamship companies; 6. Articles as plentiful as in a library; 7. Goods dispatched as expeditiously as a cannon-ball; 8. Parcels done up with as much care as that bestowed on her husband by a loving wife; 9. All defects, such as dissipation and idleness, will be cured in young people paying us frequent visits, and they will become solid men; 10. The other advantages we offer are too many for language to express." (Publisher's Weekly). In the sixteenth century we find the greatest extravagance displayed in the titles of books. These may be taken as examples: The Spiritual Snuff Box, to Lead Devoted Souls to Christ', and 'The Spiritual Seringa for Souls Steeped in Devotion.' A work on Christian charity published in 1587 is entitled 'Buttons and Button Holes for Bein lievers' Breeches.' The editor of this paper possesses Father La Chaucie's work entitled Bread Cooked on the Ashes; Brought by an Angel to the Prophet Eligiah (Elijah) to Comfort the Dying.' Another was issued with the curious title of The Lamp of S. Augustine, and the Flies That Flit Around Curious Book-titles (Vol. viii, p. 130). From "Titles, Odd and Suggestive the current number of The Writer, we pluck the following: "Lancelot Andrews wrote Torture of Tortus' as a retort to a book by Matthew Tortus. John Knox blew a 'Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, which was answered by Bishop Aylmer's Harborowe for Faithful and True Subjects Against the Late-blown Blast.' "A bibliography of Cromwell's time is a bookworm's paradise. Here are a few of that vintage: Tobacco Battered and Pipes Scattered by a Volley of Holy Shot Thundered from Mt. Helicon,' by Sylvester; 'Crumbs of Comfort for the Chickens of the Covenant;' 'High-heeled Shoes for Dwarfs in Holiness; 'The Spiritual Mustard-pot to Make the Soul Sneeze with Devotion ; 'Biscuit Baked in the Oven of Charity Carefully Conserved for the Chickens of the Church, the Sparrows of the Spirit, and the Sweet Swallows of Salvation.' "In 1592 Richard Johnson gave to the world The Nine Worthies of London; Pleasant for Gentlemen, Not Unseemly for Magistrates and most Profitable for Prentices.' Heywood wrote a play in 1606, If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody; The Troubles of Queen Elizabeth.' or "An old almanacke, published at intervals from 1553 to 1605, by Digges, bore this title: A Prognostication everlasting of Right Good Effect, fructfully augmented by the Author, Containing Containing Plaine, Briefe, Pleasant, Chosen, Rules to judge the Weather by the Sunne, Moon, Starres, Comets, Rainbow, Thunder, Clowdes, with other extraordinary Tokens, not omitting the Aspects of Planets, with a Briefe Judgement for ever, of Plentie, Lacke, Sicknes, Dearth, Warres, etc., opening also many naturall causes worthie to be knowne." ED. AM. N. AND Q. * By William Benbow, Reading, Pa. It.' The following very attractive title appeared in a book published at Newcastle in 1605: 'Some Beautiful Biscuits Cooked in the Oven of Charity and Put Aside for the Fowls of the Church, the Sparrows of the Spirit and the Swallows of Salvation.'" (St. Louis Republic). The Devices of the Thirteen Original States. (CONTINUED FROM VOL. VIII, P. 130.) "Delaware: Arg.; a Fess gules, between a garb and ear of maize in chief proper; and a bull passant in base of the last. Supporters: Dexter: A labourer holding in his dexter hand a rake, and in his sinister, as a crest, a ship. Sinister : A hunter habited in fur, holding in his dexter hand a fowlingpiece. Motto: Liberty and Independence. Maryland: Quarterly: 1 and 4. Two pallets, surmounted by a bend; 2 and 3. A cross pomme. Crest : An eagle with wings displayed. Supporters: Dexter: A husbandman holding in his dexter hand a spade; Sinister: A fisherman holding in his sinister hand a fish. Motto: Crescite et multiplicamini. "Virginia: A female figure in Roman armour holding in her dexter hand a sword point in base, and in her sinister hand a spear, treading on a dead man armed; lying on the ground, broken fetters. Motto: Sic semper tyrannis. "North Carolina: On dexter side, Liberty seated; and on sinister, plenty erect, reclining her dexter arm on a cornucopia, and holding in her sinister hand an ear of maize. South Carolina: Pendent from the branches of a palm-tree, two shields, in base, as many sheaves of arrows in saltire. "Georgia: Three caryatides inscribed on bases, Moderation, Justice and Wisdom, supporting the front of a Grecian temple; Tympanum irradiated; above, the word 'Constitution'; in front, standing by seashore, a Revolutionary soldier armed." (J. E. Cussans's Handbook of Heraldry). Composition During Sleep (Vol. vii, p. 208). The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon never composes his sermons until late in the week. One Saturday night he shut himself into his study, chose his text, and began to work out his ideas. But the wheels of thought drove so hard that he strove in vain. The sermon would not come. Despairing of success that night he retired, but on awakening he was confronted with the awful state of affairs, the gravity of which only men who have had a similar experience can realize. Church services were only three or four hours distant. He had his text, but not a shadow of a line of thought was in sight. In his extremity he appealed to his wife to help him out. "What is your text?" she asked. He told her, and at once she proceeded to put the whole thing before him-firstly, secondly, and so on. "You've hit it exactly," cried Spurgeon, in his astonishment. "Where did you get it?" Why, you sat up in bed in the middle of the night and went through it yourself," was her reply. (Tit-Bits, London). Duration of Life Among Birds.—“ The distinguished German biologist, Weismann, has pointed out that there is less exact knowledge on this subject than might be expected, considering how many in number are the ornithologists and the ornithological societies. Small singing birds live from eight to eighteen years. Ravens have lived for almost 100 years in captivity, and parrots longer than that. Fowls live from ten to twenty years (and are then sold as spring chickens to young housekeepers). The wild goose lives upward of 100 years, and swans are said to have attained the age of 300. The long life of birds has been interpreted as compensation for their feeble fertility, and for the great mortality of their young. From the small island of St. Kilda, off Scotland, 20,000 young gannets and an immense number of eggs are annually collected; and although this bird lays only one egg per annum, and is four years in attaining maturity, its numbers do not diminish. Obviously, as Weismann observes, such birds must reach a great age, or they would long ago have been exterminated." (London Spectator). Poetry for the Postmaster (Vol. viii, p. 72, etc.).. "Swift as a dove your course pursue, Let naught your speed restrain, Until you reach Miss Lucy Drew Thomas Tusser will tell us in "Five Hundred Points, etc.," whether the proverb is well founded. The good husband and housewife, he says, will provide against the coming Christmas "Beef, mutton and porke, shred pies of the best, Pig, veale, goose and capon, and turkey well drest." (Christmas Husbandlie fare, chap. 29). Or, George Wither, in the second stanza of his carol "Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke, The Devil and the Census Man. Also, The Devil in Literature. (Vol. vii, p. 308, etc.)— Of devils Gulielmus Parisiensis has found out, on an exact computation, that there are 44,435,556, but it has been said they vastly exceed that number. Their external forms and internal characteristics have been minutely described. Their bodies are not terrestial, but according to the Church scholastics, something_analogous. physician of Cleves, convinced that this world is peopled by crowds of devils, wrote, in 1576, a book of some thousand folio pages, which is one of our chief sources of John Wier, a |